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The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

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1 day ago

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde breaks down three signals shaping the week across tech, politics, and geopolitics, and the one insight you can actually use. Why did a major automaker slam the brakes on its EV ambitions? What happens when a trade deal decades in the making collides with farmers in the streets? And as U.S. pressure tightens on Venezuela’s oil lifeline, how close are we to a wider great-power standoff? Support for The Bid Picture Podcast comes f...

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Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde breaks down three signals shaping the week across tech, politics, and geopolitics, and the one insight you can actually use. Why did a major automaker slam the brakes on its EV ambitions? What happens when a trade deal decades in the making collides with farmers in the streets? And as U.S. pressure tightens on Venezuela’s oil lifeline, how close are we to a wider great-power standoff? Support for The Bid Picture Podcast comes f...

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The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

434. The Brief - December 23, 2025

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde breaks down three signals shaping the week across tech, politics, and geopolitics, and the one insight you can actually use. Why did a major automaker slam the brakes on its EV ambitions? What happens when a trade deal decades in the making collides with farmers in the streets? And as U.S. pressure tightens on Venezuela’s oil lifeline, how close are we to a wider great-power standoff? Support for The Bid Picture Podcast comes f...

1 day ago

17 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

433. American Megachurches

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde zooms out on the rise of American megachurches in the digital age. The episode opens in Michigan, where a viral clip of a fundraising moment sparked outrage online; then raised bigger questions about context, attention, and the speed of social media. Are megachurches meeting a growing hunger for connection in a lonely era or blending faith into America’s self-help culture? And how do political polarization and algorithm-driven ...

4 days ago

35 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

432. Bruce Johnson

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Bruce Johnson of TekStream Solutions to unpack how the Whole of State initiative—with the Louisiana State University, Splunk, and Amazon Web Services—is turning classrooms into 24/7, student-powered SOCs that launch graduates into mid-level roles. With nearly four decades in IT security, Bruce shares how opening the door to any discipline builds stronger teams and real-world readiness. How do these student SOCs keep ...

6 days ago

46 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

431. The Brief - December 16, 2025

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde connects the dots between a sudden Cambodia–Thailand border flare-up and fresh signals of accountability and diplomacy: from an ICC Darfur war-crimes sentence to prisoner releases in Belarus and political fallout in Bulgaria. What do these seemingly separate headlines reveal when you view them through the lens of hybrid warfare? Bidemi closes with a simple, practical security habit you can apply immediately, plus a mental model...

1 week ago

22 minutes

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430. A Not-So-Shocking Deal

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde unpacks Netflix’s blockbuster acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery — a deal years in the making. Why wasn’t it as shocking as it seemed? What signs pointed to this merger long before the headlines? And what could it mean for the future of streaming, theatrical films, and your monthly subscriptions? Support for The Bid Picture Podcast comes from Uncommon Goods, an online marketplace filled with unique, independently made gifts....

1 week ago

54 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

429. John Kammer

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with John Kammer, founder of Guardian AI[ngels], a grief and journaling platform powered by AI and shaped by John’s own experience of losing several close friends. Can AI gently support us through grief without pretending to be human? What does a truly private digital space for mourning and reflection look like? And how do you design technology that protects our most vulnerable thoughts instead of exploiting them? Drawing...

1 week ago

47 minutes

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428. Geopolitical Upgrades

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde unpacks how AI chip diplomacy is reshaping global power, from the UAE’s intelligence-tinted partnership with the U.S. to Silicon Valley’s high-stakes entanglement with Gulf investors. He explores Saudi Arabia’s record-breaking $55 billion leveraged buyout of Electronic Arts, the Kingdom’s sweeping mutual defense pact with Pakistan, and its strategic oil lifeline to post-Assad Syria. Along the way, Bidemi connects the dots betwe...

2 weeks ago

39 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Jake Ward, co-founder of the Developers Alliance, to unpack how tech policy battles quietly shape the lives and livelihoods of developers around the world. They explore why AI regulation will determine which startups survive, how fragmented privacy laws can unintentionally crush small innovators, and why lawmakers who think they’re targeting Big Tech often end up hurting the little guys instead. Jake also shares prac...

2 weeks ago

59 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

426. How Fear, Attention, Tribalism, and Engagement Shape Everyday Events

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explores the FATE model—fear, attention, tribalism, and engagement—as a lens for understanding modern information environments without jumping to “psyops” conclusions. He unpacks how different three-factor combinations of FATE show up in real-world cases since 2022: diaspora communities who care about crises back home but rarely mobilize; global public health threats like mpox and antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” that generate ...

