Techish

By Techish

A podcast by two founders and investors who talk about all things tech, pop culture, and life.

It's equal parts ChatGPT, equal parts Cardi B.

Starring tech founders and investor

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September 05, 2023Throwback: Influencer Brands, Kim K Crypto Scamming, Beyonce and Adidas Split
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Techish is back with a new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi revisit the good, the bad and the ugly of celebrity business ventures:
Kim Kardashian's failed crypto scheme
Seth Rogen’s cannabis company and the new cannabis narrative
Beyonce's Ivy Park and Kanye's Yeezy are losing money for Adidas
Flo Rida sues energy drinks company for $82M
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Further reading:
Kim Kardashian pays $1.26m over crypto 'pump and dump'
Seth Rogen on Creating His Own Cannabis Line, and the Satisfaction of Ceramics
Adidas And Beyonce Part Ways After $200 Million Sales Projections Miss
Flo Rida wins $82 million lawsuit against energy drink company Celsius
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• Hustle Crew Academy
• Dream Big Hustle Hard
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August 29, 2023Throwback: The Rise of 'Inheritocracy', Millennials Aren’t Having Kids, and The Single Tax
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Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:
Millennials aren’t having enough kids and America’s population is declining
Parents Banned From Sharing Kids on Social Media
Single tax & London's 'inheritocracy' rental market
Tokyo micro-apartments & return of communal living
Gen Z vs Millennial work styles
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Further reading:
Millennials and Gen Z won't have enough kids to sustain America's population—and it's up to immigrants to make up the deficit | Fortune
Why is France trying to stop parents from oversharing their children's images online
How London’s property market became an inheritocracy
A tiny Tokyo apartment: ‘I wouldn’t live anywhere else’
Gen Z does not dream of labor
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• POCIT Job Board

Check out Abadesi stuff:
• Hustle Crew - Inclusion Training
• Hustle Crew Academy
• Dream Big Hustle Hard
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August 22, 2023Remote Work is Over! NPC Tiktokers, Founders Getting Cancelled, The Blind Side
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Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:
After work drinks and returning to the office
The Blind Side and white savior movies
NPC TikTokers
Joining Founders Mastermind and getting cancelled online
Get better sleep with Pokemon
Uber's dodgy price surging
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Further reading:
Why NPC streamers are trending on TikTok Live
Pokémon Sleep: Game where players go to bed to win rockets up the App Store
Uber Accused of Charging People More If Their Phone Battery Is Low
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• POCIT
• POCIT Weekly Newsletter
• POCIT Job Board

Check out Abadesi stuff:
• Hustle Crew - Inclusion Training
• Hustle Crew Academy
• Dream Big Hustle Hard
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Real Talk About Marketing
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August 15, 2023Skims Now Worth $4 Billion, Chat GPT Claims 1st Victim & Somalia’s Athletic Embarrassment
Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:
Kim Kardashian's Skims' is now a $4 billion company (01:00)
Chat GPT putting Stack Overflow out of business (05:50)
The whitewashing of environmental justice (10:30)
Somali 'runner' sparks nepotism scandal (18:25)
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Further reading:
Kim Kardashian’s Skims Is Now Worth $4 Billion
Stack Overflow embraces automation with the introduction of Overflow AI
Somalia suspends athletics head after runner goes viral in snail-paced 100m
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Check out Michael’s Stuff:
• POCIT
• POCIT Weekly Newsletter
• POCIT Job Board

Check out Abadesi stuff:
• Hustle Crew - Inclusion Training
• Hustle Crew Academy
• Dream Big Hustle Hard
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Follow us on: Twitter Instagram
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Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8d
Get Ad Free Version of Techish: https://www.patreon.com/techish
Real Talk About Marketing
An Acxiom podcast where we discuss marketing made better, bringing you real...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Join our Patreon for extra-long episodes and ad-free content:

https://www.patreon.com/techish

Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

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25min
August 08, 2023 Lizzo Lawsuit, Twitter is Now X, Instagram Threads is Failing
Techish is back with a brand new episode and this week hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into:
• The Twitter rebrand to X, Instagram's Threads is failing (01:00)
• Lizzo in sexual harassment lawsuit (10:00)
• Barbie Oppenheimer (18:25)
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Further reading:
• Threads users down by more than a half
• App Store users are downrating Twitter’s rebranding to X with 1-star reviews
• Lizzo accused of sexual harassment and weight-shaming by former dancers

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Check out Michael’s Stuff:
• POCIT
• POCIT Weekly Newsletter
• POCIT Job Board

Check out Abadesi stuff:
• Hustle Crew - Inclusion Training
• Hustle Crew Academy
• Dream Big Hustle Hard
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Advertise on Techish: https://goo.gl/forms/MY0F79gkRG6Jp8d
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Real Talk About Marketing
An Acxiom podcast where we discuss marketing made better, bringing you real...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
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Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

