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The Joe Reis Show

Joe Reis
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I’m Joe Reis, co-author of Fundamentals of Data Engineering, creator of Mixed Model Arts, international speaker, and long-time observer of the tech industry’s favorite recurring mistakes. Weekly broadcasts from somewhere on the road. Expect raw solo rants and long-form conversations with the engineers and leaders actually building things. I dive into data, AI, architecture, and career survival. Th... more

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Latest Episodes

Traditional drag-and-drop BI is facing an existential crisis. In this live fireside chat at Hex Prompt, I sit down with Barry McCardel (Co-founder & CEO of Hex), right as Hex announces a major pivot: Hex 4.0, a ground-up architectural rewrite built f... more

Tristan Handy (dbt/fivetran) joins me to discuss the tectonic shifts reshaping data teams, analytics engineering, and business intelligence in the age of agentic AI.

Tristan opens up about stepping back into "builder mode" after years as CEO, the p... more

The old data industry is dying. The new one hasn't quite been born. And in between, we're seeing some strange things.

In this episode, I explore the Great Data Interregnum, a period when the playbook, practices, and architectures of yesterday are lo... more

In this episode of The Joe Reis Show, I sit down at my house in Salt Lake City with Kyle, founder of Credible Data.

Before founding Credible, Kyle spent nearly 17 years at Google building core distributed systems—including the in-memory shuffle/joi... more

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Tristan Handy
Founder of dbt Labs and data industry leader
dbt Labs
Episode: Why Analytics Engineering Is Changing Forever w/ Tristan Handy (dbt/Fivetran)
Kyle Nesbit
Founder of Credible Data and former Google engineer who worked on BigQuery and Looker
Credible Data
Episode: Why AI Alone Can’t Fix Your Sh*tty Data Models w/ Kyle Nesbit (Credible Data)
Doug Meil
Software and data veteran, startup veteran, and author of The Rise and Fall of Explorys and IBM Watson Health
Explorys
Episode: "Blue Washed": The Rise and Fall of IBM Watson Health and Explorys w/ Doug Meil
Hannes Mühleisen
CTO of DuckLabs, co-creator of DuckDB
DuckLabs
Episode: DuckDB - The Past, Present, and Future, DuckLabs, and More w/ Hannes Mühleisen
Rob Collie
CEO of P3 Adaptive, early Power BI and Power Pivot pioneer at Microsoft, and author
P3 Adaptive
Episode: Why Off-The-Shelf AI Fails for Business Analytics w/ Rob Collie
Sanjeev Mohan
Seasoned data expert with roles at Oracle, Gartner, and independent advisory
Oracle, Gartner (former); Independent Advisor
Episode: Designing the AI-Driven Data Foundations: Architecture, Principles, and Practice w/ Sanjeev Mohan
Christophe Blefari
Co-creator of Nao, open-source analytics agent
Nao (Analytics Agent)”
Episode: Why AI Agents Will Break Modern Data Engineering (And How to Fix It) w/ Christophe Blefari (Nao)
Sami Hero
CEO of eli.ai, expert in semantic conceptual modeling
eli.ai
Episode: The Return of Conceptual Data Modeling w/ Sami Hero (CEO of Ellie.ai)
David Aronchick
CEO of Expanso
Expanso
Episode: Bringing Distributed Compute & AI to the Edge w/ David Aronchick (CEO of Expanso)

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Joe Reis
Host of The Joe Reis Show; long-time data engineering author and speaker with focus on data, AI, and architecture.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 129 ratings
  • The pulse

    I like to listen to this show to stay up to date. It‘s like getting the pulse of the data community devoid of the marketing buzz.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    angryandroiduser
    Germany3 months ago
  • Joe stands out!

    It’s really enjoyable to have someone to listen to who has been working in and thinking deeply about data teams for a long time. I appreciate that he is keeping up with societal and technical implications of AI. Strongly encourage listening!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    blablacanuck
    United Statesa year ago
  • Multidisciplinary Knowledge

    Relevant, honest , diverse insights from cross-generational experts globally on the interdependencies of secure people + process + tech and every thing else in between 😁.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Cnaloha
    United States2 years ago
  • Super informative about all things data

    Joe brings guests from the trenches and gets the best out of them. Easy listening and useful conversations.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Data practitioner
    United States4 years ago
  • Great (and chill) guy to learn from

    I’ve been following Joe since I stumbled on Fundamentals of DE book (GOAT survey course in DE) - I really enjoy his tone about this stuff, and how he not only keeps up with forefront of the tech industry, he has solid experience to draw from as he interviews experts and provides his takes. Loving this show, and it’s high on my list of what I look forward to each week

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    snuggleupagusTheFifth
    United States4 years ago

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Global experts provide diverse, cross-generational insights on secure, integrated tech stacks.
Listeners praise Joe's deep experience with data teams and thoughtful AI commentary.
Guests are described as grounded and practical, delivering useful, real-world perspectives.
Listeners appreciate the host's thoughtful tone and ability to draw actionable takeaways from expert guests.

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#140
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#151
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#154
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#164
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#232
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#249
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Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Why AI Alone Can’t Fix Your Sh*tty Data Models w/ Kyle Nesbit (Credible Data)
Q: What do you think about data analysts? I had some of this discussion yesterday with a professor friend of mine who teaches data analytics at a university here, and his biggest question is, well, what do I teach right now?
Nesbit says analysts should develop the harder-to-automate skills, including business understanding, statistics, and data literacy, while AI handles much of the routine technical work.
Why AI Alone Can’t Fix Your Sh*tty Data Models w/ Kyle Nesbit (Credible Data)
Q: What is it about the space that you think started capturing a lot of attention?
Nesbit attributes renewed interest in semantic layers to organizations seeking governance as AI agents make it easier to produce inconsistent analyses at scale.
Why Analytics Engineering Is Changing Forever w/ Tristan Handy (dbt/Fivetran)
Q: What advice would you give to, I guess, a data person, for lack of a better way of putting it, in terms of next steps in their career?
Handy recommends learning and adapting to AI, approaching the changes with curiosity, and considering a role at a business whose success feels meaningful to them.
Why Analytics Engineering Is Changing Forever w/ Tristan Handy (dbt/Fivetran)
Q: So what is the new job of a data team then?
Handy says data teams will continue cataloging organizational information, but more efficiently, and will also connect that data to AI through systems, evaluations, and business training.
Why Off-The-Shelf AI Fails for Business Analytics w/ Rob Collie
Q: Are dashboards dead?
Collie says dashboards are evolving, not disappearing. Routine dashboards will remain useful, but conversational interfaces backed by sound semantic models can answer many exploratory questions more directly; custom web applications may also replace some traditional reporting layers.

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This show centers on data, AI, software architecture, and practical engineering leadership, framed by long-form conversations with engineers and executives building in the field. Expect candid takes on how AI and data practices are evolving, plus solo rants and structured discussions about organizing teams, governance, and real-world deployment. Notable threads include how AI is reshaping roles, the tension between open-source and enterprise tooling, and the importance of thinking in systems, data contracts, and measurable outcomes. A distinctive angle is the host's invitation-only format and willingness to challenge hype with grounded, experience-backed insight, along with sponsor mentions threaded into thoughtful explorations of modern te... more

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2. Kyle Nesbit
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7. Christophe Blefari
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