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…
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 -…
