Joe Reis

The Joe Reis Show

What happens when a best-selling author and "recovering data scientist" gets a microphone? This podcast. I'm Joe Reis, and each week I broadcast from wherever I am in the world, sharing candid thoughts on the data, tech, and AI industry. Sometimes it's a solo rant. Other times, I'm chatting with the smartest people I know. If you're looking for an unfiltered perspective on the state of AI, data, and tech, you've found it.

Author

Joe Reis

Category

Technology

Podcast website

joereis.xyz

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

Freestyle Fridays - Old School BI vs AI BI 10.01.2025

Will AI chatbots replace old school BI dashboards and reports? Or can they co-exist with one another? Will AI help the often poor adoption by the business of dashboards and reporting? I rant about this and more in this latest episode.

Dave Colls and David Tan - Effective Machine Learning/AI Teams 07.01.2025

Dave Colls and David Tan join me to chat about building effective machine learning teams, the challenges they face, the 7 deadly wastes in data and ML, writing a book, and much more. Get their book here: https://amzn.to/3DS2OMp

Freestyle Fridays - The Year Ahead (Why Data Modeling Matters, AI, Being Human, etc) 03.01.2025

It's 2025! We made it! ;) In this podcast, I rant about why data modeling matters more than ever, AI, and why humans will seek out "human" things in 2025 and beyond. ❤️ Your support means a lot. Please like and rate this podcast on your favorite podcast platform. 🤓 My works: 📕Fundamentals of Data Engineering: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/fundamentals-of-data/9781098108298/ 🎥 Deeplearnin...

Simba Khadder - Feature Stores, Reinforcement Learning, and More 02.01.2025

Simba Khadder (CEO of FeatureForm ) joins me to chat about feature stores, reinforcement learning, surfing, and much more.

Gordon Wong - What We're Stoked for in 2025 01.01.2025

It's December 31, 2024. Gordon Wong and I wrap up 2024 and chat about what we're excited about in 2025 in data and otherwise. ❤️ If you like my podcasts, please like and rate it on your favorite podcast platform. 🤓 My works: 📕Fundamentals of Data Engineering: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/fundamentals-of-data/9781098108298/ 🎥 Deeplearning.ai Data Engineering Certificate: https://www.cour...

Joe Reis + Matt Housley - End of 2024 Chat, Advice on Consulting, Leaving a Job, AI, and More 27.12.2024

Matt Housley and I have a LONG chat about working in consulting, leaving your job, AI, the job market, our thoughts on what's coming in 2025, and much more. ❤️ If you like my podcasts, please like and rate it on your favorite podcast platform. 🤓 My works: 📕Fundamentals of Data Engineering: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/fundamentals-of-data/9781098108298/ 🎥 Deeplearning.ai Data Engineerin...

Amr Awadallah - Making AI Work in Enterprise, What Makes Humans Unique, and More 26.12.2024

The first time I met Amr Awadallah, he struck me as a rare person genuinely curious about the world and how technology and AI impact it. We discuss his early roots as an entrepreneur, the founding of Cloudera and Vectara, the challenges of AI in enterprises, what makes humans unique, and much more.

Freestyle Fridays - Is Writing Code Still Relevant for the Youth? 19.12.2024

I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a young gentleman upgrading my Google Fiber. While he was originally pursuing a career as a software developer, he and his friends decided against it after seeing the progress of ChatGPT over the last couple of years. As a father of two teenage boys, I often think about the nature of work, including whether writing code will be relevant for future g...

Tiankai Feng - Humanizing Data Strategy 17.12.2024

Tiankai Feng joins me to chat about the people side of data, aligning on the value of data strategy, and much more.

Do You Really Need That New Data Tool, or is a Spreadsheet Good Enough? 16.12.2024

This morning, a great article came across my feed that gave me PTSD, asking if Iceberg is the Hadoop of the Modern Data Stack? In this rant, I bring the discussion back to a central question you should ask with any hot technology - do you need it at all? Do you need a tool built for the top 1% of companies at a sufficient data scale? Or is a spreadsheet good enough? Link: https://blog.det.life/apa...

