Data Stories
234 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 388 ratingsA podcast on data and how it affects our lives — with Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner
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093 | OddityViz with Valentina D’Efilippo and Miriam Quick
March 10, 2017 03:55 - 40 minutes - 29.1 MBWe have designer Valentina D’Efilippo and researcher Miriam Quick on the show to talk about their recent project OddityViz, a series of data visualizations of "Space Oddity," the famous song of David Bowie.
93 | OddityViz with Valentina D’Efilippo and Miriam Quick
March 10, 2017 03:55 - 40 minutes - 29.1 MBWe have designer Valentina D’Efilippo and researcher Miriam Quick on the show to talk about their recent project OddityViz, a series of data visualizations of "Space Oddity," the famous song of David Bowie.
92 | A Tribute to Hans Rosling
February 27, 2017 19:40 - 30.4 MBWe asked 5 visualization experts to record an audio snippet to talk about how Hans Rosling influenced and impacted their work.
092 | A Tribute to Hans Rosling
February 27, 2017 19:40 - 30.4 MBWe asked 5 visualization experts to record an audio snippet to talk about how Hans Rosling influenced and impacted their work.
091 | Visualizing Data with RAW
February 07, 2017 17:07 - 32 minutes - 23.1 MBWe have on the show three funders of RAW, the open-source interactive data visualization tool, to talk about their experience developing and promoting a data visualization application.
91 | Visualizing Data with RAW
February 07, 2017 17:07 - 32 minutes - 23.1 MBWe have on the show three funders of RAW, the open-source interactive data visualization tool, to talk about their experience developing and promoting a data visualization application.
090 | Beyond the Chart with Brendan Dawes
January 15, 2017 21:13 - 54 minutes - 38.6 MBWe have Brendan Dawes on the show to talk about his amazing data art installations.
089 | Data Vis Around the World in 2016
December 22, 2016 04:06 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBIn this 2016 year review episode, we interview 6 visualization experts from 6 different countries. There is a lot to learn about data visualization around the world! Wishing a Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all our listeners!
88 | Re-designing Visualizations on #MakeoverMonday with Andy Kriebel and Andy Cotgreave
December 06, 2016 20:34 - 42 minutes - 30.1 MBWe have Andy Kriebel, Head Coach at The Information Lab, and Andy Cotgreave, Technical Evangelist at Tableau, on the show to talk about their social web series, #MakeoverMonday, in which people redesign an existing visualization every week.
088 | Re-designing Visualizations on #MakeoverMonday with Andy Kriebel and Andy Cotgreave
December 06, 2016 20:34 - 42 minutes - 30.1 MBWe have Andy Kriebel, Head Coach at The Information Lab, and Andy Cotgreave, Technical Evangelist at Tableau, on the show to talk about their social web series, #MakeoverMonday, in which people redesign an existing visualization every week.
087 | VizKidz: Books on Data Visualization for Kids
November 23, 2016 23:28 - 25 minutes - 18.2 MBWe have Abigail Ricarte and Liv Buli on the show to talk about their Kickstarter project, VizKidz, an illustrated book series to teach kids about data visualization.
87 | VizKidz: Books on Data Visualization for Kids
November 23, 2016 23:28 - 25 minutes - 18.2 MBWe have Abigail Ricarte and Liv Buli on the show to talk about their Kickstarter project, VizKidz, an illustrated book series to teach kids about data visualization.
086 | Highlights from IEEE VIS'16 with Jessica Hullman and Robert Kosara
November 11, 2016 00:39 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBEnrico meets Jessica Hullman and Robert Kosara at IEEE VIS'16 conference to talk about the main highlights.
86 | Highlights from IEEE VIS'16 with Jessica Hullman and Robert Kosara
November 11, 2016 00:39 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBEnrico meets Jessica Hullman and Robert Kosara at IEEE VIS'16 conference to talk about the main highlights.
