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The Weekly Weird #34
Meloni baloney, EU says 'non' to 'bleu' checks on X, crash dash for cash, Indian Railways gets in your face, UK national ID "inevitable", CJ Hopkins on…
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Mike Freedman
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Episode 118: Christina Dalcher on Writing Dystopian Fiction and Imagining the Worst
The best-selling author of VOX, Q, Femlandia, and The Sentence discusses her writing process, the creative act of envisioning imperfect societies, and…
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Mike Freedman
1:16:13
The Weekly Weird #33
Crowdstrike crashes everything, "nearly every" AT&T customer hacked, US Postal Service gives away addresses, Evan Gershkovich convicted in Russia…
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Mike Freedman
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Trump Shot, Media Deranged
In the aftermath of an assassination attempt on the presumptive Republican nominee, America's media use disingenuous language to demonstrate their lack…
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Mike Freedman
The Weekly Weird #32
Clooney no longer mooney and Pappy gets scrappy, New York City's latest idea is garbage, Spain's porn passport, AI with a bullet, the unflushable Tony…
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Mike Freedman
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Episode 117: Kashmir Hill on Why Your Face Belongs To Them
The New York Times tech reporter and author of Your Face Belongs To Us discusses facial recognition technology, the dangers of "a Google for faces", and…
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Mike Freedman
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The Weekly Weird #31
TikTok and Europe's far-right bloc, from Russia with love (of fake news), AI likes 'em young, Nixon was right (but early), football humour
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Mike Freedman
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June 2024

The Weekly Weird #30
Gaetz-keeper of Bitcoin, Assange goes free, men behaving badly, bye bye Missouri, Geriatric Bumfight 2024, the Commie penthouse
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Mike Freedman
Episode 116: The 'Real' Steve Endacott on Running As The UK's First AI Parliamentary Candidate
The UK Parliamentary candidate talks about creating AI Steve, technology in politics, the new Industrial Revolution, and how not to let AI eat the world
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Mike Freedman
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The Weekly Weird #29
No badge for you, Russia's Safe City surveillance system, give up privacy for magic beans, the EU's AI lie detector, Network Rail gets emotional
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Mike Freedman
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The Weekly Weird #28
Apple spies, buy with your eyes, if it flies it dies, going Pete Tong in Hong Kong, AI Steve, the EU builds a twin Earth and therefore reality is a…
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Mike Freedman
Episode 115: Bjørn Karmann on The Moment That Never Was
The inventor and technologist discusses his lens-less AI camera Paragraphica, subversive design, and our relationship to reality.
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Mike Freedman
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