Women talkin' 'bout AI

Two women examining AI through a lens of power, not just capability. Why deepfakes target women. How bias gets baked in. What tech companies aren't saying. Kimberly brings corpus linguistics; Jessica brings strategy. Both bring skepticism, feminism, research expertise, and a refusal to take the hype at face value.

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Podcasting since 2024 • 60 episodes

Women talkin' 'bout AI

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Women Talkin' 'Bout Friction

Devon Cantwell-Chavez studies global urban climate change governance. She and Kimberly met because of an antagonistic LinkedIn post (not between the two of them), and then discovered that, in many wa...

July 29, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 29 • 1:12:58

It's Not X, It's Y: Why AI Chatbots Pick Weird Favorite Phrases

This week, Kimberly and Jessica dig into the AI writing tic everyone's noticed and nobody can fully explain: "it's not X, it's Y." They discuss The Atlantic's new piece on the phrase, then bring Kimberly's informal research from a publ...

July 22, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 28 • 40:28

Remainder Humanism & Language Machines

Every time a machine catches up to us, we redraw the line around what makes us human — and call whatever's left the "remainder." This week, Jessica and Kimberly (no guest) dig into Language Machines: Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Hum...

July 15, 2026 • Season 3 • 57:14

Mothering the Machine: Feminist Theory Meets Silicon Valley's Newest Metaphor

Guest: Dr. Michelle Morkert — gender scholar, leadership coach, founder of the Women's Leadership Collective.In this...

July 08, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 27 • 1:02:24

AI Data Centers Are Coming to Your Backyard

AI doesn’t live in “the cloud.” It lives in buildings: large, energy-hungry, water-dependent facilities that require land, cooling systems, backup power, utility agreements, zoning decisions, and public infrastructure.We’re re-releasing ...

July 01, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 26 • 1:39:14

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Fan Mail

Great discussion. Thank you so much. So many important points. But I did want to come back to the whole Save Act, especially since you're discussing patriarchy. They don't want to just stop women voting. They want to stop women working, earning their own money, having any autonomy or freedom. This is just such a big issue. I don't know why I know about it more in Australia than you guys know about it in the US, but maybe that's by design. I think it's great that you guys are talking about AI and how to be cautious because that's definitely something that I have been so, so, so aware of as well as I go into it. I think this is a really serious discussion and an important discussion to share, and I'll definitely be sharing it. Thanks so much.