EPISODE 01
AI Ethics Is Really About Who Benefits Most
EPISODE DESCRIPTION — Ready to publishAI is not the ethical problem you think it is. The real question is who gets hurt, who gets helped, and what hap…
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EPISODE 02
Why AI Oversight Could Become a Bigger Threat Than AI Itself
EPISODE DESCRIPTION — Ready to publishAI is already replacing work, but not always where the headlines say it is. Dr. Lauran Star and JD cut through t…
EPISODE 03
Episode 008: The Dangerous Simplicity of Labels in a Complex World- Part II
Labels can protect you, excuse you, or quietly erase the full person underneath. Dr. Lauran Star and JD take apart the difference between being labele…
EPISODE 04
IS SOCIAL MEDIA MAKING US STUPID? Co-Host Ryan Drake
The Hidden Cost of the Infinite ScrollWe have more information at our fingertips than any generation in history—so why are we becoming easier to misle…
EPISODE 05
WHO ARE YOU WITHOUT YOUR LABELS? With Joshua Drake CO Host
When Belonging Becomes a PrisonPolitical party. Career. Religion. Race. Generation. Diagnosis. Success. Trauma. Labels may describe pieces of us—but w…
EPISODE 06
Patriotism or Performance: Who Gets to Define Loving America?
Patriotism or Performance: Who Gets to Define Loving America?What does it really mean to love America? Is patriotism measured by the flag you fly, the…
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Dr. Lauran Star
Organizational psychologist · Author · Army veteran
A forensic cultural behaviorist and executive advisor, Lauran examines what Western culture normalizes, whom it protects, and who pays the price. Socially progressive, constitutionally grounded, equity-focused, and fiscally accountable, she enters difficult conversations to expose the assumptions underneath them.
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Joshua “JD” Drake
Open-source entrepreneur · Technologist · Independent thinker
The founder of Command Prompt, Inc., JD brings a technologist’s logic, an entrepreneur’s skepticism, and a contrarian’s refusal to accept an answer simply because it’s popular. A longtime speaker, writer, mentor, and podcast host, he lives off-grid in Montana—and questions conventional systems for a living.
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