{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Media and the Machine","title":"Top Podcaster: AI Kills Info Podcasts—Not Personalities","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4282,"description":"My guest today is Chris Hutchins, host of the All the Hacks podcast — heard by over a million listeners, with more than 10 million downloads — ChatGPT describes Chris as “Tim Ferriss meets Mr. Beast with a spreadsheet.”He’s also founded and sold two companies — one to Google and the other to Wealthfront.In our conversation, Chris explains why AI could replace a huge number of podcasts — and which ones actually survive and why.He shares what he’s learning from a current test in which for the past 2 weeks he’s recorded everything he says (and I mean everything including conversations with his wife) .He shares how that experiment is changing how he thinks about the new way content will be created and consumed.He lays out a future where you don’t use apps at all — just one AI interface.He also breaks down a test where he used AI to read his podcast ads — and even his wife couldn't tell which was her husband and which was AIHe explains why he stopped using OpenClaw, even though it blew him away… and how his use of LLMs has completely flipped in the past year. Special thanks to Jay Clouse for connecting Chris and me through his amazing Creator Science Lab, including an event in Boise where Chris and I first sat down together. Speaking of that, this episode has a bonus second part. The first part you’re about to hear is purely on AI.But then at the end, I’ve included a separate, mostly uncut conversation we recorded last year where I asked Chris tactical questions I had myself on how to build a great podcast –I hadn’t yet launched mine. That bonus includes how he thinks about audio vs. video, when to start selling ads, how he picks which topics to work on, and how he prepared for his appearance on the Tim Ferriss showPlease enjoy my conversation, parts 1 and 2, with Chris Hutchins.Thx, Rob Kelly","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HFcKrDy4G3ckU9bjuMpsJ7q5fCZAR2rBgUQcovom8lk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMjUw/Mjk1Y2I5Nzg4Mzg3/YzZiMzk2YTQ4MTI3/NGE2ZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}