Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn
The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact.Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy.We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.
Latest episodes
Jul 1, 2025 • 1h 6min
901: Automating Legal Work with Data-Centric ML (feat. Lilith Bat-Leah)
Senior Director of AI Labs for Epiq Lilith Bat-Leah speaks to Jon Krohn about the ways AI have disrupted the legal industry using LLMs and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), as well as how the data-centric machine learning research movement (DMLR) is systematically improving data quality, and why that is so important.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/901
This episode is brought to you by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA and Adverity, the conversational analytics platform.
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(05:45) Deciphering legal tech terms (TAR, e-discovery)
(13:47) How legal firms use data and AI
(29:01) All about data-centric machine learning research (DMLR)
(46:58) Lilith’s career journey in the AI industry
Jun 27, 2025 • 15min
900: 95-Year-Old Annie on How to Stay Healthy and Happy
“Stay happy and healthy”: In this special Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn speaks with Annie, his grandmother, on her 95th birthday. Hear how she is physically and mentally coping with illnesses that limit her mobility and the joys of having a pet.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/900
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Jun 24, 2025 • 1h 33min
899: Landing $200k+ AI Roles: Real Cases from the SuperDataScience Community, with Kirill Eremenko
Data science skills, a data science bootcamp, and why Python and SQL still reign supreme: In this episode, Kirill Eremenko returns to the podcast to speak to Jon Krohn about SuperDataScience subscriber success stories, where to focus in a field that is evolving incredibly quickly, and why in-person working and networking might give you the edge over other candidates in landing a top AI role.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/899
This episode is brought to you by Adverity, the conversational analytics platform and by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA.
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(04:35) Stories from five SuperDataScience subscribers
(27:32) How to secure a career in a fast-paced industry
(44:19) How to stand out against huge competition in data science
(1:01:40) The importance of communication in data science
(1:16:41) Where to focus your skills in AI engineering
Jun 20, 2025 • 5min
898: My Four-Hour Agentic AI Workshop is Live and 100% Free
In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn announces his new, free workshop on Agentic AI. On this four-hour comprehensive course, you’ll learn the key terminology for working with these flexible, multi-agent systems and then get to grips with developing and deploying this artificial “team of experts” for all your AI-driven projects.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/898
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Jun 17, 2025 • 1h 3min
897: How to Enable Enterprise AI Transformation, with Strategy Consultant Diane Hare
Diane Hare talks to Jon Krohn about the power of storytelling for corporate buy-in of AI initiatives, how to actively implement AI to transform organizations, and how emerging professionals can upskill themselves. Hear how she discovered her background in storytelling at Ernst & Young and her work with Simon Sinek, which she finds to be integral to her process. Inspired by Sinek’s aphorism “start with why”, Diane notes that many companies neglect this crucial part of their mission because they never take the time to work on it.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/897
This episode is brought to you by Trainium2, the latest AI chip from AWS, by Adverity, the conversational analytics platform and by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA.
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(04:51) How Y Carrot works with BizLove
(14:19) How BizLove prioritizes change management
(29:18) How to upskill effectively
(42:37) How BizLove integrated data from two enterprises
(48:52) How to enable change in your business
Jun 13, 2025 • 8min
896: AI (Probably) Isn’t Taking Your Job (At Least Anytime Soon)
The Economist reported that global Google searches for "AI unemployment" hit an all-time high earlier this year. But do we have to worry about AI taking our jobs? In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn investigates whether the rise of AI has directly led to an increase in unemployment.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/896
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Jun 10, 2025 • 1h 16min
895: The Future of Enterprise AI: Investor Shaun Johnson Reveals What Actually Works
How to get funded by a VC specializing in AI: Head of AIX Ventures Shaun Johnson talks to Jon Krohn about investment strategies, how to simplify AI adoption, why a little competition can be so beneficial to AI startups, and how Big Tech is circumventing anti-monopoly measures.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/895
This episode is brought to you by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA and by Adverity, the conversational analytics platform.
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(10:36) What Shaun looks for when evaluating early-stage AI startups
(19:11) Building out AI startups
(41:44) How AI practitioners can future-proof their careers
(45:27) How to measure AI impact
(53:30) The key verticals ripe for AI disruption
Jun 6, 2025 • 30min
894: In Case You Missed It in May 2025
In this episode of “In Case You Missed It”, Jon Krohn takes clips from interviews with guests in May 2025. From AI agent integration and RAG-based chatbots to education through virtual reality headsets and data harmonization, this episode explores how industry leaders are developing the tools and technologies that can improve operations, education, healthcare, and marketing. Highlight clips are with John Roese, Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief AI Officer at Dell Technologies (Episode 887), Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Posit, PBC Jeroen Janssens and Lead Data Scientist at Xomnia Thijs Nieuwdorp (Episode 885), Founder of CEEK Mary Spio (Episode 889), and Martin Brunthaler, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Adverity (Episode 891).
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/894
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
Jun 3, 2025 • 1h 18min
893: How to Jumpstart Your Data Career (by Applying Like a Scientist), with Avery Smith
Avery Smith is a passionate and motivational YouTuber and careers educator for data science. In this episode, Jon Krohn asks Avery about the tools and tricks he has learned from personal experience and from his students in how to get ahead in the tech industry. Avery shares the “learning ladder” he uses to help newcomers start on the right foot with great examples from former bootcamp students who have put his theories into practice. And, if you’re using LinkedIn to find jobs, Avery explains why this might be one of the reasons you’re not getting work.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/893
This episode is brought to you by Adverity, the conversational analytics platform and by the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
In this episode you will learn:
(04:02) How to take the jump into a data science career
(15:19) Avery’s recommended strategy for starting a career in data science
(18:10) Recommendations for people learning data science with LLMs
(32:52) What should go into a data science portfolio
(46:07) Why Avery prefers practice over theory in teaching data science
(48:25) The bare minimum to get your first job in data science
May 30, 2025 • 12min
892: We’re In The AI “Trough of Disillusionment” (and that’s Great!)
Businesses have entered a “trough of disillusionment” for AI. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn learns why Fortune 500 execs are so frustrated with the tools and how they can work their way up the “slope of enlightenment” towards effective AI. Hear why AI takeup hasn’t so far gone to plan in the corporate world and what that world needs from AI to encourage greater business engagement.
Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/892
Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Email natalie@superdatascience.com for sponsorship information.
