Katie B & Dr. Ericka

The AI Mixtape

Technology EN ↓ 5 episodes

You've heard about AI everywhere. Your company is using it, your colleagues are talking about it, and you're quietly wondering if you've already missed the boat. You haven't. AI Mixtape is the weekly show for professionals who want to use AI confidently — without the jargon, without the overwhelm, and without sitting through another webinar that assumes you have a computer science degree. Every week, Katie Branley and Dr. Ericka Pitman — the AI Implementation Ladies and founders of Empowered AI Learning — bring you a tool worth trying, the news that matters, and rules you can use today. Two pr...

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Everybody's Tech Starts Somewhere Local — Marie Doce on Bringing AI Home to Humboldt 09.06.2026 42:40

Here's your show description for the Marie episode: Marie Doce spent 15 years in big tech. Then she came home, to Humboldt County, California, 300 miles north of San Francisco, where Google Maps is still wrong half the time and Amazon takes five to seven days. And instead of leaving her tech career behind, she built something new. Grounded AI is an AI consulting and learning firm helping rura...

AI Mixtape | Text READY to 20202: How to Actually Learn AI 02.06.2026 34:35

Earlier this year the federal government released a free 7-day AI course delivered straight to your phone, and 92 million Americans have never touched an AI tool. Sounds like a fix. But is it? In this episode Katie Branley and Dr. Ericka Pitman put the Make AI Ready program to the test, break down what it actually delivers, and give you the three rules for going from "I took a course once&quo...

AI Mixtape | Stop Collecting Tools. Start Building Systems. 19.05.2026 38:01

The average knowledge worker spends nine hours every week just searching for stuff — documents, emails, information scattered across every app in their life. Nine hours. And 60% of workers say they feel burned out. AI is supposed to fix this. In this episode Katie Branley and Dr. Ericka Pitman break down the roadmap from toy to tool to system — and give you the three rules to actually claw back yo...

AI Mixtape | The Token Economy: Why Your AI Gets Dumb at 3pm 01.05.2026 30:03

You're paying $20 a month and suddenly your AI is cutting you off mid-afternoon. You're not imagining it. In March 2026, Anthropic and Google quietly changed how many tokens you get — no press release, no announcement. In this episode Katie Branley and Dr. Ericka Pitman break down what a token actually is, why the era of unlimited AI is ending, and four rules you can use right now to mak...

AI Mixtape | You're the Boss: 8 Ways to Stay in the Driver's Seat with AI 01.05.2026 35:49

Women's jobs are three times more likely to be automated by AI — yet women are using AI 25% less than men. In this episode Katie Branley and Dr. Ericka Pitman dig into the gap, why even experienced AI users feel like the tool is running the show, and eight no-skip rules to make sure you stay the authority in every conversation you have with AI. What's Inside: The Reese Effect — Why Reese...