Burn The Map

In This Episode: We sit down with Monica Marquez, co-founder of Flipwork AI and the unofficial change management therapist every modern exec wishes they had on speed dial. Monica's resume is a "who's who" of places that love an acronym—NYU, Goldman Sachs, EY, Bank of America—so trust me, she's seen every flavor of corporate resistance to tech you can imagine. Monica calls out the dirty little secr...

In This Episode: We sit down with Elizabeth Bieniek: accidental innovator, corporate plane-repairer at 30,000 feet, and author of Cake on Tuesday, a book for people who like their business advice with more real talk and less corporate fluff. Elizabeth walks us through her unpredictable path—from getting an MBA at Babson and tumbling into the tech world, to launching a stealth startup inside Cisco,...

In This Episode: We sit down with Dr. Craig A. Kaplan, the PhD-wielding brains behind Predict Wall Street (and, apparently, the patron saint of retail investors everywhere). Craig walks us through 14 years in the financial trenches, building tech to turn the "dumb money" crowd into a collective force that could actually beat Wall Street at its own game—at least until the hedge funds caught the sce...

In This Episode:  We sit down with Dr. Craig Kaplan—the guy who was building AI before your favorite "disruptor" learned to tie their shoes. Dr. Kaplan takes us on a wild ride from the OG days of artificial intelligence (when data lived on floppy disks and having a "machine learning" project meant you had actual machines to move) to his current crusade: making sure superintelligence doesn't wreck...

"I was the daughter of a mechanic and a librarian—I know a thing or two about fixing things, building things, and making sense of way too much information." —Dr. Lisa Dieker In This Episode: We talk to Dr. Lisa Dieker about why the future of learning isn't robots replacing teachers—it's humans and AI teaming up (with a little extra caffeine and a lot of biometric gadgets thrown in). As the William...

In This Episode:  We talk to Brenda Novak, co-founder of the Connecticut Amputee Network and champion for anyone told they're "too expensive to fix." Brenda breaks down her wild ride from business school grad to accidental activist, gives us the unvarnished scoop on the cutthroat world of prosthetic coverage (hint: it's more 'Shark Tank' than 'Grey's Anatomy'), and shows us that sometimes, you've...

"If you're worried your kid hates reading, maybe start by showing them you can sit down with a damn book. Kids do what we do, not what we say." —Rae Foote In This Episode: We talk to Rae Foote, the unicorn who went from running logistics in military manufacturing (yes, actual missiles) to wrangling the chaos of marketing tech at Hachette Book Group in NYC—all while moonlighting as a champion for c...

In This Episode: We talk to Joel McKay Smith—a guy whose "Rolodex" literally stress-tested the Wrench platform—about why real power isn't in the LinkedIn follower count, but in the relationships you actually maintain. From rural Utah dairy farms to industrial parks, Joel's journey is a hilarious, head-spinning tour straight through the heart of economic disruption and small-town resurrection. You...

In This Episode: We sit down with Gabi Barragan—strategic advisor, organizational change whisperer, and the go-to for real talk about taming the AI beast in business. Gabi ditches the 'thought leader' theatrics and gets honest about what it really takes for companies to stop talking about AI adoption and actually get their hands dirty—without blowing the lunch budget on useless software. She walks...

In This Episode:  We talk to Timber Barker, founder/CEO of BOOM Interactive, about turning flat floor plans into living, AI-powered digital twins—and the not-so-glamorous reality of building the company that does it. From selling his truck to keep the lights on to landing partnerships with NVIDIA and projects with the NBA, Timber breaks down how CoreSpec3D makes the built world actually usable: ch...

"Don't tell me about your fancy martech stack if you can't tell me where your own customer data lives. Spoiler: if your dashboards are a mess, your personalization is, too." —Drew Phillips In This Episode: We talk to Drew Phillips—part globe-trotting data wrangler, part content whisperer—about what actually moves the needle in enterprise content, data integration, and personalization (hint: it's n...

"Building the future is messy—so is your garage, probably. But at least the future will breathe better." —Matt Fischer In This Episode:  We corral Matt Fischer—startup troublemaker, AI obsessive, and the guy who actually uses data for good (no, seriously)—for a whirlwind tour through everything from hacking the smart home to fighting mold, to upending how businesses actually make decisions. Forget...

In This Episode:  We sit down with Gabi Barragan, Wrench. AI's Co-Founder and CMO (and, let's be real, the original "Gabi Filter" for anyone who couldn't write their way out of a Slack thread). Gabi gets brutally honest about the future of work, why most people are totally unprepared for the AI tidal wave, and the one skillset robots still can't fake—being a decent human. She and Dan swap war stor...

In This Episode: We sit down with Steve Eror—skydiver, AI troublemaker, and the guy who'll absolutely call out your nap pod culture for what it is: overhyped and overdue for extinction. Steve walks us through his wild career pivot from Wall Street's soul-sucking grind (hello, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley) to the frontlines of AI at Signals, where he's busy helping companies hire "cloud employe...

"Limitations? Please. The only thing that matters now is the idea—because with today's AI, you can create anything. The rest is just noise." —Luka Tisler In This Episode: We sit down with Luka Tisler, the Slovenian mastermind who treats AI video tools like his personal playground. Luka's journey is a whirlwind of reinvention—from post-production purist to VFX wizard to motion graphics innovator to...

"Don't spend $25,000 building a studio before you've recorded your first episode. Please. Use your laptop, a good mic, and just get started." —Anika Jackson In This Episode: We talk to Anika Jackson about what it actually takes to go from "hey, let's start a podcast!" to running a slick, sustainable media machine. She walked through her own scrappy journey—launching Brand Amplified out of her PR a...

"Every human is entitled to utter syllables and words and think thoughts and commune with their own highest power. That is… certainly an inalienable right." —Bridger Lee Jensen In This Episode: We sit down with Bridger Lee Jensen, founder of the world's first federally protected psilocybin religion, Singularism. Bridger takes us on a trip (pun intended) through the wild ride of founding a new move...