Every now and then in my podcast travels, I find an episode that really registers with me and I start sending share links to people. It’s one of the great things about them, it’s easy to spread the word when it’s truly worth spreading.

In the last two weeks, there have been two, from different podcasters. I’ll share them here as well. Both are about an hour long.

First up – It’s only the Best School in America – from The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe

Mike chats with Dr. Sheree Utash, Ed.D., president of WSU Tech and a national leader in workforce education. They talk about how she reinvented a community college into a national model for workforce development, her role in taking Mike’s S.W.E.A.T. Pledge and shaping it into the mikeroweWORKS curriculum, and why she believes skilled trades are key to America’s future. It’s a perfect pre-Labor Day discussion.

I’ve long been an advocate for those wanting to go into skilled trades. The country needs them, as many are now retiring out at a rate far greater than those going to those professions. My generation did a terrible disservice to kids, pounding the message that higher education was the path to success. We made it sound like it was the only path, and in the process pulled industrial arts out of schools. There are many paths to success, and they don’t all involve a degree. We’re all paying the price for that poor guidance today.

Here’s the Apple Podcasts Link, or watch it below on YouTube.

Next up – The AI Dilemma — with Tristan Harris from The Prof G Podcast

Tristan Harris, former Google design ethicist and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, joins Scott Galloway to explain why children have become the front line of the AI crisis.  They unpack the rise of AI companions, the collapse of teen mental health, the coming job shock, and how the U.S. and China are racing toward artificial general intelligence. Harris makes the case for age-gating, liability laws, and a global reset before intelligence becomes the most concentrated form of power in history.

I love listening to smart people talk about really challenging topics in a meaningful and constructive way. This was fascinating, educational, terrifying, and a few other words that I can’t articulate right now. If you have any interest in AI, you’ll find this very relevant.

 Here’s the Apple Podcasts link, and YouTube variety below

I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.