Andy Mills, audio storyteller extraordinaire, joins Nancy and Sarah to talk about the “AI hinge moment” we’re living in, the subject of his new podcast “The Last Invention.” How scared should we be? Let’s discuss. They talk creative process, journalism’s inflection point and what was lost and gained in “the war of public shaming.” Plus: Books books books!
Also discussed:
Gotta love a rotund tree
“The thing about when you’re making your sauna …”
The country mouse/city mouse ideal
Are we really living in “unprecedented times”?
The secrets of how Andy builds a podcast
The trend to exaggerate victim status is REALLY UNHEALTHY
Bringing down a deer with a bow-and-arrow is harder than you think
When pain comes your way, don’t add regret to it
The Wall Street Journal is crushing it
Make centricism sexy again!
One was joyous, one was meh: Apple vs. Free Press holiday parties
Andy explains frog embryology to Nancy
Andy and Sarah are Magnolia stans
Alexander Hamilton got what he deserved
Demon Copperhead: Even funnier than Moby Dick!
“There’s so much comfort in history.”
WANTED: Presidential biography recommendations
Plus, three cheers for Bari Weiss and building new media, everyone loves Anna Karenina, “to be alive is to be heartbroken,” and much more!
