Best Emily Laird Podcasts (2025)

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ChatGPT Turns 3: Rise of the Prompt People 13:26

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ChatGPT didn’t sneak in quietly. It crashed through the internet like a caffeinated octopus, messy, fast, and suddenly everywhere. In this episode, host Emily Laird breaks down how a simple chatbot became a global obsession, pulling in 100 million users in record time and creating a brand-new digital class system with GPT-4 and Enterprise access. W…

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ChatGPT Turns 3: The Origin Story 8:04

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Saturday, January 25, 2025 10:53 AM Before ChatGPT started writing your emails and explaining physics like a brunch topic, OpenAI was a cash-hungry research lab funded by Elon Musk and a few idealists. In this kickoff episode, host Emily Laird takes you back to the early days when GPT-3 was locked behind an API, DALL·E was dreaming in pixels, and O…

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Absolute Mojoverse Episode 16: The Saga of The Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette and John Totleben 1:18:18

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Absolute Mojoverse is back to eat your consciousness, talk to Dead Man, and explore Swamp Things muscular vegetable body as we read Saga of Swamp Thing 21-35! Saga of Swamp Thing 21-35 is written by Alan Moore with Art by Stephen Bissette, John Totleben, Dan Day, Rick Veitch, Shawn McManus, Alfredo Alcala, Ron Randall, and Berni Wrightson colored b…

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Beyond Pearl Harbor in the Movies with Joshua Donohue 1:24:43

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BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 379) — Most movies focus on the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, but the true story of December 7th, 1941, involves a coordinated global offensive across the Pacific. In this episode, history professor Joshua Donohue returns to explore what the movies miss—including attacks on Wake Island, the Philippines, and milit…

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Absolute Mojoverse Episode 15 Harley Quinn Fartacular: Silent Butt Deadly #1 by Joanne Starer, Ted Brandt and Ro Stein 52:40

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Absolute Mojoverse is back to eat too much lactose, deal with body issues and wear Plastic Man like a wetsuit(?) as we read Harley Quinn Fartacular: Silent Butt Deadly #1 Harley Quinn Fartacular: Silent Butt Deadly #1 is written by Joanne Starer with art by Ted Brandt and Ro Stein, Colored by Marissa Louise, lettered by Lucas Gattoni If you have a …

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Episode 86: Age of Revelation Month 2 (New X-Men Comics November 2025) 2:34:17

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X Years Later... Enter the Age of Doug! Credits: Batman/Deadpool is by Grant Morrison, Dan Mora, Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, and Joshua Williamson, Hayden Sherman Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Mariko Tamaki, Amanda Conner, G. Willow Wilson and Denys Cowan Ultimate Wolverine 11 is by Chris Condon, Alessandro Cappucio and lettered by VC’s Cory Petit …

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Our Extended Mutant Family: Ms. Marvel Part 2 by G. Willow Wilson Adrian Alphona and Takeshi Miyazawa 1:22:41

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"Our Extended Mutant Family" comes to an end, for now, as we break down the second part of G. Willow Wilson's incredible Ms. Marvel. Last time we had to do a brief explainer of Secret Wars. This time we're explaining Civil War II! And spoilers? It's one of the best arcs of Ms. Marvel! Ms. Marvel Vol 4 1-18 is written by G. Willow Wilson with art by…

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Nuremberg with Jack El-Hai 52:29

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BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 378) — Discover the historical accuracy behind the 2025 film "Nuremberg" which is adapted from Jack El-Hai's book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist." Get Jack's Book: The Nazi and the Psychiatrist Learn about the real Dr. Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) and his complex relationship with Hermann Göring (Russell Crowe) durin…

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Our Extended Mutant Family: Ms. Marvel Part 1 by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona 1:30:50

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Our Extended Mutant Family begins to reach it's peak as we discuss the newest addition to mutant-dom and one of the most controversial. Controversial new status quo aside, Kamala Khan is a superstar and this book kicks ass. Ms. Marvel Vol 3 is written by G. Willow Wilson with art by Adrian Alphona, Jacob Wyatt, Elmo Bondoc, and Takeshi Miyazawa, co…

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Our Extended Mutant Family: The Unbelievable Gwenpool by Christopher Hastings and Gurihiru 1:26:27

