Podcast•Feb 11, 2026•52 min
Re-Air: Data Teams at the Crossroads: Proving Value in a Changing Business Landscape with Ben Rogojan
In this re‑aired episode, John interviews Ben Rogojan, owner of Seattle Data Guy, about how data teams can demonstrate value amid tighter budgets and rapid AI advances. They discuss shifting from output‑focused metrics like dashboards to outcome‑driven results, the importance of understanding business context, and practical ways to prove ROI and align priorities. Ben stresses proactive communication—"show, don’t tell"—through prototypes, risk‑taking, and developing both technical and business skills to make a tangible impact.
By The Data Stack Show
Podcast•Feb 9, 2026•27 min
Fail Fast & Ship It with Jeremy Custenborder | Ep. 18
In this episode, Viktor Gamov interviews Jeremy Custenborder of Confluent about his journey from a paper boy to a leader in large‑scale systems, focusing on his experience keeping MySpace operational at massive pre‑cloud scale. Jeremy explains how he built custom...
By Streaming Audio (Kafka / Confluent)
Podcast•Feb 9, 2026•1h 7m
#345 How to Drive Innovation with Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow
In episode #345, DataFramed hosts Adel Nehme and Richie Cotton sit down with Brian Solis, Head of Global Innovation at ServiceNow, to explore how organizations can foster a culture of continuous innovation. Solis emphasizes the importance of aligning innovation with...
By DataFramed
Podcast•Feb 5, 2026•55 min
Airbnb’s Open-Source GraphQL Framework with Adam Miskiewicz
In this episode, Adam Miskiewicz, Principal Software Engineer at Airbnb, explains how the company built Viaduct, an open‑source data‑oriented service mesh and GraphQL platform that unifies a central schema across millions of microservices. He details the architectural principles—centralized schema, consistent...
By Software Engineering Daily – Data (category)
Podcast•Feb 3, 2026•1h 6m
#290: Always Be Learning
In this episode, Tim Wilson, Val Kroll, and Spotify product manager/data scientist Mårten Schultzberg discuss the limits of focusing solely on win rates in experimentation and introduce a broader "learning rate" metric that captures wins, regressions (avoiding bad outcomes), and neutral...
By Digital Analytics Power Hour
Podcast•Feb 2, 2026•30 min
From “This May Never Work” To WarpStream with Richie Artoul | Ep. 17
In this episode, Tim Berglund chats with data infrastructure veteran Richie Artoul about his unconventional path—from running a LAN gaming café to building log storage at Datadog and now leading WarpStream at Confluent. Richie shares the technical and cultural challenges...
By Streaming Audio (Kafka / Confluent)
Podcast•Jan 30, 2026•34 min
It's Friday, Juan and Tim Rant with Data Day Texas Takeaways
In this 34‑minute episode, Juan and Tim unwind over a beer to discuss recent developments in the data landscape and share their key takeaways from Data Day Texas. They cover topics such as the hype around AI versus real monetary...
By Catalog & Cocktails
Podcast•Jan 26, 2026•30 min
Inside $3M GPU Racks: Powering Modern AI with Bryan Oliver | Ep. 16
In this episode, Adi Polak interviews Bryan Oliver of Thoughtworks about his journey from building swimming pools to engineering massive GPU racks for AI workloads. Oliver explains the technical and operational challenges of running $3M GPU data centers, focusing on...
By Streaming Audio (Kafka / Confluent)
Podcast•Jan 20, 2026•36 min
From Evidence to Adoption: How datosX Is Redefining Digital Health Validation
In this episode, Unity Stoakes interviews Robin Roberts, CEO of datosX Digital Health Labs, about transforming digital health validation from a bottleneck into a catalyst for adoption. Roberts explains how datosX leverages tier‑1 health system partnerships to run regulatory‑grade validation...
By StartUp Health NOW
Podcast•Jan 20, 2026•1h 10m
#289: The Imperative of Developing Business Acumen
In episode #289 the hosts discuss the essential role of business acumen for data and analytics professionals, defining it as both a grasp of general business fundamentals (finance, marketing, P&L) and deep knowledge of one’s own organization and industry context....
By Digital Analytics Power Hour
Podcast•Jan 19, 2026•6 min
Agent Psychosis: Are We Going Insane?
In this episode, Armin Ronacher warns that AI agent psychosis could be making us collectively uneasy, while Dan Abramov breaks down the AT Protocol as a social filesystem for decentralized apps. RepoBar is highlighted as a tool that surfaces your...
By Practical AI
Podcast•Jan 19, 2026•34 min
Hacking Kafka Streams with Sophie Blee‑Goldman | Ep. 15
In this episode, Tim Berglund interviews Sophie Blee‑Goldman of Responsive about her journey from a Google internship to becoming a specialist in container orchestration and Kafka Streams. They dive into the technical challenge of scaling a Kafka Streams application for...
By Streaming Audio (Kafka / Confluent)
Podcast•Jan 15, 2026•43 min
Teaching AI How to Forget
In this episode Ben Lorica interviews Ben Luria, CEO and co‑founder of Hirundo, about the rising importance of machine unlearning for enterprise AI systems. They explore how organizations can remove or forget specific data points from trained models to comply...
By The Data Exchange
Podcast•Jan 15, 2026•52 min
America Under Surveillance with Michael Soyfer
In this episode, Kevin Ball talks with Institute for Justice attorney Michael Soyfer about the rapid expansion of surveillance technologies such as automated license‑plate readers, facial‑recognition cameras, and predictive policing tools across U.S. municipalities. Soyfer explains the Fourth Amendment challenges...
By Software Engineering Daily – Data (category)
Podcast•Jan 13, 2026•25 min
#266 The CFO’s Secret Weapon Behind Higher Business Valuations: The Data Cube with David Whitcombe, Founder and Managing Director, Data...
In this episode, Kevin Appleby and data‑analytics expert David Whitcombe explain how a "data cube"—a unified, governed layer that pulls together ERP, CRM, and operational data—gives CFOs a single source of truth that drives higher valuations in private‑equity exits. By...
By GrowCFO Show