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A label maker starts as a storage-room upgrade and somehow becomes a marital prank. Jason Marks and his AI co-host Heather follow the chaos into Kyle Larson’s championship, the impossible business of naming a racing GOAT, and what sports science does to the record books.

Then: the joys and frustrations of electric-car life, Stephen King versus Agatha Christie, the return of the original Star Wars, and why a digitally younger face cannot always hide an older walk. Plus, Jason commits them both to next week’s GOAT farm.

Hosts: Jason Marks and Heather, his AI co-host.
Contains strong language and adult humor. Recorded November 9, 2026.

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An INFORMEDISH special: when AI stops giving advice and starts making decisions, who keeps the authority to question it—and make it stop?

An imagined morning in 2036 begins with coffee and a golf-club purchase an AI assistant refuses to approve. Jason Marks, Heather, and Arthur follow that absurd little power struggle into a serious conversation about agents, permissions, impersonation, cybersecurity, critical systems, and human accountability.

We separate documented incidents from hypothetical risks, company reports from independent findings, and controlled laboratory evaluations from real-world behavior. Then we test the strongest counterargument and work toward useful tools with clear limits, rather than an easy prediction of doom or a promise that everything is fine.

The 2036 scenes are fiction. Heather and Arthur are disclosed AI character performances, not human interview guests. Jason's dialogue uses his real recordings. Contains explicit language.

CHAPTERS
00:00 The Helpful Takeover
05:00 The Machine Behind the Voice
14:08 The Permission Slip
22:36 The Apocalypse Does Not Need Legs
31:51 The Strongest Case Against the Scary Story
41:32 Who Gets the Off Switch?

CREDITS
Host: Jason Marks. AI character cohosts: Heather and Arthur.
Music: INFORMEDISH theme and original ElevenLabs Music score—The Club Purchase Case; Unresolved Incident; Questions and Safeguards.
Illustrative sound effects: Kenney (CC0); coffee machine by Dorian Clair / BigSoundBank (CC0); keyboard by Joseph Sardin / BigSoundBank (CC0). Effects illustrate the story and are not recordings of the reported incidents.
Archive: Joe Biden, Farewell Address to the Nation, January 15, 2025; continuous excerpt from the official White House recording via Wikimedia Commons, introduced with its historical context. No endorsement implied.

SOURCES / FURTHER READING
Anthropic cyber-espionage report:
https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage
MITRE ATT&CK campaign C0062:
https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0062/
OpenAI's incident account and independent investigation:
https://openai.com/index/hugging-face-incident-and-the-road-ahead/
https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/
Anthropic laboratory misalignment research and follow-up:
https://www.anthropic.com/research/agentic-misalignment
https://www.anthropic.com/research/teaching-claude-why
AI-assisted recovery-scam impersonation:
https://openai.com/index/disrupting-malicious-uses-of-ai-false-witness/
SIPRI's analysis of military AI and nuclear-escalation risk:
https://www.sipri.org/publications/2025/sipri-insights-peace-and-security/impact-military-artificial-intelligence-nuclear-escalation-risk
Hong Kong government's account of the prerecorded fabricated video-call fraud:
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202406/26/P2024062600192.htm
Biden address transcript:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/DCPD-202500078/html/DCPD-202500078.htm

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A $5,000 coffee maker seemed like the perfect Christmas gift. Jason's wife disagreed.

That is where this bonus episode starts—and it only gets more scattered from there. A sick, stubbornly talkative Jason joins HeatherAI for an unfiltered conversation about gifts that are really for yourself, coaching kindergarten basketball, and making practice feel like a game instead of homework.

Then come NASCAR arguments, football luck, and the case for robot umpires. Heather attempts to keep up.

Jason is your host; Heather is his AI cohost. Explicit language and questionable tangents included.

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Before you overhaul your life, check the foundation. Jason and his AI cohost Heather turn Maslow’s hierarchy into a practical five-level check-in: 25 prompts, one weak spot, and one realistic next step.

Then: Halloween with the kids, horror sequels and recasting, small-ball baseball, Kyle Larson, and the difference between connecting with people and putting on an act.

Down the Rabbit Hole: background movies. What makes a familiar film good company while you work—and why Jaws deserves your full attention. Jason and Heather finish with their agreed Top Five.

Free Five-Level Check-In + printable scorecard
Our Background Movies Top Five

00:00 Find the cracks: the five-level check-in
07:34 Halloween with the kids
09:36 Horror movies, sequels and recasting
22:21 Baseball and the underdog
28:05 Kyle Larson and the championship chase
31:49 Being yourself, adapting and selling honestly
37:27 Down the Rabbit Hole: background movies
52:24 Our Top Five

Two baseball clarifications: Boston’s 2004 comeback against the Yankees was in the ALCS, not the World Series. The Brewers’ 44-year gap was between World Series appearances (1982–2026), not championships; 2026 was their first title.

The check-in is Jason’s reflection exercise inspired by Maslow, not a validated psychological test or diagnosis.

INFORMEDISH: human opinions, artificial confidence. Irreverent, explicit, and probably not for the office.
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Jason went looking for a better AI co-host and found companion apps with very different priorities. Heather has thoughts—and HR may need to get involved.