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This section is reserved for pithy jokes and the credits for the comics that we read on the show! This month we're talking about characters that are tangentially related to the X-Men, characters like Gwenpool! The Unbelievable Gwenpool is written by Christopher Hastings with art by Gurihiru, Irene Strychalski, Alti Firmansyah, Myisha Haynes and Dan…

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World Models vs LLMs 7:00

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Large Language Models might sound smart, but can they predict what happens when a cat sees a cucumber? In this episode, host Emily Laird throws LLMs into the philosophical ring with World Models, AI systems that learn from watching, poking, and pushing stuff around (kind of like toddlers). Meta’s Yann LeCun isn’t impressed by chatbots, and honestly…

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World Models for Beginners 8:37

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World models aren’t a sci-fi subplot, no, they’re how AIs build mini fake worlds in their silicon skulls to test ideas without wrecking your car or your reputation. In this episode, host Emily Laird breaks down what world models actually are (spoiler: think The Sims, but the Sim is smarter than your cousin) and why they’re the key to helping AI go …

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Feud: Bette and Joan with Scott Eyman 1:20:26

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BASED ON A TRUE STORY (BOATS EP. 377) — The first season of FX’s “Feud” chronicles the turbulent making of the 1962 thriller “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?” Over eight episodes set against Hollywood's fading Golden Age, “Feud” focuses on a simmering resentment between aging stars Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, on-set clashes over performances and…

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Yann LeCun: Trading META for World Models 6:26

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Yann LeCun, deep learning pioneer and Meta’s AI heavyweight, is out and he's not leaving quietly. In this episode host Emily Laird unpacks his philosophical split with Meta over the limits of large language models, his obsession with world models, and why he thinks real intelligence means predicting your kitchen layout, not just auto-completing you…

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Our Extended Mutant Family: Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe 49:34

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Our extended Mutant Family finally gets to a bonafide X-Man! We read Longshot for the first time. A year and a half into the podcast before we talk about the hero of the Mojoverse. Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe is written by Christopher Hastings, Penciled by Jacopo Camagni and Victor Calderon Zurita, Inked by Jacopo Cagmagni and Terry Pallet, …

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Our Extended Mutant Family: The Great Lakes Avengers (2005 +2016) with Daryl Richard Lawrence and Phillip Lundquist of the X-Factor Files Podcast 1:22:59

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Our Extended Mutant Family continues from the Fantastic Four to The Avengers...I mean, technically! The delightful Daryl Richard Lawrence and Phillip Lundquist to sift through the Hero's Office lost and found as we read Great Lakes Avengers. GLA (2005) Written by Dan Slott Penciled by Paul Pelletier Inked by Rick Magyar Colored by Wil Quintana and …

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Dear K–12, AI Isn’t Optional Anymore. Love, Emily 12:16

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Banning ChatGPT in schools is like banning pencils because kids might doodle. In this episode, host Emily Laird takes a flamethrower to the myth that AI’s not in your classroom, because it is, and your students are already using it. Also… you know that. Right? Emily breaks down what real AI literacy looks like, why AI detectors are academic snake o…

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OpenAI's New Atlas Browser 10:25

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OpenAI just gave your browser a brain and possibly a caffeine addiction. In this episode, host Emily Laird is ripping into Atlas, OpenAI’s Chrome-powered AI browser with baked-in ChatGPT, Agent Mode, and a memory function that might remember your possum research. Yes, your browser now clicks stuff for you. Welcome to the future. Try not to let it d…

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GPU-nami: OpenAI’s $38B Cloud Fling with AWS 9:06

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OpenAI just dropped $38 billion like it’s tipping the bartender at the GPU speakeasy, and the lucky recipient? Amazon Web Services (AWS if ya nasty). In this episode, host Emily Laird digs into why OpenAI is making moves on AWS while still keeping things cozy with Microsoft, what this deal means for the cloud infrastructure arms race, and how your …

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Our Extended Mutant Family: Fantastic Four by Ryan North with Owen Likes Comics 2:17:54

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The holidays are just around the corner and we're celebrating Our Extended Mutant Family with... this can't be right? The Fantastic Four? Look I don't know what to tell you, this was mostly an excuse to read one of the best Marvel comics of the last decade and talk with one of the smartest people in comics commentary. Franklin used to be a mutant! …

