Podcast Episodes

Data Centers Go Nuclear (with Maia Woluchem and Dr. Livia Garofalo), 2026.03.09

Episode 74

We knew that the energy demands of data centers were preventing dirty energy sources from being sunsetted.  Now hyperscalers are reaching even furthe…

6 hours ago

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Data Centers in Space!? (with Dr. Adam Becker), 2026.03.02

Episode 73

Data centers are overburdening the planet, so tech billionaires have a new scheme — put 'em in space! Astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker joins Alex and E…

2 weeks ago

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How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI (with Naomi Klein), 2026.02.09

Episode 72

AI boosters and the US military are engaged in a lethal love affair. Award-winning journalist Naomi Klein joins Emily and Alex to discuss how glitchy…

1 month ago

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A Bad Case of Hype-itis, 2026.02.02

Episode 71

Move over Dr. Google, Dr. ChatGPT is here, and it's even worse as a medical intervention! Alex and Emily scrub in to slice up some harmful new nonsen…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Hell All the Way Down, 2022–2025

This is a special episode, and it’s not like our usual livestream recordings. Instead, our producer Ozzy dug through the Fresh AI Hell archives to cr…

2 months ago

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Wrapping Up a Hellish 2025, 2025.12.15

Episode 70

For our last recording of 2025, Emily and Alex take on a TIME article naming the "architects of AI" as their person of the year. We also look back at…

2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Defining AGI: Oops! All Eugenics, 2025.12.08

Episode 69

There's a new definition of artificial general intelligence in town, and unsurprisingly... it's bad! Alex and Emily rip up the tissue-paper-thin prem…

3 months ago

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This is What Algo-cracy Looks Like, 2025.12.01

Episode 68

Tech leaders are pushing the idea that automation can strengthen democracy — but as usual, their bold suggestions are based on castles made of sand. …

3 months, 2 weeks ago

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You Talked to Workers for This Labor Research... Right? (with Sophie Song), 2025.11.17

Episode 67

Last month, Senate Democrats warned that "Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade." Ironically, they used ChatGPT to come to…

3 months, 4 weeks ago

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Drag It All To Hell, 2025.10.27

Episode 66

It's been six months since our last all-Hell episode! In honor of Halloween season, we take a long journey into the very scary Fresh AI Hell mines. T…

4 months, 1 week ago

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