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Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

Jon Krohn

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The latest machine learning, A.I., and data career topics from across both academia and industry are brought to you by host Dr. Jon Krohn on the Super Data Science Podcast. As the quantity of data on our planet doubles every couple of years and with this trend set to continue for decades to come, there's an unprecedented opportunity for you to make a meaningful impact in your lifetime. In conversation with the biggest names in the data science industry, Jon cuts through hype to fuel that professional impact.

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Whether you're curious about getting started in a data career or you're a deep technical expert, whether you'd like to understand what A.I. is or you'd like to integrate more data-driven processes into your business, we have inspiring guests and lighthearted conversation for you to enjoy.

We cover tools, techniques, and implementation tricks across data collection, databases, analytics, predictive modeling, visualization, software engineering, real-world applications, commercialization, and entrepreneurship − everything you need to crush it with data science.

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  1. 890: The “State of AI” Report 2025

    · 6:44

    In this week’s Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn reveals highlights from Stanford University’s AI Index Report. Released a few weeks ago by the Institute for Human-Centered AI, this annual report details the incredible…

  2. 889: AI-Powered Virtual Reality: The Future of Education and Entertainment, with Mary Spio

    · 1 h 07 min

    Founder of CEEK’s Mary Spio talks to Jon Krohn about how the platform contributes to the emerging community of digital creators with its blockchain-powered virtual experiences. Hear how Mary got her first investors for…

  3. 888: Teams of Agents: The Next Frontier in AI Collaboration, with Mike Pell

    · 32 min

    Mike Pell speaks to Jon Krohn about The Microsoft Garage, a program that drives the culture of innovation at the tech multinational, and how listeners can apply their principles to foster innovation in their workplace.…

  4. 887: Multi-Agent Teams, Quantum Computing and the Future of Work, with Dell’s Global CTO John Roese

    · 1 h 02 min

    Jon Krohn speaks to John Roese about the promise of multi-agent teams for business, the benefits of agentic AI systems that can identify and complete tasks independently, and how these systems demand new…

  5. 886: In Case You Missed it In April 2025

    · 36 min

    Our In Case You Missed It episode for April has clips on NVIDIA’s and Dell’s product and service offers including an overview of NVIDIA’s GPUs, AI Enterprise, and its microservices. You’ll also hear about AWS’ focus on…

  6. 885: Python Polars: The Definitive Guide, with Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp

    · 1 h 15 min

    Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp are data frame library Polars’ greatest advocates in this episode with Jon Krohn, where they discuss their book, Python Polars: The Definitive Guide, best practice for using Polars,…

  7. 884: Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Why Everyone’s Talking About It

    · 6:44

    Model Context Protocol (MCP) is Anthropic’s hottest tool, with over 1,000 community-built MCP servers in operation by February alone. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn explains what took so long for users to catch…

  8. 883: Blackwell GPUs Are Now Available at Your Desk, with Sama Bali and Logan Lawler

    · 1 h 04 min

    Returning after the “Super Bowl of AI”, NVIDIA GTC, Sama Bali and Logan Lawler talk to Jon Krohn about their respective work at tech giants NVIDIA and Dell. Sama and Logan discuss the next-gen Blackwell GPUs to their…

  9. 882: 40x Hotter Than the Sun: The ASML Machines That Make AI Chips

    · 9:45

    This week’s five-minute Friday heads to the Netherlands to find out more about Dutch company ASML, the brains behind the lithography machines that build AI chips. Jon Krohn walks through how ASML came to dominate the…

  10. 881: Beyond GPUs: The Power of Custom AI Accelerators, with Emily Webber

    · 1 h 17 min

    Emily Webber speaks to Jon Krohn about her work at Amazon Web Services, from its Annapurna Labs-developed Nitro System, a foundational technology that can enhance securities and performance in the cloud and how…

