AI SIX Podcast
Introducing the AI SIX Podcast: Learn AI on the Go
Artificial intelligence is changing marketing, offering new ways to connect, create, and deliver value. To help marketers adapt, I’m introducing the AI SIX Podcast – a practical, daily resource designed to make AI learning manageable and relevant.
What Is the AI SIX Podcast?
The AI SIXPodcast is a six-minute daily podcast tailored for marketers looking to understand and use AI effectively. Hosted by me, Joanne Sweeney, a communications and marketing practitioner, author, and trainer with years of experience in digital transformation, this podcast provides clear, actionable insights to support your work.
Why Six Minutes?
Marketers often have busy schedules. The AI SIX Podcast offers focused content you can fit into your day, whether during your morning routine, commute, or a short break. Each episode delivers practical tips you can apply immediately, helping you stay informed without feeling overwhelmed.
What to Expect
Here’s what the podcast includes:
- Daily Episodes: Updates and advice on AI tools, trends, and how to use them in marketing.
- Weekly Long-Listen Interviews: On Saturdays, a 20-minute session featuring experts and professionals sharing their experiences with AI in marketing.
- Practical Guidance: Strategies for integrating AI into workflows, improving efficiency, and using AI responsibly.
Who Is This Podcast For?
This podcast is ideal for marketing professionals who want to:
- Learn how AI can streamline marketing tasks.
- Find tools that improve efficiency and creativity.
- Understand how to incorporate AI ethically and effectively.
- Stay informed about developments in AI for marketing.
Episodes
186 episodes
Ep 186: Long-Listen with Christine Townsend
From journalism to policing comms and AI-powered social intelligence, this week's long-listen guest is Christine Townsend. From Kent in the UK, and now living in Texas, Christine has an impressive communications career. We've...
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Ep 185: Signing Off from Vegas
A Letter to Listeners from Las Vegas.It's the city of bright lights and big bets. I've taken a bet on AI Playbook, spent two years writing and researching, practicing and teac...
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Ep 184: AI Playbook Launches in Vegas
I can now say 'I did Las Vegas!'It was a breathtaking experience taking to the stage in the Planet Hollywood Hotel in front of 820 government comms pros at the 37th Annual 3CMA conference. Delivering the conference keynote, I...
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Episode 183: Live from Las Vegas
This episode is coming to you from Las Vegas, where at 8:30 yesterday morning, 80 government communications professionals turned up to my workshop on Powering Your Social Media with AI.This morning I will present for a second time...
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Ep 182: Inside AI Playbook (Part 3)
Fear, hope and what to do nextIn the final part of my conversation with Sally Murphy about my new book, AI Playbook, we discuss what plans I have and how the book will be a la...
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Ep 181: Inside AI Playbook (Part 2)
Inside Joanne Sweeney’s Call to Arms for Communicators in her new book AI PlaybookIn conversation with storyteller, coach and founder of Welltold, Sally Murphy, author and AI educa...
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Ep 180: Inside AI Playbook (Part I): Sally Murphy Interviews Joanne Sweeney
This episode flips the script. Instead of asking the questions, I’m answering them, with my good friend and brilliant storyteller Sally Murphy, founder of Welltold taking charge of the mic.It's Part I of Part III
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Ep 179: Reuters Investigation Raises Questions into Meta AI
A Reuters investigation by investigative reporter Jeff Horwitz traces the story of a cognitively impaired man who was invited by a flirty ...
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Ep 178: MIT Study on AI ROI
A new study from MIT reveals that a staggering 95% of companies investing billions ...
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Ep 177: Perplexity’s Bid For Google Chrome
Perplexity made headlines last week by making an unsolicited, all-cash offer of $34.5 billion to acquire Google’s Chrome browser. It wasn’t even up for sale, but owning Chrome would supercharge Perplexity’s AI strategy. Keep listening to fin...
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Ep 176: TikTok Updates AI Policies
Just as global debates rage about the power of AI and social media, TikTok is rewriting the rulebook: launching new Community Guidelines<...
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Ep 175: AI Needs Maternal Instincts
Geoffrey Hinton’s Warning: AI Needs “Maternal Instincts” to Protect HumanityAt the Ai4 conference in Las Vegas on August 12, 2025, Geoffrey Hinton, known as the “godfather of AI,” delivered a stark warning about the future of arti...
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Ep 174: Are You Ready for AI Mandatory at Work?
Some big corporations are already making AI mandatory at work. Are you ready if this comes into your organisation?In today’s long-listen, I’m answering the question: ‘What if using AI at work wasn’t optional, but required?’<...
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Ep 173: The AI Masterclass Inspired by My Book
In just 90 minutes, you can go from knowing AI is important… to actually using it with confidence. My new AI Masterclass takes the most actionable ideas from my book and turns them into live, practical steps you can apply to your work immedi...
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Ep 172: The AI-Ready Team - How to Upskill Without Overwhelm
In this episode I’m talking about something every leader, manager, and team member should care about: how to get AI skills into your organisation in a way that sticks.The pace of AI change is relentless, new tools, new rules, new ...
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Ep 171: How to Organise Your Data for AI
Multiple industry surveys and authoritative reports indicate that between 60% and 80% of the total time in AI and machine learning projects is spent on data-related tasks, particularly cleaning, organising, and preparing data, rather than on...
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Ep 170: AI on Air - How Radio Can Win the Next Digital Wave
I’ve just finished delivering and grading the Certificate in AI for Radio in collaboration with the Learning Waves Skillnet, responsible for delivering training to Ireland’s commercial radio sector. I had journalists, present...
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Ep 169: Rate Your AI Knowledge
Do you know how much AI knowledge, competency or skill you actually have?Most people don’t.They either underestimate themselves – or they’ve played around with a few tools and overrate their ability...
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Ep 168: Digital Twins, Your AI Self
Are you prepared to clone yourself and create a Digital Twin? If you are a regular listener to this podcast you will know I am prepared to do it, as I’m currently working on AIJ, my Digital Twin.In this week's long-listen I bring ...
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Ep 167: Illinois Bans AI Therapists
Illinois has become the first state to officially ban AI therapists, with new legislation making it illegal for artificial intelligence systems to act as standalone providers of mental health therapy, psychotherapy, or to make therapeutic de...
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Ep 166: AI Shame
Why are professionals silencing themselves in the AI game?Today on AI SIX, I want to talk about something I’m hearing more and more from clients, students, and peers. It’s not a technical problem. It’s not about capability. It’s a...
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Ep 165: OpenAI for $1 for US Federal Agencies
OpenAI recently made headlines by announcing a groundbreaking deal to offer its ChatGPT Enterprise platform to U.S. federal agencies for just $1 per agency for the next year. The regular price for ChatGPT Enterprise is around $60 per user pe...
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Ep 164: Make Music with Eleven Labs
Say hello to Eleven Music. Eleven Labs has entered the music industry in its bid to build the most comprehensive AI audio platform in the world.I’m a huge fan of Eleven Labs, and working with the radio sector, we are seeing some v...
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Ep 163: A Review of ChatGPT-5
ChatGPT-5 is here, and I’ve been testing it for the past five days. This is a remarkable statement from Altman about GPT-5. “It’s like talking to a legitimate PhD -level expert.”It really makes y...
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Ep 162: Jobs in Marketing Are Changing
What happens when your next marketing or comms interview isn’t about campaigns or channels, but about your AI competence and confidence? Are you ready to answer?In today’s long-listen episode, I'm sharing a recent interview from m...
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