Explore Explain

By: Andy Kirk
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  • Summary

  • Explore Explain is a long-form podcast and video series hosted by Andy Kirk and launched early 2020. It goes deep behind the scenes of data visualisation projects.

    Each episode is structured around a conversation with visualisation designers, developers, or data journalists to explore the design story behind a single visualisation or a related major project. Guests explain the thought-process behind and share insights about the myriad little decisions that underpin the finished works they produce.

    Audiences will gain an appreciation of the what, the why and the how, learning about the hidden problems and challenges, the breakthroughs and the eureka moments. You'll learn about the things that were done and the things that were not done, the pressures and frustrations as well as successes and failures.

    Each season comprises nine episodes and always seeks to include guests representing a diverse cast of talented practitioners from across the field and around the world, showcasing a wide variety of different types of visualisation work.

    Every episode is published as both an audio interview as well as an enhanced video conversation, enriched by detailed visuals that illuminate the discussions. Visit the Youtube channel to see all the recordings, including shorter highlight episodes.

    To read more about each episode, and browse through the full archive of conversations, visit the Podcast page on Andy Kirk's Visualising Data website. Explore Explain is a Bethany Andrew production.
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Episodes
  • S5E4 - Dominikus Baur & Alice Thudt

    S5E4 - Dominikus Baur & Alice Thudt
    Jul 17 2024

    Welcome to episode 4 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 Dominikus Baur, Data Visualization Designer & Engineer, and Alice Thudt, Data Visualization Designer, who are based in Munich, Germany. We explore the story behind a project titled 'Full Of Themselves: An analysis of title drops in movies' which analyses and visualises all instances in a movie when one of the characters says the title of the movie. I've been wanting to explore this curiosity myself and so I'm delighted that they've done this and absolute love what they have accomplished!

    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.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • S5E3 - Natalie Erdem

    S5E3 - Natalie Erdem
    Jun 13 2024

    Welcome to episode 3 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 Natalie Erdem, Managing Partner and Product Manager at TWO-N, based in New York City. We explore the story behind TWO-N's development of the MSNBC Election Big Board, the dynamic visualisation tool used by National Political Correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, Steve Kornacki during the live broadcast of the 2018 US mid-terms and subsequent elections.

    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.
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • S5E2 - Jess Carr

    S5E2 - Jess Carr
    May 10 2024

    Welcome to episode 2 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 Jess Carr, a UI/UX Engineer at GSK based in Bath, UK. We explore the story behind a passion project Jess worked on to visualise analysis of the (spoiler: declining) use of text on the front covers of Vogue magazine over the last 22 years, titled 'Since When Does Vogue Hate Text?'. This project was a winner of 'The Pudding Cup' 2023 gold prize so it's a great piece to dissect!

    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.
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    1 hr and 9 mins
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