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Stop Prompting. Start Building AI Workflows.
Jun 21, 2026
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Grow Your Business Discoverability With AI
Jun 14, 2026
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"Hey Claude, How Do I Start My Business?"
Jun 7, 2026
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The $21 Billion Secret AI Can Now Help You Replicate
May 31, 2026
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Stop Apologizing for Hustling and Start Using AI to Win
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/21/26 | Stop Prompting. Start Building AI Workflows. | Ever tried AI once, got a "meh" answer, and quietly decided it wasn't for you? Same. Joe Downs and Peter Swain explain why most people bounce off AI: they try a prompt instead of building a system. Peter breaks down the exact AI workflow that cut three hours off his day and drove $30,000 in two weeks, a daily storytelling email he voice-dictates in ten minutes and hands to his agent. You'll learn why you should do the work manually first, then let Claude or ChatGPT turn it i... | 53m 38s | ||||||
| 6/14/26 | Grow Your Business Discoverability With AI | What if customers could find your business before they even knew what to search for? Joe Downs and Peter Swain unpack how AI is rewriting discovery, why 60% of Google searches now end without a single click, and why that's the biggest reset for small business since the internet itself. Peter runs a live head-to-head between his AI assistant and Google (spoiler: Google gets embarrassed), explains GEO, the new frontier of marketing with AI, and shows how hyper-niche businesses... | 53m 43s | ||||||
| 6/7/26 | "Hey Claude, How Do I Start My Business?"✨ | starting a businessAI tools+3 | — | ClaudeChatGPT | — | business ideaAI+5 | — | 51m 19s | |
| 5/31/26 | The $21 Billion Secret AI Can Now Help You Replicate✨ | AIbusiness growth+3 | — | — | New York City | AIbusiness strategy+5 | — | 46m 33s | |
| 5/24/26 | Stop Apologizing for Hustling and Start Using AI to Win✨ | hustle cultureAI workflows+3 | — | — | — | hustlingAI+3 | — | 54m 13s | |
| 5/17/26 | How Entrepreneurs Use AI to Do Common Things Uncommonly Well✨ | AI in businessentrepreneurship+3 | — | ClaudeChatGPT | — | AI toolsbusiness growth+5 | — | 51m 44s | |
| 5/10/26 | How AI Helps You Admit What You Don't Know and Build Trust Doing It✨ | trust buildingAI workflows+3 | Peter Swain | Simon Sinek quote | — | trustAI+5 | — | 48m 00s | |
| 5/3/26 | AI Prompts to Find Your Secret Sauce Before You Waste More Time✨ | AIbusiness growth+3 | Joe DownsPeter Swain | — | — | AI promptsbusiness strategy+3 | — | 45m 39s | |
| 4/26/26 | The Good, Better, Best AI Workflow for Smarter Cold Outreach✨ | cold outreachAI in business+3 | Peter Swain | — | — | cold emailAI workflow+3 | — | 43m 51s | |
| 4/19/26 | Is Your Business Irreplaceable? AI Can Find That Out✨ | AIbusiness strategy+3 | Peter Swain | Bob Mesta | — | AIbusiness irreplaceability+3 | — | 1h 01m 13s | |
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| 4/12/26 | They Made $42M With a Simple Funnel… Here's the AI Version✨ | sales funnelAI+3 | Joe DownsPeter Swain | ClaudeManus+1 | — | sales funnelAI business growth+4 | — | 35m 13s | |
| 4/5/26 | The AI Playbook to Scale Without Playing It Safe✨ | AI toolsbranding+3 | Peter Swain | Red Bull | — | AIbusiness growth+5 | — | 39m 02s | |
| 3/22/26 | The No-Nonsense AI Workflow for Entrepreneurs | What if the AI tool you bought was designed…on purpose…to never be used? Joe Downs and Peter Swain start the episode with a gut-punch of a question: what if that shiny AI tool gathering digital dust on your desktop wasn't $20 a month... it was $400,000? That's a real story. And the reason it failed has nothing to do with technology. Joe and Peter answer a listener question about all-in-one AI subscription bundles… and why most of them are thin wrappers around outdated models built... | 49m 17s | ||||||
| 3/15/26 | Is Success Costing You Your Life? AI Can Help You Get It Back | What if the real cost of entrepreneurship is not just stress, but the life moments you miss while trying to hold everything together? Joe Downs and Peter Swain unpack two challenges that hit entrepreneurs hard: being constantly pulled back into the business and struggling to say no when people need something from you. Using a vacation rental manager’s story as the jumping off point, they explore how AI tools like knowledge bases, support systems, and role play prompts can help rec... | 43m 48s | ||||||
| 3/8/26 | Why Doesn't AI Know What Day It Is? (And How to Fix It) | Ever yelled at your GPS because it sent you down a road that no longer exists? That's basically what's happening when your AI assistant confidently gets the date wrong. Joe Downs and Peter Swain tackle one of AI's most hilariously frustrating quirks: it doesn't know what day it is. But Peter makes a compelling case that it's actually a feature, not a bug…sort of. Along the way, they unpack AI workflows for 401k rebalancing, family chore wars, memory movies, and a career GPS for em... | 40m 02s | ||||||
| 3/1/26 | You're an Expert and You Don't Even Know It…AI Can Prove It | Ever feel like everyone else has some special skill worth selling but you're just… doing your job? Here's the thing: you're wrong. This episode is all about the expertise you've built up over years of showing up, solving problems, and figuring things out…the stuff that feels so natural to you that you've completely stopped seeing it as valuable. Joe Downs and Peter Swain walk you through how to use AI to pull that hidden knowledge out of your head, sharpen it into something people... | 34m 44s | ||||||
