{"podcast":{"title":"Big Questions with Cal Fussman","slug":"big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404","podcast_index_feed_id":9404,"rss_url":"https://bigquestions-calfussman.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.calfussman.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/6/a/2/26a240670f26b2b2/bigquestions.jpg","author":"Midroll Media","episode_count":446,"summary":"As a bestselling author, speaker and one of the greatest interviewers of this generation, Cal Fussman has sat down with some of the world's most influential individuals: Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Serena Williams, Jeff Bezos, Jack Welch, John Wooden, Al Pacino and hundreds of others, digging deep into their hearts and delivering their wisdom to the rest of the world. Now, in Big Questions, Cal continues his journey. Uncovering the heart, head, and soul of his guests in thoughtful, deep and entertaining conversations.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T16:19:42.182101+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404"},"episode":{"title":"The Year A Genius Couldn't Keep Up","slug":"the-year-a-genius-couldn-t-keep-up","published_at":"2025-12-30T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404/the-year-a-genius-couldn-t-keep-up","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404","url":"https://bigquestions-calfussman.libsyn.com/the-year-a-genius-couldnt-keep-up","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bigquestions-calfussman/Big_Questions-S04-157-RubiksCube-V02.mp3?dest-id=767084","summary":"Imagine a mind that can solve a Rubik's Cube in 17 seconds. A mind that contributed to the development of OpenAI. A mind that directed AI for Elon Musk at Tesla. A mind named one of Time Magazine's Top 100 in artificial intelligence. Now imagine that same mind encountering recent, almost \"alien\" advances in programming—so startling they prompted a public admission: \"I have never felt so behind. \" If someone like that can't keep up, what does it mean for the rest of us? We're entering a world we may not soon recognize. F or Cal, that realization leads to a simple conclusion: T his New Year isn't about racing machines—it's about reclaiming what they can't replace.","meta_description":"Imagine a mind that can solve a Rubik's Cube in 17 seconds. A mind that contributed to the development of OpenAI. A mind that directed AI for Elon Musk at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":573,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404/episodes/the-year-a-genius-couldn-t-keep-up/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-questions-with-cal-fussman-9404/the-year-a-genius-couldn-t-keep-up.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}