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 2, 2026 · 1h 2mIovine says great artists will shape AI’s futureAs AI unsettles music creation, ownership, and distribution, Jimmy Iovine argues that artists must help define the rules and uses of the technology.
- Sep 2, 2026 · 31 minHidden AI reasoning raises new safety questionsThe episode connects opaque model reasoning and autonomous agents to a broader infrastructure risk as AI systems become harder to inspect and control.
- Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 3mCrowdStrike bets specialized AI can outscale cyberattackersThe episode examines whether cheaper, purpose-built defensive models can reverse the economic advantage increasingly available to AI-enabled attackers.
- Aug 31, 2026 · 2h 24mAI infrastructure collides with regulation, robotics and ChinaThe episode connects fast-moving AI capabilities to the harder questions of infrastructure, public consent, national power and technological competition.
- Aug 31, 2026 · 31 minAI assistants expose the new privacy bargainThe episode connects platform regulation, Apple’s succession, AI infrastructure, personal assistants, robotics, and startup liquidity into one question: who controls the next computing layer?
- Aug 15, 2026 · 37 minAI governance meets Tesla’s flying-car ambitionsThe episode connects emerging AI power, speculative engineering, and consumer-brand economics to questions about who shapes the future and how.
- Aug 14, 2026 · 27 minAI tests software’s durable advantagesThe episode weighs which software businesses can withstand AI disruption while connecting that debate to talent flight, cybersecurity, and frontier-lab strategy.
- Aug 14, 2026 · 1h 47mCursor deal spotlights venture’s new power centerThe episode connects an unusually large AI exit with shifting power in technology, finance, luxury markets, and the increasingly unreliable signals of online attention.
- Aug 13, 2026 · 28 minThe Lakers deal tests sports franchises as AI-era hedgesThe reported Lakers sale connects a record sports valuation to a broader question about which assets can remain durable as technology reshapes business.
- Aug 13, 2026 · 2h 12mAI tests software moats as surveillance and compute reshape businessThe episode connects software disruption, frontier-model competition, commercial surveillance, and privacy accountability into one argument about where durable power now sits.
- Aug 12, 2026 · 30 minNvidia’s compute bet tests the economics of AI infrastructureThe episode connects a proposed $500 billion financing push to the capital demands, opaque valuations, and strategic risks shaping the AI buildout.
- Aug 12, 2026 · 1h 58mLakers sale tests sports ownership’s next eraThe episode connects a record sports transaction to a wider shift in how capital, creators, AI systems, and defense technologies are built and financed.