And We Feel Fine with Beth Rudden and Katie Smith
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And We Feel Fine with Beth Rudden and Katie Smith

Katie Smith & Beth Rudden

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56m
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Aug 20, 2025
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About the Show

At the edge of collapse—and creation—two unlikely co-conspirators invite you into a radically honest conversation about the future. This isn’t just another tech or self-help podcast. It’s a story-driven exploration of who we are, what we value, and how we might reimagine the world when the systems around us stop serving us. We blend personal storytelling, cultural critique, and deep inquiry into what it means to be human in an age of AI, uncertainty, and transformation. We’re asking better questions—together. Because the world is changing fast, but maybe that’s precisely what we need. Hosted by Beth Rudden and Katie Smith, two builders of systems and challengers of the status quo. Beth is CEO of Bast.AI and a globally recognized expert in trustworthy AI, with decades of experience leading data and ethics at IBM. Katie is the founder of Humma.AI, a strategist who drove innovation and revenue growth at major global brands before turning to human rights and technology for social good. Together, they make complex issues, such as AI and its impacts on everyday people, clear, personal, and impossible to ignore. Beth Rudden is the CEO and Founder of Bast AI, a pioneering company building explainable, personalized AI for good. With over two decades of experience as a global executive and Distinguished Engineer at IBM, Beth blends anthropology, data science, and AI governance to create tools that amplify human dignity and intelligence—not replace it. Her work spans healthcare, education, and workforce transformation, using ontological natural language understanding (NLU) to make AI transparent, accountable, and accessible. Through Bast AI, Beth is reimagining how organizations deploy AI that’s not only accurate but aligned with ethical values, cultural context, and cognitive well-being. Beth is also the author of AI for the Rest of Us and a passionate advocate for AI literacy, epistemic diversity, and the right to understand the systems shaping our lives. She speaks globally on the future of AI, power, and social contracts—and believes we’re all stewards of the next intelligence. Katie Smith is the CEO and Founder of Humma.AI, a privacy-first platform building community-powered, culturally competent AI. With over two decades of experience leading digital strategy and social innovation, Katie blends systems thinking, Responsible AI, and storytelling to create tools that serve dignity, not domination. Their work spans mental health, civic tech, and digital rights, using participatory AI to make systems safer, fairer, and more accountable. Through Humma.AI, Katie is reimagining how people and businesses engage AI that’s accurate, inclusive, and governed by consent and care. Katie is also the author of Zoe Bios: The Epigenetics of Terrorism, a provocative exploration of identity, trauma, and transformation. They speak globally on the future of technology, power, and justice—and believe human empathy is the intelligence that will define our time. Subscribe to our Substack for bonus content: https://substack.com/@andwefeelfine

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Apr 29, 2025
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Episode 16 | The Death of the 10x Coder: Empathy, Inclusion, and Tech Leadership with Autumn Patterson

Aug 20, 2025 1h 4m Transcript

What happens when we stop chasing the myth of the lone “10x coder” and start building engineering cultures rooted in empathy, predictability, and inclusion?In this candid conversation, we go deep…

Episode 15 | Decentralizing the Future: Web3, Labor, and Life Beyond Extraction with Crystal Street

Aug 13, 2025 59m Transcript

In this conversation, we go deep with Crystal Street — Naropa Institute graduate, journalist, photographer, and bridge-builder between the frontline of crypto and the ethics we desperately need in…

Episode 14 | The Revolution Will Be Rested: Why Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honor

Aug 06, 2025 53m Transcript

Welcome back to And We Feel Fine—the radically honest podcast about what’s ending, what’s beginning, and how we build systems of care, not conquest.In this episode, co-hosts Beth Rudden and Katie…

Episode 13 | Walking Out, Building Forward: Julia Pahina on Tech, Trust & Tending Systems

Jul 30, 2025 53m Transcript

Welcome back to And We Feel Fine, where each week we ask what’s ending, what’s beginning—and what it means to build with care.In this episode, Katie Smith and Beth Rudden sit down with Pacific tech…

Episode 12 | The End of the “Big Man”: How Leadership - and Abundance - Are Being Rewritten

Jul 24, 2025 58m Transcript

The era of the lone genius CEO is over. What’s rising now? Leadership that’s collaborative, culturally aware, and rooted in care.In this episode of And We Feel Fine, co-hosts Beth Rudden and Katie…

Episode 11 | Built to Heal: How AI, Community, and the Environment Could Save Us

Jul 09, 2025 57m Transcript

In This EpisodeKatie and Beth explore how AI, genomics, and healthcare are colliding—and what it means for the future of prediction, ethics, and our most personal data. They also delve into personal…

Episode 10 | How We Use AI to Read, Write, and Stay Human

Jul 02, 2025 57m Transcript

Katie and Beth on literacy, dyslexia, and the future of creativity in a tech-driven world.In this episode: Technology isn't just reshaping how we work—it's transforming how we read, write, and…

Episode 9 | Rethinking Universal Basic Income: Why AI Disruption Demands a New Social Contract

Jun 25, 2025 55m Transcript

Hosted by Beth Rudden and Katie Smith, two builders of systems and challengers of the status quo. Beth is CEO of Bast.AI and a globally recognized expert in trustworthy AI, with decades of experience…

Episode 8 | Launch Recap - What’s Ended, What’s Beginning, and What’s Next

Jun 18, 2025 54m Transcript

In this reflection episode, Beth and Katie look back on the first seven conversations—threads of grief, growth, tech, and care woven into something bigger. This is our origin story and a soft landing…

Episode 7 | Care, Not Cages: Migration, Community, and the Fight for Belonging

Jun 09, 2025 54m Transcript

Resources to support people and families impacted by ICE raids. ⁠Recorded during a wave of ICE raids in Los Angeles, this urgent episode asks what it means to truly belong in a country built on…

Episode 6 | Joy Is a System: Grief, AI, and the Power of Context

Jun 02, 2025 43m Transcript

In our first guest episode, Beth and Katie are joined by Dr. Desmond Patton—renowned social worker, AI ethics leader, and founder of SAFELab—for a soul-stirring conversation on what’s ending, what’s…

Episode 5 | The New Arms Race: Service, AI, and the Soul of Community

May 27, 2025 55m Transcript

Recorded on Memorial Day, this deeply reflective episode honors the past and questions the future. Beth Rudden and Katie Smith explore what it means to serve, belong, and protect—whether on the…

Episode 4 | Burn the Math, Save the Girl: Why We Need a New Parable

May 20, 2025 55m Transcript

In this probing and philosophical episode of And We Feel Fine, Beth Rudden and Katie Smith unravel the myth of effective altruism. Starting with the well-known "drowning girl" parable, they trace the…

Episode 3 | The Power of Belonging: AI, Caregiving, and the Future of Human Connection

May 13, 2025 1h 2m Transcript

In this heartfelt episode of And We Feel Fine, Beth Rudden and Katie Smith dive deep into what it means to belong, to care, and to be human in an age of artificial intelligence. From personal stories…

Episode 2 | Emotional Intelligence, Capitalism, and the Moral Imagination

May 06, 2025 58m Transcript

In this episode of And We Feel Fine, Katie Smith and Beth Rudden navigate the deeply personal and radically political terrain of emotional intelligence, moral imagination, and the soul of our…

Episode 1 | Flipping the Script: AI, Data Privacy, and a New Digital Economy

Apr 29, 2025 57m Transcript

In this premiere episode of And We Feel Fine, Beth Rudden and Katie Smith crack open the big questions: Who owns your data? What does ethical AI look like? And how do we reclaim digital spaces for…

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