Best Phil Maynard Podcasts (2025)

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The Skeptic Zone #895 - 30.November.2025 1:01:43

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:04:14 3i Atlas Update As Comet 3i Atlas emerges from behind the sun, we take a look at the latest news from NASA that confirms the object is not in fact being piloted by space racing aliens. Will this stop the UFO crowd from posting nonsense on social media? Avi Loeb is a Fraud Part 2 - Prof. Dave https://you…

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The Skeptic Zone #894 - 23.November.2025 1:08:48

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:07:18 The Think Tank Our international team spent time with Dr Siouxsie Wiles from New Zealand. Dr Siouxsie has been the victim of outrageous harassment after her efforts to promote vaccines and good science during the Covid-19 pandemic. Dr Siouxsie is joined by Adrienne Hill, Kat McLeod, Kate Thomas and Lar…

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Phil Hornby: Empower to Succeed: How to Make High‑Quality Decisions in Product - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:26

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Send us a text Welcome to another brisk Talk in Ten recorded live at this year's Productized conference. In this episode, Phil Hornby (founder of For Product People) explains why empowerment in product teams really means the ability to make decisions that stick — and how to raise the quality of those decisions. Key topics discussed: What a "high-qu…

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Isabel Novais Machado: Designing Privacy by Default: Why Cookie Banners Can't Be the Future - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:57

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Send us a text We’re honoured to partner again with the excellent Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal — a brilliant gathering of product leaders, designers and builders that consistently sets the bar for thoughtful, practical conversations. A huge thank you to Productized for hosting us and to Bobcats Coding for making this Lisbon series pos…

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Léa Samrani: The Art of Positive Friction: How Adding Steps Can Unlock Revenue - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 10:07

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Send us a text We’re honoured to partner with the extraordinary Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal. Productized consistently brings together the sharpest product thinkers and builders, and it’s a privilege to record our Talk in Ten series on location for the third year running. In this short, sharp conversation Lea Samrani (Director of Prod…

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The Skeptic Zone #893 - 16.November.2025 1:10:21

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 0:06:04 I Think We Need to Think. With Susan Gerbic An interview with Susan about her recent feature in major Australian newspapers talking about fake psychics. We also learn about her ongoing investigations into those giving psychic readings on the Internet and her ongoing efforts to improve Wikipedia. Susan's…

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Pippa Topp: Pockets of Brilliance: Small Behaviours, Big Product Impact - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 10:06

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Send us a text We’re thrilled to be back at the exceptional Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal — a world-class gathering for product thinkers, practitioners and leaders. It’s an honour to partner with Productized again and bring you a special series of ten-minute conversations recorded onsite. A huge thank you to Bobcats Coding for making t…

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Hugo Froes: Principles First: Simplifying Organizational Change - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 10:28

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Send us a text We're thrilled to be back at the outstanding Productized conference in Lisbon - a must-attend gathering for product people - and honoured to partner with them for the third year running. Productized brings practical, high-signal conversations from the global product community and Lisbon couldn't be a better host. In this Talk in Ten …

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Radhika Dutt: From Goals to Puzzles: A Different Way to Lead Product Teams - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 16:01

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Send us a text Productized in Lisbon is exceptional: thoughtful programming, a warm international community, and practical ideas you can use Monday morning. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and proud to bring you this special Talk-in-Ten series thanks to Bobcats Coding. In this short, sharp episode recorded on t…

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Rich Mironov: The Real Cost of AI — Valuations, Bottlenecks & Business Cases - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 18:43

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Send us a text We're honoured to partner with the Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal — an amazing conference for gathering for product leaders, designers and innovators. Productized consistently delivers thoughtful programming, practical takeaways and a warm, curious community. We're proud to be back for the third year running and grateful …

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The Skeptic Zone #892 - 9.November.2025 1:05:39

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:02:44 Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas This week Kate is interviewed at Skeptics in the Pub by Maynard. Kate Thomas on TikTok and Instagram https://linktr.ee/PrescribeorPass 0:18:28 Kinesiology and Applied Kinesiology We look at science versus quackery when it comes to Kinesiology and Applied Kinesiology. What is…

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Davide Colla: Talk in Ten: Surviving Creativity When AI Feels Like Competition - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:23

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Send us a text We're recording live from Lisbon at the exceptional Productized conference — an inspiring, high-calibre gathering for product people. We're honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and grateful for their commitment to building a thoughtful, practical community in Europe and beyond. In this Talk in Ten, we sit d…

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Blagoja Golubovski: Redesigning Product Orgs for the AI Era — Turn Your Team from Cost Center to Revenue Engine - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 10:36

