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Podcast edited by Stephen King, award-winning academic, researcher and communications professional.
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Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Credit scores were built for a world of steady paycheques and long mortgages—so what happens when half the workforce earns through gigs, multiple clients, and flexible hours? We sit down with Tamara Lane, an Emmy-winning journalist turned fintech founder, to explore how AI and verified alternative data can open fair credit to the people traditional underwriting overlooks: drivers, carers, creators, renters, and newly arrived citizens who keep the econ...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! What happens when a handful of companies can quietly steer what we see, buy, and believe? We sit down with Billy Ludke, founder of Intuition and a veteran of EY and ConsenSys, to map a path where trust is built on cryptographic proof, portable reputation, and your own data — not a platform’s black box. Billy argues that while crypto started by decentralising money, the bigger prize is decentralising information itself. If discovery flows through opaqu...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! What if the internet that trained today’s AI also rewired our sense of beauty, originality, and self? We sit down with artist and former Googler Gretchen Andrew to explore how algorithms shape culture—from who gets seen on social platforms to why so many rooms, faces, and feeds now look the same. Gretchen’s path from information systems to the Whitney offers a rare inside-out view: she uses AI not to generate images, but to expose how machine-enforced...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! What if AI didn’t arrive overnight but grew up with us—and only now stepped into the spotlight? We’re joined by Nadeem Ibrahim to map the real story: from Spectrum tapes and pagers to telco‑powered data flows and the rise of large language models that collapse research, recommendation, and purchase into a single conversation. We get honest about the agency dilemma: when a strategist uses AI to draft research or polish slides, is that cheating or smar...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Start with a bold idea: stories are data. Not the soft kind you file under “nice to have,” but structured, analysable insight that explains why people choose, stay, leave or change. We sit down with James Warren, founder of Share More Stories, to unpack how narrative plus AI can outclass dashboards built on clicks and demographics, and why the shift begins with designing for trust. James walks us through SEEQ, a platform that invites customers and em...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! A world-touring jazz bassist turned educator and AI builder joins us to explore what happens when smart tools meet hard-won craft. We dig into how Futureproof Music School blends a curriculum-aware chatbot with real mentors so producers learn faster, pay less, and still develop their own voice rather than a template sound. From Wembley Arena stories to DAW specifics, John breaks down what large models already understand, where proprietary production k...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! A former Navy intelligence professional turned engineer and lawyer, Cordell Robinson joins us to map a sane path through AI-era cybersecurity. His core message is blunt and hopeful at once: people and process still win. He explains how Brownstone Consulting trains a “cybersecurity army,” turning policies into habits and inventories into living maps of what actually runs inside a business. From there, we tackle the messy reality of AI agents, meeting n...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! What if AI literacy wasn’t about prompts or platforms, but about thinking that endures? We sat down with AI strategist and educator Yara Alatrach to unpack how schools can move past the hype and build true fluency—skills that help students question systems, evaluate data, spot bias, and decide when human judgment belongs in the loop. Yara’s journey from reservoir engineering to consulting and AI leadership at Microsoft gives her a rare vantage point:...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! What if you could stress‑test a policy pitch with a faithful simulation of the minister you’re meeting tomorrow? We sit down with Leon Emirali—startup founder turned Westminster aide—who’s now building Nostrada AI, a platform that creates high‑fidelity digital twins of politicians trained only on their own public words. From late‑night Brexit votes to the first days of COVID, Leon’s time inside government shapes a clear-eyed view of how information mo...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Tired of saving dream trips you never book? We sat down with Seeq founder John Levesque to unpack a new path from “that looks amazing” to “I’m going”—and why creators, not platforms, should capture most of the value along the way. John spent years building communities for brands at Microsoft and DocuSign, saw creators’ work powering growth without fair returns, and decided to flip the economics. Seeq’s AI ingests social travel videos, parses both visu...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Monica Marquez, workplace AI strategist and founder of Flipwork Inc., shares insights on how organizations can adapt to AI-driven changes in the workplace through inclusive practices and human-centered transformation. She explains why companies struggle with AI adoption despite significant investments, pointing to outdated training methods and the need for alignment between identity, mindset, and environment. • AI is changing jobs faster than people ...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Dan Sickles, award-winning filmmaker and founder of Depop Studios, shares his insights on incorporating AI into filmmaking while preserving artistic integrity. He discusses his approach to crafting narratives that center underrepresented communities and his vision for multidimensional storytelling through his new project "New Here." • Dan is drawn to communities living on society's fringes where new rules and identities emerge • AI serves as a valuab...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Chris Daigle, founder and CEO of Chief AI Officer, helps executive teams deploy real-world AI strategies that drive business results through his flagship Executive AI Immersion program, designed specifically for mid-market companies. • AI adoption is fundamentally different from previous tech waves because it's accessible to anyone regardless of technical background • Older generations may actually have an advantage in using AI due to their business ...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Alistair Lowe Norris, Chief Responsible AI Officer at Iridis, discusses how AI can be a positive force for change when built on ethical foundations, safety measures, and benefits for both people and planet. • Recipient of the President's Lifetime Achievement Award for his volunteer work addressing food insecurity • Three pillars of responsible AI: ethical AI that follows guidelines, safe AI that minimizes risks, and beneficial AI for people and plane...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Radhika Dutt challenges traditional goal-setting frameworks and introduces OHLs (Objectives, Hypotheses, and Learnings) as a more effective alternative for today's knowledge workers who are solving complex puzzles rather than performing repetitive tasks. • Goals and targets originated in the 1940s for unskilled, unionized workers doing repetitive tasks • Today's workforce needs a puzzle-solving mindset rather than target-hitting approach • AI acceler...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! Galvin Widjaja, founder and CEO of Lauretta AI, shares his journey from restaurant management to leading a privacy-first computer vision company that predicts human behavior without using biometrics. His unconventional path provides unique insights into building AI that respects privacy while effectively understanding human intent. Here are the seven biggest takeouts from the interview: 1. AI Should Predict Human Intent — Without Biometrics “Lauretta...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! In our latest episode, the team share their thoughts on this month's Friends Reunion. We find out which of our Incongruables is a "Super-Fan" with a special quiz; Hashim and Lydia give reasons for not watching; Steve promotes Friends merch and displays his growing musical prowess... and we finish with a phenomenal (!) reading from one of the shows. This is an absolute gem you won't want to miss.... Support the show
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! We are back with the new instalment of Arjun Talks to Grads. So in this episode Arjun explores how Elena Stoica spent her university life and her recent experience with CNN Academy Abu Dhabi. Check out Elena's story on CNN Academy here: https://academy.cnn.com/home/academyVideo/534864999 Support the show
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! In this episode, I discuss with award-winning author and Egyptologist Dr. Colleen Darnell, the recent Saqqara expedition discoveries in Giza, made famous on the Netflix documentary 'Secrets of the Saqqara Tombs'. We also explore the fascinating context of these discoveries and clarify some widely misunderstood concepts in Ancient Egypt. Dr. Collen is also a vintage style lover and with her notable instagram following her page is fil...
Spill the tea - we want to hear from you! It's the finale for season 2 - and this time we are doing Secret Santa in an extremely Incongruent fashion. And by that, we mean we get everything wrong... it's chaos as we conclude 2020 - but that does mean that 2021 will be a better year, it has a low bar to leap over! Hosted by Arjun Radeesh and Stephen King (and Santa!) With: Angelica BanaresHashim Riyan @hashim_riyanLydia Vourlidi: @lydia_vrlArjun Radeesh: @arjunrads_20Mabel Roy: mabellle__Imna...
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