AI Girl Gang - with Dr Lauren Ingram

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Manager of the biggest YouTubers gives his steer on AI Oct 30, 2025

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Jordan Schwarzenberger has had a pretty insane career so far, and now manages The Sidemen, some of the world's biggest YouTubers (a casual 22.7 million subscribers!) .

Jordan gives Lauren his unusual career history, and his unfiltered views on AI - and why the hype might be just designed to line rich people's pockets...

LINKS:

Jordan Schwarzenberger on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanschwarzenberger/

The Sidemen on YouTube (22.7 million subscribers!) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDogdKl7t7NHzQ95aEwkdMw

Next Big Thing host Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/

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Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios/

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Welcome back AI babes - and 3 tips if you've been laid off Sep 25, 2025

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Next Big Thing is BACK! And we’ve missed you. Let Lauren add some colour and some good vibes, especially if you’ve got the AI overwhelm or you’re having a work wobble.

In this episode you’ll hear more about what we’ve got in store for the podcast and events - some exciting things coming…! You will also learn 3 super actionable tips to make progress if you’ve been made redundant, or you’re looking for a new role.

Let’s help you thrive in the next internet.

LINKS:

Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/

Book in AI or GEO training for your team: https://www.nextbigthingstudios.com/services

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: https://www.nextbigthingstudios.com/

CREDITS:

Host and producer: Lauren Ingram
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Channel 4's creative innovation director Landy Slattery on creativity meets AI Nov 08, 2024

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Channel 4's creative innovation director Landy Slattery on creativity meets AI

Landy Slattery is the Creative Innovation Director at Channel 4, having spent over two decades in TV, most recently at the in-house agency within Channel 4.

From graduating Central St Martins during its most radical era, to implementing the first ever menopause policy at Channel 4, Landy has always enjoyed challenging the status quo. She is now relishing the opportunity to pursue new technologies in her role even while they are still nascent.

Join Lauren and Landy for a discussion on the future of creativity and where it intersects with AI and emerging tech - and where it meets our real lives too.

LINKS:

Landy Slattery on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/landy-slattery-03bb2713

Next Big Thing host Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

How to beat the summer slump Aug 20, 2024

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Are you feeling a bit low on motivation during a slow summer? Got AI overwhelm and want to get back in your groove? In a solo episode from our founder Lauren Ingram, we’ll take you through what to do if you need a bit of a boost!

LINKS:

Follow Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/

Follow Next Big Thing on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nextbigthingstudios

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Why we urgently need more women in AI Jul 16, 2024

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Only 0.7% of AI funding went to female founders. Yep you read that right...! We need more women at the forefront of AI, whether that's building AI startups, getting funding, joining AI taskforces within their companies, or simply dabbling with ChatGPT to get the best out of it. In a special bonus episode, Next Big Thing founder Lauren Ingram shares why this is now an urgent need - this year is when the critical conversations are happening about AI, and women need their voices heard in it. LINKS: Lauren Ingram on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/ Book a Demystify AI workshop with us: https://www.nextbigthingstudios.com/services EVENTS: Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

How creators can thrive using AI, with AI YouTuber & voice expert Mike Russell Jul 02, 2024

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Mike Russell has pivoted his voiceovers business to embed AI into the offering at Music Radio Creative. And alongside his 338,000 followers on his main YouTube channel, Mike has started a spinoff called Creator Magic all about AI tools for content creation.

Lauren talks to Mike about the future of the internet, the impact of AI, and possibly even the end of the world...

LINKS:

Mike Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imikerussell/

Mike’s YouTube channel (338k subscribers) https://www.youtube.com/@MikeRussell

Mike on how to automate a daily podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeOi-91DaRc

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

Why AI literacy is your golden ticket, with AI founder Denzil Eden Jun 25, 2024

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Denzil Eden engineered an amazing conversational AI tool way before ChatGPT hit the news. Her product Smarty can organise your calendar with just a few words, and plays the role of your personal assistant.

Denzil has degrees in computer science & AI from MIT, and an MBA from Harvard, but found that the market wasn’t ready for her advanced product for a long time - and that pitching her startup now is a very different process now that people understand slick chatbots.

We talk about why AI literacy is so important, and what she would do differently if she started again today (spoiler alert: she wouldn’t build the tool just yet!).

LINKS:

Denzil Eden on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denzils/

Smarty AI: https://www.smarty.ai/

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane
We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

The zero bulls**t guide to AI for agencies, with Kate Ross Jun 18, 2024

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Kate Ross has pivoted her digital agency of the last 15 years, called eight&four, to offer its own suite of AI tools because she was frustrated by the limitations of just using ChatGPT.

She shares the agency’s successes and the misses in building bespoke AI solutions, such as a tone of voice tool that a large travel brand now lets every employee use. Kate also gives us some good old fashioned British cynicism (or realism!) about the hype and bluster (and even white lies) about some of the AI tools out there.

She is also bullish on the future of creativity. So if you’re a marketer, work in an agency, or use tech to sell more in your business, this episode is for you!

LINKS:

Kate Ross on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katemhross/

eight&four: https://www.eightandfour.com/

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

What actually is reality? Metaverse professor Samantha G. Wolfe breaks down VR, AR, XR and how we construct reality Jun 11, 2024

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Samantha G. Wolfe is one of the leading voices in the metaverse space - she is an adjunct professor at NYU's Steinhardt School teaching courses including ‘The Business of the Metaverse, and 'Avatars and Virtual Humans’, and she’s authored two books including ‘Metaversed: See Beyond The Hype’.

We cover AI-generated influencers, using tech for good or evil, and - in her position as a leading expert in emerging tech - what she sees as the next big thing.

LINKS:

Samantha G. Wolfe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthawolfe/

Samantha’s consultancy PitchFWD: https://www.wearepitchfwd.com/

EVENTS:

Follow Next Big Thing for the latest emerging tech news, events, job posts, and learning resources: www.instagram.com/nextbigthingstudios

CREDITS:

Host: Lauren Ingram

Producer: Alex Lane

We record using Riverside. Want to make your own podcast? Get started here: ⁠https://www.riverside.fm/?via=lauren-ingram⁠

How to grow your influence in the emerging tech era using LinkedIn, with Lea Turner (168k followers) Jun 04, 2024

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Lea Turner grew her LinkedIn following phenomenally fast in late 2019 - so when covid hit in 2020, she pivoted her business and started offering LinkedIn training.

Now with 168k followers on LinkedIn and a sold-out membership community for small businesses, Lea is the perfect person to tell us how to stand out in the AI era when there’s a ton of noise out there.

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