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Welcome to episode 9 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

This isn't just the final episode of the season, it is the final episode of the show! This isn't just the final episode of the season, it is the final episode of the show! I will post more about my reasons for this in due course, but let me thank right here every guest, listener and/or viewer for engaging with the 54 episodes we've pulled together over the past 6 years.

And so, for this grand finale, I indulge in a bit of self-promotion by spending time exploring and explaining the creative process behind my new project: ‘The Seinfeld Chronicle: Digital Edition’, a rebooted and reimagined version of this long-term analytical investigation I've been doing about the popular US sitcom. 

The conversation was recorded as a live webinar episode featuring myself, as host and as a guest, alongside my multi-talented collaborators including data visualization designer and developer, Anne-Marie Dufour, as well as sonification superstars Miriam Quick and Duncan Geere (Loud Numbers).

(Sadly, due to laryngitis, you won't be able to hear Miriam, but you'll certainly hear about her contributions to this project!)

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 8 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

This is the second of a special two-part episode featuring my esteemed guests, Moritz Stefaner, 'Truth & Beauty Operator' based in Germany, and Enrico Bertini, Associate Professor, Data Visualization Researcher and Educator at Northeastern University in the USA.

The conversations explored Moritz and Enrico's respective selections of FIVE significant visualisation-related works, produced by other people, that have most influentially shaped their thinking about data visualisation. They then each offer a further +1 selection from their own body of work that they felt had had most significance on their career story. In this second-part episode we covered Enrico's selections.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 7 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

This is the first of a special two-part episode featuring my esteemed guests, Moritz Stefaner, 'Truth & Beauty Operator' based in Germany, and Enrico Bertini, Associate Professor, Data Visualization Researcher and Educator at Northeastern University in the USA.

The conversations explored Moritz and Enrico's respective selections of FIVE significant visualisation-related works, produced by other people, that have most influentially shaped their thinking about data visualisation. They then each offer a further +1 selection from their own body of work that they felt had had most significance on their career story. In this first-part episode we covered Moritz’s selections.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 6 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

I am delighted to welcome Nicola Rennie, Data Visualisation Specialist based in the UK, and Ansgar Wolsing, Principal Data & Analytics Consultant based in Germany. In this episode we explore five pieces each of their wonderful contributions to the annual '30 Day Map Challenge' campaign, as well as two of their favourites from other participants.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 5 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

I am delighted to welcome Chaz Hutton, currently based in the UK, who is a man with many creative hats and talents, but it is his role as a cartoonist that we're focusing on in this show. We explore five distinct pieces of his brilliant work that help to illustrate (pun intended) themes of his inspiring craft that we, as data visualisation practitioners, can maybe learn to bring into ours.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 4 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

I am delighted to welcome Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Founder & CEO of Storytelling With Data, and Mike Cisneros, a Data Storyteller and colleague of Cole's, both based in the US. In this episode we explore the story behind their new book, also co-authored with Alex Velez, titled 'Before & After', showcasing 20 case studies of data visualisation makeover designs.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 3 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

In this latest episode, I am delighted to welcome Liuhuaying Yang, a Data Visualisation Designer who works at the Complexity Science Hub Research Center in Vienna, Austria. We explore the story behind Liuhuaying's unique data visualisation 'Not My Name', which explores the process and components of translating Chinese names into Pinyin.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 2 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

In this latest episode, I am delighted to welcome Dr Anna Lombardi, Climate Data Visualiser for Copernicus ECMWF, who is based in the UK. We explore the story behind Anna's extensive data visualisation and design contributions to the 'The European State of the Climate 2024', which offers a detailed overview of climate conditions in Europe and the Arctic region in 2024, based on the close collaboration of 100 scientists and experts across the world.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 1 of season 6 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

This episode is taken from a recorded webinar held on 27th January 2025 titled ‘Data Viz Freelancing’ and featuring a panel of guests including:

• Julie Brunet - Data Designer and Creative Director for Nightingale Magazine
• Tiziana Alocci - Data Artist, Lecturer
• Obinna Iwuji - Content and Business Development Manager
• Anne-Marie Dufour - Data Visualization Designer & Developer
• Vivian Andreozzi - Information Designer and Data Analyst

Steven Nijman, Data Journalist and Storytelling Specialist, was unfortunately unable to join due to illness.

With contributions from the audience we explore the pleasures and pitfalls of working professionally as a freelancer in the data visualisation field. The panellists offer valuable insight about their experiences, motivations, and advice about ways of working, with plenty of tips and tactics along the way. Non-freelancers are always quite intrigued by what freelancers do and, similarly, freelancers are always intrigued by what other freelancers do. In this conversation we try to satisfy both dimensions of interest!

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.

Welcome to episode 9 of season 5 of Explore Explain, a long-form video and podcast series all about data visualisation design.

In this latest episode, I am delighted to welcome Alan Smith, Head of Visual and Data Journalism at the Financial Times in London.

We explore the story behind a unique project Alan worked on titled the 'FT Money Machine': faithfully recreating an analogue computer - built in 1949 by Bill Phillips designed to model the flow of an Economy using water and pumps - but translating it to be experienced in VR, with the FT's first application built for the Apple Vision Pro.

As well as listening to this show, you can watch the video of this conversation. Head over to Youtube and visit the Explore Explain channel.