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The long-form cut — episode essays and between-episode thoughts.

Jul 7, 2027

Meaning and relationships .... the bridge to humanity

Millions of Americans are experiencing their most intimate relationship moments to chatbots and companion apps ... what happens to our hearts when the devices we hold in our hand hollows us out and finds us more alone than ever?

Jul 15, 2026

Six Ways to Make a Cucumber Delicious

Food as medicine is Greg's whole life, and now AI is racing it to the next frontier: measurably reshaping your gut in weeks, discovering brand-new healing prote

Jul 8, 2026

An atheist and a pope walk into a bar ...

The oldest keeper of human meaning made AI the entire subject of its first big statement, and stood on stage next to an AI-company founder to do it: the pope wa

Jul 1, 2026

The Coparent in the Cloud

AI has pulled a chair up beside the child as both playmate and confidant, the toy it plays with and the bot it tells its secrets to are the same seat a caregive

Jun 30, 2026

Turns out ... kids want inclusion/purpose, and they want it from PEOPLE ....

I Brought the Research. Emma Brought the Answer. Notes from Episode 3 of Going Human, "The Coparent in the Cloud" I went into this episode armed. The studies, the headlines, the bo

Jun 24, 2026

Souls in our Systems

It's not like if you went somewhere sick, accidents could really happen ...

Jun 23, 2026

Souls in our systems ....

We taught the systems that run our lives, hospitals, benefits, the machinery behind the curtain, to run and even heal themselves without us. Then we handed them

Jun 17, 2026

Beauty by Robot???? Really.

AI wants two jobs that used to belong to other people: reading your body and caring for it. Smart mirrors now scan your face, flag fifteen-plus "concerns" in on

Jun 12, 2026

The Machine Was Already Hungry

AI didn't break the marketplace. It got hired by one already built to monetize shame, loneliness, and your belief that you're the broken part. A rant about how we scaffolded the perfect conditions, and one small act of sabotage to start.