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Techish host Abadesi is joined by Chanté Joseph: the culture writer behind that viral Vogue piece asking, “Is having a boyfriend embarrassing now?” She’s also the creator of Strangers in the City, the events platform tackling adult loneliness. Chanté chats building Strangers in the City, why loneliness feels so real right now, her viral article and the politics of dating, and the power of being single. And for the Patreon listeners: a deeper dive into intimacy beyond romantic relationships.

Chapters

01:06 Building Connections Through Strangers in the City

08:53 The Politics of Romantic Relationships 

26:18 Singledom Is Not Failure

30:13 Intimacy Beyond Romantic Relationships [Patreon-Only]

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• Follow Chanté on Instagram and TikTok
• Check out Strangers in the City
• Is Having a Boyfriend Embarrassing Now? [Vogue]
• I Thought Being The Low Maintenance Friend Would Set Me Free. Instead, It Made Me Lonelier Than Ever [Vogue]

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This week on Techish, Michael and Abadesi unpack why Issa Rae doesn’t feel successful despite, well, all her success; Donald Glover’s revelation that he suffered a stroke and had a hole in his heart; and why Pharrell Williams can’t simply opt out of politics. And for the Patreon fam: the uproar on Chinese social media after a man who froze his wife was spotted with a new partner.

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00:23 Issa Rae, Donald Glover, And The Truth About Success
13:10 Pharrell Williams Says Politics Isn’t Real
20:55 Man Who Froze His Wife Now Has A New Girlfriend [Patreon-Only]

Extra Reading & Resources

• Issa Rae Reflects on Highs, Lows, and the Fear of Losing It All | Not My Best Moment with KevOnStage [YouTube]
• Childish Gambino Reveals He Suffered a Stroke: ‘They Found a Hole in My Heart’ [VICE] 
• Pharrell Williams Reveals His Political Stance, Says Picking Sides Inadvertently Supports ‘Division’ [Complex] 
• Man who cryogenically froze late wife sparks debate by dating new partner [BBC] 

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This week on Techish, Abadesi and Michael talk about why Y Combinator founders are suddenly getting way younger, the TikToker who called churches pretending to be a mom needing baby formula, the CEO who fired two employees over an affair, and the Cryptoqueen who got jailed over her £5bn Bitcoin stash.

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00:25 Y Combinator Founders Are Getting Younger and Younger
 12:08 TikToker Exposes Churches That Failed To Help Mom in Need
 24:24 CEO Fires Two Employees for Having an Affair
 34:17 The Fall of Crypto Scammers

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• YC founders are getting younger and feeling the pressure [Business Insider]
• TikToker pretending to be needy mom called megachurches for help with their responses going viral [The Independent]
• Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion jailed over £5bn Bitcoin stash [BBC]

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This week on Techish, hosts Michael and Abadesi break down the rise and fall of beauty brand Plantmade — and what it says about the uphill battle Black founders face keeping control of their businesses. They also chat about viral ‘cheat at everything’ app pivoting to AI notetaking, the upcoming Michael Jackson biopic, and, for the Patreon folk, Zohran Mamdani’s historic NYC mayoral win.

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00:25 Plantmade’s Black Woman Founder Exits the Company
10:10 ‘Cheat at Everything’ App Cluely Is Now an AI Meeting Assistant
17:56 Controversial Michael Jackson Biopic Drops Its First Trailer
28:17 Zohran Mamdani’s Historic NYC Mayoral Win [Patreon-Only]

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• Plantmade founder steps away from troubled skincare business [The Times] 
• This Isn't The Brand I Started: Why I'm Saying Goodbye To Afrocenchix After 15 Years [Black Ballad]
• Michael (2026) | Official Trailer [YouTube]
• Timbaland’s New Artist Is An AI-Generated Asian Woman [POCIT]

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This week on Techish, hosts Michael and Abadesi breakdown Amazon’s cutting 10% of its corporate workforce, the future of HR in tech, why networking and referrals matter more than ever, and leaving a toxic workplace. And for the Patreon folk, did Mango founder Isak Andic fall to his death or was he pushed?

