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Modern CTO is the #1 place where technology leaders and CTOs hang out. We live to bring tech leaders value. Listen in on our fun, intelligent and engaging podcast. We hang out with interesting and popular CTOs in Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics + Many more industries. All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast. What do you think of the show? Let us know here!

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What is Modern CTO about?

Modern CTO is the place where technology leaders and CTOs hang out. We live to bring tech leaders value. Listen in on our fun, intelligent and engaging podcast. We hang out with interesting and popular CTOs in Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics + Many more industries. All of this, right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast.

What has Modern CTO covered recently?

Recent episodes include "Turning Constant Turnover Into a Strength with Sean Phelps of College Works" (26 October 2026, 47 minutes), "Beyond Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: Your Post-Quantum Game Plan, with Konstantinos Karagiannis" (22 October 2026, 41 minutes), and "Taming Shadow AI: A CTO’s Guide with Andrius Buinovskis, Head of Product at NordLayer" (19 October 2026, 41 minutes).

How often does Modern CTO publish?

Modern CTO publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 40 minutes across 958 episodes.

How hard is it to get booked on Modern CTO?

Booking probability for Modern CTO is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Modern CTO requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Modern CTO's contact route on record: verified email.

Who should pitch Modern CTO?

The strongest fits for Modern CTO are IT Services & Software Development and Business & Management Consulting. Modern CTO has a technology audience.

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Recent episodes

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    Turning Constant Turnover Into a Strength with Sean Phelps of College Works

    Oct 26, 202647 min

    What if preparing your people to move on is the secret to attracting great talent in the first place? Today, we're talking to Sean Phelps, President of College Works. We explore how to run a business where most of the...

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    Beyond Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: Your Post-Quantum Game Plan, with Konstantinos Karagiannis

    Oct 22, 202641 min

    What if the quantum threat everyone is preparing for isn't the one that will actually arrive first? Today, we're talking to Konstantinos Karagiannis, Senior Director of Quantum Computing Services at Protiviti. We...

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    Taming Shadow AI: A CTO’s Guide with Andrius Buinovskis, Head of Product at NordLayer

    Oct 19, 202641 min

    What if the biggest AI risk in your company is the tool your team quietly adopted last week? Today, we're talking to Andrius Buinovskis, VP Product Strategy at NordLayer. We explore how shadow IT evolved into shadow AI...

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    Resurrecting a Woolly Mammoth with Eriona Hysolli of Colossal

    Oct 17, 202655 min

    Today we’re talking to Eriona Hysolli, Head of Biological Sciences at Colossal Biosciences; and we discuss how Colossal is working on bringing wooly mammoths back from extinction, the role de-extinction will play in...

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    Tech Titans: Lessons From Shipping Felix AI to Market with Mario Ciabarra, CEO of Quantum Metric

    Oct 15, 202617 min

    Today, we're talking to Mario Ciabarra, founder and CEO of Quantum Metric. We discuss why a generative AI demo that works in an afternoon proves almost nothing, how testing ten ideas against real customers beats betting...

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    Theoretical Computer Scientist: AI Just Changed Math Forever, with Scott Aaronson

    Oct 12, 20261h 4m

    What’s left for humans to do once AI is better at solving problems than we are? Today, we’re talking to Scott Aaronson, a theoretical computer scientist at UT Austin who has spent his career on quantum computing theory...

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    Reliability Without the Guesswork: Foresight AI with Kolton Andrus, CEO of Gremlin

    Oct 8, 202658 min

    The best reliability work is the kind nobody notices, and that's exactly why it deserves more credit. Today, we're talking to Kolton Andrus, founder and CEO of Gremlin. We discuss why the engineers who prevent fires...

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    Tech Titans: Agents Built Around People with Mohak Shroff, former SVP of Engineering at LinkedIn

    Oct 1, 202619 min

    Today, we're talking to Mohak Shroff, former SVP of Engineering at LinkedIn. We discuss why the smartest use of AI agents is giving professionals more agency rather than replacing them, how delegating to an agent should...

