Nerds of Joy Podcast

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Jun 2026

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Bringing you fresh ideas and interviews by entrepreneurs and experts that inspire, to grow your creativity, online presence, digital business and overall wellbeing. Listeners are curious, impact driven people that want to listen to new and innovative ideas in an entertaining and bingeworthy format.

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June 12, 2026Episode 430 min

How to Be Organically Human in An Age of AI and Building Your Opportunities

Joy tells listeners all about her latest project So What Humans and shares how to be better better connected and at ease in this race to agentic AI and super intelligence. How do we foster a culture of wellbeing, good mental health and community in a world that is gearing up for singularity, a winner takes all mentality and more. How do we retain and retrain our brains to not outsource our thinking or worse - our souls, to find ancient wisdom within ourselves and not outsource to chatbots, big tech and magnetic salesy influencers on socials. Joy exposes some of the latests strategies to gain your confidence online and how to future proof yourself in real life. There are deliberate choices and actions you can take to be more human. Follow So What Humans - the social enterprise, especially if you are a mum with young adults 16-24. We are building an authentic community and would love for you to join us. So What Humans on Instagram Joy on Instagram Joy's Website Buy Me A Coffee Music by Twin Musicom

April 26, 2026Episode 321 min

Building Your Business from Scratch in New Markets & Your Inspiration

Joy talks about her social enterprise So What Humans, created for mums and their young adult kids (16-24) to bridge the intergenerational gap that is widening due to the overuse of tech and midlife and Gen Z challenges. Disconnection and loneliness is a rising problem. She explores what are the skills and attitude required to build a movement to see people flourishing. We explore when might be the time to do something new that serves people and planet, the journey of starting something from nothing and how to move people. Joy weights in on the gorgeous interaction between Billie Eilish and Justin Bieber at Coachella and how that fandom has come full circle. From one less lonely girl to building your community in real life. Follow Joy's new social enterprise So What Humans on Instagram and if you are quick become a founding member. So What Humans Instagram Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website Music by Twinmusicom

March 15, 2026Episode 217 min

Tired of Your Day Job? Explore New Possibilities for Maximum Impact in the World

Joy explores how to shift your intention to new purpose opportunities, especially if you are tired of the boring 9-5, the premise of Nerds of Joy and how to choose action for more impact in a world gone mad with surveillance tech. It is a tone setter and an opportunity to think about the ways in which you might drive new works and connection. Joy introduces her new project driven by the desire to curate intergenerational connection and bring good to the world. Follow Joy's New Project Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website Joy's Linkedin Music by Twinmusicom

February 8, 2026Episode 111 min

The Guru and Influencer Downfall Might Have Created a Void You Can Take Advantage Of

Joy asks a few big questions and drops the latest in tech, what you can do and how to use it on your terms. Joy spills the tea on the fallen gurus and influencers that have appear in the E Files and why it is a good time to produce your voice in ethical ways. The world needs new voices and leaders that can communicate with truth and bring new insights to an exhausted audience. Thanks for listening. Celebrating our 13th Season. Please share this episode to promote independent podcasting. Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website Joy's Linkedin Music by Twinmusicom

December 22, 2025Episode 811 min

Closing Out Your Year Strong and What's Next?

Joy's quick bite episode is a tonesetter for discovering what is next and recaps the trials and tribulations of 2025, reach, who she has been interviewing and why. How have you finished and what plans have you for the new year? Thankyou for being a listener, a champion of the curious, an advocate, cheerleader and nerd. Best wishes Joy Music by Twinmusicom Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website

December 3, 2025Episode 758 min

The Circle of Life and Transformational Change with Kim Jones

Kim Jones is a Change Agent and Transformational Coach. She draws from her professional training and lived experience to help women navigate life's most meaningful turning points with clarity. Joy and Kim discuss the Circle of Life, navigating change, the butterfly effect, stepping into fear and more. We discuss the Golden Triad of gratitude, intention and joy and explore wisdom traditions, journey work and wearing many hats that build a unique and beautiful life. An honest, inspiring and curious conversation for all. You don't want to miss it! Kim's Website Kim's Linkedin Kim's Instagram Joy's Instagram Joy's Website Music by Twinmusicom

