Podcast Episodes featuring Alberto Cairo

Alberto Cairo, "How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information" (Norton, 2019)

New Books Network - December 03, 2019 09:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★ - 123 ratings
We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if we don’t understand what we’re looking at? Social media has made charts, infographics, and diagrams ubiquitous―and easier to share than ever. We associate charts with science and reason; the flashy visuals are both appealing an...

Episode 193: How Charts Lie, with Alberto Cairo

Give and Take - October 30, 2019 22:30 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratings
My guest is Alberto Cairo. His new book is How Charts Lie: Getting Smarter about Visual Information (https://www.amazon.com/How-Charts-Lie-Getting-Information/dp/1324001569/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=how+charts+lie&qid=1572474634&sr=8-1). In it this leading data visualization expert explores the negativ...

34: How Charts Lie w/ Alberto Cairo

Analytics on Fire - October 03, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratings
Guess what? I missed you! After focusing on making our first BI Data Storytelling Accelerator - 3-day live workshop a major success, I’m back! Registration is now open for the next workshop on January 28-30, 2020. It’s the hottest thing since fried rice! Today, I talk to the amazing Alberto C...

094  |  Uncertainty and Trumpery with Alberto Cairo

Data Stories - March 21, 2017 20:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 388 ratings
We have Alberto Cairo from the University of Miami on the show to talk about partisanship and rhetoric, visualizing uncertainty and risk, cognitive biases, and much more.

1: The Functional Art - Strategies for Data Visualization with Alberto Cairo

Analytics on Fire - February 23, 2016 13:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 57 ratings
We invited Alberto to discuss some of the concepts laid out in The Functional Art and share his insights into what makes today’s visualization effective. In this engaging conversation, we cover an array of topics such as the common challenges when creating graphics, complexity vs. depth, using n...

035  |  Visual Storytelling w/ Alberto Cairo and Robert Kosara

Data Stories - April 16, 2014 14:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 388 ratings
Hi all, Hot topic today! We invited Alberto Cairo and Robert Kosara to discuss the role of storytelling in visualization. What is storytelling? Is all visualization storytelling? Should we always strive for telling a story? How does storytelling match with exploratory visualization? Should we a...

012  |  Alberto Cairo and "The Functional Art"

Data Stories - September 24, 2012 15:48 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 388 ratings
Hi, we have Alberto Cairo on the show for Episode #12! If you don't know who Alberto is, well... it's your fault! Check his web site first. He has a fantastic book out on Infographics and Visualization called "The Functional Art," which can directly go in your shelf between the Tuftes and the Few...