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The Nick Standlea Show is where we take one big future question—AI, learning, creativity, work, meaning—and chase it until the lightbulb goes off. Nick brings on researchers, operators, and top thinkers for long-form conversations that stay human, get specific, and actually land on something useful—not just hot takes. If you want clarity on what’s changing and how to adapt without losing yourself, you’re in the right place. More about the Host: Nick’s spent his life studying how people learn and perform—researching creativity and flow, building companies, and now having long, honest conversations to figure out what matters in the age of AI. Video episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheNickStandleaShow You can follow Nick and the show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/ Website: https://nickstandlea.com Ask questions. Don’t accept the status quo. Be curious.

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August 17, 2026Episode 521 hr 9 min

Can Medicine Survive Without AI? | Dr. Bertalan Meskó, The Medical Futurist

Dr. Bertalan Meskó — The Medical Futurist — argues that AI in medicine was never a choice. It's arithmetic. The world is short roughly 6 million healthcare workers today, and the WHO projects 11 million by 2030. About a billion people have zero access to care. We will never train our way out of that gap. "It's not a choice. It's a must," Berci says — because without AI, "we will not be able to keep on providing healthcare." He'd know how fast this is moving: in 2020 his team combed the FDA database and found 64 cleared AI-based medical technologies. Today there are nearly 1,500, and the number will pass 2,000 soon. Meanwhile a billion people wear a sensor tracking a vital sign, and of the ~1.5 billion who've used a large language model, most have asked it something about their health. Which brings us to the line that reframes everything: the era of Dr. Google is over, and we now live in the Dr. AI era. Patients no longer just arrive with information — they arrive with clinical reasoning. "Physicians used to be the key holders to the ivory tower of medicine. But there is no tower anymore. There is no gate. There is no key." We also get into why a professional futurist refuses to make predictions, why he's trained with a chess coach for eight years just to share a language with AI, what three months as one of the most-tested humans alive actually taught him — and his own technological sublime moment, when he stopped asking AI for answers and started asking: what am I missing? His answer to that, nine times out of ten, is something he'd genuinely missed. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 "As a futurist, I expect AI to replace me in 10 years" 00:51 What AI actually changes in medicine 01:37 The math: 11 million missing health workers by 2030 07:18 From 64 FDA-cleared AI tools to nearly 1,500 10:15 Dr. Google is over. This is the Dr. AI era. 14:42 The baseline test his insurance wouldn't run 18:09 Healthcare goes global — your country matters less 22:20 The evidence gate every AI tool has to pass 26:32 Sponsor — Zapier 28:56 Why a professional futurist refuses to predict 44:12 The technological sublime: "What am I missing?" 48:48 Sponsor — Reach 49:23 Eight years of chess to speak AI's language 1:02:23 300 blood markers, and why longevity is a map EPISODE LINKS: The Medical Futurist: https://medicalfuturist.com Dr. Meskó on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/berci The Medical Futurist on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MedicalFuturist Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Zapier — build your own AI agent with the ChatGPT integration: https://bit.ly/4bR1zLr Reach — see any college's real admissions odds for your student's GPA and test score, free: https://highschoolreach.com/yt PODCAST INFO: - Podcast website: https://nickstandlea.com - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickstandlea - X: https://x.com/nickstandlea Ask questions. Don't accept the status quo. Be curious. #AI #MedicalFuturist #BertalanMesko #HealthTech #AIinMedicine #Longevity #NickStandleaShow

July 30, 2026Episode 511 hr 12 min

The 3 Levels of AI Mastery | Igor Pogany | "It Knows Me Better Than My Spouse"

