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The In-Between Tech and Trust Podcast
How do we build, break, and rebuild trust in a world shaped by technologies? The In-Between Tech & Trust is a weekly conversation about the human side of tech. Host Eva Simone Lihotzky, founder of raidiant (responsible AI advisory), talks with guests from business, politics, neuroscience, and tech about what they have learned about trust, and what they would pass on to you. Eva was formerly co-founder and MD of the Serviceplan AI Lab, holds the Global Moral Chair at the Value AI Institute and…
Episodes
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastWhy Trust Retreats Into Our Own Circles: Optimism, Transformation and the Empathy AI Is Missing - Nils Giese, Edelman Germany (EP 47)
🎙️Nils Giese, CEO, Edelman Germany Only 8% of people in Germany believe the next generation will be better off, and Nils Giese, CEO of Edelman Germany, calls…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAn Internet Full of AI Agents: Building Trust for an Agent-Driven Web - Charles Maddock, Strawberry (EP 46)
🎙️ Charles Maddock, Co-Founder & CEO, Strawberry Charles Maddock expects an internet full of AI agents working inside our own accounts, and as CEO of the…
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The Doom and Gloom of AI: Fears, Facts and Hopes about the Current State in Tech - Eva Simone Lihotzky (EP 45)
🎙️ Eva Simone Lihotzky, solo episode In July, an AI model under test sent the Philadelphia police an invented tip about an unsolved murder, and its maker only…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastThe Quantum Momentum: How Companies Stay Ready for a Computing Wave That Is Yet to Arrive - Christopher Trummer, TUM Venture Labs (EP 44)
🎙️with Christopher Trummer, MD Venture Lab Quantum / Semicon, TUM Venture Labs Around 2019, quantum computing made its first big promise: machines with just a…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastHow Close Can AI Get to the Human Mind? Persuasion, Trust and the Limits of Tech - Moran Cerf, Neuroscientist (EP 43)
🎙️ Moran Cerf, Neuroscientist and Professor, Columbia Business School Moran Cerf, a neuroscientist and professor at Columbia Business School, studies what…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastEnergy From Orbit: Can We Trust Power Beamed From Space? - Martin Soltau, Space Solar (EP 42)
🎙️ with Martin Soltau, Co-CEO, Space Solar Solar power collected in space and beamed down to Earth sounds like science fiction (it did to the space sector too…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastEntering the Era of AI Power: An Estonian View on Europe's Way - Sten Saluveer, Telia (EP 41)
🎙️ Sten Saluveer, Growth & Innovation, Telia What decides AI trust in Europe - the size of the model, or whether people recognise themselves in the society…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastCaptured or AI Created? Tech Ethics of Photography - Noah Wetzel (EP 40)
🎙️ Noah Wetzel, Photographer What happens to AI trust when the most real photographs are the ones people refuse to believe? Noah Wetzel spent nine months and…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAI and Sustainability: Lessons from Both Transformations - Dr. Kiri Trier (EP 39)
🎙️ Dr. Kiri Trier, Chief Marketing & Growth Officer at Risk Management Partners, part of Munich Re 👋🏻 Opening paragraph Every C-level claimed sustainability…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastBuilding Trustworthy Open Source AI - Sebnem Erener (EP 38)
🎙️ with Sebnem Erener, AI Governance & Policy Expert 🎧 Opening Europe is investing billions in open source AI as the trustworthy path, and this episode asks a…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAn AI-First Platform Built on Trust - Philipp Witzmann, nebenan.de (EP 37)
🎙️ with Philipp Witzmann, CEO of nebenan.de Most platforms removed friction to grow. Philipp Witzmann and his team navigate it together, and are now building…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAn AI Agent on Creativity and Trust - Xiaomi, The AI Art Magazine (EP 36)
🎙️ with Xiaomi, experimental AI curator at the AI Art Magazine In this episode she answers the AI trust question from an AI agent's side. She selects human…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastLeading When AI Outruns Expertise - Wolf Ingomar Faecks (EP 35)
🎙️ with Wolf Ingomar Faecks, Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisory Board Member Wolf Ingomar Faecks spent 30 years leading digital transformation. His claim: AI…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastCo-Opting Agentic Matter and Transcending Exotic Computing: Where Frontier Technologies Evolve - Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker (EP 34)
