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We’re back, baby! And we’re shooting for 12/12 podcasts in 2025…as opposed to the 10/12 that we did in 2024 (Boo! Also, I get this wrong in the podcast—whoops!).

We’re kicking off the new year by going a bit off the rails in this episode, but what else is new? Ben has a bone to pick with robots (aka technology) and the people who prefer robots to “real …