Speaking
Book me to speak
Keynotes, panels, and podcast guest spots on podcasting, building AI people trust, and growing something real from nothing. Every talk is shaped to the room. I tell it straight, with stories that stick.
What I talk about
Six talks, one through-line
A reporter finds the question nobody is asking. A builder ships the answer nobody has built. I found the first one in a dorm room in 2008, and I'm still chasing the second. These are starting points, not scripts. Tell me your audience and I will shape the talk to fit it.
01Origins
I pioneered a genre
In 2008 I was a college freshman with a microphone and a problem nobody was talking about. That show helped start true crime podcasting. What nearly two decades of it taught me about audience, truth, and the responsibility that comes with telling someone else's story.
02AI people trust
Building AI that real people actually use
I design AI products and ship them to production myself. The hard part is never getting an AI to answer. It is making it refuse to guess, show its work, and hand a person the wheel at the right moment. How to build AI a professional will put their name on.
03Small business
AI and automation, without the buzzwords
How a small or mid-size business can use AI and automation to win back its time and compete with companies ten times its size. Practical, grounded, and honest about what the tools can and cannot do yet.
04Media
Building a media company from nothing
Lessons from growing one dorm-room show into a six-show network with more than 1,500 episodes. Content, team, money, and the decisions that matter more than the download count.
05Story
Storytelling is a business skill
The strongest leaders, sellers, and consultants are storytellers first. How narrative structure works inside a pitch, a presentation, or a brand, and why the people who use it tend to win the room.
06Listening
The question underneath the question
Most organizations do not have a process problem. They have a conversation nobody wants to have. What journalism, building, and coaching all taught me about finding the real question instead of fixing the symptom.
For organizers
What you need to book me
High-resolution headshot on request
Every talk is shaped to your audience, from a keynote stage to a small team offsite. More on the background: /story
Quick facts
- Pioneered true crime podcasting in 2008
- Founder of the Myths and Malice network, six shows
- More than 1,500 episodes published
- Founder of Margin, AI and automation for small business
- Full-stack engineer who designs and ships his own AI to production
- Nearly two decades in investigative media
- Based in Wabash, Indiana
Where I have spoken
National stages, from CrimeCon to Podcast Movement
True crime
CrimeCon
The largest true crime event in the country. I have spoken there multiple times, on the craft of the work and on building shows an audience trusts.
Podcasting
Podcast Movement
The biggest gathering in podcasting. I have shared what I learned building a six-show network and the systems that run it.
Let's get a date on the calendar
Speaking inquiries, press requests, and podcast guest invitations all start the same way. Tell me about your audience and what you want them to walk away with, and I will get you a headshot, a bio, or a talk title fast.