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Data is a sleepy enough topic already, I'm the first to confess. And some of you may think of public radio as just as big a snooze-fest (though that's an opinion I don't share.)

So, what a perfect union, then, for me to appear on WVTF's Evening Edition with Fred Echols (whom my daughter, Hadley, amusingly calls "Frechols" -- sorry, Fred) to talk about the DataSphere.

Fred was kind enough to take an interest in the site and my curiously-titled job -- data delivery editor. He interviewed me for about 20 minutes and either found it worthwhile enough -- or at least handy when he was desperate to fill a time slot -- to air pretty much the entire interview on evening last week. A few cuts from the interview also ran as a short story the next day on Morning Edition.

So, if you're curious about how this whole DataSphere thing works, check out the interview, and learn a little bit about the man behind the curtain.

(Oh, and for the sake of full-disclosure, WVTF General Manager Glenn Gleixner is my brother-in-law, though that had no bearing on this interview that I'm aware of. Fred had no idea when he called, though he did express his sympathy.)