SHIFT

Jennifer Strong
SHIFT
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    Assuming Breach and AI Agent Overreach

    07/01/2026 | 13 mins.
    Enterprises have been slogging through the AI adoption journey, but cybersecurity threat actors have been too. As the time from vulnerability discovery to breach effectively goes to zero, the new cybersecurity playbook is all about how fast you can recover. 

    We Meet:  
    Anneka Gupta is the Chief Product Officer at Rubrik 

    Credits:
    This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.
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    Building an Internet of Cognition

    06/24/2026 | 33 mins.
    AI agents already perform complex tasks, but they largely work alone, even when they're technically connected. But what if they could collectively learn from each other, and collaborate?  
    Our guest wants you to think about when that transition happened for people, with our own intelligence, some 70,000 years ago, when human intelligence stopped being a solo act and became something we did together.
    Our guest, Vijoy Pandey, runs Outshift by Cisco. He believes AI is standing at that exact threshold right now, and he's building the layer that gets it across the line. 
    A hundred million degrees Celsius. That’s the brutal reality of commercial fusion. This week, we’re sitting down with industry leaders to discuss the front lines of an energy revolution, from surviving extreme thermal stress to building brand-new supply chains.

    We Meet:  
    Vijoy Pandey is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Outshift by Cisco, the company's internal incubation engine for emerging technology. 

    Credits:
    This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

    This episode of SHIFT was brought to you by Outshift by Cisco.
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    The Race for Nuclear Fusion

    06/17/2026 | 26 mins.
    A hundred million degrees Celsius. That’s the brutal reality of commercial fusion. This week, we’re sitting down with industry leaders to discuss the front lines of an energy revolution, from surviving extreme thermal stress to building brand-new supply chains.

    We Meet:  
    Joe Paluska is the CMO of Commonwealth Fusion Systems
    Annie Kritcher is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Inertia
    Alice Brooks is a Board Member & Partner at Khosla Ventures
    Cary Forest is the Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer at Realta Fusion

    Credits:
    This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.
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    Meet the CIA's Former Digital Chief

    06/10/2026 | 22 mins.
    What do you think it would be like to lead AI efforts and the overall digital transformation of the CIA? This week, we find out as we dive into a world of espionage and secrets in the latest installment of our oral history project. 

    We Meet:  

    Retired Deputy CIA Director for Digital Innovation Jennifer Ewbank 

    Credits:
    This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.

    This episode originally aired in October 2025.
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    Quantum Computing’s Hardest Path Reaches a Breakthrough

    06/04/2026 | 22 mins.
    Microsoft EVP Jason Zander on the materials breakthrough that closed the gap, how AI agents cut the roadmap in half, and why he believes quantum's real job might be to make AI smarter.

    We Meet:  
    Microsoft EVP of Discovery & Quantum Jason Zander 

    Credits:
    This episode of SHIFT was produced by Jennifer Strong with help from Emma Cillekens. It was mixed by Garret Lang, with original music from him and Jacob Gorski. Art by Meg Marco.
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About SHIFT
Hosted by Jennifer Strong, SHIFT is a weekly podcast taking a closer look at the far-reaching impact of automation on our daily lives.From policy to process, we seek to understand how lives are changing alongside rapid breakthroughs in frontier technologies and artificial intelligence. Join us as we navigate the challenges and opportunities presented by this reshaped reality.
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