Best Ux Nights Podcasts (2024)

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Navigating the GenAI frontier: Ethical dilemmas and opportunities in digital policy 32:45

29d ago32:45

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On this episode of "The Power of Digital Policy" Kristina talks with industry veterans Jim Kaskade and David Maher. As leaders at the helm of Conversica and InterTrust Technologies, respectively, Jim and David bring decades of experience in technology and secure computing to the table. This episode takes a deep dive into the intricate world of Gene…

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Empowering change in the digital age: Unleashing innovation and building belief 28:12

2M ago28:12

28:12

In this podcast episode, Kristina talks with Saira Jesani, the Deputy Executive Director of the Data & Trust Alliance. She delves into the collaborative efforts of leading organizations such as American Express, CVS Health, and Walmart in championing the responsible use of data and artificial intelligence (AI). The Data & Trust Alliance serves as a…

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Legal unicorns: Bridging law and technology in the digital age 27:57

3M ago27:57

27:57

In this episode, Kristina delves into the increasingly critical nexus of legal expertise and technological acumen, highlighting the emergence of "legal unicorns" - professionals who are not only adept at navigating the complexities of the law but also possess a profound understanding of technology. Guest Olga V. Mack, a lawyer with an extensive bac…

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Navigating investment and innovation in quantum computing 27:46

3M ago27:46

27:46

On the latest episodes of “The Power of Digital Policy ” show, Kristina Podnar interviews Charles Beyrouthy , Forma Prime Managing Partner, about the fascinating world of quantum computation. They explore its different uses, from quantum GPS to photonic-based quantum computing, and outline the factors to consider when investing in this promising te…

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AI Regulations: Red Tape or Green Light for Innovation? 26:37

4M ago26:37

26:37

In this new podcast episode, Kristina and guest Lewis Barr, VP of Legal and General Counsel at Conversica, discuss the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act (EUAIA). Barr highlights the Act's primary goal to implement a risk framework for AI development while addressing human rights concerns within the EU. He emphasizes the potential impact …

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Beyond algorithms: Establishing trust and transparency in the AI era 30:20

5M ago30:20

30:20

In this conversation, Kristina and AI expert Dr. Nicholas Mattei explore the challenges in building trust in AI, focusing on transparency, fairness, and ethical considerations. They discuss the role of AI in society, data governance, and public perception, particularly in relation to generative AI models like ChatGPT. Join the conversation on the i…

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Digital spinach: Why software updates and patches can't be ignored 25:08

5M ago25:08

25:08

Join host Kristina Podnar and cybersecurity expert Mike Starr as they delve into the critical world of software updates. Discover the hidden dangers of neglecting patches and learn how to transform routine digital maintenance into a strategic asset for safeguarding your digital infrastructure. Don't miss out on expert insights that could fortify yo…

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Navigating the AI Landscape: Learn Python, embrace AI, and get 79 hours back 33:34

6M ago33:34

33:34

Dive deep into a stimulating conversation with Sultan Meghji and Nick Reese, exploring the dynamic facets of AI technology adoption across various sectors, including academia, government, and private industries. Unpack insights into why organizations might be holding back and the transformative potential a proactive approach to AI integration can u…

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Calling all prompt engineers to tickle machines in the new AI era 33:54

7M ago33:54

33:54

In this podcast episode, Kristina discusses the future of business and the implications of generative AI with Michel Ballings, an associate professor and director of the JTV Center Intelligence Lab at the University of Tennessee. They explore the transformative potential of generative AI, its impact on various industries, and the need for organizat…

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Unlocking AI success through governance and policy adoption 34:15

8M ago34:15

34:15

The traditional "move fast and break things" approach to AI development is shifting toward a more regulated model, akin to high-risk product development like medical devices. Today, the pivotal factor driving successful AI adoption in any organization is trust. How do you facilitate this crucial transformation, harnessing the opportunities that AI …

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How to build trust in AI and digital healthcare 26:37

12M ago26:37

26:37

More organizations are realizing the opportunities to leverage AI, whether for easing patient administrative burdens to increasing the speed of drug delivery to the marketplace. Providers can see the benefits of broader communication and patient outreach as well. But as we continue to explore the endless possibilities, we first need to build trust …

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All you need is your inner Y.O.D.A. 30:38

1y ago30:38

30:38

Always trust your gut, right? Not necessarily. Your inner voice, aka Y.O.D.A. — Your Own Decision Advisor — can lead to poor decision-making. So how do you fix it? Dr. Jim Loehr talks with Kristina Podnar about your inner voice to make the right calls. Among other tips, he advises writing down your purpose in life, your life's mission, how you want…