85 | Machine Bias with Jeff Larson
October 20, 2016 03:09 - 49 minutes - 35.4 MBJeff Larson from ProPublica joins us to talk about his work on bias found in automated algorithms that compute the recidivism scores of convicted criminals.
085 | Machine Bias with Jeff Larson
October 20, 2016 03:09 - 49 minutes - 35.4 MBJeff Larson from ProPublica joins us to talk about his work on bias found in automated algorithms that compute the recidivism scores of convicted criminals.
084 | Statistical Numbing with Paul Slovic
October 06, 2016 02:43 - 56 minutes - 40.5 MBWe talk with Prof. Slovic about "Statistical Numbing," the inability of numbers and statistics to convey a sense of scale of human tragedies and to elicit compassion.
84 | Statistical Numbing with Paul Slovic
October 06, 2016 02:43 - 56 minutes - 40.5 MBWe talk with Prof. Slovic about "Statistical Numbing," the inability of numbers and statistics to convey a sense of scale of human tragedies and to elicit compassion.
083 | Olympic Feathers with Nadieh Bremer
September 22, 2016 01:48 - 30 minutes - 21.8 MBWe have Nadieh Bremer (a.k.a Visual Cinnamon) on the show to talk about her latest project "Olympic Feathers," an interactive data visualization to show the history of olympic medals.
83 | Olympic Feathers with Nadieh Bremer
September 22, 2016 01:48 - 30 minutes - 21.8 MBWe have Nadieh Bremer (a.k.a Visual Cinnamon) on the show to talk about her latest project "Olympic Feathers," an interactive data visualization to show the history of olympic medals.
082 | Information+ Conference Review
September 08, 2016 02:01 - 52 minutes - 37.1 MBMoritz and Enrico review three selected talks from the Information Plus Conference.
081 | The Hustle with Mahir Yavuz and Jan Willem Tulp
August 25, 2016 13:44 - 51 minutes - 36.2 MBHow do you make a living out of data viz? We have Mahir Yavuz and Jan Willem Tulp on the show to talk about navigating the business side of data visualization.
080 | Indexical Visualization with Dietmar Offenhuber
August 10, 2016 18:47 - 40 minutes - 28.6 MBWe have Dietmar Offenhuber, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, on the show again to talk about “Indexical Visualizations”: visualizations that reduce the gap between the recorded phenomenon and its representation. On the show we talk about strategies to define and build indexical visualizations. Dietmar provides numerous examples, including thermometers, tree rings, petri dishes, and the blinking lights in your router. He also offers tips on experimenting with this kind of visua...
80 | Indexical Visualization with Dietmar Offenhuber
August 10, 2016 18:47 - 40 minutes - 28.6 MBWe have Dietmar Offenhuber, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, on the show again to talk about “Indexical Visualizations”: visualizations that reduce the gap between the recorded phenomenon and its representation. On the show we talk about strategies to define and build indexical visualizations. Dietmar provides numerous examples, including thermometers, tree rings, petri dishes, and the blinking lights in your router. He also offers tips on experimenting with this kind of visua...
79 | Information Design with Isabel Meirelles
July 27, 2016 20:49 - 53 minutes - 37.9 MBWe talk with Isabel Meirelles, Professor in the Faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto, about her book "Design for Information" and Information Plus, the data visualization conference she organized in June.
079 | Information Design with Isabel Meirelles
July 27, 2016 20:49 - 53 minutes - 37.9 MBWe talk with Isabel Meirelles, Professor in the Faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto, about her book "Design for Information" and Information Plus, the data visualization conference she organized in June.
078 | Mimi Onuoha on Visualizing People's Lives through Mobile Data
July 14, 2016 03:00 - 25 minutes - 18.3 MBThis week Mimi Onuoha joins Moritz on the show for a project episode from the Eyeo Festival. Mimi is a Brooklyn-based artist and researcher, and currently a Fellow at the Data & Society Research Institute. Mimi is fascinated by the moment when data get collected -- by what can be captured in that moment, and what goes unseen. As a Fulbright-National Geographic Fellow, Mimi developed Pathways, a data storytelling project on a month's worth of mobile data from a small group of Londoners. Using...
