The Ai Queens Podcast
Your AI Empire Starts Here
AI Queens is the podcast where women entrepreneurs finally get the real talk on using AI to scale their businesses without the tech bro BS. Host Erika Stanley breaks down how to actually use tools like ChatGPT and Canva AI to save time, make money, and reclaim your sanity—no coding required. If you're ready to stop feeling behind on tech and start using AI as your secret weapon for building an empire, this is your new obsession.
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AI Won't Kill Your Art. It Might Just Fund It (with Blume Bauer)
Queens, my guest today is Blume Bauer, a fine arts illustrator, creative business educator, and founder of The Yellow Studio, where she's spent 30 years teaching artists how to turn their craft into real income.
Stop Burning Through Claude: 12 Smarter Habits for Building with AI
In this episode, Erika breaks down what tokens really are (think fuel in a gas tank), why long conversations compound against you, and 12 habits you can start stacking today so you can stay in Claude and actually get your work done without bouncing back and forth like a pinball between Claude and other LLMs.
AI Can't Fix a Mess:How to Adopt AI Responsibly (Without Losing Sight of the People You Serve) with Jasmine Schwarz
This week, Erika sits down with Jasmine Schwarz, founder of Schwarz Strategic Services and an AI stewardship consultant who helps nonprofits adopt technology responsibly, ethically, and without losing sight of the people they serve.
What Real Businesses Are Actually Solving With AI Right Now (Live From SMMW)
Most entrepreneurs are using AI at 20% of what it can do. Here is the shift that changes everything — and what hundreds of women at AI Business World realized all at once.
Brand Before Bots: The 3-Part Blueprint I Use With Every Client Before We Touch AI
If your AI output sounds generic, the fix isn't a better prompt. It's the foundation underneath it. Here's the 3-part framework I use with every client.
Stop Chatting, Start Building: Why Women Need to Build with AI
Most women using AI are still just chatting with it. Here's what happens when women entrepreneurs stop being AI consumers and start being AI builders, and how to join the next free Buildathon.
AI Doesn't Make You Dumber. Your Lack of Self-Awareness Does (with Vanessa Chang)
You're using AI every day and still spinning your wheels. Vanessa Chang, co-founder of Bernie, explains why self-awareness is the strategy you've been skipping.
Claude Runs My Day: How I Built a Morning Command Center to Stop Holding It All in My Head
If you're running a business, managing a household, and trying to keep up with everything in between, chances are your brain is doing a lot of heavy lifting that it shouldn't have to.
AI Won't Fix What's Already Broken: 3 Things to Do Before You Automate Anything (with Rachel Njiru)
If you've been thinking about adding AI to your business, this episode is your permission slip to slow down first.
Your Kids Are Already Using AI: 3 Things You Should Be Teaching Them Right Now (with Stacy Kratochvil)
High school teacher, AI consultant, and mom of three Stacy Kratochvil joins Erika to pull back the curtain on what's actually happening with kids and AI right now, and why the answer isn't to ban it.
Stop Waiting to Be an AI Expert: Why Women Need to Lead Now (with Anne Murphy)
Anne Murphy, founder of She Leads AI, joins Erika for a conversation that goes way beyond AI tools.
Why I Dumped ChatGPT: 3 Claude Superpowers You're Sleeping On
If you've been wondering whether it's time to make the switch from ChatGPT to Claude, Erika gets into exactly that this week, and she's not just talking about features.
Your Voice Matters in AI Policy: 5 Ways to Get Started This Week (with Daisy Thomas)
AI policy sounds like something that happens in boardrooms and Capitol buildings, far away from your actual life.
Stop Buying AI Tools: How to Work Smarter With What You Already Have (with Lauren Irving)
Lauren Irving, quality and training manager at Zinnia and head of education and community at Women Defining AI, joins Erika to break down how she transformed a team of 12 with nothing more than ChatGPT and Google Apps Script — and why going deep on the tools you already have beats chasing every shiny new one.
Using AI to Scale Solo Without Outsourcing Your Brain (with Pia Silva)
There's a version of using AI that makes you sharper, faster, and more confident in your work.
The Super Bowl's $80M Message: Why 10 Companies Want You to Think AI Is Normal Now
This year’s Super Bowl wasn’t just about the game or Bad Bunny’s halftime show.
AI, Propaganda & Why Our Generation Is F**ked: 3 Quick Ways to Use AI to Fight Back Against Misinformation
In this raw, fired-up minisode, Erika breaks down why propaganda isn’t new (hello, wartime Looney Tunes cartoons), how AI has made misinformation faster and more convincing, and why official government channels posting fake images is eroding trust in everyone, including the real journalists doing actual work.
Using AI to Heal the Sales Ick Factor: How The Laurens Built a High-Ticket Empire as Digital Nomads
Meet Lauren Shaw and Lauren Capwell—the powerhouse duo known as "The Laurens"—who've spent three years building a high-ticket empire while traveling the world as full-time digital nomads.
Using AI as a Creative Without Feeling Icky, ft. Brand Designer Angela Mondloch
If you've been wondering whether creatives can use AI without compromising their integrity, this conversation with Angela Mondloch from Saffron Avenue will change everything.
AI Isn't Optional Anymore: The AI Landscape in 2026
This episode breaks down the major AI updates you might have missed over the holidays, from OpenAI's GPT 5.1 and 5.2 releases to Google's Gemini 3 and the wildly named Nano Banana Pro.