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Triangulation 433: The Father of Modern Genomics - George Church 1:00:24

1y ago1:00:24

1:00:24

In a wide-ranging conversation, Leo Laporte talks with Dr. George Church about the history and future of genome sequencing. Dr. Church explains why he is very excited about how they made an organism resistant to all viruses- both known and unknown. They also talk about: How Dr. Church made sequencing affordable (from $3BN to $600) Where are we on s…

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How UX team, legal, marketing, and IT become an organization’s growth drivers 31:38

1y ago31:38

31:38

Building sustainable solutions for privacy requires building privacy programs that can scale effectively across existing and future laws. Privacy must also be a foundational layer of the data ecosystem – so that peoples’ privacy choices are respected and enforced everywhere. It is your UX team, legal, marketing, and IT that participate in deliverin…

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From automated content creation to environmental conservation, AI is an asset! 28:22

1y ago28:22

28:22

Artificial intelligence (AI) can make the world more sustainable by using natural resources while also helping to reduce environmental costs. It can also make us more efficient and effective. But to do the right thing for your organization and ensure sound business decisions, you must consider ethics and governance. What does that mean? Bryce Goodm…

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Triangulation 432: Daniel Suarez: Critical Mass - Daniel Suarez on his latest book 'Critical Mass' 1:18:34

1y ago1:18:34

1:18:34

New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez returns to talk with Leo Laporte about the second book in his 'Delta-v' novel series, 'Critical Mass,' where a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's…

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Deep diving in the world's easiest and fastest lakehouse 30:04

1y ago30:04

30:04

The responsibility for complying with data privacy laws and ensuring that data is secure falls on individual companies. If your data is copied all over the place, it's tough to secure it because each copy has its own different set of privileges and permissions. Consider the implications as your organization deep-dives into the world's most accessib…

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Miniverse vs. Multiverse, now and Nowhere 24:34

1+ y ago24:34

24:34

Despite a lot of enthusiasm, the metaverse didn't go anywhere in 2022, there was a lot of noise and big promises about the world that's to come, but after many tens of billions of dollars, the Metaverse feels like it came down to some very expensive hardware and far too many NFTs. On this episode, Maxx Berkowitz, co-founder and head of product and …

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Building high-performing, self-organizing digital teams 27:52

1+ y ago27:52

27:52

Consider granting your digital marketing team a higher degree of autonomy without committing to a radical organizational model in an “all-in” fashion because it can make you nimbler and more competitive. By adopting a self-organizing team model, you can free up workers to share the responsibility of planning and executing their work without the sup…

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How to get your cybersecurity policy and practices right 30:02

1+ y ago30:02

30:02

Many organizations are challenged by a combination of on-premises and cloud hosting. Ever-increasing ransomware attacks pose a significant threat, but so do human weaknesses, which are hard to overcome. Amidst the headlines about the latest breach and operational realities, which include limited resources, your organization can still maintain its c…

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The future of digital identity 28:49

1+ y ago28:49

28:49

It seems that hardly a day goes by without news of another organization being hit by a data breach. While the underlying causes and the actions we need to take to prevent them are many and varied, switching to digital identity management is a requirement. Callsign’s SVP, Bill Sytsma, joins us for an in-depth look at how banks and financial institut…

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Building adaptive smart cities of the future 30:44

1+ y ago30:44

30:44

The digital transformation trend goes beyond consumers and organizations and creates a hyper-connected and collaborative society that transforms relationships between people. For connected citizens, communities, and society, we need smart cities. In this episode, Mike Grigsby discusses how to define and develop the smart city of the future and, mos…

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Unlocking opportunities and taming risks in Femtech 33:45

1+ y ago33:45

33:45

Women are 50% of the world’s population and account for 80% of consumer purchasing decisions in the healthcare industry. So why is it that women’s health has been considered a niche market, a subset of healthcare, or Femtech? This business opportunity is estimated at over $1 billion for a range of tech-enabled, consumer-centric products such as at-…

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Triangulation 431: Cory Doctorow and Rebecca Giblin: Chokepoint Capitalism - How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back 1:04:01

1+ y ago1:04:01

1:04:01

Writer/activist Cory Doctorow and scholar Rebecca Giblin join Leo Laporte to talk about their latest book Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back. They argue that we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to com…

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You’ve got B2B and B2C. But how about H2H? 30:30

1+ y ago30:30

30:30

People talk about business to business or B2B, and they talk about business to consumer or B2C. Amidst digitization, remember that the true center of business is H2H or human-to-human. How well does your organization do H2H? Martin Birch, a husband and father to an 8-year-old 'Duracell bunny' boy and CEO and President at ibml talks about getting th…

