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

Is your Modern Data Stack delivering value? w/ Sarah Krasnik

Everyone has an opinion on the modern data stack. What’s in it? What’s out? What’s the cool new buzzy technology? Unfortunately, it’s often the most important question that people fail to ask: How are your tools delivering value?
In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sarah Krasnik get back to first principles and remind us why everyone was excited about the modern data stack to begin with.
This episode will also feature:
How to think about “minimum viable data stack” vs. modern data stack
Criteria for evaluating the minimum viability of data tools
You once compared data self-service to shopping for frozen yogurt. Defend your most controversial frozen yogurt take.

S3E18 Takeaways with Sarah Krasnik

In this episode, Tim, Juan, and Sarah Krasnik get back to first principles and remind us why everyone was excited about the modern data stack to begin with.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.

Automating the Enterprise: LIVE from the Knowledge Graph Conference w/ Francois Scharffe

How do the most successful companies stitch together data governance, understanding, access, and use to create active and engaged data cultures? The answer, as usual, can be found in the knowledge graph.
And what better place to talk nodes and edges than the Knowledge Graph Conference in New York City? In this episode, Tim and Juan are joined by conference chair, Francois Scharffe, to discuss how knowledge graphs are driving the automated enterprise.
This episode will also feature:
How to apply knowledge graphs to address critical business problems
What automation looks like when powered by a knowledge graph
What kind of graph is the New York Subway system?

S3E17 Takeaways with Francois Scharffe

What better place to talk nodes and edges than the Knowledge Graph Conference in New York City? In this episode, Tim and Juan are joined by conference chair, Francois Scharffe, to discuss how knowledge graphs are driving the automated enterprise.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.

A layered approach to data meaning and measurement w/ Nick Handel

Data architecture is more layered than an onion. Data, metadata, access, transform, virtualization, visualization. And with the modern data stack, we’re now talking more about semantics and metrics layers.
This week, Tim and Juan are joined by Nick Handel, CEO of Transform, to talk all things semantics and metrics and why enterprises need to be thinking more about more about relationships.
This episode will also feature:
Clear definitions for semantic layer and metrics layer and the relationships between them
How to design your architecture to take advantage of semantics and metrics
Cake, dip, or sandwich. What is the best layered food?

S3E16 Takeaways with Nick Handel

This week, Tim and Juan are joined by Nick Handel, CEO of Transform, to talk all things semantics and metrics and why enterprises need to be thinking more about more about relationships.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.

Everybody’s an imposter sometimes w/ Steve Perry

It’s not easy being a “data leader.” For one, you have to advocate for good data practices at your company. But you may also feel a strong desire to create your own brand on social media and at conferences. With the constant noise, posturing, and rigorous debate over every facet of data and analytics, this can be daunting. And sometimes, you feel like an imposter.
In this episode, Tim and Juan are joined by Steve Perry, Director of Data and Analytics at Genius Sports, to talk about the challenges that rising data leaders face, and how to block out the noise, and chart your path to success.
This episode will also feature:
How to get over your fear of saying something stupid in a public square
Success metrics for data leaders
What’s an awkward conversation you’ve walked into and quickly realized you don’t belong?

S3E15 Takeaways with Steve Perry

In this episode, Tim and Juan are joined by Steve Perry, Director of Data and Analytics at Genius Sports, to talk about the challenges that rising data leaders face, and how to block out the noise, and chart your path to success.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.

Why are we so bad at this modern data stack? w/ Chad Sanderson.

Imagine sitting down at a restaurant. Your food is already on the table, and the waiter hands you a menu of different dishes and silverware you can use to consume your meal. That’s a completely backwards experience, but it’s kind of how data architecture works today. We have our data in cheap storage, and then we purchase software that helps us consume it. Is this also wrong?
In this special episode, Tim and Juan are joined by Chad Sanderson, Head of Product, Data Platform at Convoy, to discuss whether or not we're incorrectly architecting our modern data stack.
This episode will also feature:
Lessons learned from Amazon and Facebook on building services before data
How to align your data team with business goals
Getting data architecture right often requires paying down legacy debt. What’s something you recently purchased that you maybe shouldn't have?

S3E14 Takeaways with Chad Sanderson

In this special episode, Tim and Juan are joined by Chad Sanderson, Head of Product, Data Platform at Convoy, to discuss whether we’re incorrectly architecting our modern data stack.
This Takeaway episode will feature the summary of the upcoming episode.