
The Artists of Data Science
In his book, "Linchpin", Seth Godin says that "Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done."
Does that sound like you?
If so, welcome to The Artists of Data Science podcast! The ONLY self-development podcast for data scientists.
You're here because you want to develop, grow, and flourish.
How will this podcast help you do that?
Simple.
By sharing advice on how to :
- Develop in your professional life by getting you advice from the best and brightest leaders in tech
- Grow in your personal life by talking to the leading experts on personal development
- Stay informed on the latest happenings in the industry
- Understand how data science affects the world around us, the good and the bad
- Appreciate the implications of ethics in our field by speaking with philosophers and ethicists
The purpose of this podcast is clear: to make you a well-rounded data scientist. To transform you from aspirant to practitioner to leader. A data scientist that thinks beyond the technicalities of data, and understands the impact you play in our modern world.
Are you up for that? Is that what you want to become?
If so, hit play on any episode and let's turn you into an Artist of Data Science!
Latest episodes

Jan 28, 2022 • 1h 10min
Understanding Data Foundations | Loris Marini
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/wvkxi-Et29M
Find Loris Marini online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorismarini/
https://www.discoveringdata.com
Support the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/datascienceharp
Memorable Quotes from the show:
[00:33:01] "We all matter, we are all part of this and we need one another. I can't do that a science well, if the data is not reliable, if it's not trusted, if it's not connected to the business via metadata by a data management program that touches anyone. And so it's really a mind, a change of of mindset from. You can add value as a team in isolation to, well, not really. Data is the common denominator to everything we do, whether we like it or not. Everything we do generates Data."
Highlights of the Show:
[00:01:27] Guest Introduction.
[00:03:01] Where did you grow up and what was it like there?
[00:05:13] What the heck is quantum photonics and how did you get into that?
[00:08:51] How did you go from awesome, crazy physics stuff into Data science?
[00:12:41] Talk to us about your experience of hardcore physics and research and how did that experience lead you into the Data project?
[00:14:58] What did that look like when you were venturing out as the first data scientist?
[00:17:57] Data architecture. Talk to us about that transition. What was that transition like? What made you be like, "Oh my God, I need to put the Data science down and pick up the Data architect stuff"
[00:21:11] What is the difference between Data engineer and the data architect?
[00:24:47] What do you think a data scientist at a minimum should know about Data architecture and the role that Data architect plays?
[00:35:27] You're talking about the difference between data, information, knowledge and strategy. What's the difference between these? How does data, information or knowledge play into a strategy?
[00:40:44-00:40:46] What's the name of that podcast by Brian O'Neill?
[00:53:03] I love creating machine learning models and then you're trying to do stuff and then you realize that your hands are tied because there's no infrastructure in place; there's no desire or nobody cares about your fancy algorithms and anything like that. How can we start making a culture happen for success?
[00:58:04] Talk about this latter of Data needs that goes from data integration, data access and data transformation kind of walk us through that process and then talk to us about why transformation that part is so hard.
[01:02:03] It's one hundred years in the future. What do you want to be remembered for?
[01:04:00] What do you think is the most mysterious aspect of the universe, which you say that this uncertainty principle is that? Or is there a different thing that is more mysterious than that to you?
[01:05:02] When do you think the first video to hit one trillion views on YouTube will happen and what will that video be about?
[01:05:33] Who do people tell you that you look like?
[01:06:10] What are you currently reading?
[01:07:17] What song do you currently have on repeat?
[01:08:02] What's the last book you gave up on and stopped reading?
[01:08:45] What fictional place would you most like to go to?
[01:09:21] What languages do you speak?
[01:09:25] If you were a vegetable, what vegetable would you be?