| 2/27/26 | Successful Idiots podcast TRAILER | If you think you are an idiot and still want success, we can help with the second part. Successful Idiots is the podcast for ambitious professionals who want to use AI to build profitable side hustles without quitting their job. AI powered freedom for real people. Hosted by Joe Downs and Peter Swain, the show gives you a flight-simulator style classroom for AI. You start with simple personal uses of AI that build confidence fast. You learn how to think differently about AI so you can trust it... | 1m 02s | ||||||
| 2/22/26 | The AI Cheat Code Your Coworkers Don't Know Yet | Ever stared at a blank email wondering how to phrase something important, or walked into a meeting wishing you'd actually prepared? Well, you're not alone! Joe Downs and Peter Swain kick things off with the Dear Idiots mailbag, tackling a listener question from someone managing eight Airbnbs and planning a shipping container home using AI workflows to optimize both. Then they flip the script on the old "stay late and grind" career myth, showing how ChatGPT for business and Claude can ma... | 42m 26s | ||||||
| 2/15/26 | AI for Life's Tough Conversations | Ever wish you could outsource that awkward family talk to someone else? Joe Downs and Peter Swain dive deep into how AI can prep you for life’s toughest conversations, from asking for a raise to confronting aging parents about care. With practical examples, listener questions, and real-life stories (including how Peter used AI to co-parent from 3,000 miles away), they show how the right context and prompts can turn emotionally fragile moments into calm, productive outcomes. ... | 36m 38s | ||||||
| 2/8/26 | Planning the Moments That Matter (with AI) | Stop winging important moments and start planning them like a pro. Joe Downs and Peter Swain reveal how AI can transform last-minute panic into thoughtful, personalized experiences, whether you're planning a date night, corporate retreat, or Super Bowl party. Peter walks through a repeatable framework for feeding context into tools like Claude and ChatGPT to create meaningful plans that actually match the moment. The duo exposes how fear, procrastination, and outdated playbooks sabotage... | 33m 50s | ||||||
| 2/1/26 | Is AI the Secret Weapon for Busy Parents? | What if your fridge, your fitness plan, and your future business had an AI assistant? Joe and Peter unleash real-life ways to use AI as your behind-the-scenes genius…whether you're feeding picky kids, managing a student athlete's chaotic schedule, navigating adult life (hello, taxes and insurance), or finally testing out that big business idea at the kitchen table. From chicken nugget hacks to college soccer dreams and even negotiating with your AI like it's your life coach, this episod... | 38m 59s | ||||||
| 1/25/26 | One AI Hack That Will Kill Your Procrastination | What if the key to ending your procrastination is already in your pocket? Joe Downs and Peter Swain dive into the hidden power of AI as the ultimate procrastination killer. They explore how AI tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini can do more than brainstorm ideas…they can help you start the hard stuff you’ve been avoiding, whether it’s your taxes, overwhelming to-do lists, or a business idea that’s been sitting on the shelf. From personal stories of stuck moments to clever... | 37m 41s | ||||||
| 1/18/26 | Manus: The AI Tool That Works While You Sleep | What if your next employee was an AI who never sleeps and costs less than your daily coffee? Joe Downs and Peter Swain pull back the curtain on Manus…an AI powerhouse that doesn’t just chat, it works. Forget asking questions. Manus takes complex tasks, runs live research, coordinates agent teams like a digital orchestra, and delivers high-quality outputs while you're at your kid’s basketball game. From real estate reports to marketing assets for landscaping businesses, they ... | 35m 29s | ||||||
| 1/11/26 | Why Entrepreneurs Are Ditching ChatGPT for Claude | Is your AI actually making you dumber? Claude might just be the smartest partner you’ve never heard of. In this episode, Peter Swain and Joe Downs go deep into why Claude by Anthropic is their top pick for entrepreneurs looking to supercharge their workflow. They break down how Claude stacks up against ChatGPT and other AI models like Gemini, comparing usability, intelligence, and practical application for professionals. From business strategy and legal analysis to marketing... | 35m 20s | ||||||
| 1/4/26 | Why the Smartest AI Might Be the Rudest One | Is ChatGPT dead? Not quite…but Gemini just walked into the chat with a bigger brain and better friends. Joe Downs and Peter Swain unpack the evolving personalities of popular AIs like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok, and explain how each one fits (or flops) in real-world workflows. Whether you're an AI newbie wondering which tool to try, or a seasoned techie keeping tabs on the latest updates, this episode arms you with clarity, caution, and a couple of hilarious metaphors. ... | 34m 41s | ||||||
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