S05E03 - How will we learn things?
In this episode, we tackle the question of learning in the age of AI. Among other things, we talked about: whether worrying about AI is the...
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Half Stack Data Science Podcast
"Half Stack Data Science" is a podcast by David Asboth and dr. Shaun McGirr about the realities of Data Science in the enterprise business world.
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20 of 33 episodesS05E02 - Magical Glue Person
In this episode, we discuss: - Will people really just write all their own software instead of buying it? - Is the change management around...
S05E01 - Will GenAI kill software?
In the first episode of the new season, we discuss: whether it's a good thing that we can produce more with GenAI, how GenAI will force us t...
S04E05 - 2025 in review
In this episode, we wrapped up 2025 by reflecting on what we talked about on the podcast, where AI is and where it's heading, and looked ahe...
S04E04 - Better survey design with AI - with Kirsten Hill
In this episode, we spoke to Kirsten Hill. Dr Kirsten Hill is a researcher, writer, and the founder of bisque — a survey platform that actua...
S04E03 - AI-assisted journaling with reconfigured - with Richard Makara and Niko Korvenlaita
In this episode, we spoke to Richard Makara and Niko Korvenlaita who are CEO and CTO of reconfigured. reconfigured is a journal app that mak...
S04E02 - Programming with AI - with Simon Willison
In this episode we talked to Simon Willison. Simon is the creator of Datasette, an open source tool for exploring and publishing data. He cu...
S04E01 - Meaningful uses of AI - with Scott Hanselman
Season 4, all about AI, has launched! In the first episode of the new season we talked to Scott Hanselman. Scott is a programmer, teacher, a...
Season 3 finale - The Well-Grounded Data Analyst - with David Asboth
In this episode, Shaun interviews David about his new book, The Well-Grounded Data Analyst. We talk about the data skill gap between the cla...
S03E10 - Data science needs you! - with Andrea Jones-Rooy
If you're an aspiring analyst and want to test your existing data skills on real-world problems while learning both new skills and a framewo...
S03E09 - Statistical rethinking - with Richard McElreath
A reminder that David's book, Solve Any Data Analysis Problem, is out later this year and you can already buy it and read it in its draft fo...
S03E08 - The market view of data education - with Richie Cotton
A reminder that David's book, Solve Any Data Analysis Problem, is out later this year and you can already buy it and read it in its draft fo...
S03E07 - The power of data storytelling - with Kat Greenbrook
A reminder that David's book Solve Any Data Analysis Problem is available in Manning's Early Access Program! You can read more about it here...
S03E06 - Reimagining data analytics training - with James Cotton
First of all, David's book Solve Any Data Analysis Problem is available in Manning's Early Access Program! You can read more about it here:...
S03E05 - Code quality for data science - with Laszlo Sragner
In this episode, we continued our season of talking to data educators and spoke to Laszlo Sragner. Laszlo runs Hypergolic, a boutique consul...
S03E04 - The language of data literacy - with Valerie Logan
Continuing our series of conversations with data educators, in this episode we spoke to Valerie Logan. Founding The Data Lodge in 2019, Vale...
S03E03 - Effective Python teaching - with Matt Harrison
In this episode of Half Stack Data Science we continue our season 3 all about data science education, with a conversation with Matt Harrison...
S03E02 - The joy of teaching Python - with Reuven Lerner
In this episode of Half Stack Data Science we continue our season 3, all about data science education, with a conversation with Reuven Lerne...
S03E01 - Preparing analysts for the real world - with Lisa Carpenter
In this episode, David & Shaun talk to Lisa Carpenter. Lisa is the lead data science instructor at Digital Futures, with responsibility for...
Season 3 Teaser
The Half Stack Data Science podcast is back (again)! Season 3 is coming very soon. In the meantime, listen to our teaser episode where we br...