All Things Product with Teresa and Petra
Petra Wille & Teresa Torres
All Things Product with Teresa and Petra – Unfiltered, insightful, and straight to the point.
Join Teresa Torres and Petra Wille as they dive into the world of product management—one topic at a time. No long interviews, no fluff—just real conversations about the challenges, trends, and ideas shaping the way we build products.
Each week, we tackle a different topic in short, digestible episodes (15-30 minutes)—perfect for your morning commute or coffee break.
🎯 What to expect:
🔹 Curated randomness: We take turns picking topics, bringing fresh perspectives to each discussion.
🔹 Unscripted, authentic conversations: Personal experiences, opinions, and practical advice—without the corporate polish.
🔹 For product people, by product people: Whether you're a product manager or product leader, you’ll find insights you can actually use.
Expect deep dives into product thinking, decision-making, leadership, experimentation, AI, and more—plus the occasional spicy take.
💡 Got a topic you’d love us to cover? Send it our way!
🎧 Listen to All Things Product on your favorite podcast platform and join the conversation.
Join Teresa Torres and Petra Wille as they dive into the world of product management—one topic at a time. No long interviews, no fluff—just real conversations about the challenges, trends, and ideas shaping the way we build products.
Each week, we tackle a different topic in short, digestible episodes (15-30 minutes)—perfect for your morning commute or coffee break.
🎯 What to expect:
🔹 Curated randomness: We take turns picking topics, bringing fresh perspectives to each discussion.
🔹 Unscripted, authentic conversations: Personal experiences, opinions, and practical advice—without the corporate polish.
🔹 For product people, by product people: Whether you're a product manager or product leader, you’ll find insights you can actually use.
Expect deep dives into product thinking, decision-making, leadership, experimentation, AI, and more—plus the occasional spicy take.
💡 Got a topic you’d love us to cover? Send it our way!
🎧 Listen to All Things Product on your favorite podcast platform and join the conversation.
Episodes
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May 12, 2026 • 19min
Product Builder Myth
They debate whether product people should adopt coding and AI prototyping based on enjoyment and skill. They warn that AI can polish bad foundations and trick executives while creating engineering debt. They explore how time freed by AI reveals teams’ true priorities and why organizational guardrails matter. They separate AI’s effects on personal productivity, team process, and product strategy.
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May 5, 2026 • 13min
Taste
They dissect what people mean by 'taste' in product work and why the term is so vague. They contrast taste with customer preference and emphasize discovery skills. They debate whether AI can mimic aesthetic judgment and if collaborating with AI is the smarter investment. They warn against romanticizing lone visionary narratives and push for human-to-human and evidence-based product practice.
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Apr 28, 2026 • 18min
Command And Control
They unpack why organizations slide back into command-and-control when uncertainty rises. They challenge the idea that one leader can hold all the context. They contrast quick top-down reactions with distributed action that scales. They explore trust, earned autonomy, and when leadership should set direction versus dictate decisions.
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Apr 21, 2026 • 18min
Predicting The Future
They unpack why confident predictions usually fail and why experts miss the mark. They explain scenario planning as a practical alternative to single-minded forecasts. They compare early adopters to mainstream realities and dissect tech hype cycles. They highlight how to read predictions, extract useful insights, and use scenarios to reduce fear and guide product decisions.
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Apr 14, 2026 • 18min
Product Work Is Relationship Work
The conversation frames product work as relationship work and explains why collaboration beats transactions. They compare transactional vs relational approaches and show how misalignment arises. Tips include finding shared goals, using freed-up time to build connections, and applying curiosity and 'yes, and' to improve team conversations.
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Apr 7, 2026 • 16min
FOMO
A candid look at how AI news fuels constant FOMO and why waiting for real friction can guide smarter exploration. Practical tips on timeboxing learning and treating interesting finds as archives until they become actionable. Stories about tool crazes, security worries, and the payoff of deep, prolonged experimentation. Strategies for setting boundaries between work, learning, and play to protect focus.
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Mar 31, 2026 • 18min
Product Builders
A lively dive into how AI is reshaping product work and the rise of the “product builder” skillset. Shorter, cross-functional teams and AI handling routine patterns get explored. The conversation highlights when deep specialist expertise still matters and why leaders must build safety, QA, and review guardrails for AI-driven workflows.
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Mar 24, 2026 • 17min
Bad Advice
They dig into how public transcripts are used to build AI clones and why many outputs feel cringe or low quality. The conversation covers how past content lacks context and how mediocre AI responses can damage reputations. They probe IP, consent, and whether open-sourcing transcripts is ethical. The hosts also talk about ways creators can be supported as AI tools spread.
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Mar 17, 2026 • 28min
Staying Sane
A conversation about staying sane in a chaotic world through small, consistent actions. They explore values-based choices at work and in public life. The hosts warn against oversimplified narratives and urge reading multiple perspectives. They promote replacing media proxies with human connection and using even small platforms responsibly. Local community action and tiny acts of resistance are highlighted as grounding practices.
Mar 10, 2026 • 22min
Kill Your Darlings
They argue why profitable but stagnant products can be more harmful than no traction. They explore the hidden costs of maintaining “okay” offerings and the org challenges of sunsetting. They share real revenue-cutting decisions and practical portfolio practices to make space for new discovery. They reframe endings as normal parts of a product lifecycle.
