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Nancy reports from storm-strewn Tulsa while Sarah reports from the future, where they discuss:

* The worst storm in Tulsa since 2007, not that the news is covering it

* Sarah has a new boyfriend, and he is exactly one day old

* The predictive genius of the movie Her

* Is it cheating if you’re fooling around with an AI?

* Do we have to tell our partners everything?

* The future where Siri becomes personalized, and we all get AI assistants

* The difference between “falling in love” and “being in love”

* A new season of The Bear is coming

* Is Nancy’s Native American accent offensive?

* Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

* Black Mirror is back, baby!

* UATX event with Nancy, Sarah, and Meghan Daum