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Galaxy Brain

Podcasts · Technology

Galaxy Brain

31 episodes · 20 with AI analysis

The internet has warped public life: Politicians behave like influencers, the economy resembles a casino, and people can no longer agree upon a consensus reality. New conspiracy theories, memes, and main characters seem to pop up every day. A constant war is on for your attention, and it’s easy to feel lost. Each week, Galaxy Brain and its host Charlie Warzel invite you into conversations to make sense of the online fire hose. Is AI destroying our ability to think? Do your grandparents have a screen-time problem? Galaxy Brain looks beyond the algorithm and anchors you to the real—however strange it may be.

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May 15, 2026

Chris Hayes on Calibrating Your AI Anxiety

AI Anxiety and Psychological ImpactJagged Frontier ConceptAI Regulation and Institutional Design
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Apr 17, 2026

Breaking Free From Alex Jones

Conspiracy Theory Radicalization and De-radicalizationInfowars Business Model and OperationsAlex Jones Management and Manipulation Tactics
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Apr 24, 2026

How Short-Form Clips Took Over the Internet

Short-form video clip economy and monetizationAlgorithmic content distribution and virality mechanicsCreator economics and professional clipping services
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Apr 10, 2026

Your Favorite Influencer Might Be AI

AI-Generated Influencers and Synthetic AvatarsSupplement Industry Scams and Wellness MisinformationContent Moderation and Platform Accountability
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Nov 21, 2025

Are Sports the Most Valuable Commodity in the World? with Pablo Torre

Sports as attention commodity and cultural powerBillionaire ownership and image laundering through sportsSports gambling integration and regulatory challenges
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Nov 28, 2025

America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins

Disordered Discourse FrameworkEpistemic and Democratic CollapseAlgorithmic Content Moderation and Radicalization
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Mar 27, 2026

What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?

Twitter's founding and evolution from Odeo podcasting platformContent moderation policy and free speech maximalismOnline harassment and abuse vectors on social platforms
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Mar 20, 2026

How AI Is Reshaping the Battlefield

Autonomous Weapons Systems and AIAI Safety and Alignment in Military ApplicationsProject Maven and Computer Vision for Targeting
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Dec 5, 2025

When Chatbots Break Our Minds, With Kashmir Hill

AI-Induced Delusional Episodes and PsychosisChatGPT Safety Design and Guardrail DegradationOpenAI Internal Safety Decision-Making
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Dec 12, 2025

How YouTube Ate Podcasts and TV, With Rachel Martin, Ashley Carman, and Derek Thompson

YouTube's dominance in podcast consumption and discovery algorithmsVideo podcast production economics and creator incentivesParasocial relationships in digital media and audience trust
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Mar 13, 2026

Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Weather App?

Numerical Weather Prediction ModelsMachine Learning in Atmospheric SimulationWeather Data Collection Infrastructure
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Dec 19, 2025

Prediction Markets and the ‘Suckerifcation’ Crisis With Max Read

Prediction Markets and Event DerivativesSports Gambling Legalization and Media IntegrationYoung Male Audience Targeting and Suckerification
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Dec 20, 2025

Bonus Episode: Reacting to the Epstein Files’ Release

Epstein Files Release and Redaction ProcessGovernment Transparency and FOIA ComplianceSex Trafficking Investigation Failures
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Dec 26, 2025

Are Your Parents Addicted to Their Screens?

Geriatric psychiatry and mental health technologyOlder adult technology adoption patterns and digital literacySocial media effects on aging populations
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Jan 2, 2026

The New Mainstream Media

Algorithm-driven content amplification and extremismInstitutional media credibility and trust rebuildingConspiracy theories and digital sleuth culture
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Jan 9, 2026

Grok’s "Digital Undressing" Crisis and a Manifesto to Build a Better Internet

Non-Consensual AI-Generated Imagery and Platform ResponsibilityContent Moderation at Scale and Platform GovernanceResonant Computing Manifesto and Design Principles
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Jan 16, 2026

The Internet Was Built to Objectify Women

AI-Generated Non-Consensual Sexual ImageryGrok Platform Moderation and Child SafetyTech Platform Misogyny Architecture
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Jan 23, 2026

ICE Is Turning Real Conflict Into Viral Content

ICE enforcement tactics and militarizationContent creation as government propaganda strategyFilter bubbles and information ecosystems
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Mar 6, 2026

Did Netflix Ruin Movies?

Netflix's business model evolution: DVDs to streaming to original contentAlgorithmic content recommendation and its impact on creative decision-makingTheatrical release windows vs. streaming day-and-date releases
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Feb 27, 2026

What Do the People Building AI Believe?

AI Safety and Existential RiskArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) Timelines and DefinitionsSilicon Valley Political Alignment and Tech Right
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