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ON_Discourse

ON_Discourse

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The ON_Discourse Podcast is where leaders shaping the future of AI, media, and business come to think out loud.


Hosted by Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Matt Chmiel, each episode draws from the private Group Chats inside ON_Discourse, a community of C-suite leaders, founders, and innovators who challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse.


Less an interview and more an experiment in modern conversation, the show explores how emerging technologies like AI are reshaping leadership, creativity, and culture, grounded in real-world experiences from the people building the future.


If you’re a business leader, innovator, or curious thinker looking to understand how AI and technology are changing what it means to build, lead, and create, this is the room you want to be in.


Learn more about joining the community at ondiscourse.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes
  • Dan Gets Roasted
    Dec 23 2025

    Dan, Toby, and Chmiel end the year by flipping the script. After letting Dan respond to everyone else's provocations in a previous episode, this time Toby and Chmiel throw Dan's hottest takes, weirdest perspectives, and biggest contradictions right back in his face. From his prediction that linear TV advertising would be dead by now to his thoughts on gobbledygook and autonomous cars, Dan defends (or admits he got wrong) his most memorable moments from the past year.


    Details of the show:


    • Dan's contradictions on generated slop
    • The transformative influence of ChatGPT in 5 years (but not now)
    • What "transformative" actually means at CES
    • How to pronounce gobbledygook

    About ON_Discourse


    ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse.


    As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


    Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    48 mins
  • Disney, Sora, IP, and Gobbledygook
    Dec 17 2025

    Dan, Toby, and Chmiel invite two last-minute guests with competing perspectives about the future of IP and AI. On one side is Craig Elimeliah, Chief Creative Officer at Code and Theory who wrote a provocative LinkedIn post that Eriq Gardner, Founding Partner at Puck (and Dan's brother) called "gobbledygook spit out by a machine."


    Details of the show:


    • Why Craig thinks Disney's Sora deal represents a fundamental shift in how IP works
    • Eric's skepticism about whether this is meaningful change or just corporate partnership jargon
    • Whether "invitation to participate" is a real framework or just nice-sounding language
    • Why media companies are scrambling to figure out AI deals before they understand what they're dealing with

    About ON_Discourse


    ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse.


    As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


    Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    48 mins
  • 2026 Provocations, Not Predictions
    Dec 9 2025

    Dan, Toby, and Chmiel break down their 3rd annual Provocations Not Predictions event, where ON_Discourse members submit their most challenging questions for the year ahead. In this episode, they debate whether AI will actually deliver transformative change in 2026 or if we're stuck automating yesterday's workflows with tomorrow's tools.


    Details in the show:


    • Why provocations force harder thinking than predictions
    • The difference between automating old processes and fundamentally changing how we work
    • Whether new hardware (glasses, wristbands, connected ecosystems) will actually ship in 2026
    • Why we might already have everything we're going to get
    • What it means when three years after ChatGPT, the only real change is tactical efficiency

    About ON_Discourse


    ON_Discourse is a private community of C-suite leaders, investors, and innovators who come together to challenge assumptions, sharpen ideas, and drive transformation through discourse.


    As an experiment in modern discourse, the show’s hosts co-founders, Toby Daniels, Dan Gardner, and Head of Discourse, Matt Chmiel, explore how emerging technologies, such as AI are reshaping business, creativity, and culture, grounded in the real-world experiences that emerge from our community’s private Group Chats.


    Learn more about becoming part of the community: ondiscourse.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    28 mins
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