10 Aug 2026 - 16 Aug 2026 (UTC)
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12 Aug 2026
Think Media Podcast - YouTube Just Changed Monetization 10 Things You Need to Know
Recommended: How to stay monetised on YouTube
10 Aug 2026
Copywriters Podcast - The Master Key To Persuasion
Recommended: A Persuasion Framework Explored
11 Aug 2026
The AI Native Dev - The Background Check You Can't Run on an AI Agent
"Explores AI agent identity and security challenges, emphasizing alignment with creator intent, probabilistic unpredictability, and the need for dynamic, task-based authorization and scalable trust mechanisms."
14 Aug 2026
The EntreLeadership Podcast - How to Have Effective One-on-Ones (Copy Our Template)
"One-on-one meetings are the most valuable for business success, preventing issues, building trust, and developing leaders by fostering presence, preparation, and coaching over control."
12 Aug 2026
The EntreLeadership Podcast - How to Scale Without Over-Hiring
"Low-voltage systems business faces scaling challenges due to reliance on key individuals, lack of cross-training, and post-pandemic operational vulnerabilities, addressing them through process standardization, strategic hiring, and diversifying lead sources."
11 Aug 2026
The Entrepreneurs Studio - The Hidden Cost of How You Pay People | Nicole Armstrong
"Systemic pay inequity in workplaces stems from biased, market-based structures, requiring data-driven, transparent, and equitable compensation tied to role impact and fairness, not just market rates."
10 Aug 2026
The EntreLeadership Podcast - Rising Costs: Real Business Owners Respond
"Rising costs across industries strain profitability and growth, with construction sectors facing unique client challenges; businesses adapt through efficiency tech, financial planning, and leadership strategies to balance productivity, morale, and long-term resilience."
14 Aug 2026
Goto tech - The Platform Engineers Handbook Ajay Chankramath & Kaspar von Grunberg
"Explores platform engineering's evolution, practical applications, and challenges, emphasizing DevEx, AI integration, and long-term infrastructure investment to enhance software development efficiency and scalability."
14 Aug 2026
Engineering Culture by InfoQ - Founders, Friction, and Focus: Building Engineering Teams at Early-Stage Startups
"Balancing agility, resource constraints, and team dynamics is critical for startups to avoid inefficiencies, foster innovation, and align priorities for long-term success."
14 Aug 2026
Developer Tea - A Pragmatic Definition for Accountability
"Accountability in professional settings fosters growth and reliability when implemented constructively, but misapplication can lead to risks and burnout; clear communication, fair expectations, and a focus on improvement are key."
13 Aug 2026
Software Engineering Radio - SE Radio 733: Max Corbridge on Securing AI Agents
"Explores AI agent security risks, focusing on prompt injection vulnerabilities, non-deterministic threats, and the need for dynamic monitoring and proactive defenses against evolving AI-specific attacks."
13 Aug 2026
No Priors - AI, Technology, Startups - What Chess.com Teaches US About Superhuman Capabilities, with CEO Erik Allebest
"Chess and poker's resurgence, driven by pop culture and AI, explores adapting chess's skill-based rating to poker, highlighting Chess.com's growth, AI's role in skill development, and the future of chess in a mainstream, AI-influenced landscape."
12 Aug 2026
The Pragmatic Engineer - Stop being skeptical about AI for development with Charity Majors
"AI's impact on software engineering is reshaping code review, reliability, and career paths, demanding new verification methods, ethical accountability, and adaptability in a rapidly evolving field."
12 Aug 2026
Beyond Coding - Wes Bos: How Developers Stand Out When AI Writes the Code
"AI's impact on software engineering, design, and personalization - challenges, ethics, and future trends in automation, workflows, and human-AI collaboration."
11 Aug 2026
Startups For the Rest of Us - Episode 845 | Lifetime Deals Revisited, Building is Not the Hard Part, and Confirming an Idea is Worth Paying For (Rob Solo)
"Lifetime pricing models offer quick revenue but face sustainability challenges compared to subscriptions, with virality and recurring revenue crucial for scaling, while execution and legal considerations are key to startup success."
14 Aug 2026
AI-Driven Marketer - The Trust Recession: Marketing When Everything Can Be Faked
"AI is reshaping marketing by eroding trust, enabling deceptive practices, and forcing ethical brands to prioritize authenticity, verifiable claims, and human-centric content while adapting to AI-driven traffic demands."
14 Aug 2026
VidIQ TubeTalk - Stop Blaming The Algorithm And Start Serving A Real Audience
"Strategies for YouTube success include consistency, strong communication, audience engagement, and targeting the right viewers, with monetization relying on audience quality and diversified income streams."
13 Aug 2026
The GaryVee Audio Experience - How GaryVee Would Build a Business in 30 Days (2026 Playbook)
"Strategies for scaling businesses emphasize starting small, leveraging personal branding through content creation, and using organic social media across multiple platforms for growth, while prioritizing authenticity, adaptability, and attention arbitrage in the evolving digital landscape."
