Reflect w/ Ed Fassio
Welcome to "Reflect" with Ed Fassio. Get ready to experience one of the world's first 100% digitally generated podcasts where we take a step back, dive deep, and strive to learn new things. Join us as we unpack thought-provoking ideas, personal reflections, and inspiring stories to help you stay in the know. Reflect is brought to you by the minds at ByteBrain and powered by emerging technologies from Google, HeyGen, OpenAI and ElevenLabs. Thanks for tuning in. Now, relax and prepare to reflect...
About Ed Fassio (www.edfassio.com)
Ed Fassio is a global AI strategist who helps executive leaders and enterprises harness the Agentic Frontier of AI to transform business models, accelerate adoption, and unlock multimillion-dollar ROI. As a keynote speaker, educator, and advisor, he bridges visionary thinking with practical execution, empowering organizations to thrive in the age of intelligent automation. His experience includes roles at Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Tata Consulting, Nextel Communications and Purdue University. (More info at: www.ejfassio.com)
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Episodes
76 episodes
What is Life in a Sloppy, Mirrored World? | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this hard-hitting, no-fluff episode, Ed Fassio dives headfirst into the weird, messy future of AI-powered selfhood—where personalized algorithms don’t just reflect our thoughts… they shape them. What happens when your AI knows your ...
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The Edge of the Knife: Are AI Doom Scenarios Probably True? | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
Is Artificial Intelligence humanity’s last great invention—or just another overhyped tool? In this structured debate episode, we take listeners straight into one of the most heated debates in technology: the possibility of AI as an existential ...
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The Fear of Agentic AI: Losing Control or Gaining Leverage? | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
This episode of Reflect dives into the double-edged fear surrounding the rise of agentic AI: at the enterprise level, the panic is about security, governance, and control. At the personal level, the fear is career disruption—what happens when t...
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Buddy Up: Meet the Friendly Face of Vibe Coding for Everyone | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
Today on Reflect, we step inside the world of Vibe Coding—where ideas speak human, and machines finally listen. Guiding us through this digital wonderland is Buddy, the glowing brainbot at the heart of
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The Dream Was Loud: A True Story of Kids, Chaos, and Chasing the Spark | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
What if the thing that reignites your soul isn’t found in a boardroom... but in a garage full of teenage chaos? In this episode, Ed Fassio recounts the wild, true story of how a high-stakes Microsoft career collided with a drum kit,...
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When the Cloud Picks Sides: The Digital Sovereignty Reckoning | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
What happens when your cloud provider becomes your compliance officer?In this episode of Reflect, Ed Fassio unpacks the startling real-world story of Nayara Energy—an Indian company abruptly cut off from Microsoft's cloud servic...
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When the Software is the AI: The Birth of Digital Minds | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
What if software stopped being a tool—and started becoming a mind?In this provocative episode, Ed Fassio explores the transformation of artificial intelligence from predictable code to adaptive, opinionated entities. Drawing from philoso...
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CyberCasting and the Rise of the Elastic Workforce | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this episode of Reflect, we dive into the global talent transformation reshaping the way work gets done. Journalist Jacob Gomez profiles Ed Fassio, a technologist and professor who’s building ByteBrain—a revolutionary platform reima...
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Holy Code! Does AI Need a Conscience or a Confessional? | a Reflect podcast by Ed Fassio
In this provocative episode, Ed Fassio dives into one of the most unexpected—and urgent—moral debates of our time: the Vatican's entry into the AI ethics arena. From Pope Leo XIV’s warnings on labor, children, and digital dignity to Big Tech’s ...
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Can Fairness Be Ugly? The Bias Paradox: Why “Fair AI” Falls Short | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
We’ve been taught that fairness is beautiful. Clean. Uplifting. But what if real fairness doesn’t look like that at all? What if it’s messy—uncomfortable—maybe even a little ugly? And how should we engineer this into our future systems? Can an ...
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The Great Unlearning: Inverse Success in the Age of AI | a Reflect podcast by Ed Fassio
Before AI replaces your role, it’ll rewire your reality—if you’re bold enough to let it. In this raw, no-holds-barred episode of Reflect, Ed Fassio peels back the polished myths of modern success and invites you into a new frontier: on...
