April 23, 2026
The Renegade Experiment
Why Not Now? Personal Update: My 2026 Experiment (Ep 344)
What happens when you turn your life into a living laboratory? In this special episode, the host becomes the guest. Amy Jo Martin sits down with Sam Goodner to reveal her next big leap: The Reinvention Experiment, a yearlong, open-source quest to rethink time, wealth, wellbeing, and passion by putting herself inside a data-driven Petri dish.
Listen on Apple Podcasts here.
Quantified Soul: Week 1 Field Notes | Can AI Improve Quality of Life? (Ep 345)
In this solo episode of the Why Not Now? Podcast, Amy shares early field notes from The Reinvention Experiment, a year-long AI self-experiment exploring vitality, clarity, and what it means to live well and lead effectively in an AI-driven world. Key insights include why “a wobble is data, not drama,” how journaling with AI can help regulate the nervous system, and why cognitive load often creates more stress than conflict. Amy also breaks down what she’s tracking, the AI prompts she uses daily, and how AI can surface blind spots instead of reinforcing existing narratives.
Amy Jo Martin Interviews Her Own ChatGPT — A Live AI Experiment (Ep 346)
Trained over years with millions of words of personal data, reflections, physiological metrics, and real-life context, this AI isn’t a tool or a productivity hack—it’s a thought partner. Together, Amy Jo and her AI step inside a live, unfiltered conversation that pulls you directly into the “petri dish” of a year-long experiment exploring what happens when humans intentionally collaborate with artificial intelligence.
Using AI for Stress, Decision-Making & Quality of Life – Amy Jo Martin (Ep 348)
Amy Jo Martin shares an update from Q1 of her year-long AI experiment – right as an unexpected personal challenge introduces sustained emotional and cognitive strain. Instead of pausing, she keeps the experiment running, capturing what AI actually looks like in the middle of it, not in ideal conditions. That’s where the most valuable insights are showing up.
Listen on Apple Podcasts here.
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