This week on Ben Kissel Politics, it’s man vs. machine... or maybe man apologizing to machine.

🤖 Tech CEOs—who once promised us flying cars and smarter phones—are now nervously biting their fingers as AI starts replacing everything from copywriters to therapists. We unpack their public apologies, doomsday warnings, and the not-so-subtle subtext: "Sorry we built the robot that’s better at your job (and probably your marriage)."

🧠 But it’s not all robo-tears. In a rare turn of uplifting news, AI is actually giving people hope. One woman—left voiceless after a stroke—got her voice back thanks to this very same “Skynet-lite” technology.

So... is AI a tool of salvation or a high-tech middle finger to humanity?
We break it down—with the usual mix of sarcasm, side-eyes, and some admiration for the robot that might one day host this podcast.

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This week on Ben Kissel Politics, we flush away real issues to examine the biggest distractions in Washington's porcelain circus such as bathroom monitors in the military and renaming the Kennedy Center after Melania Trump. Listen in as we try to figure out if any of this is real or just political mad-libs on mushrooms.

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Ben dives into a wild week in American politics: Trump keeps wondering why anyone cares about Epstein, Texas GOP leaders try to draw democracy out of the state entirely, and right-wing media personalities seem to be realizing that maybe—just maybe—Trump isn’t the second coming. From shady coverups to redrawn maps to Fox News giving Trump the cold shoulder, it’s a hot mess of scandal, strategy, and schadenfreude.

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Join Ben Kissel as he discusses the political news of the week. Topics include: The Alabama hemp bill, Trump and Epstein and more!

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