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    Tech Titans: How Can a Chatbot Steal a Model's Secrets? with Steve Orrin, Federal CTO at Intel

    Sep 28, 202618 min

    Everyone's arguing about whether AI will replace 90% of your job. Steve Orrin, federal CTO at Intel, says that's the wrong number to even be worried about. We discuss how a $25 million deepfake of a bank's own CFO...

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    Why High-Achieving Engineers Still Feel Something's Missing with Ben Fox, Career Coach for Engineers

    Sep 24, 202651 min

    Today, we're talking to Ben Fox, founder of Ben Fox Coaching. We discuss why financial independence alone rarely convinces a burnt-out engineering leader to actually quit, how leaving a toxic job works the same way as...

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    Tech Titans: Why Plans Fail and Strategy Doesn't with Seth Godin, Author of This Is Strategy

    Sep 21, 202618 min

    Today, we're talking to Seth Godin, author of This Is Strategy. We discuss why strategy is a philosophy of becoming rather than a plan to execute, how status, affiliation, and freedom from fear quietly drive almost...

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    Tech Titans: Funding and Building the Safest Nuclear Reactor with Matt Loszak, Aalo Atomics

    Sep 17, 202616 min

    A barrel of uranium holds as much energy as two million barrels of oil, and Matt Loszak, co-founder of nuclear startup Allo, thinks that's just the beginning. In this episode, Joel talks with Matt about building...

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    Demo Is Not Production, with Ajay Nair, GM of Elasticsearch and Platform at Elastic

    Sep 14, 202652 min

    Today, we're talking to Ajay Nair, General Manager of Elasticsearch and Platform at Elastic. We discuss why most AI hallucinations are really a search problem wearing a scarier name, how the industry's obsession with...

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    Tech Titans: Why Your Home Alarm Does Nothing to Stop a Crime with Dave “Selly” Selinger

    Sep 10, 202618 min

    Today, we're talking to David Selinger, founder and CEO of Deep Sentinel and co-founder of Redfin. We discuss why he's convinced that virtually every home security tool on the market does nothing to actually stop a...

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    Disruptor or Disrupted with Jason Silbergleit, Head of Americas at Classiq

    Sep 7, 202656 min

    Today, we're talking to Jason Silbergleit, Head of Americas at Classiq. We discuss why the biggest risk in quantum computing isn't moving too early but waiting too long, how the ChatGPT moment offers a preview of the...

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    Tech Titans: Solving Cloud Data Issues with Desikan Madhavanur, CPO & CTO at Capital One Software

    Sep 3, 202617 min

    Today, we're talking to Desikan Madhavanur, Chief Technology and Product Officer at Capital One Software. We discuss why the cloud has quietly resurrected the same data problems companies thought they'd solved decades...

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    Turning AI Hype into Store Ops: Manda Miller & Mariya Zorotovich (Toshiba & Intel)

    Aug 31, 202639 min

    Today, we're talking to Manda Miller of Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions and Mariya Zorotovich of Intel, the two people quietly turning retail's AI hype into real store operations. We discuss why conversational AI...

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    The CTO Extinction Event with Etienne de Bruin, Founder of Seven CTOs

    Aug 27, 202654 min

    Today, we're talking to Etienne, founder of Seven CTOs and author of the new book Refactor. We discuss why the CTOs who survive this next shift will be the ones who understand how LLMs actually work rather than the ones...

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    Stop Ripping Out Your Legacy Code with Alan Williamson, CTO

    Aug 24, 202643 min

    Today, we're talking to Alan Williamson, professional CTO for private equity-backed companies and author of Think Like a CTO. We discuss why the industry's $20-a-month AI subscriptions can't possibly cover a...

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    The Red Queen Problem with Anthony Scriffignano, PhD, Data Scientist

    Aug 20, 20261h 15m

    Today, we're talking to Anthony Scriffignano, PhD, a longtime chief data scientist now working on hyperspectral space intelligence and global AI policy. We discuss why AI has put technology leaders in what he calls a...

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