AI Intelligence · across all analyzed episodes
People · top 20
Companies · top 20
Topics · top 10
AI-Generated Influencers and Synthetic AvatarsSupplement Industry Scams and Wellness MisinformationContent Moderation and Platform AccountabilityAI Disclosure Requirements and RegulationMedia Literacy and Audience SkepticismDeepfake Detection and Technical TellsAlgorithmic Content Optimization and Volume StrategyInfluencer Marketing Economics and Labor DisplacementTrust Erosion and the Liars' DividendDisinformation and Political Deepfakes
Analyzed Episodes
Apr 10, 2026
Your Favorite Influencer Might Be AI
AI-Generated Influencers and Synthetic AvatarsSupplement Industry Scams and Wellness MisinformationContent Moderation and Platform Accountability
View AnalysisNov 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
View AnalysisNov 28, 2025
America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy with Eliot Higgins
Disordered Discourse FrameworkEpistemic and Democratic CollapseAlgorithmic Content Moderation and Radicalization
View AnalysisMar 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
View AnalysisMar 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
View AnalysisDec 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
View AnalysisDec 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
View AnalysisMar 13, 2026
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Weather App?
Numerical Weather Prediction ModelsMachine Learning in Atmospheric SimulationWeather Data Collection Infrastructure
View AnalysisDec 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
View AnalysisDec 20, 2025
Bonus Episode: Reacting to the Epstein Files’ Release
Epstein Files Release and Redaction ProcessGovernment Transparency and FOIA ComplianceSex Trafficking Investigation Failures
View AnalysisDec 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
View AnalysisJan 2, 2026
The New Mainstream Media
Algorithm-driven content amplification and extremismInstitutional media credibility and trust rebuildingConspiracy theories and digital sleuth culture
View AnalysisJan 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
View AnalysisJan 16, 2026
The Internet Was Built to Objectify Women
AI-Generated Non-Consensual Sexual ImageryGrok Platform Moderation and Child SafetyTech Platform Misogyny Architecture
View AnalysisJan 23, 2026
ICE Is Turning Real Conflict Into Viral Content
ICE enforcement tactics and militarizationContent creation as government propaganda strategyFilter bubbles and information ecosystems
View AnalysisMar 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
View AnalysisFeb 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
View AnalysisJan 30, 2026
How to Be a Citizen in the Information War (And Stay Sane)
Social Media Platform Ownership and Political InfluenceAlgorithmic Content Curation and Information FragmentationAuthentic Political Communication in Digital Age
View AnalysisFeb 6, 2026
The Manosphere Breaks Containment
Manosphere influencer ecosystem and radicalizationLooks-maxing culture and body modification extremismAlgorithmic content incentives and online radicalization
View AnalysisFeb 20, 2026
The AI-Panic Cycle—And What’s Actually Different Now
Coding Agents and Autonomous AI SystemsAI Hype Cycles and Marketing NarrativesAI Labor Displacement and Worker Impact
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