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Adopt the growth mindset for digital transformation success 24:19

1+ y ago24:19

24:19

Companies shouldn’t be doing digital transformation to people. Instead, they should be working with employees to reach goals. For emerging technologies, including AI, organizations can see tremendous success, according to Nancy Combs of The Cantellus Group. In this episode, Nancy talks about communicating clearly with employees and empowering them …

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Digital transformation via urgency, simplification, and effective change management 25:14

1+ y ago25:14

25:14

A failed digital transformation project undermines faith and confidence in future initiatives and increases organizational resistance toward further digital transformation efforts. Enterprises are in a constant state of digital transformation, an extensive, expensive, and all-encompassing process. Strong leadership, solid change management, and ado…

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How to secure data and maintain consumer trust 31:17

1+ y ago31:17

31:17

Building consumer trust through data protection and security means your business treats data privacy and compliance like any other corporate social responsibility pledge. So how do you put data privacy first, from brand recognition to customer loyalty, while realizing substantial ROI? In this episode, Taylor Hersom talks about building world-class …

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Addressing data privacy issues in the marketing landscape 26:42

1+ y ago26:42

26:42

Marketers are obsessed with data, but there is a negative side to data availability that marketers are increasingly being forced to confront: data privacy. Companies are changing how they gather and manage customer data because of new laws, regulations, and efforts designed to protect user data and adhere to local data laws. Dan Aks, President at U…

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Integrate privacy to unleash business value 33:58

2y ago33:58

33:58

We're living in a very complex privacy world compounded by new data privacy laws in a slew of digital technologies, such as IOT, mobile, immersive tech, and increasing vulnerabilities. We're all wondering how to balance the risk and opportunities for your organization, which is why Anthony Prestia of TerraTrue joined this episode to explain the bes…

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How to merge business analytics and data science in your organization 32:18

2y ago32:18

32:18

Organizations now realize that data has always been a critical component of their strategy. As the data numbers and types grow, organizations need to figure out: what can they do better with the data? What can they derive from the insights? AtScale’s Guarav Rao talked with me about the new opportunities that data represents for organizations willin…

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Vitality of data in building and sustaining the metaverse 31:13

2y ago31:13

31:13

To support their metaverse strategy, more than three-quarters of leaders, about 84% across the IT, telecom, and technology units, say they are planning to look to procure data intelligence solutions and deploy them inside virtual worlds in the next two years. In this episode, Or Lechner of Bright Data disuses public web data scrapping, misinformati…

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The benefits of bringing agile to digital transformation 30:31

2y ago30:31

30:31

We’ve heard agile used in context of software development, enabling teams to quickly review and respond to any unpredictable circumstances and shifting goal posts. But why not take this project management-specific methodology, used especially for software development, and apply it to digital transformation? In this episode, Carol May discusses the …

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Triangulation 430: Tripp Mickle: After Steve - A Conversation with Tripp Mickle 57:15

2y ago57:15

57:15

Tripp Mickle joins Leo Laporte to discuss his new book, "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul". They discuss the shift in Apple's dynamic and approach to products after the passing of Steve Jobs from a company of innovation with Jony Ive, to a company of efficiency under Tim Cook. Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Tripp …

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AI and the journey to a successful consumer care experience 30:14

2y ago30:14

30:14

Artificial intelligence revolutionizes everything from the product itself to the consumer experience in many different industries. What we're seeing is an explosion in intelligent virtual assistants (IVAs) using natural language processing. To help us break down the business case for AI in consumer care and when and how to employ IVAs, we're joined…

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Catering to the widest possible global audience 28:07

2y ago28:07

28:07

How do you become a frontrunner retailer among global audiences? It’s simple according to BLEND Localization’s CMO, Hila Shitrit-Nissim. You expand the number of language offerings on your website since the use of native language makes the shopping experience one that is easy and trusted. In this episode, we discuss marketing in a multilingual and …

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The crusade to protect digital privacy 28:51

2y ago28:51

28:51

The pandemic has fueled the propagation of technology and tendencies toward spending time online. It has also fueled cheap access to consumer personal data that has flooded the marketplace. Information abuse is on the rise and presents a serious problem for individuals. It is also a growing security threat to business security as the data is used f…

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Reinvent cybersecurity through crowdsourcing 28:42

2y ago28:42

28:42

Waze, Airbnb, Amazon, and Uber have one thing in common: they use the power of the masses with applications to benefit an even more significant number of people. All are innovative ideas powered by data. What if we could do the same for the cyber world and give cybersecurity professionals an advantage by crowdsourcing data? Philippe Humeau explains…

