960: In Case You Missed It in December 2025
For 2026’s first episode of In Case You Missed It (ICYMI), Jon Krohn selects 6 clips from December for a wide-ranging look at the current state of AI in business and beyond. Hear from Joel Beasley (Episode 945), Jeff Li (Episode 947), Sandy Pentland (Episode 949), Josh Clemm (Episode 951), Penelope LaFeuille (Episode 952), and John Roese (Episode 953) on ensuring your AI systems get adopted and succeed in their goals, interesting ways to use AI for standup comedy routines, and more.
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945: AI is a Joke, with Joel Beasley
Is there humor in data? Joel Beasley, host of Modern CTO, tells Jon Krohn how he used AI to turn his sights to stand-up comedy. He also shares his tips on tech leadership that he learned from his popular podcast, Modern CTO, and how he is using generative AI as a collaborative partner in his creative work.
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In this episode you will learn:
(02:14) Joel Beasley on his comedy career
(19:04) Applying the ‘memory palace’ technique
(22:28) About The Modern CTO Podcast
(36:24) Leadership advice from The Modern CTO
S20:E3 - How to think like a CTO (Joel Beasley)
In this episode, we talk about how to think like a CTO with Joel Beasley, author of Modern CTO, and host of the Modern CTO podcast. Joel talks about getting hit by a car when he was younger and using that rehabilitation period to learn how to code, selling his first technology at the age of 18 for one million dollars, and what he’s learned from interviewing so many CTO’s.
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Joel began writing code at age 13 selling his first technology by age 18 for one million dollars. In his first three transactions, he developed key relationships and began working with Investors and Chief Technology Officers collaborating and building products in Real Estate, Law, Finance, and Fitness. Today, Joel is a Chief Technologist with clients from Startups up to Billion dollar companies. Joel maintains majority ownership of a highly selective App Development Firm Logic17. Joel has a clear vision and passion for modern technology, placing him as one of the most exciting Chief Technology Officers to watch out for.
Joel Beasley from Modern CTO, Part Two
Joel Beasley is the host of Modern CTO, a podcast with guests coming from IBM, Microsoft, Nasa, Reddit, and hundreds of others. Joel and I have wanted to have this discussion for a long time, and we finally found the right overlap to do it!
You can learn more about Modern CTO at https://moderncto.io and listen to this episode in the alternate podcast universe here.
Thanks for joining me on Developer Tea, Joel!
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Joel Beasley from Modern CTO
Joel Beasley is the host of Modern CTO, a podcast with guests coming from IBM, Microsoft, Nasa, Reddit, and hundreds of others. Joel and I have wanted to have this discussion for a long time, and we finally found the right overlap to do it!
You can learn more about Modern CTO at https://moderncto.io and listen to this episode in the alternate podcast universe here.
Thanks for joining me on Developer Tea, Joel!
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📮 Join the Discord
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