Update: My Favorite (Data Platform) Podcasts

A tweet on the #SQLFamily hashtag triggered me last week to update an old blog post I wrote a few years back on My favorite (SQL server) podcasts.

Good news- I got a new job. Bad news- now I have a 45 minute commute. #SQLFamily I need some recommendations on podcasts I can listen to in the car to make my time productive!

— Jonathan Avellaneda (@SQLFutbol) February 5, 2020

After I switched jobs 2,5 years ago I have been doing a lot less commuting, which is good actually, but that left me also with less time to listen to podcasts. Therefore I chose to not listen to some episodes that are not that interesting to me.

Old podcasts

Here's the list I was already following since my last post:

• .NET Rocks!
• This is still a great podcast. I particularly like the Geek-outs.
• Dear SQL DBA
• The last episode is from the beginning of 2019, I always liked this very much because of the way Kendra explains things.
• Developer On Fire
• This was still a thing in 2019, but kinda dried up at the end of last year. The list of book recommendations is still there and huge, so do have a look there.
• Hanselminutes
• Still very much a thing. Good, short and fun episodes.
• no dogma podcast
• Still a regular flow of good episodes.
• Office Hours Podcast: SQL Server Pain Relief
• This one had its last episode on Jan 2 2019.
• RunAs Radio
• Still a constant, weekly flow of information and knowledge!
• Simple Programmer Podcast
• The frequency was turned down to weekly in 2019, but still regularly producing content.
• SQL Down Under
• The URL changed, and after 9 months of silence there was a new episode in December of last year.
• SQL Server Radio
• After a few months of silence there was a (re)new(ed) episode with a great announcement.
• voiceofthedba’s podcast
• Steve is actually on a sabbatical right now, but his short bursts of knowledge will certainly continue as he goes back to work next week.

New podcasts

These are the podcasts that are new:

• Analytics on Fire hosted by the amazing Mico Yuk (B | @micoyuk)
• Great content, focussed on adoption and implementation of BI projects.
• DataDriven.tv hosted by Frank La Vigne (B | @Tableteer) and Andy Leonard (B | @AndyLeonard)
• Alternately doing short "DataPoints" and longer in-depth episodes.
• Freakonomics Radio hosted by a whole team
• I recently added this to my list after a recommendation of the #SQLFamily.
• GroupBy.org
• A free database training conference by the community, for the community.
• Knee-Deep in Tech by Alexander Arvidsson (@arcticdba), Simon Binder (@bindertech) and Toni Holopainen (@MrBlackSwe)
• Fun and informative podcast about tech, Power BI and meta-topics.
• Linear Digressions by Ben Jaffe (@benjaffe) and Katie Malone (@multiarmbandit)
• Weekly Data Science podcast.
• Ask SQLFamily (ASF) by Kamil Nowiński (@NowinskiK) and Michał Sadowski (@SadowskiMichal)
• All interview-based podcast, but with well-known names from the industry so well worth listening.
• SQL Data Partners by Carlos L Chacon (@carloslchacon) and guests
• Focused mainly at Power BI and DWH-ing.
• The World of Presentations by Boris Hristov (B | @brshristov)
• Boris is/was a well-known name in the #SQLFamily, and now made his way to PowerPoint MVP.

Dutch podcasts

Next to the Data Platform related ones above, I also have a few Dutch podcasts that I like to listen to:

• NOS op 3 Tech podcast
• Tech news explained
• Een Podcast over Media by Alexander Klöpping (Blendle) & Ernst-Jan Pfauth (The Correspondent)
• Anything wildly related to media or tech is discussed
• POEN by NPO Radio 1 / NOS
• A podcast about economic news

Closing

I still use the app Podcast Addict forAndroid, now the paid version without ads.

And one more pro tip before I finish: I use a podcast app that can set the speed of the podcast. I listen everything at 2 times the speed now :-) You can start at 1.5 and work your way up to what feels comfortable for you.

Are you also listening to podcasts, on your way to work, during work or somewhere else? Let me know in the comments which ones you like and if you have others not in my list!

@NickyvV