November 16, 2025Episode 611 min

Your Digital Footprint - Important Action Steps for the Imminent Future

Joy explores what it means to be on social media and how to remain agile as the platforms and algorithms constantly change. What must we do to uphold our privacy and how can we still share online - understanding the whys, hows and best practice. There has never been so many synethic entities on tech that have so quickly shaped our consciousness, society and amplified extractive qualities. Does it leave humans and companies more vulnerable? Why it is important to cultivate your deep practice, your thoughts and is outsourcing your brain to LLMs like ChatGPT fraught with problems. To truly understand humans, do we need to show up in person and build connections rather than rely on flawed tech feeds, biased algorithms and judgement based innacuracies as people outsource their humaness to digitally prompted avatars, feeds, thinking and auto suggestions. How does this impact our potential connections, recruitment, opportunities and relationships? An important quickbite to think about where you might be in this evolution of our selves and why we might need to come out of our shells in a post covid world, to share the very best of our talents, gifts and experience in real life. Will this humanness rise in the next lexicon of socials as we navigate a synthetic future? Listen in to find the answers and share this episode with a friend to see Nerds of Joy Podcast reach more listeners. Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website Music by Twinmusicom

October 12, 2025Episode 516 min

Unearthing Hidden Gem Speakers & Getting the Most of Festivals - SXSW & TED

Joy talks about the hidden speaker gems discovered on big stages at major festivals, how to network and the possibilities of who you might meet in the crowd. Be open to the experience and see if peacocking is a good strategy in widening your network. Mostly enjoy the speakers, understand their delivery, discern and take away new insights and understandings. Music by Twinmusicom Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website

September 22, 2025Episode 41 hr 7 min

Anatomy of Conversation - We Can't Fix What We Can't Talk About with Emma Gibbens

Joy talks with Emma Gibbens about strategic communication, finding a common ground, generational connection and emergent ideas. Emma is a strategic facilitator, the author of "Anatomy of Conversation" and a keynote speaker. Her work explores the heart of human connection, the elements that make our interactions meaningful, transformative and at times, challenging. Emma started in political campaigns working for Obama in 2008, with time spent in Silicon Valley, and now lives in Western Australia running strategic campaigns, helping teams, leading conversations and bringing meaningful change. We also discuss the pandemic of loneliness, AI comms, Gen Z stare and re-wilding to simpler organic times in this dynamic and value packed conversation. Emma brings a wealth of experience.You're going to love this and as she says "You don't need another strategy, you need better conversations." Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website Joy's Linkedin Emma's Website Emma's Instagram Emma's Linkedin Music by Joy Pereira & Twinmusicom

August 25, 2025Episode 328 min

Super Intelligence, Agentic AI and How to Be Organically Human

Ideas, AI and super intelligence threatens to infiltrate every corner of the internet and our human lives. It fuses an addition layer of surveillance, wired into our devices. Will we be further surveilled, scraped and exhausted by the scroll as we become more connected than ever. Will synthetic bots take over our human consciousness? Some are already outsourcing their deepest pain and worries to chatGPT and other platforms. What can we do about LLMs and how to save the planet. What are the most important steps you can take to survive the takeover of our humanness and how can we ask great questions and take solid action to safeguard ourselves for the future. It's already here. Lean into the UN Sustainable Development Goals, seek ethical design of tech and consider contacting your local MP to voice your point of view. A compelling quick bite if you don't think about the ramifications of big tech on our lives and still believe that these systems are simply benign tools. There's a lot to consider and its scaling at speed. Please leave a review on Apple Podcast to amplify our reach and share this episode with a friend. Join My Newsletter Joy's Instagram Buy Me A Coffee Joy's Website Music by Twinmusicom