Deprecated Human

The Deprecated Human Podcast is a weekly show exploring the growing gap between what the AI industry promises and what people actually experience. Examining how narratives about technological capability are reshaping work, value, and human potential. Each week, the show releases episodes centered on a central theme. Hosted by Jess Lowry, a design strategist with over two decades of experience applying human-centered design across organizations, the podcast brings in diverse voices to explore each topic from multiple perspectives.

Deprecated Human is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 0 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #15

  Role Call: A Conversation with Laurie Stark

  Aug 18, 202654 minS1

  <p>What happens when hiring systems are designed to recognize one kind of candidate?</p><p><br></p><p>After leaving her role as Director of Strategy and Analytics at Kickstarter, Laurie Stark applied to more than 100 jobs. She used AI to polish her cover letters, prepare for interview questions, and tried to package her nonlinear career into something hiring systems could easily categorize. It wasn’t working—and the person she was presenting to employers wasn’t authentic. </p><p><br></p><p>So Laurie used her background in strategy, analytics, design, media, and paid acquisition to build Role Call, a...

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  Episode #14

  Unknown Future: A Conversation with Allison Ryder

  Aug 10, 202659 minS1

  <p>What happens when you learn that your job is ending before you know what comes next?</p><p><br></p><p>After nine years as Program Director for Research at MIT Sloan Management Review, Allison Ryder learned that the publication would be winding down—even though its work remains respected, valuable, and successful. With seven months of notice, Allison is navigating an unusual in-between: continuing to do meaningful work, helping her colleagues close an important chapter and searching for her next opportunity at the same time.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Allison and Jess discuss the il...

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  Episode #12

  Collective Power: A Conversation with Simone Robutti — Part 2

  Aug 3, 202639 minS1

  <p>What would you say or do differently if you stopped organizing your life around the judgment of a future employer?</p><p><br></p><p>In Part 2 of Jess’s conversation with former programmer and Tech Workers Coalition organizer Simone Robutti, they examine the fear that keeps many experienced workers silent. Simone calls it “the HR in your head”: the internalized belief that speaking openly, challenging harmful decisions, or expressing your values could make you unemployable.</p><p><br></p><p>Their conversation moves from credentialism and professional insecurity to offshoring, international labor solidarity, and the role unions can play i...

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  Episode #12

  Collective Power: A Conversation with Simone Robutti — Part 1

  Aug 3, 202638 minS1

  <p>Tech workers were taught to see themselves as individual innovators—not as workers with shared interests and collective power.</p><p><br></p><p>In Part 1 of this conversation, Jess speaks with former programmer and Tech Workers Coalition organizer Simone Robutti about why that distinction matters. They explore how layoffs, ethical concerns, and the harmful uses of technology are driving more tech workers to organize. Simone explains what a union actually is, how worker-led organizing differs from treating a union as a service, and why collective action does not have to begin with a formal institution.</p><p><br></p>...

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  Episode #11

  Creative Exit: A Conversation with Pal Moore

  Jul 28, 202654 minS1

  <p>After more than two decades in motion design and advertising, Pal Moore began asking a difficult question: Why keep trying to return to an industry that never made room for all of who he was?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Pal joins Jess to talk about the challenges of being a multidisciplinary creative in a workplace that rewards narrow specialization, the ageism he encountered after being laid off, and the grief of letting go of a professional identity. They also explore AI’s impact on creative work, what younger generations lose when experienced practitioners disappear, and wh...

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