{"podcast":{"title":"The ShiftShapers Podcast","slug":"the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968","podcast_index_feed_id":1089968,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2045524.rss","website_url":"http://www.shiftshapersonline.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/fvwr8v1pwsksxqclj4477ggzuj9o?.jpg","author":"David Saltzman","episode_count":555,"summary":"Change either paralyzes or energizes - the choice is yours. Hear from businesses and entrepreneurs who have become energized and who have profited by shaping the shifts in their markets and practices. Become a SHIFTSHAPERS INSIDER and get our latest download, advance notice of all podcasts, podcast summaries, and special INSIDER-ONLY content. INSIDER SIGN UP","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968"},"episode":{"title":"EP 538 From Buggy Whips To AI - with Julian Lago, Benepower","slug":"ep-538-from-buggy-whips-to-ai-with-julian-lago-benepower","published_at":"2025-11-18T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968/ep-538-from-buggy-whips-to-ai-with-julian-lago-benepower","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2045524/episodes/18171012-ep-538-from-buggy-whips-to-ai-with-julian-lago-benepower.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2045524/episodes/18171012-ep-538-from-buggy-whips-to-ai-with-julian-lago-benepower.mp3","summary":"What if benefits work leaped from horse‑and‑buggy speed to highway pace? We sit down with Julian Lago, co‑founder and CEO of BenePower, to explore how AI is already compressing days of quoting, enrollment, and service into minutes—and what that means for brokers, HR leaders, and members who need clear answers right now. We dig into the practical side of agentic AI and retrieval‑augmented generation: how specialized models fetch plan rules, accumulators, and pending claims to answer real‑worl...","meta_description":"What if benefits work leaped from horse‑and‑buggy speed to highway pace? We sit down with Julian Lago, co‑founder and CEO of BenePower, to explore how AI…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1527,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968/episodes/ep-538-from-buggy-whips-to-ai-with-julian-lago-benepower/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-shiftshapers-podcast-1089968/ep-538-from-buggy-whips-to-ai-with-julian-lago-benepower.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}