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Send us a text In this Talk in Ten from Productised 2025, we sit down with Blagoja Golubovski (Head of Product, Usercentrics) to explore how product organisations must redesign themselves for the AI era. Together, they unpack the move from outputs to outcomes, how AI accelerates change, and why product teams must learn to speak the language of reve…

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David Pereira: Surviving AI: Product Strategy, Critical Thinking and Disruption - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 14:25

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Send us a text Live from Lisbon, this Talk in Ten returns from the incredible Productized conference — an energising, thoughtful gathering for product leaders. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making this Lisbon series possible. Productized in Portugal continues to be an outsta…

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Krasi Bozhinkova: Navigating the Unknown: Flip, Pivot, Hack - Practical Tactics for Product Teams - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:18

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Send us a text Productized in Lisbon, Portugal, continues to be one of the most inspiring product conferences in Europe — energetic, practical and full of cross-disciplinary ideas. We’re honoured to partner with Productized to bring live conversations from the stage to you. Recorded live at Productized 2025, this episode explores how product teams …

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The Skeptic Zone #891 - 2.November.2025 1:03:50

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:06:12 Orgone not Gone! Something that should've been confined to the trash bin of bad ideas a century ago is still skulking around our modern society. So-called "Orgone Energy", a fictitious magical force is being used to sell products to this day. We look at one website selling these devices and question wh…

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Kinga Magyar: Vibe Coding: Building Software with Natural Language - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 12:57

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Send us a text Productized Lisbon - an exceptional conference for product people. We're honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running - the energy, practical thinking and community in Lisbon make this event a must-attend for product leaders, and we're proud to bring you these live "Talk in Ten" conversations from the balcony. In t…

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Tami Reiss: Building the Muscle of Influence - How Product Leaders Get People to Act - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 12:36

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Send us a text Product Agility Podcast — Live from Productized, Lisbon We’re honoured to return to the Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal for the third year running. Productized is a world-class gathering for product thinkers and makers - and we're proud to partner with them to bring you this special Talk in Ten series. In this short, sharp…

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Preyash Shah: Designing Products for a Few: Navigating Enterprise Constraints & Customisation - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 10:49

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Send us a text We’re recording from the brilliant Productized conference in Lisbon — a must-attend for product leaders, designers and builders. Productized consistently delivers thoughtful programming, real-world case studies and a welcoming community. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year running and grateful to Bobcats Cod…

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Antonia Landi: Product Ops Masterclass: From Inertia to Impact - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 10:28

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Send us a text Productized Lisbon is exceptional - and we’re honoured to partner with them for the third year running. Welcome to a special Talk in Ten from the Product Agility Podcast, recorded live at Productized in Lisbon. In this rapid-fire conversation, we sit down with Antonia Landy about her workshop, Delivering Results: a product operations…

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Alex Howard: From Founder to Product Leader: The Series A Blueprint & Why Outcomes Matter in the AI Era - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:51

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Send us a text Productized Lisbon is world-class - inspiring sessions, brilliant community and hands-on conversations. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for the third year in a row. Welcome to a special Talk in Ten from the Product Agility Podcast, recorded live in Lisbon at Productized. In this rapid-fire episode, Alex Howard walks us thr…

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The Skeptic Zone #890 - 26.October.2025 54:47

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:04:44 3i Atlas Update As the interstellar comet streams through the inner solar system, we look at some of the claims about it being made on social media. Is the earth in danger? https://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comet/3I 00:13:50 Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas Not Wild about Wild Yams Wild yams are claimed to help …

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Chris Compston: Making the Product Shift: From Project Thinking to Organizational Capabilities - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:15

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Send us a text Product Agility — Live from Productized, Lisbon We're thrilled to record at the excellent Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal - a world-class gathering that consistently brings together the sharpest product minds. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for this series and grateful to our sponsor, Bobcats Coding, for making…

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Tobias Lichtenstern: Designing AI Service Experiences: Co-creation, Jobs-to-be-Done & Organisational Impact - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:18

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Send us a text Live from Productized Lisbon 2025 - Episode Snapshot Productized in Lisbon is a genuinely exceptional conference for product thinkers - energetic, practical and future-focused. We're honoured to partner with Productized for this live series, bringing short, sharp conversations from the workshop floor. In this 10-minute conversation, …

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Ayushman De Lang-Talwar: Stitching Systems and Sanity: Generative AI in Logistics and Mindful Product Leadership - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 12:48

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Send us a text Live from Productized, Lisbon — a conference we think is exceptional. Productized brings together the sharpest product thinkers in a city built for ideas, and we're honoured to partner with them again for this live series. In this short Talk in 10 episode, we sit down at Productized to explore how generative AI is changing logistics,…

