On this week’s VizThink rewind we’ve pulled an interview Tom Crawford did with Jessica Hagy back in November of 2008.

Jessica is the creator of “This is Indexed” and I have no doubt that you’ve encountered one of her humorous venn diagrams or other charts over the past couple of years. This visual podcast runs about 20 minutes, so it’s a pretty quick listen but it gives you some great insight into Jessica’s process.

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