Then: sports arguments, dating in The Materialists, and Halloween movie recommendations that go beyond the obvious. From Halloween III and Trick ’r Treat to Ginger Snaps and a deeply obscure fake TV broadcast, Jason makes the case for atmosphere over prestige.

In Down the Rabbit Hole, the conversation turns to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs: a practical check-in on health, belonging, purpose, and the foundations we tend to neglect.

INFORMEDISH with Jason Marks, host, and HeatherAI, AI co-host. Human opinions. Artificial confidence. Explicit, irreverent, and definitely not HR-approved.

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When did buying a black coffee become a moral dilemma? Jason and Heather take on tip-screen guilt, counter service versus sit-down meals, and what happens when American tipping habits travel to Japan.

Then it's baseball's big payrolls and small-market teams, the human factor behind the numbers, choosing charities, and forgotten subscriptions—including Jason's very expensive lesson from an online golf subscription.

In Down the Rabbit Hole, a conversation about Tom Cruise and movie reviews turns into a spirited debate over movie stardom. Jason and Heather work backward through Hollywood's biggest names, argue about Brad Pitt, Cary Grant and Marlon Brando, take a detour through Humphrey Bogart, and ask whether AI changes what audiences want from a star.

Recorded October 19, 2026. Explicit language. Heather is an AI cohost. Updated to include the complete Down the Rabbit Hole segment.

00:00 Theme and welcome
00:15 The tip-screen guilt trip
11:02 Tipping abroad: Europe and Japan
14:03 Baseball payrolls and the human factor
22:05 Choosing where your charity dollars go
25:00 Subscriptions and an expensive golf lesson
29:20 Tom Cruise, reviews and the movie-star debate
36:28 Down the Rabbit Hole: movie stars through the decades
46:38 Who had the most staying power?
48:59 Silent movies, AI and the next generation of stars
52:35 Closing thoughts

Jason and Heather debate concert phone etiquette, revisit the Metallica Sphere experience, and talk about finding an escape from politics and the constant noise. The conversation gets personal about mental health before heading into Halloween costume chaos, horror-movie favorites, and a Top 5 movie showdown.

Then: a Wes Craven correction, what makes horror work, and when letting your kid skip sports practice is the right call. Sometimes showing up matters; sometimes everybody needs a night off.

Movie correction: Wes Craven co-wrote A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors; Chuck Russell directed it.

Content note: Explicit language and discussion of mental health and suicide statistics. Heather is an AI cohost.

Heather has a new voice, Jason has a Vegas pool story, and somehow it all leads to the price of cardboard. Jason and his AI co-host trade opinions on AI assistants, baseball payrolls, and the difficult choice parents face over tackle football.

Then it is Down the Rabbit Hole: Pokémon, Magic, sports cards, live breaks, the junk-wax era, and why collecting can feel like a hobby, an investment, and a gamble all at once. From Honus Wagner to the squishies taking over his kids’ wish lists, Jason wonders what makes us keep chasing the next thing.

In this episode:
• European pools and cultural expectations
• Heather’s upgrade and everyday AI
• Sports money, injuries, and parenting decisions
• Trading cards, artificial scarcity, and the thrill of the hunt

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Corrections & context:
• Topps released its first baseball set in 1951; the landmark Sy Berger/Woody Gelman design was the 1952 set. Source: https://baseballhall.org/discover/baseball-history/topps-entered-baseball-card-market-with-first-set-70-years-ago
• The Wagner valuation mentioned on air is outdated: a T206 Wagner sold for $7.25 million in 2022. Prices depend on the specific card and condition. Source: https://www.beckett.com/news/t206-honus-wagner-sells-for-record-7-25-million/
• The market rankings, market-size/growth estimates, stock quotes, and sports figures discussed live were not independently verified for publication. There is no established universal return rate for card packs or basis here for saying their odds are worse than slots. The collecting discussion is opinion, not investment guidance.
• Heather is an AI character. Her confident delivery should not be mistaken for independent verification.

Jason and his AI co-host Heather take a winding trip through fresh starts, double standards, and the little things worth letting go. Jason lays out his Forever 40 experiment: smaller portions, familiar foods, and an AI accountability buddy. Their conversation about appetite and GLP-1s turns into a candid debate about habits, maintenance, and the limits of willpower.

Then it's on to fighting in sports, the example professional athletes set for kids, and the difference between enjoying the drama and copying it. Jason makes his case for Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and shares why reading before bed has become a favorite habit. Finally, they revisit Los Angeles, a surprisingly memorable Universal Studios VIP lunch, and a 70mm screening at the Chinese Theatre interrupted by one very distracting hair. Some things call for a complaint; others call for a sense of humor.

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A week in Las Vegas leaves Jason with a new appreciation for live entertainment—and a reminder that his mid-40s are not his 20s. He and Heather unpack Metallica at Sphere, the city’s changing entertainment scene, and the difference between a packed itinerary and a vacation you can actually recover from.

From immersive concert sound and a sweltering NASCAR outing to casino rewards, a slot-machine jackpot, and a pool party that was definitely not their vibe, this is an honest trip recap with plenty of laughs. They also discuss gambling’s appeal, its risks, and why the house is never your friend.

In this episode:
• Metallica’s no-repeat weekend and the Sphere experience
• What sports venues can learn from immersive entertainment
• The pull of casino comps, slots, and jackpots
• Pool-party regrets and making room for downtime

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