

Catalog & Cocktails: The Honest, No-BS Data Podcast
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Catalog and Cocktails is the honest, No-BS, non-sales-y podcast about data and analytics. This is your unfiltered chat about everything interesting in data and analytics. Join Juan Sequeda and Tim Gasper to explore emerging topics and hear from thought leaders, practitioners and executives across the data and analytics space.
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Dec 9, 2025 • 6min
TAKEAWAYS - How are we over complicating data products? with Arielle Rolland
This is the takeaway episode with Arielle Rolland, a Data & AI Strategy Manager and Data Product Enthusiast where we dive into how many teams are overcomplicating data products. We discuss what makes a good data product initiative and a good data product. Is a waterfall approach actually that bad? And how to balance between strategy and delivery. If you are scratching your head about data products and feel lost, this episode is for you! If you like what you heard, you should check out the full episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 3, 2025 • 56min
AI isn’t magic, it’s math w/ Danielle Crop
Tim and Juan chat with Danielle Crop is the EVP Digital Strategy & Alliances at WNS, former Chief Data Officer of Albertson and also the former Chief Data Officer of American Express about how data leaders and practitioners need to be thinking about AI and how to focus on what truly provides business value. We get into who will be building models, and how roles will be evolving in organizations. If you want to learn what is going through the mind of an executive data leader, this episode is for you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dec 3, 2025 • 5min
TAKEAWAYS - AI isn’t magic, it’s math w/ Danielle Crop
This is the takeaway episode with Danielle Crop is the EVP Digital Strategy & Alliances at WNS, former Chief Data Officer of Albertson and also the former Chief Data Officer of American Express where we chat about how data leaders and practitioners need to be thinking about AI and how to focus on what truly provides business value, who will be building models, and how roles will be evolving in organizations. If you want to learn what is going through the mind of an executive data leader, this episode is for you. If you like what you heard, you should check out the full episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 26, 2025 • 54min
When is Data and AI governance truly a business enabler? w/ Jessica Zuñiga
Jessica Zuñiga is the Head of AI Readiness & Data Governance at BlueYeti and one of the most important voices in data governance in Mexico and Latin America. Tim and Juan discuss with Jessica about when data and AI governance truly becomes a business enabler and how to use frameworks like DAMA effectively. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 26, 2025 • 5min
TAKEAWAYS - When is Data and AI governance truly a business enabler? w/ Jessica Zuñiga
This is the takeaway episode with Jessica Zuñiga is the Head of AI Readiness & Data Governance at BlueYeti and one of the most important voices in data governance in Mexico and Latin America. Tim and Juan discuss with Jessica about when data and AI governance truly becomes a business enabler and how to use frameworks like DAMA effectively. If you like what you heard, you should check out the full episode!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Nov 19, 2025 • 1h 5min
Netflix’s Unified Data Architecture: Model Once, Represent Everywhere with Alex Bertails
In this conversation with Alex Bertails, a software engineer at Netflix, the focus is on the Unified Data Architecture (UDA). Alex dives into how UDA utilizes an RDF-based knowledge graph to unify domain models and data representation, revolutionizing data accessibility. He explains the challenges of existing solutions and introduces innovative concepts like decentralized governance and autonomous domain model authoring. With insights on the future of data modeling, Alex emphasizes that a strong knowledge graph can enhance AI capabilities, making this discussion a must-listen for data enthusiasts.

Nov 19, 2025 • 6min
TAKEAWAYS - Netflix’s Unified Data Architecture: Model Once, Represent Everywhere with Alex Bertails
Listen to the Tim and Juan's takeaways from our discussion with Alex Bertails about Netflix's Unified Data Architecture. If you like what you heard, listen to the full episode! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 12, 2025 • 59min
Fall 2025 Data & Analytics trends with Sanjeev Mohan
Tim and Juan chat with the honest no-bs analyst Sanjeev Mohan to discuss the latest trends in the data & analytics space. We go over the vendor unification, the focus on semantics and metadata, what trends have survived and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 11, 2025 • 5min
TAKEAWAYS - Fall 2025 Data & Analytics trends with Sanjeev Mohan
Tim and Juan chat with the honest no-bs analyst Sanjeev Mohan to discuss the latest trends in the data & analytics space. We go over the vendor unification, the focus on semantics and metadata, what trends have survived and much more. If you like this short takeaway episode, you should listen to the full episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nov 5, 2025 • 1h 2min
Season 10 Premiere: Juan and Tim revisit 5+ years of Data
After 5 years of doing the podcast, time to revisit the past. Juan and Tim look at where this all started, how we are making progress in data, and where is history repeating itself. Listen for some #HonestNoBS takes about the data world!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


