Techish

Techish

A podcast by two founders and investors who talk about all things tech, pop culture, and life.  It's equal parts ChatGPT, equal parts Cardi B. Starring tech founders and investors Abadesi Osunsade and Michael Berhane. @techishpod on socials. and youtube.com/@techishpod

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Techish

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Technology

Podcast website

www.techishpod.com

Latest episode

Apr 21, 2026

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Episodes

Throwback: How To Survive As A Founder & As POC In Society/Tech [throwback] 24.10.2023

Techish is back with a throwback career special: recorded circa 2019-2020 ———————————————————— Check out Hubspot CRM: https://www.hubspot.com ———————————————————— Check out Michael’s Stuff: • POCIT • POCIT Weekly Newsletter • POCIT Job Board Check out Abadesi stuff: • Hustle Crew - Inclusion Training • Hustle Crew Academy • Dream Big Hustle Hard ———————————————————— Follow us on: Twitter Instagram...

Attention Economy Solved Tupac Murder, Jay Z, Lululemon Shuts Down Mirror, Shopify CEO Says No Side Hustles 17.10.2023

Techish Live show: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757?aff=oddtdtcreator ————————————————————  Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:  How the attention economy is  stronger than ever Tupac's murder mystery is solved Jay-Z and rich people's conversations are now content Lululemon throws in the towel...

Men Disrupt Women’s Career Fair, Fearless Fund, Color Blindness and Coleman Hughes 10.10.2023

Techish Live show: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757?aff=oddtdtcreator ------------- Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:  Abadesi's toxic experience at a women's careers fair Fearless Fund and the VC gender gap Coleman Hughes' controversial racial colorblindness TEDTalk The value of ESG and...

Writer's Strike is Over! Making it as a Black Woman Writer & the Role of AI - Ft. Tianna, the Writer 03.10.2023

Techish Live show: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757?aff=oddtdtcreator ------------- Techish is back with a brand new special episode, and host Michael is joined by founder of Black Girls Camping Trip and screenwriter Tianna, the Writer.  Together they dive into: The writer's strike coming to an end How to make it as a Black woman writer  How AI is impactin...

Oja Founder Cancelled, Evil CEO Says Workers Need Pain, Lazy Girl Jobs? 26.09.2023

Techish Live show: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757?aff=oddtdtcreator Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:  What's a "Lazy Girl Job"? The billionaire asking for pain in the economy  Oja shutting down  RIP Yohanes Kidane  Mental health epidemic  ————————————————————  Further reading: https:/...

Google Pays Black Employees Less? Airbnb Banned in NY? AI Boyfriends, Blackfaced Articles 19.09.2023

Live show: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757?aff=oddtdtcreator ------------------- Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: Airbnb defacto ban Google paying Black employees less AI Boyfriends Dominque Samuels Black face articles ———————————————————— Further reading: https://peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/lea...

Throwback: What Tech Companies Don't Want You To Know: Uber, Apple, OpenAI and more 12.09.2023

Techish Live Show Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757 --------------------------------------------------------------- Techish is throwing it back this week as we revisit stories of what tech companies are doing behind the scenes and revealing what they don't want consumers to know: Uber's dodgy price surging (01:00) Apps scamming investors with...

Throwback: Influencer Brands, Kim K Crypto Scamming, Beyonce and Adidas Split 05.09.2023

Techish Live Show Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757 --------------------------------------------------------------- Techish is back with a new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi revisit the good, the bad and the ugly of celebrity business ventures: Kim Kardashian's failed crypto scheme Seth Rogen’s cannabis company and the new cannab...

Throwback: The Rise of 'Inheritocracy', Millennials Aren’t Having Kids, and The Single Tax 29.08.2023

Techish Live Show Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757 --------------------------------------------------------------- Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: Millennials aren’t having enough kids and America’s population is declining  Parents Banned From Sharing Kids on Social Media Single tax & Lo...

Remote Work is Over! NPC Tiktokers, Founders Getting Cancelled, The Blind Side 22.08.2023

Techish Live Show Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techish-live-show-tickets-704422866757 --------------------------------------------------------------- Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:  After work drinks and returning to the office The Blind Side and white savior movies NPC TikTokers Joining Founders Mastermind and getting cance...

Skims Now Worth $4 Billion, Chat GPT Claims 1st Victim & Somalia’s Athletic Embarrassment 15.08.2023

Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: Kim Kardashian's Skims' is now a $4 billion company (01:00) Chat GPT putting Stack Overflow out of business (05:50) The whitewashing of environmental justice (10:30) Somali 'runner' sparks nepotism scandal (18:25) ———————————————————— Further reading: Kim Kardashian’s Skims Is Now Wort...

Lizzo Lawsuit, Twitter is Now X, Instagram Threads is Failing 08.08.2023

Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: • The Twitter rebrand to X, Instagram's Threads is failing (01:00)  • Lizzo in sexual harassment lawsuit (10:00) • Barbie Oppenheimer  (18:25) ————————————————————  Further reading: • Threads users down by more than a half • App Store users are downrating Twitter’s rebranding to X with 1-star reviews...

Emerging Technologies: Crypto-Trading Hamsters, Unethical AI, and the NFT Bubble 01.08.2023

Techish is back with an episode all about emerging technologies. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite AI, crypto and NFT stories: OpenAI outsourced 'ethical AI checks' to Kenyan workers on less than $2/hr  (01:00) Is the NFT bubble bursting? Jack Dorsey's Tweet NFT Tanks (04:10) Drake and The Weekend's AI-generated song goes viral...

Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI And Meta, Keke Palmer Boyfriend Dragged For Body-Shaming & Succession Sweeps Emmy Nominations 25.07.2023

Michael & Abadesi are back in the recording studio to break down the latest and greatest tech and culture stories. This week they dive into:   Apps scamming investors with false user numbers (01:00) Succession cast nominated for Emmys (06:00) Keke Palmer boyfriend dragged on the internet for body-shaming (08:50) Celebrities suing OpenAI and Meta (12:00) Hollywood writers and actors still strik...

Threads, Team Zuck Stays Winning! Jonah Hill, Is Affirmative Action Gone, Reparations? 18.07.2023

Michael & Abadesi are back in the recording studio to break down the latest and greatest tech and culture stories. This week they dive into:   Instagram Threads takes over as fastest growing app in history (01:00) The Supreme Court ends affirmative action in college admissions (09:40) Jonah Hill's therapy talk exposed in text screenshots from ex  (20:50) ————————————————————  Further read...

Infamous Scams and Scammers: Elizabeth Holmes, PPE Contracts, and AI-Powered Scams 11.07.2023

Techish is back with an episode all about scams and scammers. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite scammer stories: Why are we so obsessed with scammers? (01:00) The Elizabeth Holmes rebrand (08:35) Scammers using voice A.I. tool to scam vulnerable people (10:30) Ozy Media fraud (15:45) PPE, crypto rug pulls & other pandemic scams (24:30) ———————...

Black Excellence: Stories of Success from Across the Diaspora 04.07.2023

Techish is back with an episode all about Black excellence. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite stories of Black people winning: Beyonce’s making bank on tour and teases a new haircare line (01:00 ) Mielle Organics ‘gentrification’ after Proctor & Gamble acquisition (05:25) Senegalese-Italian Khaby Lame went from losing his job to 100 million fo...

Black Mirror in Real Life - Digital Blackface, Voice Scammers & Unethical AI Moderators 27.06.2023

Techish is back with an episode all about the AI and tech stories that felt straight out of an episode of Black Mirror. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: Scammers using voice AI tool to scam vulnerable people  OpenAI outsourced 'ethical AI checks' to Kenyan workers on less than $2/hr  The return of blackface "digital models" with generative AI Levi's plans to use AI m...

Why It Pays to Be Skinny, the Disturbing Attention Economy & Millennials Are Staying Liberal 20.06.2023

Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: Millennials first generation to not get more conservative as they age (01:30) Acceptable careers for African parents (07:45) Burna Boy sells out London stadium  (16:05) Study reveals skinny women earn more (17:45) TikTok prankster Mizzy and the attention economy (23:20)  ————————————————————  Further read...

$3k for Apple Vision Pro! Succession Finale, and Elizabeth Holmes Goes To Jail! 13.06.2023

Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: Apple Vision Pro - is it worth the price tag? (01:45) Apple fixes 'ducking hell' autocorrect with AI (05:00) VR vs Generative AI vs Crypto  (09:20) Liz Holmes finally heads to prison (13:45) Succession comes to an end (16:40) ————————————————————  Further reading: Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new...

Succession, Frenemies in Tech, 35 under 35 Rich List, Is Joining a Startup Worth It? 06.06.2023

Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into: Frenemies cloning your tech product (01:55) Is joining a startup worth it?  (06:55) RIP Tina Turner (15:00) Sunday Times’ 35 Richest Under 35 (16:00) Star signs of the rich and successful (23:45) Succession comes to an end (26:00) ———————————————————— Level up your career with Formation: https://fm.dev/te...

Beyonce Renaissance Tour, Buzzfeed Using AI for Black Content, AI Girlfriend 30.05.2023

Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael  & Abadesi break down:  Snapchat influencer launches herself as an AI-powered 'virtual girlfriend' (02:00) Uber's DEI chief suspended over 'Don't Call Me Karen' event (12:55) Facebook and Instagram want to copy Twitter  (21:15) Is Buzzfeed using AI to develop authentic ethnic content? (27:30) Bey...

Layoffs Don’t Stop! The Elizabeth Holmes Rebrand, Self Driving Car, Eboni Williams 23.05.2023

Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael  & Abadesi break down: Elizabeth Holmes and the glamorisation of White criminals (02:00) Autonomous vehicles are racists and we aren't surprised (04:15) Chief.com, The Wing and why women can't have nice things (05:25) Eboni  K. Williams, financial expectations when dating and the future of white collar jobs (12:00)...

The Black Women Who Predicted AI Risk, Jamie Foxx, Vice/Buzzfeed Bankruptcy, Jay Z/Jack Dorsey 16.05.2023

Techish are back in the studio this week and in this episode, hosts Michael  & Abadesi break down: Thoughts and prayers go out to Jamie Foxx (00:58) Google's push to AI and why the big tech is in trouble (04:50) Jack Dorsey, Jay Z, and Tidal (15:15) The downfall of millennial media companies Vice and BuzzFeed (17:05) Geoffrey Hinton the godfather of AI speaks out against the technology (2...

Digital Black Face Special: Shudu vs Techish, AI Black Models & Brand Deals 09.05.2023

Techish is back with a digital blackface special!  Michael with Abadesi break down: Black virtual model Shudu.gram created by white man secures high value deals Shudu.gram 3D model creator responds to virtual blackface backlash  The return of blackface "digital models" with generative AI Levi plans to use AI models to boost diversity instead of real people  ———————————————————— This epis...

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