Welcome to The Insane Data Podcast!
Hosted by Giuliano Giannetti, founder of Revolt BI, this show dives deep into the wild world of data.
Discover why companies hoard mountains of useless data and cling to outdated practices. Expect real talks and surprising truths that will transform your understanding of data and decision-making.
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Maxime Beauchemin â The Man Who Built the Modern Data Stack
Maxime Beauchemin is the creator of Apache Airflow and Apache Superset â two of the most widely used open source tools in data engineering today. Former data engineer at Yahoo, Facebook, Airbnb, and Lyft, and founder of Preset, Maxime has spent two decades at the very foundation of the modern data stack.
In this conversation with Giuliano Giannetti, Maxime talks about what happens when the tools you built start to be challenged by the next wave. They go deep on how AI is reshaping data teams, why open source is accelerating, how agents are replacing entire workflows, whether the premise of the data warehouse is crumbling â and what it actually takes to stay relevant in data today. Maxime also shares what he's building next with Agor, a command center for AI agent orchestration.
đď¸ Follow Insane Data â because the foundation is shifting, and you'll want to know what's replacing it.
5 Mar 2026
Dr. Everett C. Dolman â Who Controls Orbit, Controls Earth
This episode of Insane Data is a bit different â but absolutely worth your time. Giuliano Giannetti sits down with Dr. Everett C. Dolman â former NSA intelligence analyst, CIA award winner, Professor of Strategy at the US Air Force Air War College, and the author of Astropolitik â the foundational text on space geopolitics.
They go deep into why whoever controls low Earth orbit controls everything, how corporations like SpaceX now hold more space power than most governments, China's quiet Moon strategy, AI replacing humans in missile defense, and why we might not be able to fix Earth without space.
A conversation that starts in orbit â and lands right back on Earth.
đď¸ Follow Insane Data â the most unexpected episode yet.
21 Jan 2026
Bill Inmon, Father of the Data Warehouse
Giuliano Giannetti interviews Bill Inmon, the father of data warehousing, who reflects on the origins of modern data thinking and explains why its core principles remain relevant today.
20 Nov 2025
Serge Gershkovich - The Future of Data Modeling
Serge Gershkovich, author and product leader, discusses the evolution of data modeling, highlighting the importance of fundamental principles over specific tools in modern cloud platforms, in this interview.
7 Oct 2025
Lukas Schulte on Rust, Fusion, and the Future of dbt
Lukas Schulte, Director of Engineering at dbt Labs, discusses the development of dbt Fusion and the integration of Rust into data engineering with Giuliano, highlighting the importance of reusability and improved developer tools in analytics; this is an interview.
4 Sept 2025
Andrew Foad - Hook: A Fresh Take on Data Warehousing
Giuliano Giannetti interviews Andrew Foad, creator of the Hook methodology, about his flexible approach to data warehousing that separates ingestion from modeling.
30 Jul 2025
Kaiser Bauch â The Most Predictable Catastrophe in Human History (with video)
Jakub Stopel discusses the global population crisis with Giuliano Giannetti, examining dramatic shifts in birth rates and the economic consequences revealed by population pyramids in this interview.
24 Jun 2025
Wil van der Aalst: From Theory to Millions in SavingsâThe Story of Process Mining
Professor Wil van der Aalst discusses with Giuliano how process mining uses data and event logs to improve business processes, highlighting its applications in organizations like Lufthansa and its potential benefits for governments in this interview.
23 May 2025
Alexey Grigorev - The Guy Behind DataTalks.Club
Alexey Grigorev, data scientist and founder of DataTalks.Club, discusses his hands-on teaching methods and community-building approach to data science education in this interview.
30 Apr 2025
Dan Linstedt â The Guy Who Made Data Vault
Dan Linstedt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dlinstedt/), creator of the Data Vault and CEO of the Data Vault Alliance, joins us to talk about why so many data warehouse projects failâand what can be done differently.
From his days at Lockheed Martin, where he and a tiny team integrated 125 source systems in six months, to the core ideas behind Data Vault like raw data storage, version control, and divide-and-conquer thinking, Dan shares hard-earned lessons and clears up common misconceptions. If your company keeps rebuilding the same warehouse every few years, this episode might hit home.
