{"podcast":{"title":"Archispeak","slug":"archispeak-774431","podcast_index_feed_id":774431,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/archispeak/","website_url":"https://www.archispeakpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/51874255-1540-4050-87cd-56c1b26a0c1a/IBkuLER64e1L0HH0ZhKF8inI.jpg","author":"Evan Troxel & Cormac Phalen","episode_count":392,"summary":"Archispeak is one of architecture's longest-running podcasts — 383 episodes of honest, unfiltered conversation about what it's actually like to work in the profession. Since 2012, architects Evan Troxel and Cormac Phalen have been exploring design, career, firm culture, tools, work/life balance, mentoring, generational differences, and job hunting — everything that comes with building a life in architecture. This isn't a highlight reel. It's the conversation architects actually have — about the hard parts of practice, the moments that define a career, and the things no one tells you in architecture school. Built for architecture students, emerging architects, and seasoned professionals who want honest perspective on the profession. Topics include architecture career and job searching, design process and critique, firm culture, work/life balance in architecture, architecture tools and software, mentoring and professional development, generational differences in architecture firms, and candid interviews with architects and industry leaders. 375+ episodes. Since 2012. Visit archispeakpodcast.com for more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T22:21:08.761219+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/archispeak-774431"},"episode":{"title":"#382 - AI, Meetings, and the Architecture Grind","slug":"382-ai-meetings-and-the-architecture-grind","published_at":"2025-12-01T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/archispeak-774431/382-ai-meetings-and-the-architecture-grind","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/archispeak-774431","url":"https://archispeakpodcast.com/episodes/382","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/83ce5a2a-147d-4ff5-a075-5c7d11ef78aa.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Archispeak, we pull back the curtain on what modern practice actually feels like when AI, meetings, and the architecture grind all collide. We talk about coming back from travel feeling not three weeks behind but three months, calendars that look like Tetris played on hard mode, and what happens when you join a call and realize you’re the only human in a grid full of AI note-takers. Cormac and Evan dig into how AI meeting companions, transcripts, and recordings change the way we think, remember, and take responsibility for decisions—and why it’s getting harder to even know where the “real” record of a project lives when it’s scattered across Zoom chats, email, Revit, and shared drives. From there, we zoom out to the bigger question: what this nonstop communication and tool-stack chaos is doing to actual design work, mentorship, and the next generation coming up inside firms. We wrestle with whether AI is really relieving the grind or quietly raising expectations so everyone is “on” all the time, and we talk honestly about boundaries, attention, and how to carve out space for deep work in the middle of the mess. ----- Have a question for the hosts? Ask it at AskArchispeak.com Thank you for listening to Archispeak. For more episodes please visit https://archispeakpodcast.com . Support Archispeak by making a donation .","meta_description":"In this episode of Archispeak, we pull back the curtain on what modern practice actually feels like when AI, meetings, and the architecture grind all coll…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3208,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/archispeak-774431/episodes/382-ai-meetings-and-the-architecture-grind/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/archispeak-774431/382-ai-meetings-and-the-architecture-grind.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}