077 | Polygraph and The Journalist Engineer Matt Daniels
July 01, 2016 15:06 - 51 minutes - 36.6 MBWe have Matt Daniels on the show, the "journalist engineer" behind Polygraph, a blog featuring beautiful journalistic pieces based on data. If you are not familiar with the site, stop now and take a look. Matt starts with a simple question -- for example, what songs from the '90s are still popular? -- and tries to answer it through data analysis and visualization. The result is always a well-crafted web page and applications, with a mix of data analysis, interactive graphics, and explanation...
77 | Polygraph and The Journalist Engineer Matt Daniels
July 01, 2016 15:06 - 51 minutes - 36.6 MBWe have Matt Daniels on the show, the "journalist engineer" behind Polygraph, a blog featuring beautiful journalistic pieces based on data. If you are not familiar with the site, stop now and take a look. Matt starts with a simple question -- for example, what songs from the '90s are still popular? -- and tries to answer it through data analysis and visualization. The result is always a well-crafted web page and applications, with a mix of data analysis, interactive graphics, and explanation...
076 | Bocoup and OpenVis Conference
June 15, 2016 21:06 - 55 minutes - 39.2 MBWe talk with the data visualization team from Bocoup about how they work with groups to create open-source data visualization software. We also discuss the OpenVis Conference that they organize each year.
76 | Bocoup and OpenVis Conference
June 15, 2016 21:06 - 55 minutes - 39.2 MBWe talk with the data visualization team from Bocoup about how they work with groups to create open-source data visualization software. We also discuss the OpenVis Conference that they organize each year.
75 | Listening to Data From Space with Scott Hughes
June 01, 2016 18:42 - 57 minutes - 40.6 MBAstrophysicist Scott Hughes from MIT plays the sounds of colliding black holes and explains what they mean.
075 | Listening to Data From Space with Scott Hughes
June 01, 2016 18:42 - 57 minutes - 40.6 MBAstrophysicist Scott Hughes from MIT plays the sounds of colliding black holes and explains what they mean.
074 | Data Ethics and Privacy with Eleanor Saitta
May 18, 2016 17:56 - 50 minutes - 35.5 MBEleanor is Etsy’s new Security Architect and "a hacker, designer, artist, writer, and barbarian." We talk with Eleanor about how to deal with data ethics and privacy.
073 | Kim Albrecht on Untangling Tennis and the Cosmic Web
May 04, 2016 18:15 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBKim is a visualization researcher and information designer. He currently works at the Center for Complex Network Research, the lab led by famous network physicist László Barabási. Kim works in a team of scientists to create effective and beautiful visualizations that explain complex scientific phenomena. In the show we focus on Untangling Tennis, a data visualization project aimed at explaining the relationship between popularity and athletic performance. We also talk about his more recent ...
072 | Jeff Heer on Merging Industry and Research with the Interactive Data Lab
April 20, 2016 18:27 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBJeff Heer is Associate Professor at the University of Washington, co-creator D3.js and co-funder of Trifacta. We talk about software infrastructure, Trifacta, and the interplay between research and industry.
71 | Tapestry Conference Review with Robert Kosara
April 06, 2016 18:15 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBThis is a special edition from Tapestry, the conference on Data Storytelling that gathers visualization experts, journalists, designers, NGOs, academics, etc. Enrico sits together with Robert Kosara to talk about the conference, the keynotes, some of the short stories talk, and how to participate to future editions of Tapestry.
071 | Tapestry Conference Review with Robert Kosara
April 06, 2016 18:15 - 30 minutes - 21.4 MBThis is a special edition from Tapestry, the conference on Data Storytelling that gathers visualization experts, journalists, designers, NGOs, academics, etc. Enrico sits together with Robert Kosara to talk about the conference, the keynotes, some of the short stories talk, and how to participate to future editions of Tapestry.
