My 5 year podcast anniversary is coming up and just had to add this to the pitching guidelines.

A quick 2026 update:Before we go on--I'm begging you--please do not send me an AI-generated pitch. I'd rather get a short, personal idea from you than a long computer-generated idea from ChatGPT or Claude. Why? I've found that guests who pitch from the heart are much more prepared when we record. Those guests are better able to deliver on their pitches than the ones who sent pitches using AI. I'm going to be much more careful about this from now on.