Roboism

Episodios

• 79: Beach Dwelling Folk 17.03.2026 54m

  Kathy prevents Alex from bringing bad lobsters to the beach.
• 78: Tupperware on Wheels 09.03.2026 1h 9m

  Fashion minus the "-shion" and with an "-cism."
• 77: Cosplaying Servitude 26.01.2026 1h 18m

  Kathy continues to explore her relationship with Mr. Opus, and Alex continues to be almost as bad at folding laundry as the robots of CES 2026.
• 76: Your OLED Screen is Not Out to Get You 20.01.2026 1h 23m

  Alex hopes a snow blower Wall-E can take down the home owner’s association, and Kathy wants to stop stealing.
• 75: A Woken Record 11.12.2025 1h 10m

  Delivery robots are (trying to) serve Chicago, but we need to talk about wagons.
• 74: Who Knew Fascism Would Be the -ism? 22.11.2025 1h 24m

  Kathy didn't even get to the second page.
• 73: No More Flesh Buddies 20.10.2025 1h 15m

  Alex and Kathy cover a number of friendly and less friendly topics and try to avoid a Satanic Panic.
• 72: Pure Undiluted Kathy 13.06.2025 1h 18m

  Friends? We recorded this episode months ago and Alex wanted to scrap it. But as usual, Kathy was correct when she said, “I hate it–please publish it.”
• 71: Stroke the Button 21.09.2024 1h 6m

  Alex and Kathy wade through the grey blobs of the past few weeks of Apple’s supposed Intelligence.
• 70: Command-F for Bigotry 18.03.2024 56m

  Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology.
• 69: Microsoft is Daddy 10.12.2023 49m

  Immediately after Sammy A's firing but before his rehiring, Alex and Kathy got together to discuss what led up to the OpenAI bonanza and how it affects the future of ordinary humans who don't have podcasts about robots
• 68: Tech Yak 31.10.2023 58m

  Alex talks AI, gatekeeping, and Digital Miyazaki with friend of the show and developer advocate Jay Miller.
• 67: I Really Want a Tote Bag 21.09.2023 1h 22m

  Alex gives Kathy a rundown of their cautious optimism for visionOS and how she's already creating a material, effective future by utilizing technology in her own unique way.
• 66: Crystal Ball Calculator 16.08.2023 49m

  Kathy used ChatGPT, and Alex continues to use ChatGPT a lot more than they probably should. (Recorded May 2023, when it was still the bird site.)
• 65: Stop Playing With the Pope 08.08.2023 45m

  Kathy still hasn't used ChatGPT, but Alex remains optimistic about the bots. (Recorded March 2023 in a pre-visionOS world!)
• 64: Car Penguin Tiger 31.03.2023 43m
• 63: A Glass Cat 01.03.2023 47m

  With the help of a calculator panda, the business unicorn breaks her silence.
• 62: Get Those Yums 30.01.2023 1h 4m

  Alex and Kathy talked in December about Twitter. Hindsight sure is an interesting thing. They also celebrate no San Francisco Murder Bots, mourn the loss of the Mars Rover, and look forward to what might come next for the social Internet.
• 61: The Human Version of Ninja Turtles 20.12.2022 54m

  Kathy and Alex share their squishy thoughts about the viral sensation of AI avatars, independent art, open-source software, and the late great turtles.
• 60: Children Need to Be Warned 24.08.2022 53m

  Alex and Kathy discuss broken fingers, folding, and a fictosexual man in love with a hologram.