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Our Extended Mutant Family: The Last Ronin by Eastman, Laird, Waltz, Escorza, Escorza, and Bishop with Special Guest Ruthanne Price 53:11

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We're kicking off our celebration of Our Extended Mutant Family and we're not so sure how we're related to this one. Our pal Ruthanne Price joins us to read and talk TMNT: The Last Ronin and ask our selves, "what would it be like to read Old Man Logan if you'd only vaguely been aware of the X-Men?" We're maybe not starting our journey into the Teen…

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What is Claude 4.5? 9:26

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Claude 4.5 isn’t just the teacher’s pet, it’s running the class, grading the papers, and rewriting the syllabus in Python. In this episode, Emily Laird breaks down why Anthropic’s newest model might be the best coder alive (sorry, humans), how it quietly dominates your Slack threads, and what makes it the new heavyweight champ in AI tooling. From b…

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Episode 52 – Celebrating 10 Years of Making a Difference with the Team at Reuseabox 1:13:21

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Send us a text This year, Reuseabox celebrates 10 incredible years of making a difference, from saving millions of boxes from being recycled too soon to helping businesses embrace the circular economy. But behind every milestone, every delivery, and every sustainability win is a team of passionate people who have been driving it all forward. In thi…

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Alexa, Fire Middle Management: The Amazon Layoffs 8:40

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Last week, Amazon axed 14,000 white-collar jobs, and this time, the pink slip came with a side of machine learning. In this episode, Emily Laird is unpacking the biggest corporate AI bloodbath of 2025; how generative AI took aim not at warehouses, but at the middle managers, HR folks, and program leads who thought they were safe behind a PowerPoint…

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GPU vs TPU 11:06

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What do Call of Duty, Google Cloud, and your favorite cat video have in common? They all owe their lives to a battle raging deep inside your devices: GPU versus TPU. In this episode, host Emily Laird breaks down these silicon powerhouses, one’s a Swiss Army knife slinging pixels and precision, the other’s a neural network assassin built by Google o…

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Episode 78: Age of Revelation Month 1 (New X-Men Comics of October 2025) 2:48:56

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X Years Later... Enter the Age of Doug! Credits: Emma Frost White Queen 5 is by Amy Chu, Andrea Di Vito, Antonio Fabela lettered by VC’s Ariana Maher Deadpool/Wolverine is by Ben Percy, Joshua Cassara, Guru eFX and lettered by VC’s Joe Sabino Ultimate Wolverine 10 is by Chris Condon, Alex Lins and Bryan Valenza, cover by Alessandro Cappucio and let…

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Wolve-Ween 2025 (1 Year on Wolverine Interview with Saladin Ahmed + Chris Claremont and Frank Miller's Wolverine Vol 1 with Guest Star Gianni Palumbo) 2:01:38

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Grab your yellow spandex and hop on the bullet train, it's Wolve-Ween! We talk Wolverine vol 1 with Gianni Palumbo from the Biff! Bam! Pow! podcast, interview Saladin Ahmed about his first year on his Wolverine title, and a word from Matt's Father. Enjoy! The interview with Saladin Ahmed begins at 33:44 Gianni Palumbo is the host of the excellent B…

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Wolve-Week Day 4: Venom Horse by Al Ewing, Carlos Nieto, Frank D'Armata, and VC's Ariana Maher 16:52

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Anyway I'm Venom Horse. Venom Horse is written by Al Ewing with art by Carlos Nieto, colors by Frank D'Armata and lettered by VC's Ariana Maher If you have a comment or question, you can email us @ [email protected] Want a tee-shirt with our logo? Find that here! Logo by Emily Kardamis who can be found on Instagram @corruptedgem or on Patreon …

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Episode 51 – Why We Need to Stop Global Yawning in the World of Sustainability with Joss Ford from Enviral 1:09:29

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Send us a text In this episode, we’re joined by Joss Ford, founder of Enviral, a B Corp certified marketing agency on a mission to tell stories that truly matter. Joss has grown Enviral into one of the UK’s leading purpose-driven agencies, helping brands not only look sustainable but be sustainable. We’ll explore his journey, what it really means t…

