
What We Built Between Seasons — Inside the New Think First
While the podcast feed was quieter over the summer, the work behind Think First expanded. In this bonus episode, Jim Detjen introduces the newly rebuilt thnkfirst.com and walks through the distinct pu...
10 Sep 13min

Season Two Preview: Why Distorted Comes First
Season Two of Think First arrives this fall—and it is going deeper. Jim Detjen previews a more expansive, long-form season built around investigation, narrative storytelling, interviews, philosophy, p...
31 Aug 6min

That’s Not What Happened — How Gaslighting Plants Doubt | The Foundations 06
From Season One · Foundational context for Season Two Gaslighting does not always succeed by replacing the facts. Often, it works by making us doubt our ability to recognize them. In this early episod...
26 Aug 7min

Distorted Is Now in the World — Inside the 346 Pages | The Foundations 04
From Season One · Foundational context for Season Two Distorted is now in the world. Not a preview, a preorder, or a promise. It is out. This episode is not a sales pitch. It is a map to the book’s 34...
25 Aug 7min

AI Hallucination and the Cost of Synthetic Confidence | The Foundations 03
From Season One · Foundational context for Season Two AI does not hallucinate simply because it is broken. It hallucinates because it is designed to produce coherent answers under uncertainty. Humans ...
24 Aug 12min

Your Media Diet Is Training You | The Foundations 02
From Season One · Foundational context for Season Two Every feed trains a way of seeing. In this episode, Jim Detjen examines how repeated voices, emotional rewards, and easy agreement can shape judgm...
24 Aug 11min

When AI Answers Faster Than We Can Verify | The Foundations 01
From Season One · Foundational context for Season Two Before Season 2 begins, we’re revisiting an earlier episode that has become even more relevant as artificial intelligence accelerates. AI can now ...
24 Aug 12min



















