In this episode, I talk with Nick Hart, President and CEO of the Data Foundation, about the rapidly changing landscape of federal data, statistical agencies, and evidence-based policymaking. We explore how the Evidence Act reshaped government data infrastructure, why privacy…
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A thought has been bothering me for the last year: How much value do dashboards intended for public consumption actually create? In my experience, many creators turn to dashboards in lieu of developing an explicit argument or telling a story…
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In this episode, I’m thrilled to welcome back Duncan Clark from Flourish and Canva to talk about the incredible evolution of both tools over the past few years. We dig into how the Flourish and Canva teams have grown, how…
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In this episode, I sit down with Alvitta Ottley and Paul Parsons to recap everything that happened at the 2025 IEEE VIS Conference in Vienna. We talk about our experiences co-organizing the VisCom workshop, the surprising attendance, and the standout…
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A recent Washington Post poll about voters feelings toward President Trump’s policies found a public mostly critical of the president’s policies. As part of their write-up, they compared these poll results with responses to a similar poll conducted in February, shortly after…
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In this episode, I sit down with William Beach, former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, to dig into how America’s most important economic data are produced. We talk about the nuts and bolts of how the BLS jobs…
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I’m excited to kick off Season 12 of the PolicyViz Podcast! In this short premiere, I share a few personal and professional updates and preview what’s ahead on the show. This season, I’ll focus on three big themes: changes to…
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This is a guest post from Fabio Murgia, a data visualization designer with the iDeas Lab at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he specializes in translating data sets into infographics and visual stories. Before joining CSIS,…
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Welcome to the Season 11 Finale of the PolicyViz Podcast! I’m ready for a summer break and am super excited to close the season talking with Shirly Wu—data visualization artist, technologist, and community thought leader. We talk about Shirley’s journey…
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The stacked bar chart is a tricky little devil. It stacks several segments on top of each other, asking the reader to make part-to-whole comparisons while comparing total amounts. So when we create stacked bar charts, we ask a lot…
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