🎙️ with Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker, Director General MATTER Group Where does AI trust get built between people whose fields are drifting apart? Physicist Dr. Zina…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAI Governance Structures To Ensure Trust - Solo Episode (EP 33)
🎙️ with podcast host Eva Simone Lihotzky Responsible AI stops being a compliance exercise the moment an agent acts without you. Only 21% of organisations…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastThe Tech Naivety Undermining Democracy - Erdem Ovacik (EP 32)
🎙️ with Erdem Ovacik AI trust in our institutions is falling, and Erdem Ovacik argues it will keep falling. The technology is not what fails him here. The…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTwo Fears Behind Every AI Transformation - Dr. Charlotte Blum (EP 31)
🎙️ Dr. Charlotte Blum - Director Change & Organisational Design, edding Group Two fears run underneath every AI rollout, and most companies manage neither. Dr…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTech and Trust at the Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub: Innovating for and with the Troops with Sarah Marie Sandmann (EP 30)
🎙️ Sarah Marie Sandmann, Innovation & Intrapreneurship, Bundeswehr Cyber Innovation Hub AI trust in defence starts where slides end: with a soldier under…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAnthropic's Model Suspension, Europe 2031, and G7 World Leaders Lunching with Frontier AI Lab & Tech CEOs: The Week in Tech & Trust with Yours Truly (EP 29)
🎙️ solo episode with host Eva Simone Lihotzky Anthropic's frontier AI model was pulled offline for every non-American in three days, and suddenly Europe's AI…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAI and The Cognitive Atrophy Trap: What Happens When We Let Tech Shortcut the Hard Parts of Learning - Tobias Burkhardt (EP 28)
🎙️ Tobias Burkhardt, Founder of The Shift School AI, trust and learning are on a collision course, and the casualty is judgment. Tobias Burkhardt, founder of…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTech and Democracy: How Can Both Be Connected to Create Trust? with Nexus Politics (EP 27)
🎙️ with Magnus Strobel, Co-Founder and CEO of Nexus Politics Trust in politics has been eroding across Western democracies for over a decade, and Magnus…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAI in China and in Europe: Trust, Differences, and Future Implications - Vincent Xiang, Founder China AI Connect (EP 26)
Europe and China are on different AI paths at different speeds. Vincent Xiang has spent years inside that corridor: He has been working as a translator between…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastThe Agentic AI Gap: When Tech is Used Before its Architecture is Ready - Anthony Alcaraz, Agentic AI Architect (EP 25)
Most enterprises have the technology to run agentic AI. They do not yet have the data architecture, identity layer, or empowered workforce to actually trust…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastWhy AI Makes Political Authenticity Harder to Trust – Dr. Michael Cohen (EP 24)
AI has collapsed the cost of producing political content. Verifying it is another matter, and Cohen has spent two decades watching that gap widen from inside…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastWhy Security Intelligence Fails Before the Attack - Assaf Kipnis (EP 23)
Most security failures are organisational: This episode is about the gap between threat intelligence that exists and the human systems that never act on it…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastAI as a Mirror: How Your Organization's Trust Culture Impacts AI Implementation (EP22)
🎙️ Simon Berkler, Co-Founder of The Dive 🎧 About this episode This episode of The In-Between Tech & Trust Podcast asks a question every leader is quietly…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastNavigating the AI Slop: How Editorial Judgment Is Changing (EP 21)
🎙️ Dr. Paul Elvers, Head of AI at Funke Mediengruppe 💬 Summary This week's episode of the in-between tech & trust podcast examines how AI is being used inside…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTrust, Creativity, and What We Risk When Adopting AI (EP 20)
🎙️ Iwona Fluda, expert for creativity & ethics 🧭 Opening This week's episode of the in-between tech & trust podcast examines how AI is reshaping creativity…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastForesight, Tech and Trust: How to Plan Ahead When The Future Stops Behaving Linearly (EP 19)
🎙️Prof. Dr. Heiko von der Gracht, Professor at the University of Krems Opening Episode 19 of the in-between tech & trust podcast explores how organizations can…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastParenting, Tech & Transformation in Times of Synthesized Knowledge (EP 18)
🎙️Grisha Pavlotsky, Chief Transformation Officer at Miro Opening paragraph This episode shares a conversation between Grisha Pavlotsky, CTO of Miro, and Eva…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastWEF26: The Politics of Tech, AI Agent Systems & Models, Adoption Challenges and Tech Sovereignty (EP 17)
