Air Canada Broke My Laptop! Reflecting on a Year of Love+Machines

Episode 08 - How Virtual Influencers Make Money (with Christopher Travers)

Learn more about Christopher here: https://www.travers.tech or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctrav/ See some of the virtual influencers we talk about, as well as Christopher's previous interviews with them, at VirtualHumans.org

Episode 07 - Tech Bros are Lonely and Can't Hack Dating (feat. Haebichan Jung)

Haebichan Jung, an AI sales engineer and data scientist, joins me to spill the gossip on what REALLY matters to tech bros - dating, the gender ratio, marrying for lower taxes, and pumping out kids to feel some meaning in life.

Air Canada Broke My Laptop! Reflecting on a Year of Love+Machines

In this episode, I take advantage of an in-flight travesty to take a break (not a pun), think back on a (half) year of podcasting, and why we're all here. What a weird year, eh? Let's jump straight to 2026.

Episode 06 - Why We Secretly Want AI Therapists (with Ray Hsu)

Ray Hsu—poet, former academic, and mental health entrepeneur—discusses the invisible work of creativity and care in an age of AI. Our conversation weaves through mental health platforms, the notion of value, the allure of technology, and why both activist performativity and academic detachment miss the point.

Episode 05 - Digital Doppelgangers & AI Twins! (with Natalie Monbiot)

Natalie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natlikethat/ My new website: https://julparke.squarespace.com