Discussing Stupid: A byte-sized podcast on stupid UX
Episodes
S3E6 - Intentional AI: You’re asking AI to solve the wrong problems for SEO/GEO/AEO
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6 of the Intentional AI series, Cole, Virgil, and Seth move into the visibility stage of the content lifecycle and tackle a common mistake ...
S3E5 - Intentional AI: How much can you trust AI for accessibility?
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 of the Intentional AI series, Cole, Virgil, and Seth shift into another part of the content lifecycle. This time, they focus on accessibi...
S3E4 - Intentional AI: The role of AI in content management
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil move further into the content lifecycle and this time they are focusing on content manageme...
S3E3 - Intentional AI: Smarter content creation with AI
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil move into the next stage of the content lifecycle: content creation.AI can write faster tha...
S3E2 - Intentional AI: Maximizing AI for research & analysis
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2 of the Intentional AI series, Cole and Virgil dive into the first real stage of the content lifecycle: research and analysis.From brainst...
S3E1 - Intentional AI: Applying AI across the content lifecycle
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the Season 3 premiere of Discussing Stupid, Cole and Virgil kick off the new series Intentional AI: a season-long dive into how AI fits (and someti...
Season 3: The Teaser
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Stupid is as stupid does.” Forrest Gump said it best... and you don't have to look far in the digital world to see just how much stupid is out th...
S2E18: What it really takes to build accessible forms
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the Season 2 finale of Discussing Stupid, Virgil and Cole are joined by Ali Gillberg, a senior developer at High Monkey, to talk about one of the m...
S2E17: Why inconsistent layouts wreck your UX
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Discussing Stupid, Virgil and Cole tackle a quiet killer of user experience: layout inconsistency.From university websites that fee...
S2E16: Headless vs traditional CMS: Which one fits your organization?
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Discussing Stupid, Virgil sits down with High Monkey’s Senior Developer, Chad Heinle, to break down one of the most debated choic...
S2E15: What separates good projects from great ones? Proper testing.
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Discussing Stupid, Virgil and Cole are joined by a new guest—High Monkey’s Project Manager and QA specialist, Seth Moline. Toge...
S2E14: Want good UX? Expect less from your audience.
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 14, host Virgil Carroll and co-host Cole dig into a core truth behind most UX mistakes: people don’t pay attention. From sending a messag...
S2E13.1: Keys to balancing aesthetics and accessibility in web design
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 13.1, host Virgil Carroll is joined by co-host Cole and developer Chad to talk about something deceptively complicated: color. Specifically...
S2E12: Finding the metadata "Goldilocks zone"
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 12, host Virgil Carroll is joined by co-host Cole from High Monkey to dig into a deceptively tricky topic: metadata—what it is, how it wo...
S2E11: The challenges of translating design into a responsive website build
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing Stupid has a new look! This episode marks the beginning of our refreshed brand—featuring a brand new website, sleek color scheme, updated...
S2E10: The real work starts AFTER your project launches
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10 of Discussing Stupid, host Virgil Carroll is joined by co-host Cole from High Monkey to reflect on reaching episode 10 and the ongoing j...
S2E9: The chaos of modern workplace collaboration
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 9 of Discussing Stupid, host Virgil Carroll is joined by co-host Cole from High Monkey to break down a frustrating reality of modern w...
S2E8: Bad mobile button design is driving us crazy
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 8 of Discussing Stupid, host Virgil Carroll is joined by co-hosts Chad and Cole from High Monkey to tackle a common yet overlooked frustrat...
S2E7: AI alone won't fix your crappy content
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 7 of Discussing Stupid, host Virgil Carroll and co-host Cole Schlotthauer from High Monkey tackle the buzz surrounding artificial intellige...
S2E6: Are websites evolving or devolving?
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 6 of Discussing Stupid, host Virgil Carroll and co-host Cole from High Monkey reflect on the evolution of web design and discuss how websit...
S2E5: Font mistakes that are costing you big time
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 5 of Discussing Stupid, host Virgil Carroll and co-hosts Chad and Cole from High Monkey explore the often-overlooked mistakes organizations...
S2E4: Why search systems fail without semantics
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 4 of Discussing Stupid, host Virgil Carroll and co-host Cole from High Monkey dive into the complex world of search systems and the importa...
S2E3: If you want people to read your content, make your content readable!!
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 3 of Discussing Stupid Season 2, host Virgil Carroll, along with Cole from High Monkey, dives into the topic of content readability. They f...
S2E2: Big images, slow loading
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2 of Discussing Stupid Season 2, host Virgil Carroll, along with Chad and Cole from High Monkey, dives into the topic of page performance a...
S2E1: Your poorly written alt text doesn't go unnoticed...
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of Discussing Stupid Season 2, where your host Virgil Carroll, along with Chad and Cole from High Monkey, dive into the i...
Season 2: The Teaser
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this highly anticipated return of the Discussing Stupid podcast, host Virgil Carroll welcomes new co-host Cole Schlotthauer to kick off Season 2. A...
The Semantics of Search | Brett Matson, Funnelback
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast your host Virgil Carroll has a conversation with Brett Matson, the Managing Director of Funnelback Se...
Consistent UX across multiple channels | Kanwal Khipple, 2toLEAD
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast, your host Virgil Carroll has a conversation with Kanwal Khipple about successful and consistent user...
What's Old is New Again | Chad Heinle & Joel Baglien, High Monkey
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast, the first in 2019, host Virgil Carroll and Principal Solutions Architect at High Monkey, h...
Reducing friction in your digital content creation | Martin Michalik, Kentico
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Discussing Stupid podcast, host Virgil Carroll sits down with Martin MacCulloch from Kentico Cloud. Martin is a produ...
Making sense of diversity in digital messaging | Heather Newman, Creative Maven
19 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The digital world of today challenges marketers to carefully craft their messaging or risk causing the type of public relations nightmare most don’t...
Creating inclusive digital experiences – getting your content contributors onboard | Doug Burgett, University of Illinois
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s digital world, creating an inclusive visitor experience is often discussed but never really implemented. One of the biggest challenges fa...
Being a HERO with your customer’s data (and understanding what you have) | Liam Cleary, SharePlicity & Rencore
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Since Virgil knew you couldn’t get enough about good data practice regulations, he decided to do another episode on GDPR . . . yay! Where Episode 2 ...
Preparing your website for GDPR (or just because privacy matters) | David Komarek, Kentico
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Join Virgil Carroll as he hashes over what has been one of the most over-talked about changes in global digital marketing in a very long time - the im...
The hype and sensibility of Artificial Intelligence in Search | Ben Tilley, Funnelback
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On our very first podcast (episode 1 YEAH!!!), Virgil is joined by Ben Tilley from Funnelback, an Australian-based search company, to break through al...