
Learn from the people using data to see things nobody else can.

Learn from the people who use data to see things nobody else can.

Learn from the people who use data to see things nobody else can.
Season 2 Trailer
Season 1 Highlights Reel
Episodes
Start with Story, End with Data
Ashish Thusoo, Founder of Qubole and Creator of Apache Hive
Season 2 Episode 9


The Bazaar in the Cathedral
Matei Zaharia, Co-founder and CTO of Databricks
Season 2 Episode 8


From the Outskirts to the Center
Jitendra Putcha, EVP & Global Head of Data Analytics and AI, LTIMindtree
Season 2 Episode 7


Get Out of the Building!
Tricia Wang, Co-founder, Sudden Compass
Season 2 Episode 6


The Scientific Integrity Crisis
Dr. Elisabeth Bik, Microbiologist, science integrity consultant
Season 2 Episode 5


Data Governance: Any “Dummy” Can Do It!
Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Author and Founder, Human Future
Season 2 Episode 4


Humanizing AI: Authentic Storytelling
Jepson (Ben) Taylor, Chief AI Strategist, Dataiku
Season 2 Episode 3


Your RFP is Useless
Paul Leonardi, Duca Family Professor of Technology Management, UCSB
Season 2 Episode 2


Premature Enumeration
Tim Harford, Host of Cautionary Tales and Author of The Undercover Economist
Season 2 Episode 1


Data Governance 101: All You Need to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Bob Seiner, Jennifer Belissent, Paola Saibene, Michelle Hoiseth, Francesco Marzoni & Wendy Turner-Williams, Data Governance Experts
Season 1 Episode 28


How Extreme Focus Launched the Modern Data Stack
George Fraser and Taylor Brown, Co-founders, Fivetran
Season 1 Episode 27


DataOps & The Data Catalog
Michele Goetz, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester
Season 1 Episode 26


Turning Data Librarians Into Supercomputers
Deb Seys, Senior Director of Learning & Communities, Alation
Season 1 Episode 25


From Data Strategy to Execution
Steve Pimblett, CDO, The Very Group
Season 1 Episode 24


Multiple Sources of Truth:
Decentralization and the Data Mesh
Zhamak Dehghani, Creator of the Data Mesh
Season 1 Episode 23


Truth, Data, and FAIRness
Francesco Marzoni, Chief Data and Analytics Officer, Ingka Group
Season 1 Episode 22


Using Data to Fight for Human Rights
Tarak Shah, Data Scientist, HRDAG
Season 1 Episode 21


The Data Behind Dating
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Author of Don’t Trust Your Gut
Season 1 Episode 20


The Beginning of Business Intelligence
Bernard Liautaud, Founder, Business Objects & Managing Partner, Balderton Capital
Season 1 Episode 19


Knowledge Graphs 101
Kendall Clark, Founder & CEO, Stardog
Season 1 Episode 18


Radical Data Politics
Wendy Turner-Williams, CDO at Tableau
Season 1 Episode 17


Data is a Weapon
Stan McChrystal, Retired US Army General
Season 1 Episode 16


The Data on the Chief of Data
Randy Bean, Founder & CEO, NewVantage Partners
Season 1 Episode 15


The Death and Rebirth of Data Privacy
Michelle Finneran Dennedy, #1 CPO and CEO of PrivacyCode
Season 1 Episode 14


Data Quality Is a Risky Business
Kyle Kirwan, Co-Founder and CEO of BigEye
Season 1 Episode 13


The Science Behind Quitting
Christie Aschwanden, Former Lead Science Writer at FiveThirtyEight
Season 1 Episode 12


Your Path to CDO Superstardom
Peter Jackson, Co-Founder & Director, Carruthers and Jackson
Season 1 Episode 11


Super Chickens & the Productivity Pecking Order
Dr. Margaret Heffernan, 5-time CEO and Author of Willful Blindness
Season 1 Episode 10


Attacking Data Literacy
Cindy Howson, Chief Data Strategy Officer at ThoughtSpot
Season 1 Episode 9


Your Guide to Corporate Controversies
Amir Efrati, Co-Founder and Executive Editor, The Information
Season 1 Episode 8


Making Big Data an Asset in Medicine
Michelle Hoiseth, CDO, Parexel
Season 1 Episode 7


How to be a Data Cheerleader
Caroline Carruthers, Co-Author of The Chief Data Officer’s Playbook
Season 1 Episode 6


The Reign of Specialists is Over
David Epstein, Bestselling Author of Range
Season 1 Episode 5


Emerging from the Data Dark Ages
Jennifer Belissent, Principal Data Strategist at Snowflake
Season 1 Episode 4


Forging a Culture of Data Governance
Bob Seiner, President & Principal, KIK Consulting
Season 1 Episode 3


The Secret to Data Storytelling
Cole Nussbaumer Knaflic, Founder & CEO, Storytelling with Data
Season 1 Episode 2


Data Governance: It’s the Final Frontier
Paola Saibene, Principal at Teknion Data Solutions
Season 1 Episode 1


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About The Data Radicals Podcast
Some people can see things that nobody else can. They seem to be able to peer around corners and into the future. These seemingly supernatural powers come from being able to synthesize the data all around us. They approach problems with a curious and rational mind. They think differently and encourage others to embrace data culture.
We call them “data radicals” because they transform themselves and the world around them.
In this podcast, we talk to these data radicals to understand what makes their approach so unique, and how it can be replicated.

About the host:
Satyen Sangani
Co-founder & CEO of Alation
Who wants to empower a curious and rational world? Satyen does. He’s the founder and CEO of Alation, on a mission to fundamentally improve the way data consumers, creators, and stewards find, understand, and trust data.
About the host:
Satyen Sangani
Founder & CEO of Alation
Who wants to empower a curious and rational world? Satyen does. He’s the founder and CEO of Alation, on a mission to fundamentally improve the way data consumers, creators, and stewards find, understand, and trust data.