The PolicyViz Podcast

Episode #160: Kenneth Field

Kenneth Field is a ‘cartonerd’ with a Bachelors degree in cartography and PhD in GIS. A former academic who grew tired of admin, he ditched his 20 year career, moved to the US, and talks and writes about cartography, teaches,…

Episode #159: Sandra Rendgen

Sandra Rendgen is an author, consultant and concept developer with a focus on data visualization, interactive media and the history of infographics. She is the author of several books about historical and current developments in the field, most recently History…

Episode #158: Ron Wasserstein

Ronald L. (Ron) Wasserstein is the executive director of the American Statistical Association (ASA) and he joins me this week on the podcast to talk about the 2020 Census. In this role at the ASA, Wasserstein provides executive leadership and…

Episode #157: Alberto Cairo

Welcome back to the PolicyViz Podcast! I hope you had a great summer and got some time to rest and relax. I’m really excited for this season of the show–I’ve got some great guests lined up to talk about their…

Episode #156: Ben Jones

Ben Jones is the founder and CEO of Data Literacy, a training and education company that’s on a mission to help people learn the language of data. Ben is a highly experienced and passionate instructor, having taught data to thousands…

Episode #155: John Burn-Murdoch

Part of the FT’s interactive news team, John-Burn Murdoch works as a journalist alongside developers and designers to produce a mix of long term data-driven projects and same day interactive news stories. Other activities include presenting to domestic and overseas…

Episode #154: Michael Kubovy

Michael Kubovy is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Virginia. His publications in cognitive science span the fields of decision-making, visual and auditory perception, the psychology of art and the psychology of pleasure. In his work on perception he…

Episode #153: Claus Wilke

Claus O. Wilke is a computational and evolutionary biologist and chair of the Department of Integrative Biology at University of Texas at Austin, where he is the Dwight W. and Blanche Faye Reeder Centennial Fellow in Systematic and Evolutionary Biology.…

Episode #152: Cal Newport

Cal Newport is an associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University and the author of six books, including Deep Work and So Good They Can’t Ignore You. You won’t find him on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, but you can often find him at home with…