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Jason Knight: Product Management Isn’t Like the Books — and That’s Okay - Productised 2025 TalkInTen 10:14

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Send us a text Live from Productized Lisbon: The Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal is one of the most energising gatherings for product leaders — insightful, practical and human. We’re honoured to partner with Productized for this series and grateful to Bobcats Coding for making our Lisbon episodes possible. Welcome to a concentrated Talki…

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The Skeptic Zone #889 - 19.October.2025 1:05:09

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders and Maynard 00:07:00 Auras Is there really an invisible "energy field" of swirling colours surrounding all living things? What happens when this claim is put to a scientific test? Find out as we explore the strange world of auras and aura diagnosis. Joe Nickell - Report https://skepticalinquirer.org/2000/05/aur…

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Tamas Kokeny: Designing for Token Economics: Practical AI Cost Strategy and Experimentation - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 13:29

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Send us a text Product Agility Podcast — Live from Productized, Lisbon We're delighted to be back at the outstanding Productized conference in Lisbon — a world-class event that brings together product leaders, designers and builders to share the latest thinking in product strategy and org design. We're honoured to partner with Productized and grate…

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Arne Kittler: Intentional Leadership in the AI Age: Avoiding Autopilot in Product Work - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 9:44

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Send us a text We’re honoured to partner with the outstanding Productized conference in Lisbon, Portugal — a world-class event that brings together curious, practical product leaders. It’s a privilege to return for our third year and capture quick, sharp conversations with the people shaping product today. In this Talk in Ten we sit down with Arne …

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Bruce McCarthy: Connecting the Dots: Product Leadership & Managing Uncertainty - Productized 2025 TalkInTen 11:31

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Send us a text Live from Productized Lisbon - a world-class conference for product people. Productized is one of the best product conferences in Europe: thoughtfully run, intensely practical and full of senior product leaders sharing real-world tactics. We're honoured to partner with Productized in Lisbon, it's an exceptional event for learning, co…

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The Skeptic Zone #888 - 12.October.2025 1:01:28

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:02:34 Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas Wellness Patches This week, pharmacist and skeptic Kate Thomas takes a look at the latest sticky health trend - "transdermal" wellness patches promising everything from boosted metabolism to Ozempic-like weight loss. Kate explains why none of these ingredients can actually m…

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The Skeptic Zone #887 - 5.October.2025 1:01:41

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders. Also the winners of the Australian Skeptics Awards for 2025, live from Skepticon Melbourne with Tim Mendham. 00:09:44 Divination We look at the claim that some people can foretell future events via divination. From historical references to this "art" to the many, many different and interesting practices and de…

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AI Revolution: The Journey of Bobcats Coding (with Barbara Varga-Baráth & Barbara Fazekas) 43:09

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Send us a text In this episode, Ben Maynard is joined by Barbara Varga Baráth CEO and Barbara Fazekas Chief Delivery Officer of Bobcats Coding, the AI-first product studio born from a coding bootcamp network and market testing. From Taekwondo mats and finance spreadsheets to context engineering pipelines and lightning-fast MVPs, the Barbaras share …

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The Skeptic Zone #886 - 28.September.2025 1:04:09

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:04:56 You Can Count on Adrienne. With Adrienne Hill This week Adrienne takes us to Portugal on a trip of discovery of the local superstitions. Find out what happened when they tried to rid a city of black cats! Also we hear about the "Miracle at Fatima". 0:20:48 Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas This week Kate tak…

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The Skeptic Zone #885 - 21.September.2025 1:00:19

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders and Maynard 00:05:58 Woo Watch! With Kate Thomas We interview Pharmacist Kate Thomas, a rising TikTok star from Sydney who fights medical misinformation with commonsense and humour. https://www.tiktok.com/@prescribeorpass https://www.tiktok.com/@debunkingbarbara https://www.instagram.com/scriptedbykate 0:18:34 …

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The Skeptic Zone #884 - 14.September.2025 1:01:28

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders 00:03:00 Cryptozoology We take a look into the history and likelihood of strange creatures roaming the earth, yet to be discovered by science. Tall tales from our ancestors and adventurous hunts throughout the world are examined. Is Bigfoot really there? 0:13:46 Prescribe or Pass Sometimes the rabbit hole of Ti…

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The Skeptic Zone #883 - 7.September.2025 53:59

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0:00:00 Introduction Richard Saunders and Tim Mendham 00:06:06 A Look into the Stars We take a sceptical look at the claims and promises of the age old practice of Astrology. Can the stars and planets really predict your future or influence your characteristics? 0:17:50 Gone and Forgotten #1 Over the years of skeptical inquiry (and after quite a fe…