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Welcome to Members of Technical Staff: week-after-week of prestige narration from the hotbed of San Francisco tech culture. Featuring founders, funders, and fanatics, join Jayden (@creatine_cycle) and friends as they chronicle the culture, scandal, and humourlessness of the most important city of the 21st century.
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The Politics of Tech and AI, with Noah Smith
Yesterday I visited @Noahpinion for some tea, to play with rabbits and to get political. From the tech right to old twitter vs Elon twitter to Anthropic vs DoW, we talked about the politics of tech…
The AI Anxietification of San Francisco
@ashebytes and I have decided that everyone needs to get offline, find some hobbies and go touch some grass (and a woman in my case) in order to overcome this wave of AI-induced anxiety. In this…
Are Software Engineers Screwed? with Sam Lambert
I took a trip to the PlanetScale office last week to chat with @samlambert about a couple of under-discussed topics:- AI (heard it's a big deal)- Anxiety- Are software engineers screwed?I have a…
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 The Gay Tech Mafia
You didn't ask and I delivered! Seeing as I made an appearance in yet another mainstream publication what better way to increase my surface area for career risk than podcast about it? here are my…
Valentines Day in San Francisco, with Valentina
@baelentina_ and I cohosted a Valentines Day SF rager with @zocomputer last night. We broke down Valentines Day restaurant locations in SF, dating anxiety in SF and dating stats and we also…
Gym Bro vs Bio Bro: Peptide Edition, with Max Marchione
I wouldn't get used to polished MOTS but I figured what better way to announce a @superpower partnership than to bring in some cameras and microphones and have a super serious debate on peptides and…
The State of X Dot Com, with Roon
I turned @tszzl into an ominous gray blob as we sat down with dearest @sofi_a and @baelentina_ to discuss the state of X Dot Com the everything app and San Francisco. We covered everything from how…
Training with Navy Seals, with Blackbox
I took a trip to the salesforce tower to talk to the @blackboxai guys about the leaning Millennium Tower behind us, training regiments of navy seals and pushups in this MOTS extra.Watch on X; listen…
Can a Psychic with LLMs Predict My Future? with Gillian Obrien
Today is the day everyone finally finds out my sexuality using the power of tarot and LLMs. Dearest psychic Gillian Obrien joins to me facilitate the prediction of my future and I welcome Blackbox AI…
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 xAI Engineer Fired for Podcasting?
Another day another current thing in the niche San Francisco technology culture. Was Sulaiman Khan Ghori, a former xAI engineer fired for podcasting or was this some sort of grand exit? If he was…
The Real Perception of AI, with Anton Troynikov
While AI is eating the world, it turns out that most people don’t actually like that idea, and current messaging around AI is on track to make things worse. What are AI vibes like in places outside…
Navigating the SF Social Scene as a Straight Dude
I booked a $1k-a-night hotel room and, instead of feeling the touch of a woman, I decided to talk to myself on camera for nearly 40 minutes. Anyway, the San Francisco social scene. Is X the key to…
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 Chinese Peptides Made the NYT, with Sina Hartung
So it really is a new year, new me, because I made The New York Times for my commentary on unregulated Chinese peptides. My dear friend Sina joins me to break down the article and give serious,…
New Year New San Francisco, with Matt Palmer
The world needed another podcast of two single straight dudes giving predictions for 2026, so don’t ask and you shall receive. @mattyp and I covered four key topics with our predictions: San…
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 Looksmaxxing Into 2026
Looksmaxxing is on the cards for 2026, and that’s something I know a thing or two about. I decided to take on Clavicular at his own game and mog him. I also dropped some caution around Chinese…
2025 Timeline In Review, with Valentina
The X timeline giveth and the X timeline taketh away. From Chinese social media apps to accounts becoming the main character for weeks, the 2025 timeline had it all. Valentina joins me to break down…
Tech Bros Deserve Love Too This Christmas, with Valentina
It's Christmas time and everyone is scrambling to book meetings, close rounds, and decide whether to see their family or go skiing. However, one important thing must be discussed before all the…
🚨 Emergency Pod 🚨 Cline's Head of AI Was Fired
Woke is back! Was Cline's Head of AI being fired due to VC pressure or a severe miscalculation? I have no idea, but my unemployed ass would never let a good crisis go to waste. In this episode I…
Y Combinator Demo Day F25, with Spor
It's the quarterly startup equivalent of the NBA draft, and I was lucky enough to be let in as neither a founder nor an investor. YC Demo Day F25 has come to a close, and I sat down once again with…
Climber Vs Gym Bro, with Keller Cliffton
Keller joined me on the day his company, Zipline, announced their $150 million contract with the US State Department, which will include $400 million in co-commitments from their African partner…
