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We Need to talk About Grok Ft. Maggie Harrison Dupré

It's estimated that Grok, Elon Musk's chatbot formerly known as "MechaHitler" is now generating upwards of thousands of images of CSAM a day. While other countries are moving to outright ban it, Elon Musk is shrugging it off, his friends like Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney are rallying to his side, and the Trump administration, perhaps unsurprisingly, is silent. We brought on journalist Maggie Harrison Dupré to discuss her article on the subject and more.Follow Maggie: https://bsky.app/profile/mharrisondupre.bsky.social
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Preview: It’s Okay to Leave Your Dog in a Hot Car Ft. Anthony Fantano

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Owned Ft. Eoin Higgins

Eoin Higgins, author of the book Owned: How Tech Billionaires on the Right Bought the Loudest Voices on the Left joins us to discuss his book, the media landscape in 2026, and more.Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Owned-Billionaires-Bought-Loudest-Voices/dp/1645030466Support Eoin: https://eoinhiggins.substack.com/subscribe

Preview: The Brainrot Economy Ft. Hussein Kesvani

We're back from our holiday break, thank you for sticking with us. More to come very soon, in the meantime, you can find the remainder of this episode at www.Patreon.com/KillTheComputer
--Hussein Kesvani, freelance journalist, co-host of Trash Future and 10k Posts, joins us for our first ep of the year. In it, we borrow a term from our friend Ed Zitron known as "The Rot Economy". Instead of applying the theory to products and services, we ask what happens to the human brain when companies know they're harming their users but still insist upon a growth-at-all-cost mentality. Consider this the first part in an ongoing arc exploring this topic.Hussein can be found at: https://trashfuture.co.uk/

Unlocked: This Truth Has Been Deleted Ft. Jordan Uhl

We take a trip down memory lane and discuss the history of alt-tech microblogging platforms like Parler, Gettr, Gab etc that, while failing, ultimately served to pave the way for Trump's Truth Social and Elon Musk's "X". As usual, along the way we discover some interesting critters.Note: this episode was originally recorded on September 29th. We're unlocking it because we may not be releasing another episode on the main feed before the end of the year. Thank you for being with us, we hope you have a wonderful New Years and look forward to our best work coming in 2026!Follow Jordan: https://x.com/JordanUhl

Preview: Worst Tweets of 2025 Pt. 2 Ft. Homie Vulgaris

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Worst Tweets of 2025 Pt. 1

Janie from the homie collective joins us again for the episode we were supposed to record last time, the worst tweets of Q3 and Q4. Part two coming shortly on Patreon. In the meantime:Slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1lXu9PlS5ocynhXRdJwSS413UOHPl6MykWDpecDxUagk/edit?usp=sharingSupport Janie at www.JanieDanger.com

The Show Must Go On Ft. Janie Danger

While recording our end of the year worst tweets episode, Caleb lost power mid-recording due to the recent extreme weather in the PNW, so June and Janie decided to pivot into a free-form conversation about art and music. We decided to release it as bonus content while we finish two bracket episodes. Sorry for the delay, we'll get those out to you ASAP!Support Janie at https://www.janiedanger.com/

Preview: All This For Ten Dollars: DI-Why?

Patreon.com/KillTheComputerMLYP is back to take us through some of the worst DIY projects from the early internet. Harrowing.Essential slideshow: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uHYOQLcSt3sfxYR6WeIXMeuD0biGIenSG9Uzwuew6Ns/edit?usp=sharing

Preview: The Most Terrible Time of the Year Ft. Ella Yurman

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