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Speaking of Data Podcast

TDWI is proud to present Speaking of Data, the premier data and analytics podcast for businesses and practitioners.

Weekly episodes will feature TDWI analysts, instructors, tech thought leaders, and members of our community that are in the trenches doing the work every day.

Tune into Speaking of Data for highlights of the fantastic work done by the TDWI Research Analysts, Faculty, and partners that deliver information, insights, and tangible advice around the latest topics, trends, and events in the data management and analytics industry.

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Keeping Data Quality at the Speed of AI with Curtis O'Dell

September 28, 2026

Curtis O'Dell, global director for data integrity solutions with Tricentis, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss keeping data quality at the speed of AI - including the importance of data testing, using AI to automate data testing and quality assurance processes, and organizational accountability for maintaining high quality data. For more information on Tricentis' agentic quality engineering platform that puts quality on AI’s pace, so you can ship fast without breaking production, please visit Tricentis.


Duration: 35 minutes 15 seconds


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Trust as a Competitive Advantage with Emma McGrattan

September 16, 2026

Emma McGrattan, chief technology officer with Actian, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss trust as a competitive advantage - including the importance of a trusted data foundation, using data products and data contracts, and the role of metadata in AI success. For more information on Actian's data intelligence platform that gives AI semantic understanding, lineage, quality indicators, business context, and conversational analytics, please visit Actian Data Intelligence.


Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds


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The Ethics of Data and AI with Bill Franks

September 3, 2026

Bill Franks, president of Analytics Advisory Partners and research fellow with TDWI, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss the ethics of data and AI - including building an ethical culture, balancing innovation and risk, and ethical challenges with generative AI. For more information on Bill's course at TDWI Transform 2026 Data and AI Conference please visit The Ethics of Data, Analytics, and AI.


Duration: 37 minutes 28 seconds


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Customizing LLMs Using RAG with Nicolas Decavel

August 17, 2026

Nicolas Decavel, senior AI engineer with Candidly, joins co-hosts Andrew Miller and Meighan Berberich to discuss the progress organizations are making with customizing LLMs using RAG - including the importance of data preparation, selecting the best LLMs for RAG, and evaluating performance. Please visit RAG Bootcamp for AI Engineering for more information on the October seminar and check out Hands-On: Customizing LLMs with RAG: Using GenAI with Business Data for details on Nicolas' course at TDWI Transform 2026 Data and AI Conference.


Duration: 41 minutes 53 seconds


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Data Makes the World Go 'Round with Fern Halper

July 13, 2026

Fern Halper, Ph.D., vice president and senior research director for advanced analytics with TDWI, joins host Andrew Miller to discuss the release of her new book Data Makes the World Go 'Round: The Data, Tech, and Trust Behind AI Success - including organizational AI-readiness, the importance of data for AI success, and the emergence of agentic AI. Please visit TDWI Data and AI Leaders Summit for more information on Fern's sessions on Data Foundations for AI Success in Anaheim.


Duration: 24 minutes 13 seconds


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From Data Silos to Intelligent Self-Service with Celso Poderoso

June 18, 2026

Celso Poderoso, global director for business reporting governance with McCain Foods, joins hosts Andrew Miller and Meighan Berberich to discuss moving from data silos to intelligent self-service including the role of the data fabric and the semantic layer and balancing data access with governance. Please visit TDWI Transform 2026 Data and AI Conference for more information and to view the full agenda.


Duration: 35 minutes 07 seconds