🎧 Your AI Podcast Roundup: 12 Episodes Worth Adding to Your Queue

Hello M(AI)VENS, Our Prompt Parties are becoming a real favorite! More than 500 people watched last week’s conversation about developing your own personal AI strategy. With that kind of response, you can expect more Prompt Parties ahead. And we’re already back this Friday August 14 with: AI & Healthier Habits, featuring Rachel Johnson. We’ll explore how AI can help us eat better, move more, improve our sleep, and follow through on the goals we set for ourselves. Everyone is welcome to watch live for free. Premium members have special access to the live chat and Q&A. 📅 And don’t forget our next Book & Movie Club meetup for premium members on Friday, Aug 28. We’re discussing I AM NOT A ROBOT by Joanna Stern. I’m looking forward to this discussion because it will give us a lot to laugh about. 🎙 Let’s Talk About Podcasts Podcasts have become one of my favorite ways to learn about AI. I can listen while I’m driving, walking the dogs or getting things done around the house, and I often finish an episode with an idea I want to try or a topic I want to explore further, or even an idea for a future edition of this newsletter. I put together a roundup of some podcast shows and specific episodes I’ve recently enjoyed and though you might find helpful. 💜 Full disclosure: the list starts with two podcasts where I personally had the pleasure of being a guest to talk about women using AI. One conversation focused on building confidence, community and opportunities, while the other explored simple ways small business owners can use ChatGPT. From there, I’m sharing ten more episodes and shows covering AI for business, leadership, visibility, entrepreneurship, ethics, and the latest news. Choose one that sounds most useful to you and add it to your queue. Not subscribed yet? Come join us. 💜 1. For building confidence, community and opportunities AI for the Rest of Us: Building Confidence, Community & OpportunitiesFemme Force Podcast with Rachel Paskevich Rachel and I talked about why I created M(AI)VENS and my own path into AI as someone without a technical background. We explored how women can become more confident using these tools through experimentation, shared learning and community. We also talked about the opportunities AI can create in our careers, businesses and professional lives. Try this after you listen: Identify one area where learning alongside other women would help you move forward. Invite a friend or colleague to experiment with an AI tool and compare what you learn. 2. For small business owners learning ChatGPT AI for Beginners: A Simple Guide on How to Use ChatGPT for Small Business with Cheyenne DominguezThe Freedom Method Podcast with Sophie Biggerstaff Sophie and I discussed approachable ways small business owners can begin using ChatGPT, including working through ideas, creating content and saving time on everyday tasks. I also shared more about how I’ve incorporated AI into my own work. Try this after you listen: Write down one recurring business task that takes up too much of your time. Ask ChatGPT or Claude to help you create a simpler process for completing it. 3. For the woman ready to use AI more confidently How Women Startup Founders Can Start Using AI Confidently to Grow Their BusinessDear FoundHer with Lindsay Pinchuk Lindsay interviews Dr. Nici Sweaney, founder of AI Her Way, about using AI as a thought partner, protecting client information and giving AI enough context to produce stronger work. The conversation is especially helpful for women who have tried ChatGPT and are ready to make it a more consistent part of their businesses. Try this after you listen: Create a separate AI chat for one business project and give it background about your goals, audience, voice and current challenges. 4. For leaders deciding where AI belongs How Leaders Can Use AI to Solve Real Business ProblemsHBR IdeaCast Journalist Josh Tyrangiel talks about the importance of identifying the business challenge first and then deciding how AI could help solve it. The conversation covers strategy, organizational change and the human expertise needed to implement AI successfully. Try this after you listen: Choose one specific problem affecting your organization and describe it in a single sentence. Use that sentence to begin a conversation with AI about possible solutions. 5. For getting better work from AI Why Your AI Output Is Generic (And the Brief That Fixes It)The Strategic Entrepreneur with Cindy Gordon Cindy explains how to give AI a complete assignment. She presents four roles AI can play in a business: researcher, editor, project manager and analyst. Her briefing framework can help you move beyond vague prompts and receive work that reflects your needs. Try this after you listen: Take a recent prompt and add the intended audience, desired outcome, relevant background and preferred format. Compare the new response with the first one. 6. Using AI for PR How Female Entrepreneurs Can Use AI for PR Without Hiring an Expensive PR FirmCrush the Rush with Holly Haynes and Gloria Chou PR strategist Gloria Chou shares ways entrepreneurs can use AI to develop media angles, research opportunities and create stronger pitches. She and Holly also discuss how expert quotes, podcast appearances and media coverage can help people and AI search tools recognize your authority. Try this after you listen: Ask AI to identify five timely story angles connected to your experience, business or area of expertise. 7. Building a system with partnerships and speaking opportunities My Monthly PR Process: What I Actually Do Every Month to Stay Visible Without Social MediaCrush the Rush with Holly Haynes This companion episode brings together strategic partnerships, podcast appearances, community speaking, email and AI search. Holly explains how a manageable monthly process can help new people discover your work and how relationships can support long-term business growth. Try this after you listen: Make a list of three people, organizations or communities with audiences related to yours. Consider one useful collaboration you could propose to each. 8. For entrepreneurs What Is AI Actually Going to Look Like in 18 Months?She Means Business with Carrie Green Carrie shares how she’s using AI inside her business, including building an AI resource based on her own frameworks and knowledge. She also considers how entrepreneurs may incorporate AI into their offers as the tools continue to develop. Try this after you listen: Think about the knowledge, process or framework you’ve developed through your own experience. Ask AI to help you outline ways it could become a resource for your clients or community. 9. For building wealth with AI Female Entrepreneurs and the AI Wealth Gap: Why Midlife Businesswomen Can’t Sit This One OutThe Midlife Comeback Club This episode explores why midlife women may be especially exposed to AI-driven changes at work while remaining underrepresented in AI adoption. The host draws on her experience as an independent musician to explain how learning new skills and owning her work allowed her to build long-term wealth. She sees a similar opportunity with AI and encourages women to create their own systems, retain more of the value they produce and begin building now. Try this after you listen: Choose one part of your expertise that you could turn into a repeatable AI-assisted system, resource or offer. 10. For AI’s impact on the world Good RobotUnexplainable from Vox, four-part series This four-part series examines the contrast between AI’s potential dangers and its power to improve lives and address global challenges. Through conversations with researchers, ethicists and other influential voices, it offers a thoughtful look at the decisions being made now and the kind of future they could create. I must add, this series is especially well produced, using interviews, storytelling and immersive sound to bring the ideas and people behind AI to life. It feels like an audio documentary. Try this after you listen: Consider which potential use of AI you believe could do the most … Get full access to M(AI)VENS at womenai.substack.com/subscribe