  11. 880: Manus, DeepSeek and China’s AI Boom

    · 10 min

    First developed in China, Manus AI and DeepSeek have made great waves on an international scale. Sought-after for their cost-effectiveness compared to US-made tech, Manus AI and DeepSeek are quickly becoming dominant…

  12. 879: Serverless, Parallel, and AI-Assisted: The Future of Data Science is Here, with Zerve’s Dr. Greg Michaelson

    · 1 h 07 min

    Greg Michaelson speaks to Jon Krohn about the latest developments at Zerve, an operating system for developing and delivering data and AI products, including a revolutionary feature allowing users to run multiple parts…

  13. 878: In Case You Missed It in March 2025

    · 31 min

    AI stacks, AGI, training neural networks, and AI authenticity: Jon Krohn rounds up his interviews from March with this episode of “In Case You Missed It”. In his favorite clips from the month, he speaks to Andriy…

  14. 877: The Neural Processing Units Bringing AI to PCs, with Shirish Gupta

    · 1 h 10 min

    NPUs, AIPC, and Dell’s growing suite of AI products: Shirish Gupta speaks to Jon Krohn about neural processing units and what makes them a go-to tool for AI inference workloads, reasons to move your workloads from the…

  15. 876: Hugging Face’s smolagents: Agentic AI in Python Made Easy

    · 15 min

    Small, simple, accessible: Hugging Face makes a huge contribution to the agentic AI wave with its smolagents. Jon Krohn explores how this small-but-mighty new Python library can act as the best personal assistant you…

  16. 875: How Semiconductors Are Made (And Fuel the AI Boom), with Kai Beckmann

    · 1 h 10 min

    Why are semiconductors so essential in this digital age, and how are they made? Jon Krohn speaks to electronics CEO Kai Beckmann about Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany’s intricate manufacturing process, how we can use AI…

  17. 874: How AI is Transforming Baseball (with Lessons For All of Us)

    · 14 min

    In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn talks baseball. For decades, coaches have relied on player performance stats to make in-game decisions and refine their season strategies. Now, AI led by Statcast is taking…

  18. 873: Become Your Best Self Through AI Augmentation — feat. Natalie Monbiot

    · 1 h 13 min

    Natalie Monbiot is an independent advisor and collaborator for projects that concern the “virtual human”, and she is “going all in on the virtual human economy”. Jon Krohn speaks to Natalie about these new ventures,…

  19. 872: Microsoft’s “Majorana 1” Chip Brings Quantum ML Closer

    · 12 min

    In this five-minute Friday, Jon Krohn looks into Microsoft’s recent release of Majorana 1, a new quantum processing unit that uses topological qubits, a step away from the fragile qubits currently in use. Get Jon’s…

  20. 871: NoSQL Is Ideal for AI Applications, with MongoDB’s Richmond Alake

    · 1 h 13 min

    Agentic AI, AI success strategies, and why flexibility will be so important to keep up with the AI market: Jon Krohn talks to Richmond Alake about the NoSQL database MongoDB, including why it’s a great addition to your…

  21. 870: OpenAI’s “Deep Research”: Get Days of Human Work Done in Minutes

    · 17 min

    In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn looks into what he considers the world’s most powerful research tool to date, OpenAI’s Deep Research. Find out how OpenAI trained Deep Research to compile literature reviews of…

  22. 869: AI Should Make Humans Wiser (But It Isn’t), with Varun Godbole

    · 1 h 20 min

    Jon Krohn talks to Varun Godbole about AI prompt engineering, generative wisdom, and AI generalists in this episode all about the interrelationships between humans and AI. Additional materials:…

  23. 868: In Case You Missed It in February 2025

    · 27 min

    How to start a successful tech company, and how you can get started with DBT, TabPFN and BAML: Jon Krohn rounds up his favorite moments from February in this episode of “In Case You Missed It”. Additional materials:…

  24. 867: LLMs and Agents Are Overhyped, with Dr. Andriy Burkov

    · 1 h 33 min

    The realities of Agentic AI, AGI, and chatbots that don’t hallucinate: Andriy Burkov talks to Jon Krohn about AI in 2025. Best known for his concise machine learning modelling books, author and AI influencer Andriy…