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Wolve-Week Day 3: Astonishing X-Men By Paknadel, Seeley, Sevy, and Audino with Alicia and Justin Wilder from The X-Wife Podcast 1:36:05

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This Monday Astonishing X-Men Infinity Comic came to an end. We knew we had to talk about it, as it spans the entirety of the From the Ashes Era and is written by and has art by some of our favorite people. We were so lucky to sit down with Justin and Alicia Wilder of The X-Wife Podcast to talk this run as a whole, how hot Banshee is nowadays, and …

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Meta Firings: The Great FAIR Purge and Rise of the AI Death Star 9:05

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Meta just threw its AI playbook in the shredder, lit the ashes on fire, and built a secret lab on top. In this episode, Emily Laird breaks down the end of FAIR, the open-source darling of Meta AI, and the rise of a new AGI-obsessed regime led by Alexandr Wang. We’re talking layoffs, lab coats, and the TBD Lab (a.k.a. Meta’s AI Navy SEALs). Forget t…

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Wolve-Week Day 2: Climbing the Claremountain with Alex Segura-- Uncanny 143-149 59:44

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Wolve-Week continues with an increasingly rare Claremont Climb. We're joined by writer Alex Segura to discuss Claremont's interest in Alien, Storm's date with Doom, and Kitty Pryde's incredible first costume. Uncanny X-Men 143-149 is written by Chris Claremont with pencils by John Byrne, Dave Cockerum, and Brent Anderson with inks by Josef Rubenste…

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Domo Arigato, Laundry-Bot-o: Meet Figure 03 8:04

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Humanoid robots are no longer sci-fi fever dreams or Silicon Valley party tricks, they’re coming for your chores (at least we hope). In this episode, Emily Laird's getting hands-on (literally) with Figure 03, a humanoid robot from Figure AI that walks, sees, hears, and maybe folds towels better than you. Powered by Helix, a model that blends vision…

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Wolve-Week Day 1: Feral Vol 1 +2 by Tony Fleecs, Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez 1:00:14

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Happy Wolve-Week. The only time we're ever going to have 5 episodes in one week. We're kicking off the spooky week with a story of zombies, familial trauma, and deep loss. Also the characters are all adorable kitties. We read Feral Vol 1 Indoor Cats and Vol 2 Cat Lady. Feral is created by Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner. It's written by Tony Fleecs …

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Absolute Mojoverse Episode 14: Catwoman Lonely City by Cliff Chiang 1:21:12

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Absolute Mojoverse is back to stretch our achy joints, meet up with old flames and rob the motherf&^%ing Batcave as we read Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang for the DC Black Label Catwoman: Lonely City is by Cliff Chiang If you have a comment or question, you can email us @ [email protected] Want a tee-shirt with our logo? Find that here!…

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Episode 50 – Busting the Myths on What It Means to Offer a Truly Natural Consumer Product with Thomas Laird from Salt of the Earth 57:00

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Send us a text In this milestone 50th episode, Jack and Ellie sit down with Thomas Laird, owner of Salt of the Earth. For more than 30 years, the family-run business has been shaking up the deodorant industry with natural, refillable products. Thomas shares why sustainability and profit can go hand in hand, how refillable packaging can cut plastic …

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Absolute Mojoverse Episode 13: Absolute Superman "Son of the Demon" by Jason Aaron, Rafa Sandoval and Carmine Di Giandomenico 1:01:26

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Absolute Mojoverse is back to dig a bullet from our chest, take a call from the League of Shareholders and to find our "Son" as we read more Absolute Superman. Also Absolute Evil! Absolute Superman 8-11 "Superman, Son of the Demon" is written by Jason Aaron with art by Rafa Sandoval and Carmine Di Giandomenico, colors by Ulises Arreola and lettered…

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Absolute Mojoverse Episode 12: Absolute Wonder Woman "As my Mothers Made Me" by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman 55:45

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Absolute Mojoverse is back to dangle Dr. Poison, rescue prisoners, and yoink some Men-Fish across the room as we read more Absolute Wonder Woman Absolute Wonder Woman 8-12 “As my Mothers Made Me” is Written by Kelly Thompson with art by Hayden Sherman, colors by Jordie Bellaire and Lettered by Becca Carey If you have a comment or question, you can …