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Jan 23, 2022 • 1h 16min
Data Science Happy Hour 65 | 21JAN2022
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/NPIjuY_0HYU
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Resources:
http://ecai2020.eu/papers/348_paper.pdf
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.10564.pdf
https://cds.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/RDS_TentativeSyllabus.pdf
https://dagshub.com/
https://discord.gg/ngNdE5Tvzy
https://diversity.google/annual-report/
https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01522418/document
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021#salary-comp-total
https://www.kaggle.com/discussion
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6889576309601640448/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reid-blackman-ph-d-0338a794/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/ai/responsible-ai-resources
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Jan 21, 2022 • 51min
How to Make Your Data Story ACTIONABLE! | Dr. Joe Perez
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/JN7Anqiv2fU
Find Dr. Joe online: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jwperez
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Memorable Quotes from the Episode:
Highlights of the Show:
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Jan 16, 2022 • 1h 20min
Data Science Happy Hour 64 | 14JAN2022
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/nLf0_0I6uvU
Resources:
https://abseil.io/resources/swe_at_google.2.pdf
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6783119648565141771
https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/practitioners_guide_to_mlops_whitepaper.pdf
https://theartistsofdatascience.fireside.fm/andy-hunt
https://www.benjerry.co.uk/flavours/flavour-graveyard/rainforest-crunch
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Jan 14, 2022 • 1h 5min
Telling Your Data Story | Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottmztaylor/
https://www.metametaconsulting.com
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/LZHB6wcAUdg
Memorable Quotes from the Episode:
[00:26:52] "... if the Data science community worked more closely with the Data management community, I think we can, you know, let's stamp out wrangling or at least munching. Let's stamp out munching at least in our lifetime, since so many of those issues that people spend time on could be solved in the Data management side of the house. They may even have that data. I don't know how many times I learned at DB even at DB, where people were just like kind of starting over looking at something, it's like, you know, there's an existing list somewhere."
Highlights of the Show:
[00:01:29] Guest Intro
[00:03:42] Where'd you grow up? What was it like there?
[00:05:07] How did you get education in the United Nations School?
[00:07:06] How how did you get into Data?
[00:07:54] What was the first job you had?
[00:09:52] How did you end up learning about "Data"?
[00:12:56] What are the four Cs you talk about in your book?
[00:13:37] How have databases transformed from the time you started working on it?
[00:29:31] What would be the first thing you do to help your organization start on a path to creating a Data strategy?
[00:46:02] Random Round
[00:46:07] It's one hundred years in the future. What do you want to be remembered for?
[00:47:22] When do you think the first video to hit one trillion views on YouTube. Will happen and what will it be about?
[00:48:41] So what are you currently reading?
[00:48:57 What's something that you watch recently?
[00:50:36] What about music? What do you got on repeat?
[00:51:15] What makes you cry?
[00:56:10] What talent would you show off in a talent show?
[00:58:28] What are you interested in that most people haven't heard of?
[00:58:43] What's your earliest memory?
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Jan 9, 2022 • 1h 52min
Data Science Happy Hour 63 | 07JAN2022
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/2rKppfByI5c
Resources:
https://datascienceharp.medium.com/i-thought-failure-was-my-destiny-until-i-realized-it-made-me-who-i-am-today-1a8bd4ccb1e2
https://dev.to/arslan_ah/grokking-leetcode-a-smarter-way-to-prepare-for-coding-interviews-5d9d
https://fs.blog/mental-models/
https://github.com/jwasham/coding-interview-university
https://juniortosenior.io/
https://vinvashishta.substack.com/p/assessing-a-data-scientists-coding
https://www.jefflichronicles.com/mental-models
https://youtu.be/4Qta0MyEoYU
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Jan 7, 2022 • 47min
Blockchain and Crypto for Data Scientists | Jonathan Reichental
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/SButPV_V2-A
Memorable Quotes from the Episode:
[00:20:38] Most of the identifiers that associate a transaction with a person are just a series of letters and numbers, so it's not easy to trace back that Jonathan has sent Harpreet Sahota 1000 or 1000 bitcoin or something, but you can see all the transactions from the very, very beginning and you can export it. You could, you know, any number of data analytics products that you could run against it, just like any data store. One hundred percent, you can affect the data and get right to it, but you can obviously read and if you export it, you can do anything with it.
Highlights of the Show:
[00:00:40] Guest Introduction
[00:02:58] Talk to us a bit about where you grew up and what it was like there.
[00:06:14] How did this love of technology kick-off? How did you get interested in it?
[00:09:15] What is a blockchain and how is this different from what we're used to seeing in Data structures?
