TBPN
Hosted by John Coogan & Jordi Hays · 69 decoded episodes · newest Oct 7, 2026
TBPN is a live tech talk show hosted by John Coogan and Jordi Hays, streaming weekdays from 11–2 PT on X and YouTube, with full episodes posted to Spotify immediately after airing. Described by The New York Times as “Silicon Valley’s newest obsession,” TBPN has interviewed Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Mark Cuban, and Satya Nadella. Diet TBPN delivers the best moments from each episode in under 30 minutes.
Episodes 69
- Sep 29, 2026 · 30 minAI agents promise convenience while threatening financial stabilityThe episode connects AI’s cultural arrival to a harder question: whether autonomous systems will reshape commerce and amplify systemic risk.
- Sep 29, 2026 · 2h 6mOpenAI bets proactive agents will remake everyday computingThe episode captures a pivotal product shift as AI moves from answering prompts toward acting across software, devices, organizations, and creative work.
- Sep 28, 2026 · 2h 46mAI agents push commerce, infrastructure and taste into new territoryThe episode connects AI’s political visibility and safety debate to practical questions about agents, compute markets, venture capital, filmmaking and luxury culture.
- Sep 25, 2026 · 2h 12mAI buildout collides with gambling, rates and real-world riskThe episode connects speculative behavior, infrastructure spending and technological optimism to the financial, regulatory and social risks shaping AI’s next phase.
- Sep 25, 2026 · 31 minMicrosoft tests whether enterprise reach can beat AI-agent rivalsThe episode connects Microsoft’s agent strategy to a broader argument about AI spending, financial conditions, gambling culture, and concentrated wealth.
- Sep 24, 2026 · 29 minAI optimism meets the harder question of who benefitsThe episode tests whether AI’s promised productivity gains will improve daily life or simply accelerate competition, work, and risk.
- Sep 24, 2026 · 2h 2mMeta bets personal AI can make glasses everyday computersThe episode connects Meta’s consumer-AI strategy to the infrastructure, reliability, security, and planetary-engineering bets shaping technology’s next phase.
- Sep 24, 2026 · 32 minMeta pitches personal AI through glasses, agents and charmThe discussion tests whether Meta’s hardware strategy can turn merely good-enough AI into a durable consumer platform while separating a reported incident from a conventional hack.
- Sep 23, 2026 · 1h 50mAI moves from safety debate to everyday infrastructureThe episode connects AI’s unresolved questions about regulation and labor with the companies building its hardware, financial systems, social products, and tax infrastructure.
- Sep 22, 2026 · 2h 15mAI agents collide with margins, logistics and human judgmentThe episode tests whether AI’s next phase will be defined by cheaper software, human-supported services, or new physical infrastructure.
- Sep 22, 2026 · 33 minAI agents still need humans to move commerceAs models become cheaper and more capable, the fight over commerce may hinge less on intelligence than on trust, logistics, and support.
- Sep 21, 2026 · 2h 51mAI agents challenge platform control across commerce and cultureThe episode connects autonomous agents, weather infrastructure, enterprise software, and media consolidation around a common question: who controls increasingly automated systems.