  25. 866: Bringing Back Extinct Animals like the Woolly Mammoth and Dodo Bird

    · 7:31

    Jon Krohn addresses a question for the ages: How close are we, really, to Jurassic Park? Dallas-based biotech company Colossal Biosciences is developing technology that aims to return previously extinct animals like…

  26. 865: How to Grow (and Sell) a Data Science Consultancy, with Cal Al-Dhubaib

    · 54 min

    Jon Krohn talks to Cal Al-Dhubaib about the extraordinary success of AI and machine learning solutions provider Pandata, his ironclad hack for any company to define their core values, and how to attract and secure…

  27. 864: OpenAI’s o3-mini: SOTA reasoning and exponentially cheaper

    · 8:17

    Jon Krohn investigates OpenAI’s new release, o3-mini, in this five-minute Friday, where he walks through the reasoning model’s capabilities and performance, cross-examining them against other major-league players,…

  28. 863: TabPFN: Deep Learning for Tabular Data (That Actually Works!), with Prof. Frank Hutter

    · 1 h 06 min

    Jon Krohn talks tabular data with Frank Hutter, Professor of Artificial Intelligence at Universität Freiburg in Germany. Despite the great steps that deep learning has made in analysing images, audio, and natural…

  29. 862: In Case You Missed It in January 2025

    · 32 min

    In this episode of “In Case You Missed It”, Jon Krohn shares his favorite clips from the last four weeks. He talks to Azeem Azhar, Florian Neukart, Kirill Eremenko, Hadelin de Ponteves, and Brooke Hopkins on what’s in…

  30. 861: From Pro Athlete to Data Engineer: Colleen Fotsch’s Inspiring Journey

    · 2 h 01 min

    How does a CrossFit winner, bobsledder and swimmer go on to have a glittering career in data analytics and engineering? Colleen Fotsch talks to Jon Krohn about transitioning into very different career paths, how sports…

  31. 860: DeepSeek R1: SOTA Reasoning at 1% of the Cost

    · 13 min

    DeepSeek-curious? This Five-Minute Friday is for you! Jon Krohn investigates the overwhelming overnight success of this new LLM, the product of a Chinese hedge fund. DeepSeek is a market newcomer, and yet it runs…

  32. 859: BAML: The Programming Language for AI, with Vaibhav Gupta

    · 1 h 00 min

    In this week’s guest interview, Vaibhav Gupta talks to Jon Krohn about creating a programming language, BAML, that helps companies save up to 30% on their AI costs. He explains how he started tailoring BAML to…

  33. 858: Are You The Account Executive We’re Looking For?

    · 7:13

    Are you an Account Executive with experience in the technology sector? In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn tells listeners about an exciting new role that has opened up at The SuperDataScience Podcast. Additional…

  34. 857: How to Ensure AI Agents Are Accurate and Reliable, with Brooke Hopkins

    · 1 h 23 min

    Brooke Hopkins speaks to Jon Krohn about technology’s new frontiers in AI agents, how these agents will impact society, work and our creative enterprises, and what this might mean for our data-driven future. You will…

  35. 856: The Fastest-Growing Jobs Are AI Jobs

    · 10 min

    Get excited: The fastest-growing jobs in the US are AI Engineer and AI Consultant. In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn looks into the reports that reveal this job growth, and the trends any data scientist and AI…

  36. 855: Exponential Views on AI and Humanity’s Greatest Challenges, with Azeem Azhar

    · 1 h 28 min

    How can we use AI to solve global problems like the environmental crisis, and how will future AI start to manage increasingly complex workflows? Famed futurist Azeem Azhar talks to Jon Krohn about the future of AI as a…

  37. 854: The Six Epochs of Intelligence Evolution

    · 14 min

    Join Jon Krohn as he unpacks Ray Kurzweil’s six epochs of intelligence evolution, a fascinating framework from The Singularity is Nearer. From the origins of atoms and molecules to the transformative future of…

