Recent Episodes


Uncanny Valley
Musk v. Altman Kicks Off, DOJ Guts Voting Rights Unit, and Is the AI Job Apocalypse Overhyped?
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger


Uncanny Valley
Apple’s Next Chapter, SpaceX and Cursor Strike a Deal, and Palantir’s Controversial Manifesto
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

The Big Interview
The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’
By Katie Drummond


Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: OpenAI and Musk Fight Again; DOJ Mishandles Voter Data; Artemis II Comes Home
By Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger

The Big Interview
He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
By Katie Drummond

Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: Iran’s Threats on US Tech, Trump’s Plans for Midterms, and Polymarket’s Pop-up Flop
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, Leah Feiger, Makena Kelly, and Kate Knibbs



Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: Nvidia’s ‘Super Bowl of AI,’ Tesla Disappoints, and Meta’s VR Metaverse ‘Shutdown’
By Brian Barrett and Zoë Schiffer

Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: Anthropic’s DOD Lawsuit, War Memes, and AI Coming for VC Jobs
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: Pentagon vs. ‘Woke’ Anthropic, Agentic vs. Mimetic, and Trump vs. State of the Union
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: AI Researcher Resignations, Bots Hiring Humans, and Evie Magazine’s Party
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: ICE’s Secret Expansion Plans, Palantir Workers’ Ethical Concerns, and AI Assistants
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger

Uncanny Valley
Uncanny Valley: Tech Elites in the Epstein Files, Musk’s Mega Merger, and a Crypto Scam Compound
By Brian Barrett and Leah Feiger

The Big Interview
Fallout Producer Jonathan Nolan on AI: ‘We’re in Such a Frothy Moment’
By Katie Drummond

The Big Interview
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Campaigning to Get ICE Out of US Cities
By Katie Drummond