American Kingpin
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American Kingpin comes up on The Rich Roll Podcast, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
American Kingpin appears 1 time across 1 podcast episode on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“When I wrote American Kingpin, there was no AI.”
Why people keep bringing this up
The book is mentioned in a conversation on The Rich Roll Podcast episode titled Everything Is A Story: Journalist Nick Bilton Thinks AI Might End Humanity & How Stories Could Save Us. In that episode the guest references writing American Kingpin and notes a temporal point about technology by saying, "When I wrote American Kingpin, there was no AI."
The single mention frames the book as a past work used to contrast present technological developments. The citation appears as part of a broader discussion about AI and storytelling, indicating the book was invoked to mark timing or change rather than to describe its contents or themes in detail.
The host mentions 'American Kingpin' to illustrate the challenges of writing without AI tools. They reflect on how their writing process has evolved since then, particularly in managing extensive research.
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Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 1:23:57 in the episode where we captured it.
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Which episode mentioned American Kingpin?
Everything Is A Story: Journalist Nick Bilton Thinks AI Might End Humanity & How Stories Could Save Us on The Rich Roll Podcast is one of the clearest indexed episodes that mentioned American Kingpin. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 1:23:57.
Which podcast mentioned American Kingpin?
The Rich Roll Podcast is the main indexed podcast currently tied to American Kingpin.
Who mentioned American Kingpin on podcasts?
PodcastMentions ties American Kingpin to The Rich Roll Podcast, but the underlying mentions do not yet expose stable guest names for every episode.
Why do podcast guests bring up American Kingpin?
The host mentions 'American Kingpin' to illustrate the challenges of writing without AI tools. They reflect on how their writing process has evolved since then, particularly in managing extensive research. It most often appears in conversations about writing process and AI.
Mentions across episodes
Every mention card links back to the episode page and exact transcript anchor.
“When I wrote American Kingpin, there was no AI.”