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00:30 Amazon Lays Off 30,000 Employees
14:22 Why Referrals Are Key to Beating the Job Market
19:10 Exit Interviews at a Toxic Company
24:31 Mango Founder Falls to His Death — Now His Son Is Under Investigation [Patreon Only]

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• Exclusive: Amazon targets as many as 30,000 corporate job cuts, sources say [Reuters]
• Amazon is planning a new wave of layoffs, sources say [Fortune]

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This week on Techish, Michael and Abadesi chat about Abadesi's new play, spies in Silicon Valley, and what “neutral” really means when it comes to racism and Islamophobia. They also dig into today’s growing wealth gap and the future of Rihanna's Fenty Beauty.

Chapters

00:00 Introductions and the First Woke War Play
02:18 Seductive Espionage in Silicon Valley
11:10 Sequoia Capital COO Resigns Over Islamophobia
17:42 Are We in the New Gilded Age?
23:57 LVMH Wants to Sell Its 50% Stake in Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty [Patreon-Only]

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• 1,000 Founders Demand That Sequoia Capital Partner Is Reprimanded [Forbes]
• Making Money in the Gilded Age [The Lindy Newsletter]
• Exclusive: LVMH explores sale of its 50% stake in Rihanna-backed Fenty Beauty, sources say [Reuters]

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Techish host Michael Berhane and TechCrunch reporter Dominic-Madori Davis unpack what’s really going on with funding for Black founders — and why so many are heading back to the 9-to-5. They also get into Elon Musk’s clash with X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, Meta’s smart glasses and the end of privacy, and why academics need to step out of the ivory tower.

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00:28 Black Founders Are Facing an Uphill Battle

05:36 Sperm Racing Startup Raises $10M Seed

09:30 Elon Musk and Nikita Bier’s Bot Battle

18:24 The Future of Social Media

25:29 Marc Lamont Hill on the Joe Budden Podcast [Patreon-Only]

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• Sperm-racing investors blow $10 million on ‘seed round’ for sports venture [The San Francisco Standard]
• A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world [TechCrunch]

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Techish is back! In this week's episode, hosts Michael and Abadesi break down Gen Z’s job market struggles, from AI shaking up entry-level roles to companies cutting costs and outsourcing instead of hiring fresh talent. They dig into why degrees aren’t translating into jobs, how AI panic is reshaping the workplace, and why some businesses are still dragging their feet on automation. 

And for our Patreon listeners: we dive into UK Black History Month losing steam, and Michael and Abadesi get personal about the need to uplift our own communities.

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00:30 What’s Really Driving the Gen Z Job-pocalypse?

06:59 Accenture Is Cutting Staff It Can't Retrain in the Age of AI

11:20 What Happened to UK Black History Month? [Patreon-Only]

Extra Reading & Resources

• Gen Z faces ‘job-pocalypse’ as global firms prioritise AI over new hires, report says [The Guardian] 
• What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong [Financial Times] 
• Accenture CEO Says It’s Sacking Employees Who Won’t Embrace AI [Futurism] 

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Techish is taking a short summer break, but we’ll be back in September! In the meantime, we’ve got a fantastic episode to share from our friends over at the IRL Podcast. 

You might remember we had IRL host Bridget Todd on Techish recently for our Falling in Love With Your AI episode. 

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Decoding the Planet: From Whales to Whistleblowers 

From season eight of the IRL podcast: AI and Us.

AI may be able to talk to animals, but at what cost to the planet. Who is making those decisions, and why it matters. From decoding whale language to protecting our oceans from unchecked offshore drilling, Bridget Todd talks to visionaries seeking to preserve our beautiful, fragile world. 

Holly Alpine left her job with Microsoft over the company’s role in providing fossil fuel companies with AI tools that could accelerate their production of oil and gas. 

As the AI and climate lead at Hugging Face, a platform for sharing open-source AI models, Sasha Luccioni calls for more transparency from tech companies about how much energy it takes to power AI. 

Aza Raskin, co-founder and president of the Earth Species Project, explains why using AI to decode animal communication could be the key to protecting our planet.

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This week on Techish, hosts Abadesi and Michael tackle the spicy career questions you've been asking ChatGPT but not your manager. They get into what really matters when it comes to getting promoted: performance or perception, how to choose a mentor, clout versus coin, and whether Black Excellence is pushing us forward or holding us back. And for the Patreon fam: Is it disloyal to job hunt while you're still employed? And how do you know when it's time to move on?

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00:48 Is Getting Promoted About Perception or Performance?

04:57 Choosing a Mentor: Identity or Influence?

08:13 Does Clout Matter More Than Coin?

15:55 Should We Retire “Black Excellence?"

21:47 Job Hunting While Employed [Patreon-Only]

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