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Making Data Simple

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Hosted by Al Martin, IBM VP of Data and A.I. Development, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts.

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1
The Man Who Built Kubernetes Is Betting Everything on This New Idea: Craig McLuckie Founder and CEO of Stacklok
29:35 Mar 25, 2026
2
Still Essential: Ruchir Puri, IBM Chief Scientist, on the Death of Prompt Engineering and the Rise of Agentic AI {Replay}
29:40 Mar 18, 2026
3
The Data You Never Collected: Adam Kamor Co-Founder & Head of Engineering, Tonic.ai, on Synthetic Data's AI Revolution
42:48 Mar 11, 2026
4
From Two Phones to Crystal Balls — A CISO's Unfiltered Take on AI and Security with Josh Scott, CISO and VP of Security at Hydrolix
36:05 Mar 4, 2026
5
The Hidden Laws Behind Every Decision You Make — with Princeton's Tom Griffiths and his new book, The Laws of Thought
43:32 Feb 25, 2026
6
From Hollywood to High-Tech: Marco Rota’s, VP Strategic Technology Alliances at Lumen Technologies, Blueprint for Cultural Transformation {Replay}
32:14 Feb 18, 2026
7
Taming the Messy Data Reality: Turning AI Training Chaos into an $80T IP Asset Class with Andrea Muttoni, President and CPO of Story
43:14 Feb 11, 2026
8
This Episode is Deep into the Tech! From Graph DB Fundamentals to Grid Security: Engineering the Next-Gen Infrastructure
19:54 Feb 4, 2026
9
From Sovereign AI to Social Impact: The Big Shifts You Need to Watch with IBM VP and CTO of IBM Canada, Manav Gupta
49:01 Jan 28, 2026
10
Say What!? Bad ideas are the key to to better innovation? Dive in for this contrarian take and more on AI for organizational intelligence with Phanish Puranam, Professor of Strategy and Organizational Design {Replay}
32:02 Jan 21, 2026
11
The End User Advantage: How Smart Software Asset Management Unlocks Performance and Savings with Agnelpoint's Ron Brill and Kris Johnson
52:46 Jan 14, 2026
12
AI Power Plays: How IBM’s Clarity Levels Up Every Customer Conversation with Paul Zikopoulos, Matt Bateson, and Kyle Sava
52:40 Jan 7, 2026
13
Fresh off a high-profile appearance on CNBC! Jure Leskovec, Chief Scientist at Kumo and a Stanford Professor who's fundamentally reshaped how we understand networks {Replay}
42:34 Dec 31, 2025
14
Warm Hearts, New Skills! – The Mindful Response with Estela Zuheros {Replay}
45:22 Dec 24, 2025
15
From Disengaged to High-Performing: Dave Garrison’s Data-Driven Playbook for Team Buy-In
48:32 Dec 17, 2025
16
How to Choose, Use, and Trust AI Models with Manav Gupta, Vice President and CTO, IBM Canada {Replay}
49:15 Dec 10, 2025
17
Bright Ideas, Bold Bets: Entrepreneurship, Agentic AI, and Career Gold with Lighthouse CEO Ben Lowe. {Replay}
46:43 Dec 3, 2025
18
Replay: Agentic AI and the End of Deterministic Decision Trees with Megan Gallagher from Maven AGI
55:01 Nov 26, 2025
19
How Do You Build AI That Actually Works 99.999999% of the Time? With Tina Tarquinio Chief Product Officer of IBM Z and LinuxONE
44:07 Nov 19, 2025
20
Data Unstuck: Jure Leskovec on Unleashing the Power of Networks
42:34 Nov 12, 2025
21
? Are you successful… but not satisfied? Redefining Success — Kris Kluver on Building a Business and a Life You Love {Replay}
49:15 Nov 5, 2025
22
The AI Storyteller Geoff Thatcher, Founder and CCO Creative Principals
44:44 Oct 29, 2025
23
Replay: Writing That Moves the World — Vinca LaFleur of West Wing Writers on Crafting Ideas That Stick
38:39 Oct 22, 2025
24
Unlocking the Power of AI & Data: Expert Insights from Douwe Kiela, CEO of Contextual.ai
37:37 Oct 15, 2025
25
