Catalog & Cocktails: The Honest, No-BS Data Podcast

Don’t let good metadata go to waste w/ Peter Kapur

LIVE from the Snowflake Summit in Vegas. The hosts of Catalog & Cocktails sit down with Peter Kapur from WM to explore how we should be getting true value from metadata, data and analytics.

Takeaways with Peter Kapur

LIVE from the Snowflake Summit in Vegas. The hosts of Catalog & Cocktails sit down with Peter Kapur from WM to explore how we should be getting true value from metadata, data and analytics.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

Getting all meta about data w/ Sanjeev Mohan

So much of the focus of the analytics and vendor community today is on data. We have solutions for data visualization, warehousing, observability, cataloging, transformations, and more. But data is nothing without context. So why does metadata tend to draw the short straw?
In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sanjeev Mohan, former Gartner analyst and principal at SanjMo, explore how metadata acts as a proverbial travel guide for your data and analytics journey.
This episode will also cover:
Visions of a data catalog, the ordinary and profound
Who needs lineage and why
In the Magic Quadrant of summer foods, what goes in the leaders quadrant, and what’s in niche?

Takeaways with Sanjeev Mohan

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sanjeev Mohan, former Gartner analyst and principal at SanjMo, explore how metadata acts as a proverbial travel guide for your data and analytics journey.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

Does our understanding of data bias our analytics outcomes?

Why do some data-driven decisions seem to go so disastrously wrong? Ironically, the answer to this question likely isn’t found in the data at all, but rather our subconscious. In a time when companies have never been more data rich, it’s often our inherent information biases that doom critical analytics and data science work.
Is it possible to take the bias out of data work? That’s the question we ponder in this episode featuring Ciaran Dynes, chief product officer at Matillion.
This episode will also cover:
What responsibilities companies and people have to curb information bias
How hypothesis testing and experimentation can improve data work
What’s the most egregious example of information bias in the wild?

Takeaways with Ciaran Dynes

Is it possible to take the bias out of data work? That’s the question Tim and Juan ponder in this episode featuring Ciaran Dynes, chief product officer at Matillion.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming show.

The Data Entrepreneur’s Essentials w/ Brett Hurt

What does it take to build a successful data & analytics business? An entrepreneurial spirit, a problem-solving mindset, a sense of adventure, and the strength to get started.
We are live from the data.world All Hands and joined by Brett Hurt, CEO and co-founder of data.world, author, and serial entrepreneur. Brett will share what it’s like to fundraise and scale a data company in this challenging economic climate, who inspires him and why, and how he sees the data and analytics landscape evolving.
This episode will also feature:
How to hire and retain great people
What we can all learn from failure
Recommendations for wines under $20

Takeaways with Brett Hurt

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Brett discuss what it’s like to fundraise and scale a data company in this challenging economic climate, who inspires him and why, and how he sees the data and analytics landscape evolving.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.

A Roadmap to Data Mesh Success w/ Omar Khawaja

Some of the greatest breakthroughs throughout human history can be attributed to the biotech field, from life-saving vaccines to advances in supply chains. So it’s no surprise that biotech is also a fast-mover when it comes to innovative socio-technical paradigms like data mesh.
In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Omar Khawaja, Global Head of BI at Roche, break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the company's data mesh journey.
This episode will also feature:
How to identify potential use cases and pick the one to prioritize
How to think about ownership when data and tools are widely distributed
You’ll be at Snowflake Summit in Las Vegas next month. So will we. What’s the best buffet food?

Takeaways with Omar Khawaja

Some of the greatest breakthroughs throughout human history can be attributed to the biotech field, from life-saving vaccines to advances in supply chains. So it’s no surprise that biotech is also a fast-mover when it comes to innovative socio-technical paradigms like data mesh.
In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Omar Khawaja, Global Head of BI at Roche, break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of the company's data mesh journey.
This episode will also feature:
How to identify potential use cases and pick the one to prioritize
How to think about ownership when data and tools are widely distributed
You’ll be at Snowflake Summit in Las Vegas next month. So will we. What’s the best buffet food?