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Everything In Conversation: Can AI Cure Grief?

Happy Wednesday EICorporeal beings. Last month, a BBC documentary posited the question, 'can AI ‘cure’ grief?', which got us wondering, should we want to cure grief? In AI confidential with Hannah Fry, Fry speaks to Justin Harrison, founder of You, Only Virtual. He ‘created the concept of the Versona after facing the dual challenges of his own near-fatal motorcycle accident and his mother's terminal cancer diagnosis. During this difficult period, he sought a way to preserve the unique bond he shared with his mother, leading to the development of YOV's Al technology. The Versona allows individuals to digitally recreate and continue conversations with their loved ones, even after they've passed, providing lasting emotional connection.’ Justin Harrison is not the only person working on this emerging technology, there are others such as Project December which is is an online AI platform created by video-game designer Jason Rohrer that allows users to simulate text-based conversations with specific personalities, including deceased individuals and, HereAfter AI which promises to ‘Preserve memories with an app that interviews you about your life. Then, let loved ones hear meaningful stories by chatting with the virtual you’. Is this something that we need? Is it something we want? Thank you so much for being so generous and sharing with us your experiences on such a sensitive topic, we're always so grateful. Love you! and hope you enjoy the episode O, R, B xxx AI Confidential with Hannah Fry [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002q76d/ai-confidential-with-hannah-fry-series-1-1-the-boy-who-tried-to-kill-the-queen] The Dead Have Never Been This Talkative [https://time.com/7298290/ai-death-grief-memory/] Alexis Ohanian thread [https://x.com/alexisohanian/status/1936746275120328931?s=46] The Year Of Magical Thinking - Joan Dixon [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7815.The_Year_of_Magical_Thinking] The Obliterated Place [https://therumpus.net/2011/07/01/dear-sugar-the-rumpus-advice-column-78-the-obliterated-place/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Influencers In War Zones, #QuitGPT & Jim Carrey's Clone

Hello EICrooks and criminals! This week on the podcast we start by discussing the Industry finale- what did we think and what are we hoping for from its upcoming final season? Then we turn to global politics as influencers in Dubai chronicle missile strikes. Are crying videos from luxury apartments the ultimate in Western obliviousness or are we being too harsh? Plus: is OpenAI's sinister new deal with the U.S. Department of Defence enough to get people to #QuitGPT? In Hollywood news: Who cloned Jim Carrey? What's the story, where did these rumours come from and what does it say about our collective brain power that people are asking if it's true? We also discuss the audacity of 49-year old cinema-legend and generational hottie Maggie Gyllenhaal to visibly age. How have we gotten to a place in the culture where a woman NOT getting a $200K face-lift is the more controversial choice? Plus Beth and Oenone have some choice words for SNL. Thank you so much to Cue podcasts for the edit. We hope you enjoy! B, O, R x Oenone's been loving The Bride [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/04/the-bride-review-jessie-buckley-christian-bale-frankenstein] and Small Prophets [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002q765/small-prophets]. Beth's been loving We Might Regret This [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m0021ctf/we-might-regret-this] & Shrill [https://www.netflix.com/search?q=shrill&jbv=82171049] with a special mention to Detectorists [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b06l51nr/detectorists]. BBC iPlayer - Industry [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000pb89/industry] Substack - Empty Ambition by Brendon Holder [https://substack.com/home/post/p-189609272] The Watch - Konrad Kay & Mickey Down [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/industry-season-4-finale-with-creators-konrad-kay/id1111739567?i=1000752379294] GOV.UK - United Arab Emirates [https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/united-arab-emirates/safety-and-security] The Rest Is Entertainment - Dubai Influencers vs Iran [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dubai-influencers-vs-iran/id1718287198?i=1000752688201] The Guardian - Quit ChatGPT: right now! [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/04/quit-chatgpt-subscription-boycott-silicon-valley] Cracked - Jim Carrey's Publicist Finally Addresses The Clone Rumors [https://www.cracked.com/article_49761_jim-carreys-publicist-finally-addresses-the-clone-rumors.html] Fastcompany - What to know about the 'everyone is 12' theory [https://www.fastcompany.com/91429448/everyone-is-12-twitter-tiktok-trump] Substack - Ah shit! We let pedophiles decide our beauty standards by Jameela Jamil [https://jameelajamil.substack.com/p/ah-shit-we-let-pedophiles-decide] Mamamia - Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jim Carrey, and the ageing conversation we're too afraid to have. [https://www.mamamia.com.au/jim-carrey-clone-maggie-gyllenhaal-aging/] Oenone's Substack - Carrie, Bridget & me [https://open.substack.com/pub/oenonef/p/carrie-bridget-and-me?r=4mx7x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web] The Guardian - I was at the Baftas - and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/25/baftas-bbc-n-word-john-davidson-black-disabled-people] BBC - SNL criticised for 'hurtful' Tourette's sketch [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05v0ln6nq3o] Netflix - I Swear (airing in the UK from Tuesday 10th March) [https://www.netflix.com/title/82681782] The News Agents podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-news-agents/id1640878689] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Everything In Conversation: Should You Tell Your Partner Everything?

