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A podcast about AI in the real world

AI, explained by
the people using it.

the whole point of the show

How AI is actually being adopted across disciplines — from medicine and law to art, science, economics, and education.

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2 hosts • conversations with practitioners

Episodes

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    Enterprise AI

    Building an AI Moat from the Inside

    LexisNexis VP of Internal AI Innovation Mark Koussa on adoption as a competitive advantage, blurring the lines between PM, engineer, and designer, and the cost of running hundreds of agents.

    with Mark Koussa · VP of Internal AI Innovation, LexisNexis
    47 min Listen →
About

How AI is really changing the way people work.

Artificial intelligence is widely expected to transform how we live and work. But how is it actually changing the way people work, create, and think today? Applied Intelligence explores how AI is being adopted across disciplines through conversations with leading practitioners using it in the real world — unpacking what works, what doesn't, and what it might mean for the future of their field.

01

Real applications

The most interesting real uses, and where AI is actually working versus the hype.

02

Honest limitations

Where AI falls short, and what practitioners in each field remain skeptical about.

03

The discipline lens

What each field uniquely understands about AI that technologists tend to miss.

Your hosts

The two people
asking the questions.

Roderick Bates

Roderick Bates

co-host

Roderick Bates is the Senior Director of Product Operations at Chaos, where he oversees the company's global product portfolio, aligning strategic vision with emerging industry trends to develop next-generation tools for designers, architects, and visualization professionals.

Kelly Sarabyn

Kelly Sarabyn

co-host

Kelly is the Platform Ecosystem Advocate at HubSpot, where she leads tech partner enablement and advocacy. Previously, she ran marketing at Pandium, an embedded iPaaS and marketplace, and was a partner at Woden, a branding agency. She lives outside of Philadelphia.

From the listeners

What people are
saying about it.

★★★★★
"Finally a show that gets past the hype and asks people what's actually working. The questions go a layer deeper than most interviews bother to."
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★★★★☆
"I came in skeptical of yet another AI podcast and stayed for the candor. The guests talk openly about what didn't work, which is rarer than it should be."
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★★★★★
"It's become part of my commute. Every episode leaves me with one concrete idea I can bring back to my own team on Monday."
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