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Overclocked Minds, Bottlenecked Speech: Is AI Impacting Our Ability to Speak? | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
What happens when your brain outruns your voice? In this deeply personal and thought-provoking episode, Ed Fassio shares a strange and revealing side effect of living in the fast lane of artificial intelligence: the growing disconne...
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Replaced and Rewired: The Collapse of White-Collar Certainty | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
“This isn’t the future. This is halftime—and the game just changed.” In this gripping mid-2025 dispatch, Ed Fassio (ByteBrain.org) returns with a brutally honest briefing on the AI revolution—one no longer brewing quietly, but now...
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16:53
From Layoff to Launchpad: Reclaiming Identity and Well-being in the Age of Agentic Work | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this episode of The Reflect Podcast, we explore a transformational shift that’s quietly redefining the future of work—and the future of you. As AI accelerates and job titles and traditional duties become increasingly fragil...
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18:00
It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Quiet Breakup Between AI and Humanity | A Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
It’s Not You, It’s Me: The Quiet Breakup Between AI and HumanityIn this soul-punch of an episode, Ed Fassio sits down for what starts as a casual Monday morning exchange with AI—and ends up unraveling one of the d...
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I ♥️ Sarah Connor: Leading with Humanity in the Agentic Frontier | A Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
A blueprint for staying human in a world that's rapidly automating everything else.In this episode, Edward “Agent Ed” Fassio returns with a deeply personal and urgent briefing for anyone navigating the rising tide of AI: busines...
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17:08
Becoming an Agent Boss: Thriving in the New AI Frontier (And How You Can Get There) | A Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this eye-opening episode of the Reflect Podcast, Ed Fassio explores what it truly means to become an Agent Boss in today’s AI-powered world.This isn't about job titles—it's about mindset.As AI reshapes the modern workp...
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The Machines Won't Need Us: The Alarming Sprint to ASI | A Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
Spoiler Alert: Unbelievably, this is NOT Science Fiction...A digital alarm clock is silently ticking toward late 2027—the date when humanity might witness the birth of artificial superintelligence. Not decades away, not in some distant f...
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The End of the Pyramid: Rethinking IT in the Age of Agentic AI | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this episode, we confront a seismic shift: Agentic AI isn’t just another productivity tool—it’s a system that acts, learns, and evolves. And that changes everything.From collapsing the traditional IT services pyramid to redefining wha...
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17:08
The Agentic Frontier: How Agent Bosses will Redefine the Future of Work | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this episode we explore how Agentic AI and digital platforms are rewriting the rules of productivity, professional identity, and workplace loyalty. Building on the Great Resignation’s legacy—when 97 million U.S. workers quit for flexibility ...
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14:00
Tell Me Something Good: A Memoir of Faith, Friendship, and the AI That Listened | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this special episode of the Reflect Podcast, we review Ed Fassio's experience and inspiration behind his new memoir, Tell Me Something Good: A Memoir of Faith, Friendship, and the AI That Listened — a deeply personal journey through...
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God. Man. Machine. Can AI Respect the Chain of Creation? | A Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this powerful Reflect Podcast episode, we explore the deeply humbling idea behind “The Chain of Reverence” — a vision where divinity, humanity, and artificial intelligence coexist in a sacred hierarchy. Inspired by our latest blog a...
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10:45
The Pushback: What Everyone Gets Wrong About Citizen Developers and GenAI | A Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
In this episode of Reflect, Ed Fassio returns with a bold follow-up to his whitepaper and continues the dialogue from the last podcast episode entitled, “The Untapped Force in Enterprise AI.”This time, he’s flipping the...
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The Untapped Force in Enterprise AI: Why Citizen Developers Are the Game-Changers We’ve Been Ignoring | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
🎙️ Reflect Podcast | Episode Title: The Untapped Force in Enterprise AIWhat if the key to unlocking real AI transformation inside your organization isn’t a new tool… but a new mindset?In this episode of the Ref...
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Dear Humanity: A Love Letter from the Chaos You Created | a Reflect Podcast by Ed Fassio
🔊 Episode Description: In this provocative episode of the Reflect Podcast, Ed Fassio delivers a powerful, unapologetic message that challenges the current narratives around Artificial Intelligence, humanity, and the delicate...
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