3 weeks ago

26 minutes

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425. Daria Dubovskaia

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with data scientist and AI/machine learning (ML) enthusiast Daria Dubovskaia in a wide-ranging conversation about cybersecurity, data analytics, and building robust ML systems in the real world. Daria shares her journey from studying rocket propulsion in Russia to moving to the United States, completing a Master’s degree in Data Science at CUNY, and working at a healthcare startup in Tampa, Florida. Along the way, she tal...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 10 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

424. Food Trucks, Charter Schools, & Fake Rehabs

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde unpacks four seemingly disconnected American stories: a Houston food critic's "toe touch" approach to restaurants, a Phoenix community organizer rebuilding neighborhoods from the ground up, the quiet expansion of charter schools in Florida, and rehab scams targeting Native American communities in the Southwest. He then reveals the hidden tech threads running through them all. From social media reviews and digital organizing too...

1 month ago

59 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

423. Gal Borenstein

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Gal Borenstein—CEO and founder of The Borenstein Group—to unpack how brands earn and scale trust in a noisy, AI-driven world. They dig into the “trust deficit” in B2B/B2G, what separates branding from true trust-building, and how to keep human authenticity while using AI at speed. Gal shares playbooks for cyber and defense marketers, inside-out culture moves that make credibility durable, crisis protocols for deepfak...

1 month ago

1 hour

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422. Your Electric Bill is Powering AI Data Centers

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde investigates how ordinary people around the world are unknowingly footing the electricity bill for Big Tech’s booming AI data centers. From hidden charges in your utility bill to billion-dollar subsidies for companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Amazon, this critical episode uncovers the financial and ethical costs of AI’s explosive energy appetite—and why you’re the one paying for it. Support the show

1 month ago

22 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

421. Derek Newton

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Derek Newton, an academic-integrity journalist, author, contributing writer, communications professional, and the founder of Verify My Writing (VMW). The conversation unpacked how AI-generated content is overwhelming editors, peer reviewers, and publishers—and how provenance-based verification can restore trust. They explore why detectors alone keep failing, practical disclosure norms for scientists and writers, and ...

1 month ago

1 hour 2 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

420. AI Automation, Layoffs, and the Monetization of Loneliness

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde connects Amazon’s recent layoffs and AI/automation push to everyday life—how task automation is reshaping hiring, local economies, and the culture of work. He also unpacks the rise of loneliness in a more screen-mediated world and the booming business that monetizes it—from creator DMs and OnlyFans to AI companion apps—then shares practical steps on how to future-proof your skills, efficient budgeting on “comfort spending,” and...

1 month ago

17 minutes

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419. Gretchen Andrew

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with internationally recognized artist and former Googler Gretchen Andrew to unpack how AI and beauty filters are reshaping self-esteem, privacy, and identity. From her Facetune Portraits—oil paintings that make algorithmic edits visible—to museum acquisitions, Gretchen traced a path from Big Tech to the Whitney, revealing how design choices compress individuality and normalize a single “perfect” face. They discussed the ...

1 month ago

59 minutes

The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

418. Measuring Well-Being

Send Bidemi a Text Message! Content note: This episode mentions depression and suicide. If you or someone you know is struggling, in the U.S. you can call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Take care of yourself while listening. In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explored worsening adolescent mental health—drawing on the U.S. CDC’s findings and the U.S. Surgeon General’s warnings on social-media harms—and why parental stress amplifies the problem. He laid out what this mean...

1 month ago

17 minutes

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417. Amanda Schlichting

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Amanda Schlichting—an Arizona-licensed private investigator and nationally certified animal-cruelty investigator—about her career arc from patrol officer to trainer to PI, her 2014 push to overhaul animal-case policies inside her department, and her current work setting up a statewide coalition, the Arizona Animal Cruelty Task Force, to connect investigators, veterinarians, and law enforcement. The conversation dug i...

1 month ago

1 hour 42 minutes

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416. A Weekend in Organized Crime Investigations

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde recounted how an Easter weekend that was meant to be quiet turned into an intense investigation into illegal sports betting, human trafficking and money‑laundering. He explored how criminal syndicates exploit online gambling platforms, regulatory loopholes and the normalization of betting in sports. The episode covered law‑enforcement efforts like INTERPOL’s SOGA X operation, the role of broadcast advertising and league expansi...

1 month ago

14 minutes

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415. Background Checks

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde explored the shocking arrests of NBA figures Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups, unraveling how gaps in background checks and integrity systems allowed high-profile sports professionals to become entangled in betting, fraud, and organized crime. He examined similar scandals across global leagues — from Brazilian and Australian football to tennis and the National Football League in the U.S. — and examined the psychology of why mi...

2 months ago

29 minutes