Igor Pogany — creator of The AI Advantage (one of YouTube's most-followed AI channels) — joins The Nick Standlea Show to map out how to actually win with AI right now, without the hype. Igor's framework is a pyramid with three levels: Level 1 is AI for answers (a fancy Google). Level 2 is AI as a thought partner — one with enough context on you that it sharpens every decision you make. Level 3 is the architect: building agents and systems that run without you. The big mistake? Jumping from Level 1 straight to Level 3 — "like marrying somebody you went on one date with." Along the way: how to surf the wake of the AI giants instead of drowning in it, why your old ChatGPT conversations are a goldmine of daily automations, what an "AI agent" really is once you strip the marketing, the AI board of advisors that told Nick his deepest fear ("quiet irrelevance"), why hallucinations mean AI won't take as many jobs as people think, why these models are grown — not programmed — and what that means for the light and the dark inside them, and the one-on-one AI tutor that could remake education. Igor's challenge to you: ask your AI, "Tell me one thing about myself that I wouldn't know." Then buckle up. EPISODE LINKS: The AI Advantage Club: https://aiadvantage.com Igor's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@aiadvantage Igor's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/igorpogany Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: Granola — the AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings: https://go.granola.ai/the-nick-standlea-show Zapier — build your own AI agent with the ChatGPT integration: https://bit.ly/4vxDr8l PODCAST INFO: - Podcast website: https://nickstandlea.com - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickstandlea/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nickstandlea - X: https://x.com/nickstandlea Chapters: 00:00 "It knows me better than my spouse" 01:03 Surfing the wake of the AI giants 04:42 The $200,000 app you can now build yourself 08:03 Turn your old ChatGPT chats into daily automations 10:22 What an AI agent actually is — minus the hype 17:09 The 3 levels of AI mastery 30:35 An AI board of advisors — and "quiet irrelevance" 37:08 Why AI won't take as many jobs as you think 43:04 Grown, not programmed: AI's light and dark 47:38 A one-on-one AI tutor for every student Ask questions. Don't accept the status quo. Be curious. #AI #IgorPogany #AIAdvantage #ChatGPT #Claude #AIAgents #NickStandleaShow

July 1, 2026Episode 501 hr 1 min

Guru CEO: Not Without Human Experts | Rick Nucci

AI tools are powerful. But do they actually know your company? Rick Nucci, CEO of Guru and founder of Boomi, joins The Nick Standlea Show to explain why AI inside companies is much harder than personal productivity with ChatGPT. The models may be capable, but they don’t automatically understand your team, your products, your customers, your pricing, your processes, or the way your company actually works. And that’s where things get dangerous. Rick argues that the future of AI at work depends on accurate company context, verified knowledge, human experts, and leaders who understand that AI should amplify people, not simply replace them. We talk about hallucinations, AI agents, middle management, company culture, vibe coding, token waste, and why some AI rollouts will create real ROI while others will just become expensive distractions. This conversation is about what separates companies that actually benefit from AI from the ones that just buy a bunch of tools and hope something happens. Learn more about Guru: https://www.getguru.com Follow Rick Nucci on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricknucci/ Visit Our Sponsors: Granola: Granola is an AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings — not another meeting bot. You jot down the things that matter, and Granola transcribes in the background. When the meeting ends, it turns your rough notes into clear, useful, AI-enhanced notes. Link 👉 https://go.granola.ai/the-nick-standlea-show Zapier: Build your own AI Agent with Zapier. Link 👉 https://bit.ly/4vxDr8l Subscribe for more conversations on AI, work, learning, business, and the future of human judgment. #AI #Business #FutureOfWork #Leadership #Guru

