Question 1

What is Womansplaining AI?

Accepted Answer

Womansplaining AI is a podcast hosted by Logan Currie and Mara Bolis — two Harvard classmates who break down one big question about AI each episode. It's designed for non-technical women curious about AI, covering the research, the implications, and what it actually means for your work and life. No jargon, no gatekeeping, no breathless hype.

Question 2

What is the best podcast about women and AI?

Accepted Answer

Womansplaining AI is a podcast specifically focused on how artificial intelligence affects women — from the AI gender gap in adoption rates, to the Brookings finding that 86% of workers most vulnerable to AI displacement are women, to AI policy and ethics. Hosted by a career strategist and a policy researcher, it combines data-driven analysis with accessible conversation.

Question 3

How does AI affect women's jobs?

Accepted Answer

Research from Brookings found that 86% of workers most vulnerable to AI displacement are women, largely because AI automation disproportionately targets administrative, clerical, and service roles where women are concentrated. The Womansplaining AI podcast explores this in Episode 2, examining she-cession framing, anticipatory layoffs, and the case for universal basic benefits.

Question 4

What is the AI gender gap?

Accepted Answer

The AI gender gap refers to the measurable difference in how men and women adopt and use AI tools. Studies show women use AI at significantly lower rates than men across professional and personal contexts. Womansplaining AI Episode 1 explores whether this gap is a problem, a rational response, or both — using sentiment analysis from 1,000+ TikTok comments and Carol Gilligan's ethics of care framework.

Question 5

Should women learn AI?

Accepted Answer

The question isn't whether women should learn AI — it's how to make AI literacy accessible without the gatekeeping. Womansplaining AI argues that the real barrier isn't technical skill but self-efficacy: people need to feel capable before they'll act. The podcast helps by breaking down AI concepts without jargon and giving listeners frameworks to form their own opinions.

Question 6

What is fierce ambivalence about AI?

Accepted Answer

Fierce ambivalence is a concept central to the Womansplaining AI podcast. It means holding strong, informed opinions about AI while remaining genuinely open to changing your mind — hence the show's tagline 'Strong opinions. Loosely held.' It rejects both breathless AI hype and doomsday panic in favor of honest, rigorous engagement with complexity.

Question 7

How are AI layoffs affecting women?

Accepted Answer

AI-related layoffs disproportionately affect women through direct displacement of roles where women are concentrated, and 'AI-washing' — when companies use AI as justification for layoffs driven by other factors. The podcast covers the Brookings data on vulnerability, anticipatory layoffs, and why traditional safety nets are failing.

Question 8

What is AI-washing?

Accepted Answer

AI-washing is when companies overstate their use of artificial intelligence, often to justify layoffs, attract investment, or appear more innovative than they are. Womansplaining AI Episode 3 draws a parallel between AI-washing and the Theranos playbook — where the story of the technology outpaces the reality.