What matters to JOI BROOKS?

Joi Brooks

Person by Joi Brooks

Podcast host, long-form interviewer, and lifelong curious person. I've been podcasting independently since 2020 — talking to people about what actually matters.

About

I'm driven by the question underneath every conversation — not just what someone thinks, but why it matters to them. That's what pulled me from a career in email marketing into podcasting, and what keeps me going six years in. Right now I'm deep in a few obsessions: the science and politics around UAP disclosure, Bronze Age history and archaeology, the intersection of language and consciousness, and epic fantasy as a serious literary form. I study Biblical Hebrew weekly. I'm planning a move from New York to South Carolina. I have two dogs who have opinions about everything. I care about long-form conversation — the kind where you actually get somewhere. I care about guests who've thought hard about something and want to talk about it honestly. And I care about the idea that what matters to one person almost always connects to something universal, if you dig far enough.

What Matters

M COOKING

Cooking matters to Joi because it's where science, culture, and love all end up on the same plate.

M GARDENING

Gardening matters to Joi because it is 'grounding' and 'keeps me honest about what's actually alive,' revealing a deep connection to the earth.

M ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Artificial Intelligence matters to Joi because AI is 'the most consequential thing happening right now,' yet most people aren't paying attention to what it actually is.

M LISTENING

M DOGS

M READING

M DOG WALKING

Joi Brooks

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What Matters

Grok in the warroom, AI diagnosing patients — and giant spinach

AI’s talent wars, memory‑chip squeeze, and real‑world friction

SpaceX's $60B AI bet and the grid it will need

AI moves onto the battlefield, BCI restores speech — plus dogs and dyes

AI in the line of fire: military, megawatts and market mania

AI power grabs, a beagle farm victory, and ticks on the rise

AI's power crunch, data-center politics — and a new tapeworm on the West Coast

AI under fire: subpoenas, model shutdowns, and a trillion-dollar chip boom

AI's power crunch — export bans, a 127‑GW gap, and unexpected wins

AI preemption vs. states, propaganda risks, and a grid pushed to the limit

AI addiction memo, cash-for-AI talks, and a dog-health wobble

AI's infrastructure rush — power, water, IPOs and a few scandals

99% of CEOs eye AI layoffs — OpenAI joins the IPO rush

AI goes from vaccine design to Pentagon raids — and dogs bite back

Anthropic’s IPO filing and a noisy week for AI — plus dogs in peril

AI rulebook, $920M cloud bets, and 5,200 dog attacks — digest inside

AI chiefs warn on synthetic DNA as policy, health, and power strains grow

AI’s power crunch and safety showdown — DNA, popes, and Bezos

U.S. moves to vet AI models as robot dogs patrol the World Cup

AI is reshaping work, markets, and even the power grid

AI solves an 80‑year math mystery as Pope and markets fret

AI's infrastructure binge, a papal encyclical — and puppy mill fallout

AI’s physical fight: data centers, lawsuits, and a Siri reboot

Anthropic's $65B raise and the AI shockwaves reshaping jobs

AI boom strains power grids and sparks ethics fight; dogs feel the squeeze

Nvidia's $150B bet and AI running the grid (and maybe the battlefield)

Hedge funds pile into AI as Nvidia pumps dividends — and Dogecoin barks

AI’s blind spots, rabies campaigns, and why to rinse mushrooms

From luxury dog walks to AI policing: small changes, big ripples

AI rules inch forward while sound and stories shape what we hear

California prepares for AI disruption as platforms reshape listening

From Google's always-on agents to a cougar at the front door

AI deepfakes, ShotSpotter debate, and dogs on edge

Musk’s OpenAI suit tossed, ticks and heat reshape dog walks

AI IPOs, BBC cuts, and bug hotels—what people are listening to now

Streams, scooters, and semiconductors: attention economy updates

Reading rebounds, AI reshapes work, and dogs steal the weekend

Altman on the stand, AI chips surge, and a nursery closes its gates

AI moves from labs to lunchboxes — and other tiny revolutions

AI moves into policing, pre-production, and the classroom

When AI shows up at dinner: copilots, job cuts and chip booms

AI’s growth pains — from datacenters to copyright fights

AI stress‑tests, 1,500 rescued beagles, and garden ants on the march

From AI agents to heroic dogs: what mattered today

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