Holden Karau - Fight Health Insurance 16.12.2024

Health insurance denials are a big topic in America right now. Holden Karau joins me to talk about using AI to appeal health claim insurance denials. Fight Health Insurance: https://fighthealthinsurance.com/

Freestyle Fridays - Building a Personal Brand 13.12.2024

I’ve been asked many questions about building a personal brand for the last few weeks. Perhaps it’s the uncertain job market, people wanting to branch out, or something else. I’m unsure what’s in the air right now. In this episode, I share some thoughts on building a personal brand.

Hannes Muhleisen - DuckDB Deep Dive, The Challenges of Lakehouses, and More 12.12.2024

Hannes Muhleisen is the creator of DuckDB and CEO of DuckDB Labs. We finally got a chance to meet in person at the Forward Data Conference in Paris. We hit it off immediately, and at times, I felt like I was talking with my long lost brother. Hannes is a very cool guy! While at the conference, we recorded a chat about all things DuckDB, the challenges of data lakehouses and open table formats, loc...

Dave Yaffe and Johnny Graettinger (Estuary) - Data Integration, Running Startups While Raising Kids, and More 10.12.2024

Dave and Johnny run Estuary, a data integration company focused on real-time ETL and ELT. We're also friends, so we decided to have a chat. In this episode, we chat about the current state of the data integration space, running a startup while raising kids, and much more. Estuary

Gordon Wong - Tech Stacks, Semantic Layers, and More 09.12.2024

Regular guest Gordon Wong joins me for a half hour to chat about tech stacks for analytics, semantic layers, and much more. Gordon's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordonhwong/

Bill Inmon - Data Warehousing Facts and Myths 06.12.2024

Bill Inmon is considered the father of the data warehouse. I just got back from spending a couple of days with Bill, and we discussed the history of the data industry and the data warehouse. On my flight back, I realized people could benefit from a short version of our conversation. In this short chat, we discuss what a data warehouse is (and is not), Kimball and Inmon, the origins of the data war...

Valentin Becerra - Engineering for Space, DJing, and More 06.12.2024

Valentin Becerra and I chat about DJing, AI, space engineering, and much more.

Gwen Shapira - Multi-Tenant Databases Done Right 04.12.2024

Multi-tenancy in databases is very difficult to pull off at scale. Gwen Shapira and I chat about multi-tenant databases at Nile (and elsewhere), AI, RAG, and much more.

The Negative Net Present Value of Consulting 03.12.2024

While at lunch with a friend today, the question came up of whether he should invest his time into content (videos and courses) or consulting. Having run a consultancy (and exiting the consulting game), I quipped that consulting often has a negative net present value. What do I mean? Listen on... Note - I'm trying out a new format where I'll record and post episodes whenever I feel like it (novel...

Ole Olesen-Bagneux - The Meta Grid (sneak peak) 02.12.2024

What if the world's metadata were interconnected in a decentralized way? This is part of the vision of Ole Olesen-Bagneux's Meta Grid. We have a chat about what it is, and its implications for the data industry.

Freestyle Fridays - The Skills Gap in Data 29.11.2024

We've got so many awesome tools and technology, but I often don't think we know how to properly use them. In this episode, I discuss what I think is one of the biggest problems in the data industry - the skills gap.

Albert Bellamy - Getting Your Job in Data 27.11.2024

Albert and I discuss the do's and don't of finding a job in the data field. Do you do a portfolio project? What's the market like these days? This and more are discussed. Enjoy.

Tanya Bragin - Clickhouse, Open Source vs Commercial, and More 20.11.2024

Tanya Bragin and I have a wide-ranging chat about the tension of open source and commercial products, Clickhouse, aligning marketing and product, and how she manages her time.

Freestyle Fridays - Obscurity is Your Enemy 15.11.2024

People often ask me for career advice. In a tough job market where people are sending out thousands of resumes and hearing nothing back, I notice a lot of people have weak networks and are unknown to the companies they're applying to. This results in lots of frustration and disappointment for job seekers. Is there a better way? Yes. People need to know who you are. Obscurity is your enemy. Also, t...

Chris Riccomini - Building (and Writing About) Data Intensive Applications 13.11.2024

Chris Riccomini and I chat about building his latest project SlateDB, building data intensive infrastructure, writing, investing, and much more.

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