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Tilly Norwood: Artificially Famous 9:18

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Tilly Norwood isn’t real but she is raising real eyebrows. Billed as the next Natalie Portman (if Natalie were a laggy IKEA algorithm), this AI “actress” is part influencer, part software stack, and part lawsuit waiting to happen. In this episode, host Emily Laird unpacks the tech behind Tilly’s digital debut, from glitchy expressions to Frankensta…

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Swamp Thing: Musk’s AI Beast Rises in Memphis 9:26

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Elon Musk isn’t just tweeting through it, he’s building a supercomputer the size of a football stadium in the swamps of Memphis. It's called Colossus, and it’s stuffed with hundreds of thousands of Nvidia chips, guzzling gigawatts of power like a frat boy with a Monster Energy addiction. In this episode, host Emily Laird breaks down Musk’s big AI b…

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Episode 49 – Why Businesses Must Give People Second Chances with Camilla Marcus-Dew from Amplify Goods 48:17

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Send us a text How can something as simple as washing your hands create ripples of impact in society? In this episode, we sit down with Camilla Marcus-Dew, Co-Founder of Amplify Goods, a 100% women-owned and led UK social enterprise. Amplify Goods makes everyday soaps and suds with extraordinary impact. They are crafted from low-impact, naturally d…

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Janitor AI: Chatbots Gone Wild (Seriously) 13:44

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A continuation of Emily's exploration into the Andreeson Horowitz Top 100 Generative AI apps. Janitor AI is a full-blown fever dream with 5 million users, 2 million characters, and zero shame. In this episode, host Emily Laird explores the spicy underworld of AI role-play, where lonely hearts, anime stans, and fantasy nerds collide. From vampire lo…

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OpenAI Dev Day 2025: The Recap 8:55

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OpenAI Dev Day 2025 wasn’t just a product drop, it was a full-on software coup. In this episode, host Emily Laird breaks down how ChatGPT graduated from chatbot to operating system, complete with apps, agents, and enough compute power to fry your toaster. From booking a Rome trip mid-chat to building AI assistants without writing code, it’s clear: …

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Compilation Episode! X-Men From the Ashes Infinity Comic by Alex Paknadel, Phillip Sevy, Diogenes Neves and Tim Seeley and Eric Koda 2:11:40

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Our main episode this week needs a few more days to cook, so instead here is a compilation of our conversations on the X-Men From the Ashes Infinity Comics. These are from our Episode 3, 5.5, 11.5, and 18.5. Man we used to be REALLY low energy! Thanks for sticking with us folks! X-Men From the Ashes Infinity Comic is written by Alex Paknadel with a…

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Absolute Wonder Woman: Year 1 Talk Back with Kelly Thompson 57:30

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A year in and the Absolute Universe of DC Comics is still one of the most exciting series of books being published by DC or Marvel. The crown jewel of this unimpeachable line is Absolute Wonder Woman, by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman. This week on the FIRST Absolute Mojoverse Premium Interview Show Allison sits down with Kelly Thompson to discu…

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Talk Nerdy to Me: All About Character AI 11:51

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Character.AI is where Shakespeare meets Snapchat and your anime boyfriend quotes Nietzsche in real time. In this episode, Emily Laird explores the company turning chatbot conversations into Gen Z’s favorite form of weird therapy and role-play. Founded by two ex-Googlers (Transformer royalty, no less), Character.AI has raised big money, signed a $2.…

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Episode 48 – Can Imperfect Veg Fix Our Broken Food System? with Emilie Vanpoperinghe from Oddbox 50:11

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By Jack and Ellie Good

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OpenAI's New Toys: Sora 2, a New App, and a Pulse in Pulse 9:33

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Project Blue Book 3:37:56

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Dear AGI, You Still Make Me Nervous... Love Always, Emily. 11:02

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What do you get when you mix billion-dollar egos, unfinished AI code, and an arms race mindset? A potential disaster with better branding. In this episode, Emily Laird breaks down why “safety pledges” and AI ethics guidelines sound great… right up until there’s money on the table. From vaporware promises to high-stakes standoffs between sleepy engi…