[00:15:05] Every time I hear about blockchain in the same sentence, almost they talk about cryptocurrency. So the exact same thing, or can we use them in place of each other? How does this work?
[00:21:35] What are the implications of blockchain technology for data governance data management?
[00:27:02] What is the difference between public permissioned and private blockchains.
[00:45:42] Randon Round.
[00:45:52] What's your favorite piece of clothing that you own?
[00:46:13] Who are some of your heroes?
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Dec 24, 2021 • 39min
The Year of Data - 2021 Rewind
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/035XW6k-Kls
00:00:31 Harpreet's Year End Message
Regular Episodes Recap
The Most Internationally listened to episode: https://youtu.be/-5EBk43uWD4
00:04:30 The Smartest Person in the Room | Christian Espinosa
00:05:36 Clearer, Closer, Better | Emily Balcetis
00:06:30 Meditations on Power and Mastery | Robert Greene
00:08:09 Pulling the Grim Trigger | Kevin Zollman
00:08:27 Your Job Doesn't Define YOU | Eleanor Tweddell
00:08:45 Explainable Data Science | Denis Rothman
00:09:03 Choose Who You Become | Chase Caprio
00:09:24 Your Beliefs Aren't Reality | Dave Gray
00:09:58 How to build a Data Science Culture | John K Thompson
00:10:51 Data Science Thunder From Down Under | Steve Nouri
00:11:55 The Philosophy of Sentientism | Jamie Woodhouse
00:12:42 The Shape of Geometry | Jordan Ellenberg
00:13:09 Our Nearest Neighbour | Ken Jee
00:13:40 Learning How To Learn | Barbara Oakley
00:14:04 Skip the Line |James Altucher
00:14:20 How to think like a data science billionaire | John Sviokla
00:15:02 Do What You Love Doing | Lillian Pierson
00:15:46 The Tesstimony | Jonathan Tesser
00:16:33 The Fearless Factor | Jacqueline Wales
00:16:56 Simplify Complexity | David Benjamin
00:17:22 Cultivate Your Rest Ethic | Max Frenzel
00:17:51 The Complete Man | Purdeep Sangha
00:18:26 Tales of a Data Engineer | Dennis Will
00:18:47 Subliminal Motives | Eric Okon
00:19:12 Become a Pragmatic Data Scientist | Andy Hunt
00:20:10 Turn the Lights on Data | George Firican
00:20:47 Give Your Brain Some Space | Tiffany Shlain
00:21:52 Wellness for Data Professionals | Madison Schott
00:22:24 The Industrial Philosopher | Cristina Digiacomo
00:23:05 Turn Ideas into Gold | Steven Cardinale
00:23:37 NLP and Philosophy | Kourosh Alizedah
00:24:17 The Book of Why | Dana Mackenzie
00:24:49 The International Woman of Data - Christina Stathopoulos
The Happy Hours Recap
00:25:40 Question/Answer and Mentoring
00:26:26 What title should be written on the resume?
00:30:44 Sharing the hot seat with friends of the show!
00:31:38 What is the best way to break into research?
00:32:45 How to organize while working?
00:33:19 When will Linkedin content creators start making money?
00:33:47 What's up with the billion hours of YouTube video KPI?
Having Fun
00:36:07 Jeff Li's freestyle rap session!
00:36:56 Insights with Eric
00:37:45 What is the perspective of Data on social media?
00:38:58 Credits
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Dec 19, 2021 • 22min
Data Science Happy Hour 62 | 17Dec2021
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/82m6j8ZJgPI
Resources:
https://www.moreintelligent.ai/10kcasts/
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Dec 12, 2021 • 1h 14min
Data Science Happy Hour 61 | 10Dec2021
Watch the video of this episode: https://youtu.be/7YhEjJFkRjI
Resources:
https://apps.ankiweb.net
https://github.com/jeffmli/data-science-deliberate-practice
https://www.amazon.com/Interpretable-Machine-Learning-Python-hands-ebook/dp/B08PDFXXRL/ref=zg_bs_16977174011_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=3TCSJQCA9WPJ5601MEG1
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