Databases That Think: Building AI-Ready Systems with MongoDB’s Richmond Alake {Replay}
41:25 Oct 8, 2025
26
Anaconda Unleashed: Python Powers the AI Jungle with Peter Wang, Chief AI and Innovation Officer, co-founder of Anaconda {Replay}
50:22 Oct 1, 2025
27
? Riding the Data Wave: Surviving (and Thriving) in the AI Flood with Time-Series, AI, and the Future with Ajay Kulkarni, CEO and co-founder of TigerData
46:14 Sep 24, 2025
28
Making Data Simple: Live Data, Smarter AI with Snow Leopard founder Deepti Srivastava
39:24 Sep 17, 2025
29
The BOLD Advantage: Show Up (hint, this will make sense after you listen) and hear Fred Joyal’s Guide to Confidence, Networking & Growth {Replay}
50:32 Sep 10, 2025
30
?? Talking Data with Dima Spivak, Director of Product Management, StreamSets {Replay}
37:11 Sep 3, 2025
31
Stop, Start, Succeed: Jacob Hicks on Time Management & Coaching with Guest Host Katherine Mayne
33:42 Aug 27, 2025
32
In case you missed it.... Master the 3 Circles – Focus, Influence & True Leadership with Executive and Leadership Coach, Lynne Snead
42:23 Aug 20, 2025
33
Powering the Future: Leadership, AI, and the Next Era of IBM Power with Tom McPherson, GM of IBM Z and LinuxONE and former GM of IBM Power
38:46 Aug 13, 2025
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? Symbolic AI, QLattice, and Mind-Bending Ideas with Casper Wilstrup CEO of Abzu {Replay}
44:35 Aug 6, 2025
35
Streaming the Future: Dr. Sean Falconer, AI Entrepreneur in Residence at Confluent on AI, LLMs, and the Contrarian View
45:54 Jul 30, 2025
36
{Replay} AI Risks, Ethics & Law — with Christina Montgomery Chief Privacy Officer, General Motors and former IBMer
44:35 Jul 23, 2025
37
Beyond the Buzz: Mastering Prompts & Agents with Jonathan Mast
39:29 Jul 16, 2025
38
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Dave Garrison on the Science of Motivation (Part 2)
25:37 Jul 9, 2025
39
?? The Hidden Cost of Disengagement: Dave Garrison on Leadership That Sparks Innovation
32:05 Jul 2, 2025
40
From 9× Safer Cars to Hallucination-Free LLMs: Inside Sama with Duncan Curtis SVP for GenAI & AI Product + Technology
47:21 Jun 25, 2025
41
CEO David Hirschfeld of Tekyz on the Startup Lie That’s Killing Your Company. Hint: It’s not about the tech — it’s about the problem you're solving.
45:50 Jun 18, 2025
42
? Strategic Sales, AI Smarts & Pixar Roots: Ralph Gootee CTO of TigerEye Tells All
48:46 Jun 11, 2025
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In case you missed it....The Future of Risk, Powered by AI with Kathy Stares, EVP of North America at Provenir
35:29 Jun 4, 2025
44
Part 2: Automation Remix: Observability, IBM Concert & the Next Wave of IT Ops
20:26 May 28, 2025
45
Automation Unleashed: IBM’s Sarah McAndrew, VP & Vikram Murali, VP Chart the Future
26:27 May 21, 2025
46
Unlock Mega Thinking: The CEO Mindset for Smarter, Faster Leadership Decisions with Dave Martin—CEO, tech entrepreneur, investor coach to elite CEOs
40:17 May 14, 2025
47
Inside IBM’s TechXchange: The AI-Fueled Conference Techies Can’t Afford to Miss, with Amy Tennison, VP of IBM TechXchange and Client Advocacy and Graeme Noseworthy, TechXchange Content & Experiences
38:09 May 7, 2025
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? Dr. Ruchir Puri on the Next Frontier: Open Models, Smarter AI, and Human-Level Reasoning (Part 2)
27:14 Apr 30, 2025
49
A Masterclass on AI with Ruchir Puri, Chief Scientist IBM: From Prompt Engineering to Agentic AI (Part 1)
29:40 Apr 23, 2025
50
? Beyond the Buzz: AI, Ethics & the Future of Organizational Intelligence with Phanish Puranam (Part 2)
21:32 Apr 16, 2025
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