# The Coding Agency - Episodes Complete listing of all 7 episodes. --- ## Episode 7: Bill Gates Wants a Plan for AI? **Published**: September 29, 2026 **Duration**: 30:12 **Description**: We discuss Bill Gates' recent essay with dire warnings of " one of the most turbulent times in human history," calling for a massive planning effort. However, while he makes some good points, we find ... [Full episode details](https://thecodingagency.org/bill-gates-wants-a-plan-for-ai.html.md) | [Audio](https://anchor.fm/s/1135571d4/podcast/play/126374676/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-29%2F432933921-44100-2-e6bffa96070f3.m4a) --- ## Episode 6: What Are Language Models Good For? **Published**: August 28, 2026 **Duration**: 32:14 **Description**: Today we discuss the specific strengths of large language models and how they compare to classic symbolic AI. How can we explain what LLMs are good at? First, LLMs are good at language modeling (d... [Full episode details](https://thecodingagency.org/what-are-language-models-good-for.html.md) | [Audio](https://anchor.fm/s/1135571d4/podcast/play/124872974/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-28%2F430732278-44100-2-22af7f6523aa8.m4a) --- ## Episode 5: Why Is AI Political? **Published**: July 23, 2026 **Duration**: 52:36 **Description**: Today we examine what it really means for something to be "political", and consider the situation for engineers just trying to get things done when their technology becomes a controversy. Resource... [Full episode details](https://thecodingagency.org/why-is-ai-political.html.md) | [Audio](https://anchor.fm/s/1135571d4/podcast/play/123165825/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-22%2F428406952-44100-2-650498716f685.m4a) --- ## Episode 1: Agentic Ransomware Has Arrived **Published**: July 7, 2026 **Duration**: 33:35 **Description**: The industry is due for a crash course in cybersecurity as we look at the first documented AI-driven ransomware operation. Resources JADEPUFFER: Agentic ransomware for automated database extortio... [Full episode details](https://thecodingagency.org/agentic-ransomware-has-arrived.html.md) | [Audio](https://anchor.fm/s/1135571d4/podcast/play/122509470/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-7%2F427521113-44100-2-090b802554ec6.m4a) --- ## Episode 3: Local Models **Published**: June 30, 2026 **Duration**: 35:41 **Description**: Today we get our hands dirty running AI language models on our very own (and very hot) laptop! Exploring the tradeoffs, we see how this approach addresses common AI objections including privacy an... [Full episode details](https://thecodingagency.org/local-models.html.md) | [Audio](https://anchor.fm/s/1135571d4/podcast/play/122204197/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-30%2F427110725-44100-2-31591f1d815b2.m4a) --- ## Episode 2: The Fable Ban and Doom Trolling **Published**: June 22, 2026 **Duration**: 35:55 **Description**: High drama ensues as the US government forces Anthropic to take down it's new model Fable. How did we get here? In this episode, Ray and Liz unpack some of the context and put a critical eye on fear-b... [Full episode details](https://thecodingagency.org/the-fable-ban-and-doom-trolling.html.md) | [Audio](https://anchor.fm/s/1135571d4/podcast/play/121822620/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-22%2F426610959-44100-2-71dcc62bda606.m4a) --- ## Episode 1: My First App w/ Liz Martinez **Published**: June 15, 2026 **Duration**: 24:20 **Description**: For our series premier, Liz Martinez joins host Ray Myers to design and build her first app using coding agents, with some bumps along the way! Concepts covered Product Requirements Document (PRD... [Full episode details](https://thecodingagency.org/my-first-app-w-liz-martinez.html.md) | [Audio](https://anchor.fm/s/1135571d4/podcast/play/121475202/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-16%2F426259500-44100-2-8cf7fdf2a7958.m4a) ---