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Irreverent yet practical data-focused podcast that isn't a pile of technobabble and repetition of old advice. Our audience is EVERYBODY, because everybody is involved with data. Join us, because when you're here, you're at Rock Bottom.

Podcast · By John Ladley and Mark Cooper · American English · Official site

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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    The Fuss About Airborne Internal Organs and Other Novelties (opens the original)

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    What happens when you empty the refrigerator of everything that didn’t quite make it into the last series of the Rock Bottom Data Feed? You make stew. This compilation episode serves up the leftovers from Series 4: behind-the-scenes production conversations, outtakes, extended conversations with guests, and a few stories that were simply too good to leave on the cutting-room floor. We revisit the history of Bradshaw’s Guide and the surprisingly contentious business of railway timetables, explore

  2. Episode · Jul 7, 2026

    More Fuss About Sam Spencer (opens the original)

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    In this final fourth series episode, John and Mark continue their conversation with Sam Spencer, CEO and co-founder of Aristotle Metadata. The focus this time is an experiment Sam's been running with the Australian government. We'll let Sam give the details, but the short version is that the Australian government spent a whole lot of money on a data initiative but didn't have a whole lot of results to show for it. Sam is helping them to make better progress without having to handhold the whole t

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