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Hosted by Matthew Housley and Tony Baer · technology · EN · 98 episodes
We discuss data, artificial intelligence, and whatever else we feel like talking about. Cohosted by Tony Baer and Matt Housley. Also available on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6XFbzM-Vn1ztmEQFDVzYCQ
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Signup to Generate a PitchWe discuss data, artificial intelligence, and whatever else we feel like talking about. Cohosted by Tony Baer and Matt Housley.
It's About Data is hosted by Matthew Housley and Tony Baer. The show has published 98 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "AI Data Governance (with Mike Ferguson)" (2 October 2026, 19 minutes), "Preparing Data for AI (with Mike Ferguson)" (30 September 2026, 19 minutes), and "Data Centric AI (with Dave McComb)" (29 September 2026, 18 minutes).
It's About Data publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 19 minutes across 98 episodes.
Booking probability for It's About Data is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. It's About Data requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. It's About Data's contact route on record: verified email.
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Matthew Housley and Tony Baer hosts It's About Data, a technology show with 98 episodes published.
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Episode #98
It's About Data is a sponsor of Data AI Weekend, Oct 10th-11th, 2026 in Austin, TX. Use the discount code ITSABOUTDATA to register. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1984522656688/?discount=ITSABOUTDATA Mike Ferguson (CEO...
Episode #97
Fundamentals of Data Engineering is available through the O'Reilly Learning platform. Use the code MATT20 for a 20% discount on a one year subscription. https://learning.oreilly.com/signup/ Your subscriptions support...
Episode #96
Dave McComb, CEO of Semantic Arts, joins us to discuss AI code overload, the software wasteland and data centric AI architecture. Dave's book, Software Wasteland . The New York Times article we discuss. It's About Data...
Episode #95
Use the code MATT20 for a 20% discount on a one year subscription to The O'Reilly Learning Platform. https://learning.oreilly.com/signup/ Your subscriptions support this podcast. Paul Blankley, CTO and Cofounder of...
Episode #94
Matt's book Fundamentals of Data Engineering is available through the O'Reilly Learning platform. Use the code MATT20 for a 20% discount on a one year subscription. https://learning.oreilly.com/signup/ Your...
Episode #93
Use the code MATT20 for a 20% discount on a one year subscription to The O'Reilly Learning Platform. https://learning.oreilly.com/signup/ Your subscriptions support this podcast. Rob Strechay (Lead Analyst, VentureBeat)...
Episode #92
Are we finally going to experience the year of the graph database? According to Arthur Bigeard, (founder gdotv.com) graph databases are having a moment driven by gen AI and graph on relational tools. We also talk about...
Episode #91
We're joined by Miriah Peterson and Matt Sharp to discuss Nvidia's acquisition of Hugging Face. Coverage from The Information Domesticating AI, Matt and Miriah's podcast with Chris Brousseau. Hugging Face...
Episode #88
Ryan Dolley joins the show to discuss his work on an upcoming book. This episode was recorded at DataTune 2026 (https://datatuneconf.com/).#businessintelligence #largelanguagemodels
Episode #87
Stephen Messer (cofounder of Collective[i]) joins us to discuss an AI-driven talent shortage, the future of education, non-generative AI and the business prospects of foundation model developers.This episode is a...
Episode #86
Stephen Messer joins us to argue that we're making a significant cognitive error when we view AI as a shiny new feature to augment existing software and user experiences.
Episode #85
Tiankai Feng (Director of Data and AI Strategy, Thoughtworks) joins us to discuss two of his recent books on the human side of data and AI.
Episode #84
This is a continuation of our conversation with Dipti Borkar from episode 81. We discuss Microsoft Fabric IQ as a tool for managing meaning in data, the problem of data interop, and the rapidly evolving role of data...
Episode #83
This is a continuation of our discussion in episode 82. Kevin explains that AI agents are now a "fox in charge of the hen house," but this actually portends great things in the longstanding quest for data...
Episode #82
Kevin Petrie and Merv Adrian (BARC) join us to discuss a recent study:"Harnessing Unstructured Data for AI Innovation: Problems, Practices, and Principles for Success"This episode is part of a two part series. In the...
Episode #81
Dipti Borkar joins us to discuss how Microsoft is addressing the growing importance of open data through Fabric. We also talk about solving for agentic analytics support, and the evolution of data roles and...
Episode #80
In episode 80, Andy Pernsteiner (field CTO VAST Data) joins us to discuss how VAST has evolved from a storage layer to application backend services, data management and AI infrastructure.The VAST Cosmos...
Episode #79
Tony reports from Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026. Lakehouse/RT, LTAP, Genie One, Omnigent, Unity AI Gateway, and more.
Episode #78
Lisa Cao (Databricks) joins us to discuss major new features in Apache Spark 4.1, and the continuing evolution of the platform to meet new challenges and serve an expanding user base.
Episode #77
We interview Florian Douetteau, CEO and cofounder of Dataiku, about why data is the fuel for AI and how automation can solve the problem of "Shadow Data Products."
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