070 | Rocket Science with Rachel Binx
March 23, 2016 19:05 - 37 minutes - 26.8 MBWe talk with Rachel Binx about developing data visualization software for NASA.
70 | Rocket Science with Rachel Binx
March 23, 2016 19:05 - 37 minutes - 26.8 MBWe talk with Rachel Binx about developing data visualization software for NASA.
069 | Data Visualization Literacy with Jeremy Boy, Helen Kennedy and Andy Kirk
March 09, 2016 16:33 - 49 minutes - 35 MBWe talk about data visualization literacy with Jeremy Boy, vis designer and postdoc at NYU, Helen Kennedy, Professor of Digital Society, and Andy Kirk, vis educator and editor of visualisingdata.com.
068 | Poemage: Data Visualization for Poets with Miriah Meyer and Nina McCurdy
February 24, 2016 20:01 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBWe talk with Assistant Professor Miriah Meyer and PhD candidate Nina McCurdy about Poemage, a data visualization tool they developed to analyze the sonic topology of poems.
67 | ggplot2, R, and data toolmaking with Hadley Wickham
February 10, 2016 19:57 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBHadley created a number of hugely popular libraries for the R language, including ggplot2, which is used throughout the world to analyze and present data with R. On the show we talk about how he created ggplot2 and how it became so popular, some of the other libraries he built and the R ecosystem, as well as strategies to create popular software for data analysis and visualization. Enjoy Hadley Wickham!
067 | ggplot2, R, and data toolmaking with Hadley Wickham
February 10, 2016 19:57 - 1 hour - 43.3 MBHadley created a number of hugely popular libraries for the R language, including ggplot2, which is used throughout the world to analyze and present data with R. On the show we talk about how he created ggplot2 and how it became so popular, some of the other libraries he built and the R ecosystem, as well as strategies to create popular software for data analysis and visualization. Enjoy Hadley Wickham!
066 | "I Quant NY" Finding Surprising Stories in NYC Open Data with Ben Wellington
January 15, 2016 15:38 - 40 minutes - 28.7 MBWe talk with Ben Wellington about his blog I Quant NY, where he writes about surprising facts he finds analyzing NYC open data.
66 | "I Quant NY" Finding Surprising Stories in NYC Open Data with Ben Wellington
January 15, 2016 15:38 - 40 minutes - 28.7 MBWe talk with Ben Wellington about his blog I Quant NY, where he writes about surprising facts he finds analyzing NYC open data.
065 | What Happened in Vis in 2015? Year Review with Andy Kirk and Robert Kosara
December 20, 2015 17:14 - 1 hour - 53.7 MBWe are recapping the year in data visualization with Andy Kirk and Robert Kosara — what were the biggest trends, the biggest misses, and what do we expect for 2016?
64 | "Dear Data" with Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec
November 25, 2015 14:55 - 33 minutes - 25.8 MBHey folks, It's time for another project-centric episode, and we finally talk about one of our favorite projects of the year — "Dear Data" by the most fabulous tag team of data illustrators around: Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec. Their year-long project is about how "two women who switched continents get to know each other through the data they draw and send across the pond" and consists of 104 hand–drawn postcards all of which document one week of their lives. How much they cursed, lau...
064 | "Dear Data" with Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec
November 25, 2015 14:55 - 33 minutes - 25.8 MBHey folks, It's time for another project-centric episode, and we finally talk about one of our favorite projects of the year — "Dear Data" by the most fabulous tag team of data illustrators around: Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec. Their year-long project is about how "two women who switched continents get to know each other through the data they draw and send across the pond" and consists of 104 hand–drawn postcards all of which document one week of their lives. How much they cursed, lau...
063 | IEEE VIS’15 Recap with Robert Kosara and Johanna Fulda
November 13, 2015 15:35 - 1 hour - 50 MBEnrico recaps the IEEE VIS’15 conference with Robert Kosara and Johanna Fulda, and we compare notes about conference projects and papers. Check out our website for project links and video previews!