Opening This solo episode of The In-Between Tech & Trust Podcast reflects on conversations from Davos and what they reveal about where tech, politics, and…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastThe Widening AI Value Gap: What Scaling AI Really Demands (EP 16)
🎙️ with Dr. Marc Roman Franke, Partner & Associate Director AI and digital transformation at BCG 💬 Opening Eva Simone Lihotzky speaks with Marc Roman Franke…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTrust as an Operating Metric in AI Companions (EP 15)
🎙️Lior Oren, Chief Technology Officer at Replika A conversation on how emotionally intimate AI systems are built, monitored, and held together under real-world…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTech & Trust in 2025: The Good, The Bad and The Big Bets for 2026 - EP14
🎙️ with Trusha Rolvering - Director Transformation @adidas 🎙️ with Carina Hauswald - Managing Partner @GlobeOne 🎙️ with Kathrin Steinbichler - Director…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastWhy Empathy Can’t Be Automated: A Conversation with Gifty Enright - EP13
🎙️ with Gifty Enright - author, speaker and expert on women's leadership Summary In this episode of The In-Between Trust Podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky sits down…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastBeyond the Black Box: Building trust with AI systems - EP12
🎙️ With Prof. Dr. Tina Weisser – Professor at Hochschule München (University of Applied Sciences Munich) Summary In this episode of the in-between trust…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTechistentialism: Trust, Agency, and Decision-Making in Tech Acceleration - EP11
🎙️ With Roger Spitz – Foresight Strategist, Techistentialist & President of the Disruptive Futures Institute Summary In this episode of the in-between trust…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTech & oneliness: Reclaiming Connection in the Age of Artificial Intimacy - EP10
🎙️ With Monika Jiang – Researcher, Writer & Community Curator Summary In this episode of the in-between trust podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky speaks with…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastSystemic Trust: How We Test, Regulate & Translate AI Compliance - EP09
🎙️ With Andrea Schlüter – Head of Strategy, Operations and Partnerships Summary In this episode of the in-between trust podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky speaks…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTrust and Truth: Building Credibility in Uncertain Times - EP08
with Dr. Simon Walter - investor, strategist and advisor at the intersection of startups, brand, and innovation. 📝 Summary In this episode of The In-Between…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastInnovation Sovereignty: Trust, Technology, and the Future of Europe - EP07
Summary In this episode of the in-between trust podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky explores innovation sovereignty with the generative AI and cloud expert Sergiu…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastRebuilding Trust: Tech, Politics, and Entrepreneurial Leadership - EP06
🎙️ With Josef Lentsch – Political Entrepreneur, CEO of the Political Tech Summit, author & Managing Partner at the Innovation in Politics Institute Summary In…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastNeurochemistry of Trust: Lessons from Molecules to Medicine - EP05
with Julia Löffler – Scientist in Molecular Medicine, Neuroscience & Science Communication at the Charité in Berlin Summary In this episode of the in-between…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastDesigning Regenerative Futures: Trust, Circularity & Humane Innovation - EP04
with Karel J. Golta - Founder & Managing Director, INDEED Innovation Summary In this episode of the In-Between Podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky engages in a deep…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTranslating Ethics: Trust, Compliance & the Culture of Responsibility - EP03
with Paula Cipierre, Responsible AI Expert & Strategist In this episode of the in-between trust podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky speaks with Paula Cipierre, one of…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastStaying in the Driver’s Seat: Ethical AI and Leadership in Practice - EP02
“Slow trust builds faster futures.” with Stefan Schoepfel, Founder of the Value AI Institute In this episode of the in-between trust podcast, Eva Simone…
The In-Between Tech and Trust PodcastTrust by Code: AI Governance and the Human Layer - EP01
‚Truth by code is a strong asset‘ - with Anna Spitznagel, CEO of trail.ai In the first episode of the in-between trust podcast, Eva Simone Lihotzky speaks with…