Something's Rotten in Gotham City

Are kids going to be any safer online after the Meta settlement? Our trio of contributors—Taylor Lorenz (User Mag), Reed Albergotti (Semafor), and Nitasha Tiku (The Washington Post)—are skeptical. Then, are AI “civilizations” real, or is it all just tabloid journalism? Finally, s ...  Show more

Do you judge people who are emotionally attached to their chatbots? Bridget Todd used to read stories about people forming intimate relationships with AI and think, “That’s so pathetic. That is so sad. That could never be me.” But when she needed support during a hard time, AI wa ...  Show more

The line between the ordinary and the extraordinary is often barely perceptible. But the stories that tale place on either side can be utterly curious.

Humans have a way of getting themselves into some pretty amazing situations. In fact, the stories about that are more than a little curious.

It seems like everything nowadays is a sequel or a prequel (or a reboot). We chat about separates the good sequels and prequels from the the bad,.And then we take two properties in the news that have had a ton of sequels to varying degrees, and add our own to the mix. Learn more ...  Show more

Jeremy and Vipin recruit an ally with an unusual connection, but new evidence makes it clear that the stakes are higher—and more deadly—than they first believed. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform ...  Show more