Skip to content
Into the Hopper podcast artwork

PODCAST · technology

Into the Hopper

by Tim Hopper

An occasional podcast about machine learning, data science, software engineering, and more.

Publisher-supplied feed metadata · PodParley refreshed Apr 14, 2026 · Source feed

Episodes

  1. Getting to Know Tim Hopper with Brenton Mallen

    In a role reversal, my friend and former colleague Brenton Mallon interviews me about my life, from growing up in West Virginia to my winding path through grad school, data science, and beyond.

  2. AI-Assisted SQL Generation with Till Döhmen

    I sit down with Till Döhmen, AI Lead at MotherDuck, to explore the evolving landscape of AI-assisted SQL generation. Till brings a unique perspective from his PhD research in databases and his work building AI features at MotherDuck, the serverless data warehouse built on DuckDB. We discuss how...

  3. The Evolution of AI Agents with Ben Labaschin

    Links Ben's Twitter [Ben’s Website]https://econoben.dev/) WorkHelix What Are AI Agents - O'Reilly Book Managing Memory for AI Agents - O'Reilly Book Bead Development Tool Subscribe RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Spotify Overcast In this episode of Into the Hopper, Tim talks with Ben Labishin from...

  4. Building a Startup with AI with Jowanza Joseph

    Find out more at podcast.tdhopper.com.

  5. AI Assisted Programming with Ravi Mody

    I talk with data science veteran Ravi Mody about his use of large language models in programming practice. Links: Ravi Mody on LinkedIn ChatGPT Claude.ai BBEdit Cursor Drew Conway's Data Science Venn Diagram

  6. Apache Pulsar with Jowanza Joseph

    I talk with Jowanza Joseph about his new book Mastering Apache Pulsar: Cloud Native Event Streaming at Scale. Links: Jowanza's Pulsar talks Jowanza's Twitter Jowanza's website Pulsar homepage The Log: What every software engineer should know about real-time data's unifying abstraction by Jay…

    more
  7. Ocean Engineering to Data Science with Brenton Mallen

    I talk with Brenton Mallen about his career progression from ocean engineering to data science. Links: Brenton's Twitter Brenton's Instagram Brenton's Website Ocean Engineering at Florida Atlantic University

  8. Hiring Data Scientists with Roy Keyes

    I talk with Roy Keyes about his imporant new book Hiring Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers. Links: Roy's Twitter Roy's Book Data Scientists at Work Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st Century by Thomas H. Davenport and D.J. Patil Building Data Science Teams by DJ Patil Find…

    more
  9. Feature Stores with Willem Pienaar

    Adam Laiacano and I talk with Willem Pienaar, software engineer at Tecton, about feature stores and his work on the Feast open source feature store library. Links: Willem's Twitter Adam's Twitter Feast: feature store for Machine Learning (2020 talk) Feast Tecton GoJek on Wikipedia…

    more
  10. Evolution of a Data Scientist with Adam Laiacano

    In this episode, I talk with Spotify Staff Machine Learning Engineer Adam Laiacano about his roots working on nuclear clocks and his evolution into leading machine learning projects at Spotify. Find out more about Into the Hopper at https://podcast.tdhopper.com/.

  11. Customer Focused Data Science with Mike Rogers

    In this episode, I speak with Mike Rogers, Senior Director of Solutions Architecture at Tala Security, about the importance of customer-focused data science for enterprise software products. Links: Tala Security Mike's Twitter Mike's LinkedIn How I Became a Data Scientist Despite Being a Math…

    more
  12. Fizz Buzz Book with Joel Grus

    In this episode, Joel and I discuss his brilliant new book Ten Essays on Fizz Buzz Meditations on Python, mathematics, science, engineering, and design. Links: Fizz Buzz in Tensorflow Livecoding Madness - Let's Build a Deep Learning Library I don't like notebooks Live Coding the Advent of Code…

    more
  13. Ten Years of Data Science with Josh Wills and Oscar Boykin

    In this episode, we discuss metadata stores, the marketability of math skills, dreams for the data science language of the future, the career advantage of tackling easy problems, and machine learning as technical debt. Josh also bashes blockchains. Find out more about Into the Hopper at...

Type above to search every episode's transcript for a word or phrase. Matches are scoped to this podcast.

Searching…

We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.

No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.

Showing of matches

No topics indexed yet for this podcast.

Loading reviews...

ABOUT THIS SHOW

An occasional podcast about machine learning, data science, software engineering, and more.

HOSTED BY

Tim Hopper

CATEGORIES

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Into the Hopper have?

Into the Hopper currently has 14 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.

What is Into the Hopper about?

An occasional podcast about machine learning, data science, software engineering, and more.

How often does Into the Hopper release new episodes?

Into the Hopper has 14 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

Where can I listen to Into the Hopper?

You can listen to Into the Hopper on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.

Who hosts Into the Hopper?

Into the Hopper is created and hosted by Tim Hopper.
URL copied to clipboard!