The AI Policy Podcast

Aalok Mehta

Booking Overview

A policy-focused interview podcast covering artificial intelligence regulation, economic impacts, national security, and geopolitics, typically featuring senior policymakers, think-tank leaders, and former government officials. Credible pitches include AI governance experts, technology and cyber-policy specialists, senior public officials, and leaders with direct experience shaping regulation; booking difficulty is high because guests generally hold prominent policy or institutional roles.

Metrics

Episodes: 110

Frequency: Biweekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 404.0k subscribers

Instagram: 147.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

ntarr@csis.org

press@csis.org

externalrelations@csis.org

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Host

Aalok Mehta - Aalok Mehta is Director of the Wadhwani AI Center at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, specializing in artificial intelligence policy.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Senior policymakers, former government officials, think-tank executives, AI governance specialists, and legal or national security experts with direct experience in artificial intelligence policy.

Required Achievements:

Recent Guest Discussions

Jason Elliott - State-level Artificial Intelligence Regulation, California Legislation, Federal Preemption, And The Relationship Between State And Federal Policy.

Mackenzie Arnold - AI Agent Containment Failures, Incident Reporting Requirements, Liability For Crimes Committed By AI Agents, And Regulatory Safe Harbors.

Helen Toner - AI Agent Containment Failures, Frontier-lab Safety Incentives, Incident Reporting, Government Technical Capacity, And Policy Responses.

Recent Topics

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Ai Regulation, National Security, Geopolitics

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

The AI Policy Podcast

How AI Startups are Navigating Regulation with Maryam Mujica and Munjal Shah

September 24, 2026

This week, Aalok is joined by Maryam Mujica, president of the General Catalyst Institute, and Munjal Shah, co-founder and CEO of generative AI startup Hippocratic AI, for a discussion on how generative AI startups are thinking about AI regulation. Guests: Maryam Mujica, President, General Catalyst Institute Munjal Shah, co-founder and CEO, Hippocratic AI Timestamps: About the General Catalyst Institute (1:52) About Hippocratic AI (6:56) Healthcare applications of AI (13:43) ...

AI Safety Goes Mainstream

September 17, 2026

An Anthropic researcher's viral resignation post last week set off a maelstrom of fear around extreme AI risks. Aalok and Nicole discuss the resulting vibe shift and how frontier labs are responding. They also unpack OpenAI solving one of the most difficult open problems in mathematics and reports of more rogue agent activity on the open internet. Timestamps: OpenAI solves Millenium Problem (1:04) Rogue OpenAI agents take over a German wiki (12:14) Anthropic researcher's res...

Decoding State-Level Regulation with Jason Elliott

September 10, 2026

This week, Aalok is joined by Jason Elliott, the former Deputy Chief of Staff to California Governor Gavin Newsom, for a conversation about regulating AI at the state level. Guests: Jason Elliott, President, Versus Solutions Timestamps: Jason's bio (0:16) Legislating at the state vs. federal level (2:21) Revisiting SB-1047 (5:58) SB-53 (13:43) States as "laboratories of democracy" (19:57) Influence of SB-53 on subsequent state bills (24:14) Federal preemption debate ...

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externalrelations@csis.org

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