KENNY CHIEN / PODCAST
The Agentic Hour
Conversations with the people building the agentic era — operators, researchers, and the occasional skeptic.
The Agentic Hour is a podcast about enterprise AI in the agentic era, hosted by enterprise AI consultant Kenny Chien. In each episode, I sit down with an operator, researcher, or skeptic and push past the demo reel to what actually happens when agents meet production. Episodes are rolling out now — get notified by email below.
The show covers the same territory as my consulting and writing: agents in production, vibe coding under real constraints, agentic architecture and ontology, and forward deployed engineering (FDE). If you prefer the arguments in written form, start with the essays in Ideas.
"The best conversations about agents start where the demo ends. That is where the show starts too."
Latest episodes
RECORDED · PLATFORM LINKS ROLLING OUT — SEE LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE BELOW
What enterprises get wrong about agents
EP 014 · 42 MIN
Vibe coding in regulated industries
EP 013 · 48 MIN
Ontology before automation
EP 012 · 39 MIN
READ ALONGSIDE — EP 014 pairs with the AI Application Launch engagement, EP 013 with the Vibe Coding Bootcamp, and EP 012 with the essay "Ontology is the new schema".
Listen & subscribe
The first episodes are recorded and rolling out now. There are no public platform links on this page yet — when the feed goes live on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube, this is where you will find it. Until then, one email puts you on the drop list.
PLATFORM LINKS WILL APPEAR HERE AS EPISODES GO PUBLIC.
Pitch a guest
I book guests the way I take clients: on substance. If you operate agentic systems inside a real enterprise, research the parts everyone else hand-waves, or think the whole agent wave is oversold — I want that conversation on tape. Send three sentences: who you are, what you have shipped or studied, and the one claim you are willing to defend for an hour. Consulting, coaching, and speaking inquiries go through the contact page.
Pitch a guest →Frequently asked questions
What is The Agentic Hour about?
The Agentic Hour is a podcast about enterprise AI in the agentic era, hosted by enterprise AI consultant Kenny Chien. Each episode is a long-form conversation with an operator, researcher, or skeptic about agents in production — the architecture, the ontology, the failures, and the taste it takes to ship well.
How long are episodes of The Agentic Hour?
Recent episodes of The Agentic Hour run between 39 and 48 minutes — long enough for a real argument, short enough for a commute. Episodes are recorded and rolling out now.
How can I be a guest on The Agentic Hour?
Email kenny.chien@gmail.com with a short pitch: who you are, what you have built or studied, and the one claim you are willing to defend for an hour. Practitioners with production stories get priority over vendors with product announcements.
Where can I listen to The Agentic Hour?
Public platform links are rolling out now and are not live on this page yet. To hear episodes as soon as they land, email kenny.chien@gmail.com with the subject line The Agentic Hour and you will be notified when they drop.
Want in on the conversation?
Episode drops, a guest pitch, or a topic the show should argue about — one email reaches me, and I read all of it.