Episode 100: Jer Thorp

Episode 100 of The Big Rhetorical Podcast features an interview with Jer Thorp. Jer Thorp is an artist, writer and teacher living in New York City. He is best known for designing the algorithm to place the nearly 3,000 names on the 9/11 Memorial in Manhattan. Jer was the New York Times' first Data Artist in Residence, is a National Geographic Explorer, and in 2017 and 2018 served as the Innovator in Residence at the Library of Congress. Jer is one of the world's foremost data artists and is a leading voice for the ethical use of big data. Jer’s talks on TED.com have been watched by more than a half-million people. He is a frequent speaker at high profile events such as PopTech, and The Aspen Ideas Festival. His book, Living in Data: A Citizen’s Guide to a Better Information Future, was published in 2020. Follow The Big Rhetorical Podcast on Twitter @thebigrhet and visit our website, thebigrhetoricalpodcast.weebly.com.