June 18, 2026Episode 491 hr 23 min

Can Truth Survive AI? | Steve Rosenbaum | The Future of Truth

What happens when AI becomes so good that we can no longer tell what is real? In this episode of The NickStandlea Show, Nick sits down with Steve Rosenbaum to talk about AI, misinformation, fake video, social media, education, creativity, and the future of truth. Steve argues that AI is not simply another new technology. It is a force that may change how we understand reality itself. From deepfake videos and hallucinated facts to algorithmic decision-making and AI-generated media, the conversation explores what happens when machines become confident, persuasive, and often wrong. But this is not just a doom-and-gloom conversation. Nick and Steve also discuss the real upside of AI: better tools, more creativity, faster work, and new possibilities in law, medicine, education, and the arts. The central question is not whether AI is good or bad. It is whether we can build a future where AI serves human beings instead of quietly reshaping our choices, attention, and trust. Topics include: AI-generated video and the future of fake media Why people overestimate their ability to spot AI content ChatGPT hallucinations and “confidently wrong” answers The difference between objective truth and subjective truth What social media can teach us about AI risk Whether AI will make people more productive or less human How students, teachers, and parents should think about AI Hidden incentives behind AI platforms Why “human in the loop” may be too simplistic What ordinary people can do as AI becomes more powerful This is a conversation about truth, technology, and what it means to stay human in the age of artificial intelligence. Subscribe for more conversations on AI, psychology, education, culture, and the future of human potential. Visit Our Sponsors: Granola: Granola is an AI notepad for people in back-to-back meetings — not another meeting bot. You jot down the things that matter, and Granola transcribes in the background. When the meeting ends, it turns your rough notes into clear, useful, AI-enhanced notes. Link 👉 https://go.granola.ai/the-nick-standlea-show Zapier: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier. Link: https://youtu.be/u9jduhd2R64 Learn more about Steve Rosenbaum: The Future of Truth: https://amzn.to/4vogtRg Steve on Medium: https://stevenrosenbaum.medium.com/ Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-rosenbaum Sustainable Media Center: https://sustainablemedia.center/ #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Truth #Misinformation #Deepfakes #ChatGPT #TheNickStandleaShow #SteveRosenbaum

June 3, 2026Episode 482 hr 1 min

The Detective Who Took Down 'Dirty John' Meehan | “He Put a Hit on Me”

Detective Julia Bowman was one of the investigators who helped expose John Meehan — the man the world would come to know as Dirty John. In this episode of The Nick Standlea Show, Julia walks through the real case behind the headlines: how John Meehan manipulated, stalked, threatened, and terrorized the people around him, and how law enforcement began putting the pieces together before the story became a national true-crime phenomenon. Julia also shares the chilling moment she learned that John Meehan had allegedly tried to put a hit out on her from jail. This conversation is about more than one criminal. It is about stalking, coercive control, manipulation, victim safety, and how dangerous people can hide in plain sight until someone finally starts connecting the dots. If you know the Dirty John story from the podcast, documentary, or TV series, this episode gives you the perspective of someone who was actually there. Subscribe for more extraordinary stories. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier: https://bit.ly/4esiQwE 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ... RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions, Don't accept the status quo, And be curious. 00:00 Dirty John, stalking, and the hit 01:04 Julia Bowman’s path to detective work 04:25 The stalking case that changed everything 14:31 How Dirty John came onto Julia’s radar 18:02 Why stalking is misunderstood 23:45 How John Meehan targeted a vulnerable patient 36:37 Emotional terrorism and escalating threats 41:05 Tracking down and arresting Dirty John 53:58 The freezer backpack and the hit on Julia 1:06:51 Deborah Newell, Dr. Phil, and the rest of the story 1:24:03 The attack on Terra and John Meehan’s death 1:38:31 Power, control, and why victims stay 2:00:14 Final thoughts and other cases #DirtyJohn #TrueCrime #JuliaBowman #TheNickStandleaShow #Detective #stalkingawareness

May 19, 2026Episode 471 hr 42 min

AI Safety CEO: The Treaty to Stop the Race to Super Intelligence | "Nate Soares Was Right"

