It's About Data

Lena Hall joins us to discuss the promise and peril of coding with AI agents. This episode was recorded at Data Day Texas 2026.#artificialintelligence #aicoding #aiagents

Jessica Talisman joins us for another episode in our one year anniversary series to discuss her recently published essay on declining literacy skills in the United States.https://jessicatalisman.substack.com/p/were-losing-the-ability-to-readWe discuss connections with AI, library science, writing and knowledge. This conversation is a continuation of episode 56. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Y6...

Paige Roberts (industry analyst, consultant, writer) joins us for a discussion at Data Day Texas 2026.#artificialintelligence #humanconnection #aiethics

"Saying context graph is like saying wet water." Jessica Talisman joins us to discuss the outlook on knowledge in the midst of the AI boom. This episode is part of our first anniversary series—Jessica was one of our early guests in episode 19. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ypGZGUtTviieiOHk1NZyk?si=fbee300adc644fa5Jessica's substack:https://jessicatalisman.substack.com/#artificial...

Jean-Georges Perrin (  @Actian  ) joins us to discuss AI-ready data. Also in the mix: data products, data contracts, Bitol, and the human context that we're still working to capture. This episode was recorded at Data Day Texas 2026.actian.combito.iohttps://datadaytexas.com/#dataanalytics #datagovernance #artificialintelligence

Juan Sequeda (ServiceNow) was one of our first guest and joins us for this special 1st anniversary episode. He imparts lessons learned in years of building ontologies. Catalog and Cocktails, Juan's podcast with Tim Gasper.https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/catalog-cocktails-the-honest-no-bs-data-podcast/id1524652737#artificialintelligence #dataanalytics

Miran Badzak (Executive Director, Databases  @IBM  ) joins us to roadmap the future for AI-driven database autonomy and discuss some major announcements for IBM Db2.

Russell Spitzer joins us at Data Day Texas 2026 to discuss his work on the Apache Iceberg project.#dataanalytics #datamanagement #opensource

Andrew Brust (CEO of bluebadgeinsights.com) joins us to discuss the hype and excitement around AI agents. This episode continues the conversation from episode 50.Episode 50:https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/ebTJzJGTv1b#aiagents #aihype #dataanalytics

"It brings AI to Fabric and Fabric to AI." Andrew Brust (Blue Badge Insights) is the rare polymath who combines hardcore technical chops with industry analytics prowess. He brings his experience to this episode to discuss how Microsoft Fabric IQ helps AI to be an intelligent consumer of business data.https://www.bluebadgeinsights.com/#artificialintelligence #dataanalytics

We chat with Aaron Black (  @oreilly  ) about the state of tech publishing. Do we still need books when we have AI? What do physical books have to do with vinyl records? This episode was recorded at Data Day Texas 2026.#artificialintelligence #techindustry #publishing

This is a continuation of the conversation with Bruno in episode 47. What do you get for the enterprise that has everything? We've had systems of record, systems of engagement, and systems of intelligence for some time, but now it's time for action. Episode 47:https://open.spotify.com/episode/4ewPRBEDo6B7jL4WF8s92K?si=gE2EXLTfSE-0kpSOffOQYABruno's substack:https://carcast.substack.com/...

Bruno Aziza (  @IBM  ) joins the show to discuss trust, hybrid cloud, hybrid model strategy, and systems of action.#dataanalytics #hybridcloud #artificialintelligence

In this episode, we sit down with Patrick McFadin (IBM) at Data Day Texas 2026.

Dave Mariani discusses how AtScale became a 13 year overnight success by serving the semantic needs of AI agents.#dataanalytics #aiagents

We preview Data Day Texas 2026 from Austin Texas. Crazy weather, ontologies, knowledge graphs, context graphs, semantics, the rebirth of the modern data stack, etc.#dataanalytics #artificialintelligence

Sudhir Hasbe (President and CPO,  @neo4j  ) joins us to discuss the excitement around context graphs. Links related to this episode:A blog post on knowledge graphs.https://neo4j.com/blog/genai/hands-on-with-context-graphs-and-neo4j/A context graph demo site:https://context-graph-demo.vercel.app/A case study with Electronic Arts:https://neo4j.com/customer-stories/technology-media-company/The blog p...

This episode continues the conversation between John Rymer and Rick Greenwald (analysis.tech) from Ep. 41. Amongst the disagreements, we see some common ground. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/zxfZiqMJwvk Ep 41: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HHXKDhKVaAAIpl6vISfrH?si=hphHlcUKTC6fUDQIC9BJxQ #aiagents #dataanalytics #database #softwaredevelopment

Rick Greenwald and John Rymer (analysis.tech) come from opposing camps in a longstanding conflict: data vs app development. In this episode, they strive toward a detente. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/z3BZFF2B7RM

Happy New Year! We review 2025 and prognosticate about 2026. Have you thought about semantics this year? Links related to this episode: Data 2026 outlook: The rise of semantic spheres of influence https://siliconangle.com/2026/01/05/data-2026-outlook-rise-semantic-spheres-influence/ A discussion of PuppyGraph, a graph query engines: https://youtu.be/nmKvGmRWRms Joe Reis's substack on data mode...

Dinesh Chandrasekhar (Principal, @stratolallc) joins us to discuss his recent report on Architectural Intelligence. His core thesis is that we need to extend the capabilities of enterprise observability to reduce siloing and better manage the power and risks of AI workloads. Link to the report:https://stratola.com/architectural-intelligence-a-new-paradigm-for-enterprise-visibility-in-the-ai-era/

We're joined by Lak Lakshman to discuss his book Generative AI Design Patterns (Oreillly Media). Lak is also the cofounder of Obin.ai. Link to the book:https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/generative-ai-design/9798341622654/

We're joined by Justin Borgman, CEO of Starburst, to discuss data products and data federation for AI. We also cover the company's recently announced membership in OSI (Open Semantic Interchange).#agenticai #dataanalytics

IBM announced the acquisition of Confluent; what does this mean for hybrid cloud, agents and open source?#cloudcomputing #aiagents #opensource

Tony reports on his yearly pilgrimage to AWS re:invent.#awsreinvent2025 #aws #agenticai