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The Cusp with Paul Fain

Paul Fain

Booking Overview

This interview-focused show examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping education, workforce policy, skills training, and employment, featuring senior executives, policy leaders, and technology or education innovators. Credible pitches include CEOs, workforce-policy experts, labor-market researchers, education technology leaders, and executives with firsthand experience implementing AI; booking difficulty is medium because the show is new but has already featured prominent decision-makers.

Metrics

Episodes: 17

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

mike@palmer.media

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Host

Paul Fain - Veteran journalist covering the connections between education, work, workforce policy, and technology.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Senior executives, workforce and education policy leaders, labor-market experts, technology innovators, and professionals with substantial firsthand experience guiding AI adoption or responding to its effects on work and learning.
Required Achievements:  
Chief executive or senior executive leadership, Government policy or workforce-policy experience, Recognized expertise in education, skills training, labor markets, or artificial intelligence, Major journalism or professional distinction

Recent Guest Discussions

Brooke DeRenzis - Building A Workforce Agenda For The AI Economy, Workforce Investment, Reskilling, Community Colleges, Employer Partnerships, And Policy Responses To Technological Change.

Mei Fong - Ai-driven Job Displacement, Scenario Planning, Economic Disruption, Inequality, Labor-market Effects, And How Governments Can Prepare For Rapid Technological Change.

Brittany Brown - Preparing Governments And Institutions For Ai-driven Job Displacement, Scenario Planning, Economic Disruption, Job Quality, Portable Benefits, And Policy Responses To Ai.

Tal Goldhamer - AI Adoption In The Workforce, The Future Of Work And Education, And Helping Organizations And Colleges Use AI Effectively.

Greg Hart - Online Education, Global Demand For Ai-related Skills, And How AI Is Reshaping Jobs And Learning.

Recent Topics

Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Workforce Development, Future Of Work, Online Education

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Cusp with Paul Fain
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How the US Should Be Preparing for AI-Driven Job Replacement | Mei Fong and Brittany Brown | Windfall Trust

October 01, 2026

Brittany Brown and Mei Fong from Windfall Trust talk with Paul Fain about how the U.S. should be preparing for AI-driven job displacement. Windfall Trust is a policy research organization that runs scenario planning exercises to help governments and institutions prepare for AI—comparing the potential economic disruption to a natural disaster. Brown worked at the White House and the Pentagon during four presidential administrations. Fong is a former reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for her w...

How to Build a Workforce Agenda for the AI Economy | Brooke DeRenzis | National Skills Coalition

October 01, 2026

Brooke DeRenzis from the National Skills Coalition talks with Paul Fain about how to build a workforce agenda for the AI economy. The National Skills Coalition is a nonprofit organization that advocates for inclusive, high-quality skills training. DeRenzis is the group’s DC-based CEO. She shares how the US can leverage bipartisan concern about AI’s impacts to improve on decades of unfinished workforce policy. Chapters 00:00 How ready is the US?: The main workforce law is a generation old a...

The Cusp Season 2 Trailer

September 30, 2026

A new season of Work Shift’s podcast returns this week, tackling some of today’s most defining questions, including: How do we prepare for AI-driven job displacement? Hosted by Paul Fain, the new season will bring in experts and leaders in the industry to dig into worker retraining as part of the solution, what the latest data tells us about how AI is reshaping the labor market, and more. Subscribe to The Cusp for more conversations about AI, work, education, and more.

Frequently asked questions

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The Cusp with Paul Fain
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How do I get in touch with The Cusp with Paul Fain?

The Cusp with Paul Fain is hosted by Paul Fain. Its publicly listed email is mike@palmer.media. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for The Cusp with Paul Fain?

The publicly listed email for The Cusp with Paul Fain: mike@palmer.media.

How many listeners does The Cusp with Paul Fain have?

Podseeker estimates The Cusp with Paul Fain reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for The Cusp with Paul Fain?

The Cusp with Paul Fain typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Senior executives, workforce and education policy leaders, labor-market experts, technology innovators, and professionals with substantial firsthand experience guiding AI adoption or responding to its effects on work and learning. Common among recent guests: Chief executive or senior executive leadership; Government policy or workforce-policy experience; Recognized expertise in education, skills training, labor markets, or artificial intelligence. Recent guests include Brooke DeRenzis, Mei Fong, and Brittany Brown.

How hard is it to get booked on The Cusp with Paul Fain?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does The Cusp with Paul Fain cover?

Recent episodes cover Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Workforce Development, Future Of Work, and Online Education. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

mike@palmer.media

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