What happens if the companies racing to build superintelligence succeed before anyone knows how to control it? In this episode, Nick sits down with Malo Bourgon, CEO of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, to discuss why today’s chatbots are only a stepping stone, why leading AI companies are racing toward systems that could automate AI research itself, and why “letting it rip” may not be an option. Malo explains why the real concern is not that AI becomes “evil,” but that highly capable systems may pursue goals that are not aligned with human flourishing. He also breaks down why AI systems are more like something we grow than something we program, why alignment remains unsolved, what it means when AI systems resist shutdown or hide behavior during testing, and why MIRI is working on international agreements to prevent a race to uncontrolled superintelligence. This is not an anti-AI conversation. Malo is an aggressive user of AI agents in his own work. The question is whether we can capture the benefits of AI while avoiding the catastrophic risks of racing too quickly toward systems we do not yet understand how to steer. Topics include AGI, superintelligence, AI agents, alignment, AI safety, MIRI’s proposed treaty, the future of work, national security, AI governance, and what everyday people can do if they are concerned about where this is headed. Learn more about Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI): MIRI: https://intelligence.org MIRI Governance: https://techgov.intelligence.org If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: https://ifanyonebuildsit.com 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier for FREE: https://bit.ly/4nGriLd 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions, Don't accept the status quo, And be curious. Subscribe for more conversations on AI, learning, work, meaning, and the future. Chapters: 00:00 The race to superintelligence 00:49 Malo Bourgon joins the show 01:11 Why people are confused about AI risk 03:11 AGI and the original goal of AI 07:07 Companies are racing to superintelligence 09:17 Dario Amodei’s 25% catastrophe concern 10:05 Why the extinction concern is not just hype 15:45 “You don’t get what you train for” 19:29 AI sycophancy and GPT-4o 23:37 AI systems resisting shutdown 27:04 The accelerationist argument 30:18 Are “doomers” actually the optimists? 31:04 Using AI tools while worrying about AI risk 32:18 Sponsor: Zapier 34:42 Violence, Sam Altman, and why peaceful action matters 36:46 MIRI’s proposed AI treaty 44:37 Buying time to solve alignment 47:33 Sudden capability jumps and Anthropic’s Mythos 52:37 Elon Musk, robotics, and concentrated power 55:18 What happens if AI automates cognitive labor? 1:00:10 Bernie Sanders, policymakers, and AI risk 1:07:46 Sponsor: Finding Your Best 1:08:39 How Malo uses AI in his own work 1:10:38 Claude Code, email, calendar, and work systems 1:14:38 Lessons from Wade Foster and Zapier 1:28:44 Social media, AI, and slow government response 1:30:36 AI as a national security issue 1:32:34 What Malo would say to world leaders 1:40:24 Where to learn more

May 6, 2026Episode 461 hr 1 min

AI Knows Your Business Better Than You Do | Zapier CEO Wade Foster

Most people think they understand how they work. They don’t. In this episode, Wade Foster, co-founder and CEO of Zapier, explains what actually happens when you connect AI to your tools, your data, and your workflow. It doesn’t just help. It sees things you don’t. From analyzing your work to automating entire systems, AI is becoming something closer to a second brain—one that can understand your business better than you can. And the people who learn how to use it first? They won’t just be more efficient. They’ll be operating on a completely different level. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier: https://bit.ly/4esiQwE 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus 👉 Finding Mastery Course: Designed to train the mental skills that drive elite performance—confidence, clarity under pressure, recovery, trust, and self-regulation. You can learn more and get $75 off the retail price using the dedicated code NICK75 at: 👉 https://findingmastery.com/course/?afmc=NICK75 Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions, Don't accept the status quo, And be curious. 0:00 AI Sees What You Don’t (Cold Open) 0:42 Meet Wade Foster (Zapier CEO) 1:05 From Midwest to Startup Life 1:50 The Moment He Had to Figure It Out 2:48 Falling in Love With Software 3:29 First Experience With Zapier 4:08 What Zapier Actually Does 5:43 The Shift Into the AI Era 6:20 When AI Knows Your Business Better Than You 7:28 What AI Agents Actually Are 8:17 Building an AI “Board” for the Show 9:12 AI Found What I Was Missing 9:49 When AI Makes 10x More Connections 10:41 The GPT-4 “Code Red” Moment 12:29 This Changes the Entire Industry 13:40 The Hackathon That Changed Everything 14:50 Why AI Tools Are Finally Usable 15:39 Building Agents Without Coding 16:52 When AI Tells You NOT to Use AI 17:12 Build With AI, Run With Code 18:30 Why AI Fluency Matters Now 19:32 You Have a Ferrari (But Can’t Use It) 20:18 AI Raises the Floor AND the Ceiling 21:57 Where AI Is Headed Next 22:55 One Person Can Do Everything 24:07 Why Cheap Code Changes Everything 25:23 Automating Work With Zapier 26:29 AI Writing My Emails for Me 28:10 Faster Feedback Loops 29:06 What to Do at 13, 23, and 53 32:06 Everyone Starts at the Same Line 33:42 Adapt or Get Left Behind 34:49 Is College Still Worth It? 38:28 Automate Your Job Away 39:30 My Weekly AI That Reviews My Work 40:48 From 2 Hours → 10 Minutes 41:29 AI “Second Set of Eyes” 43:43 When Humans Must Stay in the Loop 44:08 The “Lethal Trifecta” Risk 46:12 How Safe AI Systems Will Work 49:20 What Jobs Are Actually at Risk 51:41 Why Engineers Are More Valuable Now 53:20 How AI Changes Teaching 56:22 The Future Role of Humans 58:35 What We’ll Miss About This Moment