  38. 853: Generative AI for Business, with Kirill Eremenko and Hadelin de Ponteves

    · 1 h 29 min

    Kirill Eremenko and Hadelin de Ponteves AI educators, whose courses have been taken by over 3 Million students, sit down with Jon Krohn to talk about how foundation models are transforming businesses. From real-world…

  39. 852: In Case You Missed It in December 2024

    · 40 min

    AI security, LLM engineering, how to choose the best LLM, and tech agnosticism: In our first “In Case You Missed It” of 2025, Jon Krohn starts the year with a round-up of our favorite recent interview moments. He…

  40. 851: Quantum ML: Real-World Applications Today, with Dr. Florian Neukart

    · 1 h 12 min

    Are our passwords safe, even with the increasing accessibility of quantum computing? Florian Neukart, Chief Product Officer at Terra Quantum AG, thinks so. In this episode, he outlines the three key elements of…

  41. 850: Continuous Calendar for 2025

    · 5:04

    A new year often draws our focus towards fresh approaches to the way we work and structure our day. For Jon Krohn, the continuous calendar gives him a realistic and uninterrupted overview of his time. Plus, it’s…

  42. 849: 2025 AI and Data Science Predictions, with Sadie St. Lawrence

    · 1 h 18 min

    Sadie St Lawrence returns for her 4th annual prediction episode on the Super Data Science Podcast. Together with host Jon Krohn, they reflect on 2024’s most transformative trends—like agentic AI and enterprise AI…

  43. 848: Happy Holidays from the SuperDataScience Podcast

    · 3:23

    In this Five-Minute Friday episode, Jon Krohn reflects on 2024’s monumental year in AI, highlighting the rapid rise of generative AI and its impact across industries. From functional coding breakthroughs to…

  44. 847: AI Engineering 101, with Ed Donner

    · 1 h 12 min

    Ed Donner co-founded AI-driven recruitment platform, Nebula.io, with The SuperDataScience Podcast’s host, Jon Krohn. Ed and Jon reminisce about how they launched their company, the growing opportunities for data…

  45. 846: Making Enterprise Data Ready for AI, with Anu Jain and Mahesh Kumar

    · 18 min

    In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon Krohn speaks to Anu Jain, CEO of Nexus Cognitive, and Mahesh Kumar, CMO of Acceldata. They talk about the importance of updating data, especially for predictive models that make key…

  46. 845: Tech is Our New Religion And It Needs Reformation, with Greg Epstein

    · 1 h 37 min

    Discover how technology has become the modern belief system shaping our world. Greg Epstein, author of Tech Agnostic: How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a…

  47. 844: In Case You Missed It in November 2024

    · 38 min

    In this episode of “In Case You Missed It”, in which we round up our favorite moments from the previous month of interviews, Jon Krohn asks his guests about the future of recruitment and job applications, the multiple…

  48. 843: Safe, Fast and Efficient AI, with Protopia’s Dr. Eiman Ebrahimi

    · 1 h 28 min

    What’s holding your AI projects back from success? Dr. Eiman Ebrahimi, CEO of Protopia AI and former NVIDIA scientist, takes us on a fascinating journey through the challenges of AI data security and enterprise…

  49. 842: Flexible AI Deployments Are Critical, with Chris Bennett and Joseph Balsamo

    · 17 min

    In this Five-Minute Friday, Jon interviews Chris Bennett and Joseph Balsamo on the importance of flexibility in the way we deploy AI models, Dell’s brand positioning in the AI space, and whether GenAI’s business…

  50. 841: Andrew Ng on AI Vision, Agents and Business Value

    · 26 min

    In this special episode recorded live at ScaleUp:AI in New York, Jon Krohn speaks to Andrew Ng in response to his conference talk on smart agentic AI workflows. Jon follows up with Andrew about smart agentic workflows…

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