# The Data Wranglers: Data with a Purpose

Published: 2021-12-16

I joined Jeffrey Heer and Adam Wilson on [The Data Wranglers](https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-data-wranglers/data-with-a-purpose-with-moritz-stefaner) podcast to discuss how I create a character from a dataset to give it emotional meaning. We talked about my work on the German Covid-19 vaccine dashboard, visualizing train traffic for Deutsche Bahn, and 175 years of text from Scientific American.

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