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August 01, 2023Emerging Technologies: Crypto-Trading Hamsters, Unethical AI, and the NFT Bubble
Techish is back with an episode all about emerging technologies. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite AI, crypto and NFT stories:
OpenAI outsourced 'ethical AI checks' to Kenyan workers on less than $2/hr (01:00)
Is the NFT bubble bursting? Jack Dorsey's Tweet NFT Tanks (04:10)
Drake and The Weekend's AI-generated song goes viral (08:50)
Crypto-trading hamster outperforming the S&P 500 (16:45)
Levi's plans to use AI models to boost diversity instead of real people (19:45)
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Further reading:
OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers Making $2 an Hour to Filter Traumatic Content from ChatGPT
NFT of first-ever tweet authored by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey a dud in online auction
The latest viral Drake AI hit is just a repurposed SoundCloud rap
Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster beating human investors
Levi’s addresses backlash after using AI models to ‘increase diversity’ in online shopping
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Explore the iDigress Podcast:
http://idigress.show
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Check out Michael’s Stuff:
POCIT
POCIT Weekly Newsletter
POCIT Job Board
Check out Abadesi stuff:
Hustle Crew - Inclusion Training
Hustle Crew Academy
Dream Big Hustle Hard
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Real Talk About Marketing
An Acxiom podcast where we discuss marketing made better, bringing you real...
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
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Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@techishpod/

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29min
July 25, 2023Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI And Meta, Keke Palmer Boyfriend Dragged For Body-Shaming & Succession Sweeps Emmy Nominations
Michael & Abadesi are back in the recording studio to break down the latest and greatest tech and culture stories. This week they dive into:
Apps scamming investors with false user numbers (01:00)
Succession cast nominated for Emmys (06:00)
Keke Palmer boyfriend dragged on the internet for body-shaming (08:50)
Celebrities suing OpenAI and Meta (12:00)
Hollywood writers and actors still striking (17:45)
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Further reading:
Social app IRL, valued at $1 billion, shuts down because it doesn't have any users IRL
Emmys 2023: Succession’s final season scores 27 nominations
People are calling out Keke Palmer's boyfriend for 'body-shaming' tweets
Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement
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July 18, 2023Threads, Team Zuck Stays Winning! Jonah Hill, Is Affirmative Action Gone, Reparations?
Michael & Abadesi are back in the recording studio to break down the latest and greatest tech and culture stories. This week they dive into:
Instagram Threads takes over as fastest growing app in history (01:00)
The Supreme Court ends affirmative action in college admissions (09:40)
Jonah Hill's therapy talk exposed in text screenshots from ex (20:50)
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Further reading:
All the red flags in the Threads privacy policy
Mark Zuckerberg pictured training with UFC champions ahead of possible Elon Musk bout
Divided Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action in college admissions, says race can’t be used
How therapy speak took over relationships
Not all therapy is a force for good. I give you exhibit A: the actor Jonah Hill
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29min
July 11, 2023Infamous Scams and Scammers: Elizabeth Holmes, PPE Contracts, and AI-Powered Scams
Techish is back with an episode all about scams and scammers. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite scammer stories:
Why are we so obsessed with scammers? (01:00)
The Elizabeth Holmes rebrand (08:35)
Scammers using voice A.I. tool to scam vulnerable people (10:30)
Ozy Media fraud (15:45)
PPE, crypto rug pulls & other pandemic scams (24:30)
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Further reading:
Elizabeth Holmes Opens Up About Her Theranos Trial and What Comes Next - NYTimes
Scammers are using artificial intelligence to sound more like family members in distress - The Washington Post
Scandal-hit Ozy Media says it has re-launched - BBC News
Revealed: the full inside story of the Michelle Mone PPE scandal - The Guardian
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July 04, 2023Black Excellence: Stories of Success from Across the Diaspora
Techish is back with an episode all about Black excellence. Hosts Michael & Abadesi dive into the archive and revisit some of their favorite stories of Black people winning:

Beyonce’s making bank on tour and teases a new haircare line (01:00 )
Mielle Organics ‘gentrification’ after Proctor & Gamble acquisition (05:25)
Senegalese-Italian Khaby Lame went from losing his job to 100 million followers as a full-time silent TikToker (08:30)
Pharrell Williams takes over as Louis Vuitton's creative director (09:30)

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Further reading:

Beyoncé has just announced a hair care line is in the works, but is the backlash fair criticism or is it steeped in racism?
Mielle Hair Oil & The Case For Gatekeeping Black Hair Products
The world’s most-followed TikToker gets paid as much as $750K per post, but to reach his greatest business goal Khaby Lame is binge-watching American cartoons
Pharrell Williams' Louis Vuitton Debut Show Garnered Over 1 Billion Views

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