{"podcast":{"title":"The Analytics Power Hour","slug":"the-analytics-power-hour-461338","podcast_index_feed_id":461338,"rss_url":"https://analyticshour.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://analyticshour.io","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/a/0/7/aa07ecfcf34bbc7fd959afa2a1bf1c87/Analytics_Power_Hour_2021_Logo.png","author":"Tim Wilson","episode_count":312,"summary":"Attend any conference for any topic and you will hear people saying after that the best and most informative discussions happened in the bar after the show. Read any business magazine and you will find an article saying something along the lines of \"Business Analytics is the hottest job category out there, and there is a significant lack of people, process and best practice.\" In this case the conference was eMetrics, the bar was….multiple, and the attendees were Michael Helbling, Tim Wilson and Jim Cain (Co-Host Emeritus). After a few pints and a few hours of discussion about the cutting edge of digital analytics, they realized they might have something to contribute back to the community. This podcast is one of those contributions. Each episode is a closed topic and an open forum - the goal is for listeners to enjoy listening to Michael, Tim, and Moe share their thoughts and experiences and hopefully take away something to try at work the next day. We hope you enjoy listening to the Digital Analytics Power Hour.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T14:22:38.009366+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analytics-power-hour-461338"},"episode":{"title":"#291: The Data Work that Lives in the Shadows","slug":"291-the-data-work-that-lives-in-the-shadows","published_at":"2026-02-17T05:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analytics-power-hour-461338/291-the-data-work-that-lives-in-the-shadows","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analytics-power-hour-461338","url":"https://analyticshour.io/2026/02/17/291-the-data-work-that-lives-in-the-shadows/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/analyticshour/APH_-_Episode_291_-_The_Data_Work_that_Lives_in_the_Shadows.mp3?dest-id=239292","summary":"We know what the work of the data practitioner is, right? It's everything from managing data ingestion to data governance to report development to experimental design to basic and advanced analytics. It's writing (or vibe-writing?) SQL or Python or R while also being adept at whatever data stack—no matter how modern—is at hand. Of course, it's a lot more, too! And that's the topic of this episode: the unofficial, often unheralded, but often quite important \"shadow work\" of the analyst—the myriad tasks required to effectively glue together all the data work that occurs out in broad daylight to enable the data to truly be useful at driving the business forward. For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the show page .","meta_description":"We know what the work of the data practitioner is, right? It's everything from managing data ingestion to data governance to report development to experim…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3758,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-analytics-power-hour-461338/episodes/291-the-data-work-that-lives-in-the-shadows/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-analytics-power-hour-461338/291-the-data-work-that-lives-in-the-shadows.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}