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The Bid Picture with Bidemi Ologunde

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8 hours ago

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...

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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...

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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...

9 hours 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

4 days ago

22 minutes

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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 week ago

1 hour 2 minutes

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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 week 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 ...

2 weeks ago

59 minutes

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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...

2 weeks 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...

3 weeks 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...

3 weeks 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...

3 weeks ago

29 minutes

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414. Shannon Noonan

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Shannon Noonan, CEO/Founder of HiNoon Consulting, and US Global Ambassador - Global Council for Responsible AI. The conversation addressed how to turn “checkbox” programs into real business value, right-sized controls, third-party risk, AI guardrails, and data habits that help teams move faster—while strengthening security, compliance, and privacy. Support the show

4 weeks ago

1 hour 26 minutes

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413. The Hidden Influence of Tech in American Society

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde traced the tech and cyber forces reshaping everyday life in the United States: why Washington, DC builds more affordable housing per capita than Texas and California; how OnlyFans, online betting, and sober-curious culture are rerouting tourists from Las Vegas and theme-parks; and why zero-income-tax states in the U.S. (Alaska, Wyoming, South Dakota, and New Hampshire) don't have big cities. He connects the dots with clear risk...

1 month ago

33 minutes

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412. Becky Passmore

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Rebecca ‘Becky’ Passmore—a former FBI Senior Forensic Examiner, Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the co-founder of Root Forensics, and co-host (with Stacy Eldridge) of Parsing the Truth: One Byte at a Time. The conversation explored the human side of digital forensics, lessons from more than two decades with the FBI, practical advice for newcomers to the field of digital forensic...

1 month ago

1 hour 13 minutes

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411. Lynn Fairweather, MSW

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Lynn Fairweather, Founder and President of Presage Consulting & Training, a boutique threat assessment and management firm focused solely on domestic violence. The hour-long conversation traced her frontline beginnings to building corporate programs, unpacking “leakage,” pre-incident indicators, the red flags that indicate abusers as employees, and more. Lynn explains how domestic abuse becomes insider...

1 month ago

1 hour 3 minutes

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410. Meta vs. ByteDance - An ODNI Risk Brief

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde provided a clear-eyed compare/contrast of Meta and ByteDance through a U.S. national-security lens. He mapped shared engines—algorithmic ads, creator commerce, and hyperscale AI—against divergent governance and accountability. Using counterintelligence (CI) and foreign malign influence (FMI) frameworks, he examined data-access risk, influence operations (IO), moderation incentives, and legal exposure (e.g., Chinese intelligence...

1 month ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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409. Apple Privacy to GLP‑1 Drugs: The Trust Crisis Explained in Seven Sectors

Send Bidemi a Text Message! Across Apple’s wearables, GLP-1 drugs, academia’s AI pivot, IP fights, new crime patterns, and the dating-app slump, there is one through-line: resilient trust. In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde maps how innovation and human values can move in step—arguing for stronger privacy rules (especially for biometrics), smarter AI oversight (think “FDA for algorithms”), real digital literacy, and business models that earn a social license to operate. It’s a playbook for...

1 month ago

1 hour 31 minutes

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408. Matt Topper

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Matt Topper, president of UberEther and a 20+ year veteran of cybersecurity and identity/access management. Matt broke down zero trust without the buzzwords, explained how people-first IAM unlocks business growth, and shared hard-won lessons from public-sector environments. They dug into private-tenant vs. multi-tenant tradeoffs, FedRAMP/DoD realities, moving from PIV-D to phishing-resistant MFA, and the metrics exec...

2 months ago

1 hour 5 minutes

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407. Secrecy vs. Privacy

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde presented six stories about secrecy versus privacy. Support the show

2 months ago

30 minutes

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406. Insiders Without Badges

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed recent advanced persistent threat (APT) campaigns targeting banks and law firms involved in mergers and acquisitions. Support the show

2 months ago

34 minutes

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405. Melinda Nevala - U.S. State Privacy Laws and Individual Data Rights, Part 2

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde spoke with Melinda Nevala, a digital privacy advocate and the Marketing Director at Medcurity. The conversation touched on America’s patchwork of state privacy laws, spotlighting loopholes big tech quietly lobbied for, AI’s still-unplugged data vacuum, and the dark-pattern consent pop-ups driving us all to button-click fatigue—plus practical tips to fight back. Support the show

2 months ago

1 hour 27 minutes

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404. Palantir Technologies

Send Bidemi a Text Message! In this episode, host Bidemi Ologunde analyzed the company Palantir Technologies, an American publicly traded company specializing in software platforms for data mining. The analysis focused on the enabling conditions that predate its founding, the company’s growth across historical and societal contexts, its financial trajectory and political entrenchment, controversies around privacy and surveillance, as well as compelling background details for a general audienc...

3 months ago

40 minutes