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What’s the story behind NFTs for marketing? 24:40

2y ago24:40

24:40

KokoSwap is a unique decentralized platform that combines NFT trades (powered by the $KOKO token) with blockchain gaming to offer a seamless experience to the users. If you feel the need to reach for your dictionary to figure out what we’re talking about, don’t worry. Chris Clarke, Kokoswap’s CEO, breaks down the platform and the marketplace to hel…

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Traditional healthcare is missing younger consumers. What Gen Z wishes you knew! 22:07

2y ago22:07

22:07

Compared with older generations, members of Gen Z (those ages 13-24) are feeling emotionally distressed by the pandemic but are less likely to seek help for their behavioral health challenges. They also get and process healthcare information differently than any other generation. How do you walk the tightrope and get the messaging right? Shavonne R…

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Triangulation 429: Amy Webb: The Genesis Machine - Looking to the future through the lens of synthetic biology. 1:02:58

2y ago1:02:58

1:02:58

Amy Webb joins Leo Laporte to discuss her new book, "The Genesis Machine." Webb explains synthetic biology, tells the story of golden rice, and shares a glimpse of the future and the changes we can expect. Get "The Genesis Machine": https://amzn.to/3BC7K2t Host: Leo Laporte Guest: Amy Webb Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows…

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The cost of ignoring website accessibility 39:07

2y ago39:07

39:07

Although the web has existed for over 32 years, only 2% of websites are accessible to people with disabilities. Despite increasing website accessibility-related lawsuits, designers and developers are not creating websites, web products, and web services with accessibility in mind. This gap is only growing with new technologies that allow websites t…

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Protecting your brand in the ransomware era 20:03

2+ y ago20:03

20:03

Ransomware is the primary threat for businesses these days and cybersecurity experts believe this criminal enterprise will reach new heights in 2022. Cohesity’s latest research points to strong consumer sentiment towards organizations that pay out on digital ransoms. What should you and your organizations do? Brian Spanswick, chief information and …

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Democratizing dental care through digital opportunity 20:05

2+ y ago20:05

20:05

In 2015, Membersy's CEO sold his car and raised $20,000 from friends and family with the goal of creating a platform that disrupted "antiquated dental insurance". Just six years later, Membersy has received $66 million in venture funding and is on par to continue disrupting the dental care industry. The company's reward for disrupting the industry …

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Spend vs. invest: power of your financial policies 26:02

2+ y ago26:02

26:02

ROI is an archaic concept in the business world as much as in our personal lives. Instead, we should be thinking value on investment, which comes in many forms. The concept of value can certainly include quantifiable returns, but it is more about the ones that meet our emotional needs. Suppose you think about your personal investment strategy. In t…

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Your shield and sword for China’s data privacy law 25:38

2+ y ago25:38

25:38

On November 1, 2021, China’s data privacy law (Personal Information Protection Law, or PIPL) goes into effect. The law supplements existing privacy rules established by the Data Security Law and Cybersecurity Law. With a focus on personal information protection, the law sets comprehensive rules for companies on how to process personal information o…

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Rebuilding trust in the Internet, one human ID at a time 35:07

2+ y ago35:07

35:07

Any organization that allows human interaction on its digital platforms, including user-generated content, runs the risk of bots and fake accounts hijacking the user experience. humanID is looking to change that and turn the tide of bots and disinformation polluting social networks. In this episode, Namik Muduroglu and Bastian Purrer discuss how or…

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AI, Natural Language and The Holy Grail of Translation 30:33

2+ y ago30:33

30:33

Translation has come a long way in the last few years, but there’s still a lot of work to do. Automated website translations are horrible, and AI’s ability to understand dialect and cultural nuances is still far from perfect. But there are ways to leverage machine learning as part of the translation process. When coupled with the right human intera…

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What keeps every CMO and digital operations team up at night? 26:59

2+ y ago26:59

26:59

IAB Tech Labs, a standards body for the digital advertising industry, is being taken to court by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in a piece of privacy litigation that’s targeted at the high-speed online ad auction process known as real-time bidding (RTB). But that is only the start of privacy-related worries for any company trying to l…

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Your business priority should be digital accessibility, inclusion 34:45

2+ y ago34:45

34:45

People with disabilities have $645 billion in disposable income. They want to spend money but have trouble leveraging their buying power because brands do not make their sites accessible to them. In fact, only 2% of websites are accessible for people with disabilities. Josh Basil talks about accessibility from a first-person perspective and what ac…

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