{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ClickPoint","title":"Curiosity, Connection & What’s in the Box with Betsy Corcoran","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f1e89f04\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2845,"description":"Welcome to ClickPoint, where we explore the intersection of education, technology, venture capital, and sustainability to uncover transformative possibilities.\n In this episode, host KwaKu Aning reconnects with Betsy Corcoran, cohost of the Future Fluent podcast. A former journalist and cofounder of Lede Labs, Betsy brings a lifelong relationship with technology—beginning with punch cards and vacuum tubes in her childhood—into today’s conversations about AI, literacy, and innovation.\n\nBetsy shares how growing up with a Cold War-era engineer father shaped her understanding of computers, curiosity, and future-thinking. They dive into the evolution of tech, the role of journalism in humanizing innovation, and the critical questions we should be asking as AI reshapes culture, learning, and society.\n\nFrom binary counting at the kitchen table to shaping the conversation around AI and equity, this episode is a warm, rich exploration of human connection through—and beyond—technology.\n\nKey Moments:\n\n00:00 | Welcome + Cozy Conversations by the Fire\n02:15 | How Personal History Shapes Tech Worldview\n05:49 | Second Grade Homework… on a Mainframe\n07:54 | Curiosity, Conversations, and the Influence of Dad\n11:06 | Parallel Processing, Play, and Thinking Ahead\n14:29 | KwaKu’s Parallel Story: Tech, Music & Motherhood\n16:28 | Asking Better Questions = Better Connections\n18:19 | Books, Verbal Processing & Intellectual Play\n20:57 | Jane Jacobs & Cross-Pollinating Ideas\n23:31 | Generalists, Songwriting, and Crafting Prompts\n27:56 | Early Web Days, Email, and Explaining Innovation\n32:42 | Metaphors, Meaning-Making & Community\n35:55 | The Big AI Questions: What’s in the Box?\n39:41 | The NYT Lawsuit, DOTA2, and Training Data\n42:55 | Kissinger, AI Ethics, and Building with Integrity\n44:21 | Introducing FutureFluent: Literacy in an AI World\n46:01 | Final Thoughts on Voice, Values, and Asking More\n\nFollow KwaKu Aning\n 🔗https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwakuaning\n\nFollow Betsy Corcoran\n 🔗...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LQnVz0bFqzGomi3mQOEJNaS83iQ0IG0bKfmRleJRBDU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNDI0/NzNlOWU5MWFkYWMx/N2M3ZWZmNGZlMDkx/ZDRmMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}