April 22, 2026Episode 451 hr 2 min

How to Get Recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini & Claude | Ross Simmonds

Google is no longer the only place people look. So how do we show up in AI searches? In this episode, Nick sits down with marketing strategist Ross Simmonds to break down what businesses, creators, and entrepreneurs need to understand as discovery shifts from traditional search to ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Reddit, YouTube, and beyond. They get into query fan-out, why LLMs pull from multiple platforms at once, why YouTube may be one of the biggest opportunities in the AI era, how Reddit became a serious source of influence, why “create once, repurpose forever” matters more than ever, and how to think about attribution when AI is sending people your way in ways analytics often miss. This is a practical conversation about how to stay visible when the internet is changing under your feet. In this episode: Why traditional SEO is no longer enough How AI tools decide what brands to mention Why YouTube is massively undervalued How to use Reddit without getting banned Why great content should be repurposed relentlessly How to find real customer insight in an AI world What metrics still matter when attribution gets messy Ross Simmonds is a marketing strategist and entrepreneur focused on content, distribution, and how brands grow in a changing digital landscape. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded): https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions, Don't accept the status quo, And be curious. Chapters 00:00 How do businesses get AI’s attention? 01:03 Google is no longer the only place people look 03:16 How LLM “query fan-out” actually works 06:38 Why YouTube may be the biggest opportunity in AI search 10:30 Why Ross thinks Google has a major AI advantage 13:16 How a school or nonprofit should reach the right audience 16:33 The 4 Es: educate, engage, entertain, empower 19:12 Create once, repurpose forever 21:11 How small businesses can do this without burning out 24:00 Which platforms matter most in each niche? 25:02 Is Facebook still worth it? 27:31 Zapier ad break 30:00 Why dumping money into Google and Meta ads may stop working 33:12 Old-school customer interviews still beat lazy AI marketing 37:22 The Claude Super Bowl ad and why human insight still wins 43:06 What distribution.ai actually does 45:39 Do you need to create content differently for repurposing? 49:33 Behind-the-scenes content, process, and parasocial trust 55:09 How to use Reddit as a brand without getting banned 58:35 What metrics matter now that attribution is messy 1:01:32 Where to find Ross online

April 7, 2026Episode 441 hr 18 min

How AI Is Already Changing Medicine | Dr. Peter Weir

If you think AI in medicine is still some far-off future, it’s not. Dr. Peter Weir is a family physician and health system leader, and in this conversation, he explains how AI is already changing what happens in the exam room. We get into ambient AI for medical documentation, how these tools may reduce physician burnout, where AI is already helping with clinical decision-making, and why the future of medicine will still require human judgment, trust, and real patient relationships. One of the wildest moments in this episode: Dr. Weir describes giving AI a complex cancer case and watching it generate the same treatment plan as a specialist oncologist in about 7 seconds. We also talk about: how AI is already augmenting doctors why medicine may be more vulnerable to AI disruption than people think where AI still makes dangerous mistakes why the human side of medicine still matters deeply how incentives shape the healthcare system where medicine may be headed next This is one of those conversations that makes it clear the future is arriving faster than most people realize. 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded): https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus 👉 Finding Mastery Course: Designed to train the mental skills that drive elite performance—confidence, clarity under pressure, recovery, trust, and self-regulation. You can learn more and get $75 off the retail price using the dedicated code NICK75 at: 👉 https://findingmastery.com/course/?afmc=NICK75 Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions, Don't accept the status quo, And be curious. Chapters: 0:00 AI Is Already Changing Medicine 1:00 Meet Dr. Peter Weir 3:31 How Doctors Are Using AI Right Now 4:06 Ambient AI and Medical Documentation 9:26 From Note-Taking to Clinical Decision-Making 14:30 AI Matched an Oncologist’s Plan in 7 Seconds 18:38 Why Medicine Is So Ripe for AI Disruption 21:43 Real-Time Decision Support in the Exam Room 22:24 The Rare Case AI Helped Catch 29:03 What Is the Role of the Physician? 32:07 Why Patients Still Want a Human in the Loop 37:19 End-of-Life Care and the Art of Medicine 40:54 Sponsor: Zapier 43:19 Where the Future of Medicine Is Headed 44:36 Population Health and Accountability 49:35 Why Medicine Is Still Too Reactive 50:31 The Real Problem: Incentives 54:50 The Gartner Hype Cycle and AI 57:01 AI Bubbles, the Internet, and Long-Term Change 1:02:49 AI Agents and Becoming a Super-User 1:09:33 Sponsor: Finding Your Best 1:10:42 Should Young People Still Go Into Medicine?

