# Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095.md RSS feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/FGw2u5qj Official site: https://news.microsoft.com/tools-and-weapons-podcast/ Author: Microsoft Episodes: 38 ## Resource Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the world’s most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society. As a 30-year veteran of an industry driven by disruption, Brad Smith hosts candid conversations with his guests that examine, reframe, and explore potential solutions to the digital issues shaping our world today, including cybersecurity, privacy, digital inclusion, environmental sustainability, artificial intelligence, and human rights. ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095.md ## Episodes - [Special Edition: Tracking AI diffusion in Q1 2026](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/special-edition-tracking-ai-diffusion-in-q1-2026) — 2026-05-28T10:00:00+00:00 - [Ryan Roslansky: Turning AI Anxiety into Skills for the Future of Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/ryan-roslansky-turning-ai-anxiety-into-skills-for-the-future-of-work) — 2026-03-31T11:00:00+00:00 - [Everybody Goes Home: How technology is helping prevent wildfires from spreading](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/everybody-goes-home-how-technology-is-helping-prevent-wildfires-from-spreading) — 2026-03-12T12:00:00+00:00 - [His Excellency Khaldoon Al Mubarak: Investing in an AI-Driven World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/his-excellency-khaldoon-al-mubarak-investing-in-an-ai-driven-world) — 2026-02-12T12:00:00+00:00 - [Special Edition: Key findings from the Microsoft AI Diffusion Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/special-edition-key-findings-from-the-microsoft-ai-diffusion-report) — 2026-01-08T12:00:00+00:00 - [Ed Policy: How tech is changing the game in Green Bay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/ed-policy-how-tech-is-changing-the-game-in-green-bay) — 2025-11-20T16:15:00+00:00 - [Ted Sarandos: Netflix and how tech changed storytelling](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/ted-sarandos-netflix-and-how-tech-changed-storytelling) — 2025-10-23T15:25:00+00:00 - [Satya Nadella: Leading through the AI Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/satya-nadella-leading-through-the-ai-revolution) — 2025-05-16T10:00:00+00:00 - [Steve Ballmer: Scaling the digital revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/steve-ballmer-scaling-the-digital-revolution) — 2025-04-03T12:00:00+00:00 - [Bill Gates: Starting the Digital Revolution](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/bill-gates-starting-the-digital-revolution) — 2025-03-13T13:18:05+00:00 - [Jeffrey Ding: AI and the Rise of Great Powers](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/jeffrey-ding-ai-and-the-rise-of-great-powers) — 2025-02-12T19:18:15+00:00 - [Fei-Fei Li: Staying curious at the forefront of AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/fei-fei-li-staying-curious-at-the-forefront-of-ai) — 2025-01-21T08:00:00+00:00 - [Norma Kamali: From canvas to code, redefining creativity with AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/norma-kamali-from-canvas-to-code-redefining-creativity-with-ai) — 2024-12-09T05:00:00+00:00 - [Maria Ressa: Turning crisis into opportunity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/maria-ressa-turning-crisis-into-opportunity) — 2024-10-08T13:49:28+00:00 - [From What Now? with Trevor Noah: Why AI Won't Destroy Us with Microsoft's Brad Smith](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/from-what-now-with-trevor-noah-why-ai-won-t-destroy-us-with-microsoft-s-brad-smith) — 2024-08-29T18:02:25+00:00 - [Dr. Sultan Al Jaber: The connection between AI and energy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/dr-sultan-al-jaber-the-connection-between-ai-and-energy) — 2024-06-20T17:34:53+00:00 - [Bill Anderson: Using AI to combat hunger](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/bill-anderson-using-ai-to-combat-hunger) — 2024-04-04T07:00:00+00:00 - [The New AI Economy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/the-new-ai-economy) — 2024-03-06T15:09:07+00:00 - [Yves Ubelmann: Saving our heritage, one digital twin at a time](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/yves-ubelmann-saving-our-heritage-one-digital-twin-at-a-time) — 2024-02-08T17:23:15+00:00 - [U.S. Ambassador Nate Fick: Choosing a radio over a rifle in combat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/u-s-ambassador-nate-fick-choosing-a-radio-over-a-rifle-in-combat) — 2024-01-08T15:02:20+00:00 - [Ben Rhodes: The enduring power of language in the era of AI](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/ben-rhodes-the-enduring-power-of-language-in-the-era-of-ai) — 2023-11-30T17:18:18+00:00 - [His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama: The journey from gaming to government](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/his-excellency-omar-sultan-al-olama-the-journey-from-gaming-to-government) — 2023-10-04T07:00:00+00:00 - [U.S. Ambassador Meg Whitman: Leading with the right questions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/u-s-ambassador-meg-whitman-leading-with-the-right-questions) — 2023-09-07T07:00:00+00:00 - [Kevin Scott: Putting AI into the hands of people everywhere](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/kevin-scott-putting-ai-into-the-hands-of-people-everywhere) — 2023-08-03T16:51:21+00:00 - [First Vice President Nadia Calviño: Architecting Spain’s AI future](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tools-and-weapons-with-brad-smith-5565095/first-vice-president-nadia-calvi-o-architecting-spain-s-ai-future) — 2023-06-21T04:00:00+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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