đď¸ Follow and listen nowâbecause doing the same thing over and over again wonât fix your data.
8 Apr 2025
Douglas Laney, Author of Infonomics & Data Juice
Data isnât the new oil â itâs better.
In this episode, Giuliano Giannetti sits down with Douglas Laney (https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglaney/), author of Infonomics and Data Juice, to break down the economics of data â and why most companies are sitting on gold without a clue how to cash in.
They dive into why data isnât treated like property (but should be), how to actually value it, and whatâs stopping organizations from turning information into innovation. From inverted data monetization to self-funding data ecosystems, this oneâs packed with real talk and strategy for any business serious about data.
đ Listen now and follow the Insane Data Podcast â where data isnât just big, itâs insane.
26 Mar 2025
Chris Wagner, True Data God
Data mesh, data governance, and yet⌠weâre still stuck in Excel. What are we even doing?
In this episode, Giuliano sits down with Chris Wagner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wagnerchris/)â veteran of the data trenches, Director of Data Solutions at Baker Tilly, and the data god behind Kratos BI. They dig into data mesh, governance, and why we keep reinventing the same wheel when it comes to organizing data.
No fluff, no hypeâjust sharp insights and real talk from someone whoâs seen it all.
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21 Mar 2025
#2 - Insane Insights with Giuliano: Data Mesh or Data Mess?
In this short solo drop, Giuliano tees up the next Insane Data episodeâand itâs all about teamwork.
He digs into the harsh reality of data work: analysts rarely make impact alone, IT is drowning in technical debt, and business keeps asking for âjust one more thing.â Sound familiar?
He sets the stage for a deeper dive coming soon with Chris Wagner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wagnerchris/), where theyâll explore how Data Mesh and product thinking might finally bring business and IT onto the same page.
đĽ Hit follow so you donât miss itânew episode dropping very soon!
5 Mar 2025
Francesco Puppini, Unified Star Schema best-selling author and the guy who killed the join
In second epizode of the Insane Data Podcast, we're thrilled to host Francesco Puppini (https://www.linkedin.com/in/francescopuppini/), a revolutionary thinker in the data analytics field. From a persistent data analyst to a best-selling author, Francesco has transformed our understanding of data structuring with his groundbreaking Unified Star Schema (https://www.revolt.bi/en/exploring-the-unified-star-schema-with-francesco-puppini/).
Dive into a captivating discussion where Francesco challenges traditional data modeling norms, advocating for a union-based approach that simplifies complex data systems. Uncover how his innovative techniques are reshaping how businesses leverage data for faster, more efficient decision-making.
Don't miss this out!
26 Feb 2025
#1 - Insane Insights with Giuliano: WTF is Data Modeling?
Data modelingâwhatâs the big deal? In this Insane Data Podcast epizode, Giuliano unpacks why it often feels like an overcomplicated mess.
He challenges traditional practices, calls out the inefficiencies of data teams, and introduces Francesco Puppiniâs Unified Star Schemaâa revolutionary approach that simplifies everything and hands control back to business users.
Is data modeling just consultant job security? Are joins the real villain? Donât miss the full episode coming soon, hit the subscribe button! đĽ
26 Feb 2025
Welcome to the Insane Data Podcast!
Welcome to very first episode of The Insane Data Podcast! This is the place where we rip the polite mask off the world of data and dive headfirst into the chaos, brilliance, and outright absurdities of decision-making in the modern age.
Iâm your host, Giuliano Giannetti (https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuliano-giannetti/)â founder of Revolt BI, and a guy whoâs seen enough Data Insanity to last a lifetime. From companies hoarding terabytes of data theyâll never use, to bizarrely clinging to outdated practices, this podcast will explore it all. Weâll also tackle the big-picture ideas that redefine how we see technology, business, and the world at large.
Get ready for unfiltered conversations, provocative questions, and insights thatâll make you say, âWow, thatâs insane!â Letâs kick this journey off rightâwelcome to The Insane Data Podcast
21 Jan 2025
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Bill Inmon
Serge Gershkovich
Lukas Schulte
Andrew Foad
Wil van der Aalst
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