{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI After 50","title":"AI After 50 - Episode #9 - The Relaunch - Creating a Publishing Company Using AI","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f31d2f5f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":757,"description":"AI After 50 — Episode #9  - Show Notes\nTITLE\nEpisode #   9\nRecorded: 09/24/2026\nHosts: Mark Tennant\n\nEpisode Summary: AI After 50 is back with a new direction. Instead of talking about artificial intelligence in the abstract, Mark is using it to build something real—and inviting listeners to follow the process from the inside.\nIn this relaunch episode, Mark introduces The Lake & Grape Weekly, a local newsletter he created for visitors to Ohio Wine Country. With Claude as his AI collaborator, he turned a 15-year-old idea into a working publishing operation complete with an audience strategy, editorial mission, content database, writing guidelines, weekly workflow, and social media system.\nThis is not a polished overnight-success story. Mark also shares the mistakes that reached real subscribers, including a design problem that affected the newsletter’s first five issues. His lesson is simple: building with AI is an iterative process. Every mistake can become a rule that improves the system the next time around.\nGoing forward, AI After 50 will document what it actually looks like to build with AI—what works, what fails, and how experience and good judgment become even more valuable when paired with the speed and structure AI provides.\n\nKey Takeaways: \nAI is most useful when it helps you build something real, not merely discuss possibilities.\nYou do not need a technical background to work effectively with AI. Curiosity, judgment, and subject-matter knowledge are more important.\nStart with a conversation about your idea instead of immediately asking AI to produce a finished product.\nA clearly defined audience makes every later decision easier, including content, voice, format, and promotion.\nA strong editorial mission helps you decide what belongs in your publication—and what does not.\nSaved instructions, reference files, and repeatable workflows prevent you from starting from scratch each week.\nMistakes are part of building. When something goes wrong, determine why...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yDnd1ifPBLCtVzMUlCR4V9QSqMNthzQU4o9C4QfxbrA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80YmY1/NzM2ZGJiYzM2NDdj/ZGI1NTU4MzE4ODQy/YjM4MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}