Continuing my coverage of Dr. Craig Vanslyke’s PodIndy 2025 workshop, this episode dives into what he called the “gold” of AI — meta-prompting. I share Craig’s live demonstration of how asking AI to write its own prompts can generate powerful results, including his now-famous deep-research example that produced a 22-page, footnoted report in minutes. Craig also reminded creators to verify their results, to use AI for scaffolding ideas rather than replacing creativity, and to keep experimenting. I reflect on how these lessons reshape the way we plan, research, and build podcasts in an AI-driven world.

My blog post on this event can be found here: https://randallblack.com/blog/learning-to-be-more-you-with-ai-reflections-from-podindy-2025/.