Ciao EIChin-waggers, This week we're asking a tough question: should we shut the f up when it comes to telling partners our friends' info? Editor and writer Hannah Ewens argued for this very thing in a Vogue piece titled 'Please, Stop Telling Your Partner My Secrets'. [https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/please-stop-telling-your-partner-my-secrets] Thank you for listening and please do argue, agree or discourse us in the Spotify comments. We love to keep the conversations going... Love O,R,B xxx ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

America's Next Top Mess, Carolyn Bessette & K-pop Confusion

Hello EICulture Vultures. Our gorgeous Beth is ill this week, everyone say get well soon Beth! So we were all rooting for this new Netflix documentary series to give us an unfiltered and balanced look into the unbelievably problematic world of America’s Next Top Model. The question is…did it?  So for anyone who hasn’t watched it, Netflix released “Reality Check: America’s Next Top Model” on the 16th of February, and in three separate hour-long episodes it dives into the creation of the show which was hosted by Tyra Banks and then briefly Rita Ora, the many scandals that happened during its 24 seasons- or cycles, as the show called them- and how it all fell apart. We hear from many former contestants, as well as former judges J “Miss J” Alexander and Nigel Barker, and creative director on set Jay Manuel. But most controversially, Tyra Banks also appears and has her say- something people are having a lot of feelings about, and which we will get into.  More TV news! A new limited series from Ryan Murphy's anthology franchise has captured the minds and hearts of the internet, myself included, it documents the intense, whirlwind romance and subsequent tragic marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. played by Paul Anthony Kelly and Carolyn Bessette played by Sarah Pidgeon, Based on Elizabeth Beller's book Once Upon a Time: The Captivating Life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, the show explores their rise as a 1990s "It Couple" while highlighting the immense, often suffocating pressure of fame, paparazzi, and legacy. We give our thoughts! Thank you so much to Cue podcasts for the edit. We hope you enjoy! O, R, B x Ruchira's been loving : Alysa Liu [https://www.instagram.com/alysaxliu/?hl=en], There Will Be Blood [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/] Oenone's been loving: Derry GIrls [https://www.netflix.com/title/80238565], Museum Of Pop Culture with Josh Widdicombe [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/museum-of-pop-culture-with-josh-widdicombe/id1863943807] We were all rooting for Tyra Banks to give us some answers – but this America’s Next Top Model documentary gaslights its audience [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/americas-next-top-model-tyra-banks-netflix-documentary-b2924945.html] Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model review – Tyra Banks comes across terribly in this exposé [https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/feb/16/reality-check-inside-americas-next-top-model-review-tyra-banks-netflix] Love Story Is Doing Daryl Hannah Dirty [https://www.vogue.com/article/love-story-john-f-kennedy-jr-and-carolyn-bessette-is-doing-daryl-hannah-dirty] Secrets And Lies [https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/2003/8/secrets-and-lies] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Everything In Conversation: Friendship Vs. Motherhood

Happy Hump day EICrunchies! So last week an Instagram post by a child-free creator went semi-viral. The post explored the perspective of its child-free creator (Danni Duncan) and many other child-free people who have felt sad when a friendship has changed following a mate having a baby, and want spaces to express that freely. In the visuals for the post she writes:  "I know your kids come first but I still believe friendship should go both ways so that makes me selfish. I understand you’re busy but I still hope to hear from you, so that makes me needy. I don’t expect the same time as before but I do hope for some effort, so that makes me unrealistic. I miss our friendship and I’ll say that out loud, so that makes me difficult. Or maybe I’m not a horrible friend. Maybe I just believe friendship should survive life changes. And that both people deserve to be seen.” And we wanted to discuss this- with your help. We ask: is it fair for CF women to express their sadness when a friend has a baby? Is it on mothers to cross the divide or should those of us without kids do the heavy lifting? Are some friendships just seasonal? And where on EARTH are the dads in all this? Thank you all SO much for your takes on this- as empathetic, thoughtful and considered as ever. We luuuuurve being in conversation with you all. O, R, B x Links: Danni's post [https://www.instagram.com/p/DUxKuu_AauH/?igsh=MXZnNWkxOHdrbjdsNA==] Danni's follow up post [https://www.instagram.com/p/DU2FtXugdRh/?igsh=em54YTkzaGxvZjYx] Waterstones - Lessons from a Default Parent by Lou Beckett [https://www.waterstones.com/book/lessons-from-a-default-parent/lou-beckett/9780241762912] Psychology Today - The Ring Theory [https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/promoting-hope-preventing-suicide/201705/ring-theory-helps-us-bring-comfort-in] Book recs from listeners: Ghosts by Dolly Alderton [https://www.waterstones.com/book/ghosts/dolly-alderton/9780241988688] So Thrilled For You by Holly Bourne [https://www.waterstones.com/book/so-thrilled-for-you/holly-bourne/9781529301687] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.