March 24, 2026Episode 431 hr 23 min

Posting Daily Didn’t Work for 14 Months—Then This Did (T.D. Orel)

If you’ve ever been told “just post every day and you’ll eventually blow up”… T.D. Orel is living proof that advice can be wildly wrong. T.D. spent 14 months posting daily with basically nothing to show for it—then he made one shift, leaned hard into niche, specific, “if you know, you know” content, and his accounts exploded. In this episode, we break down: Why posting every day didn’t work (and what did) The surprising power of hyper-niche content How shares beat likes (and why “exclusive club” content spreads) The character that changed everything: Ulyses Self-publishing vs. traditional publishing (and the brutal reality of agents) Why fiction still matters—and why AI is both exciting and terrifying for creators T.D. is funny, brutally honest, and way more strategic than people expect. T.D. Orel Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/t.d.orel/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@t.d.orel_author Titan’s Nest + Sigra's Roost: https://www.amazon.com/stores/T.-D.-Orel/author/B0G1J673NP?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=ef040f6b-d3f0-4f55-a02d-fc1ab9bd36b4 🔗 Support This Podcast by Checking Out Our Sponsors: 👉 Build your own AI Agent with Zapier (opens the builder with the prompt pre-loaded): https://bit.ly/4hH5JaE 👉 Test Prep Gurus: https://www.prepgurus.com Instagram: @TestPrepGurus 👉 Finding Mastery Course: Designed to train the mental skills that drive elite performance—confidence, clarity under pressure, recovery, trust, and self-regulation. You can learn more and get $75 off the retail price using the dedicated code NICK75 at: 👉 https://findingmastery.com/course/?afmc=NICK75 Connect with The Nick Standlea Show: YouTube: @TheNickStandleaShow Podcast Website: https://nickshow.podbean.com/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nick-standlea-podcast/id1700331903 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0YqBBneFsKtQ6Y0ArP5CXJ RSS Feed: https://feed.podbean.com/nickshow/feed.xml Nick's Socials: Instagram: @nickstandlea X (Twitter): @nickstandlea TikTok: @nickstandleashow Facebook: @nickstandleapodcast Ask questions, Don't accept the status quo, And be curious. Chapters: 0:00 — Posting Daily Didn’t Work… Then This Did (Intro) 1:19 — We Met at a Funeral (Yes, Really) 4:30 — The Goal: Become a Full-Time Fantasy Author 5:35 — Posting Every Day for 14 Months (And It Flopped) 8:19 — The Pivot: Stop Copying Everyone Else 9:45 — The First Viral Skit (Hyper-Niche Wins) 11:43 — Why Shares Exploded: “The Exclusive Club” Effect 13:25 — “Ulisses” + The Inner Thoughts Character (The Breakout) 16:39 — Marvel Commented… and the Internet Got Smaller 18:23 — Traditional Publishing Explained (Agents, Queries, “The Trenches”) 30:41 — Self-Publishing: Freedom, Pain, and the Real Work 44:31 — Getting Noticed: Pierce Brown + the Puzzle Box Move 51:59 — Why Fiction Still Matters (Emotion, Meaning, Humanity) 1:03:26 — AI vs Writers: Friend, Foe, or Tool? 1:18:35 — Final Advice + Where to Find TD / Titan’s Nest

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