Explore Explain

Explore Explain

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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 p...
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S6E8 - Moritz Stefaner & Enrico Bertini (Part 2)

Mar 30th, 2026 3:56 PM

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 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.

S6E7 - Moritz Stefaner & Enrico Bertini (Part 1)

Mar 20th, 2026 2:15 PM

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.

S6E6 - Nicola Rennie & Ansgar Wolsing

Feb 25th, 2026 8:01 PM

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.

S6E5 - Chaz Hutton

Feb 4th, 2026 5:00 AM

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.

S6E4 - Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic & Mike Cisneros

Nov 26th, 2025 2:13 PM

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.

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