13 Aug 2026
Think Media Podcast - 538: The New Way to Get Clients on YouTube (Algorithm Explained)
"Explores YouTube's algorithm shifts - from keywords to AI-driven semantic matching - showing how niche, value-driven content outperforms broad strategies, prioritizing revenue over vanity metrics, with case studies and networking insights."
12 Aug 2026
Avenue9 AI Marketing - The Future of AI: Predictions from Marketing and Artificial Intelligence Experts
"AI will transform work by enhancing human-AI collaboration, fostering small software businesses, and prioritizing ethical, human-centric development, while addressing challenges like automation balance, privacy, and legal adaptation for a future where AI complements - not replaces - human skills."
12 Aug 2026
Think Media Podcast - YouTube Just Changed Monetization 10 Things You Need to Know
Recommended: How to stay monetised on YouTube
"Significant YouTube monetization updates include higher YPP thresholds (8,000 watch hours, 20M Shorts views by 2027), grandfathered creators, new activity benchmarks, and opportunities like YouTube Premium Light (60% revenue share) and Shorts incentives, with advice on adapting to algorithm changes and prioritizing long-form content."
11 Aug 2026
VidIQ TubeTalk - What The New YouTube Partner Program Rules Mean For Creators
"YouTube is raising monetization thresholds for Shorts and long-form creators in 2027, requiring 10M Shorts views or higher watch hours to earn revenue, while introducing new payout incentives."
11 Aug 2026
Think Media Podcast - 537: YouTube Is Harder Now But Theres a Huge Opportunity
"Navigating YouTube's challenges - like fierce competition and algorithm shifts - requires strategic packaging, authenticity, and long-term systems to thrive in a crowded, AI-driven landscape."
10 Aug 2026
The Startup Ideas Podcast - Making $$$ selling to AI Agents
"AI-driven 'agent internet' shifts focus to structured data, enabling monetization via tools like AI Crawl Control and Pay-Per-Crawl, with opportunities for startups in data refineries, optimized content, and AI-powered expert tools."
10 Aug 2026
VidIQ TubeTalk - How To Turn Breaking News Into High-Quality Videos Fast
"AI accelerates high-quality YouTube video production (scripting, editing, thumbnails) in 90 minutes, boosting productivity without replacing creativity, while emphasizing critical thinking, niche specialization, and long-term strategy for sustainable growth."
10 Aug 2026
Copywriters Podcast - The Master Key To Persuasion
Recommended: A Persuasion Framework Explored
"Explores *The Uses of Argument* by Stephen Tullman, detailing its six-part persuasive framework (claim, grounds, warrant, backing, qualifier, rebuttal) and its impact on law, business, and rhetoric, emphasizing logical reasoning, audience-specific backing, and ethical trust-building."
14 Aug 2026
The Game with Alex Hormozi - One High-Stakes Decision Changes Everything | Ep 992
"Decision-making impacts success; ethical, needs-focused sales rely on structured frameworks, addressing objections through logic and emotion while overcoming cognitive distortions."
10 Aug 2026
Jocko Podcast - Jocko Underground: Why Do People Refuse to Learn or Talk About The Future Of The World Around Us?
"Personal growth reshapes relationships, encouraging alignment with like-minded people, disengagement from closed-minded individuals, and respect for diverse friendships while avoiding unproductive conflicts."
14 Aug 2026
ProductLed Podcast - Day 5 of 100: Going Full Ironman Mode on an AI Product
"Explores AI-driven product development, a 100-day PLG challenge, and strategies for achieving ambitious goals through discipline, collaboration, and structured planning."
13 Aug 2026
Product Driven - The 2026 State of IT Staffing: Trends in Hiring, AI, and Offshore
"Explores how AI shifts developers' roles from coding to solving business problems, highlights challenges in measuring impact, and emphasizes problem-solving over technical execution, hiring trends, and the importance of culture and customer feedback for meaningful outcomes."
10 Aug 2026
Changing Minds Owen Fitzpatrick - How to manage your mental health
"Reality is a brain-curated 'broadcast' shaped by mood, filtering experiences into personal narratives; the podcast offers tools like the 'Four M's' (mood modulation, metacognition, mindset, meaning) to reframe perception, combat mental health struggles, and empower individuals to choose their role in life."
12 Aug 2026
The Secure Disclosure - GitGuardian CEO: How Exposed API Keys & AI Agents Cause Security Breaches - Eric Fourrier
"Exposed NASA Slack API key highlights credential leaks, with GitGuardian using AI to detect and prevent secrets in repositories and developer machines, while addressing evolving threats, AI risks, and proactive security practices."
10 Aug 2026
Open Source Security - Cleanup, Speedup, Levelup open source at e18e
"E18e enhances JavaScript by reducing dependencies, optimizing tools, and improving security, as seen in its work with Storybook, while promoting cleaner code and community collaboration."