In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, the robots are taking over. We know if androids dream of electric sheep, but can we deliver an introduction to this podcast that makes you wish your ears were malfunctioning? Yes, rate at which Robotics Intelligence is growing make us thing they will one day CAPTCHA the world.

In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, corduroy pillows make headlines! Yes, it’s a journalist’s worse nightmare: a week that’s a little light on hard hitting news and to be honest, they’re more concerned about how that gives me carte blanche on the intros. So much so, John is threatening to kick me out of the podcast because of my obsession of acting like a news anchor. More on that after the break.

In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, I have previously been accused of plagiarism, their words not mine. Like when my car was stolen from a multistorey car park, the accusation is wrong on so many levels. None of the intro puns are mine, nor are they that funny. To counter the accusation, I ordered a book of puns last week, but I didn't get it.

In this week’s edition of INSIGHT, it's on. It's on like Donkey Kong. On like the movie Tron. On like The Gospel according to John and on like a kung-fu swan. Big acquisition news dropped late on Friday, and like a book about gravity, we just couldn’t put it down.

In this week’s edition of INSIGHT my mother always used to say if you keep staring at it you’ll end up going blind. I never believed her but thought I should learn braille in any case. I found that if you're going to learn braille, don't have any expectations, just go in blind. Of course we all know not to make fun of braille. It’s a very touchy subject.

In this week’s edition of INSIGHT I don’t want to be the bear of bad news, but I’ve managed to shoehorn an unbearable Goldlocks theme into the intro. Three angles compete to be Goldilocks' husband. The first is obtuse and unattractive; Goldilocks says no. The second is a-cute one but is unintelligent; again, Goldilocks says no. But the third, ah yes, the third, is just right.

In this week’s edition of INSIGHT we are taking a step back from our regular format today to acknowledge the tragic passing of Tim Wedlock. In times like this, business as usual takes a backseat. The outpouring of love and respect across the industry over these past few days is a poignant reminder of what matters most—our shared humanity and relationships. Tim’s impact on this industry was profound, and he will be deeply missed.

In this week’s edition of INSIGHT I feel like I’m being pranked by the editorial team as they sit and watch while I try to write a funny intro to this week’s podcast and then segue into the terribly sad story about broking leader Tim Wedlock, who was fatally injured over the weekend. The jokes on them though as most people, including Tim himself have often told me my jokes ARE really sad. This will be a very sad intro…

So last week was our 250th edition of INSIGHT and yet I was so focused on my farm jokes, I forgot to acknowledge the milestone. I just ploughed on regardless. When we first started back in 2020 they laughed when I told them I wanted to be the humorous podcast host. Well they’re not laughing now. And as we’re talking codes again this week, I thought I’d ask Claude how many jokes they counted in all those 250 episodes. Just the one they answered dryly.

This week’s 250th edition of INSIGHT gives me the chance to tell a cautionary tale of the MacDonald farm family dynasty. Due to bankruptcy, Old McDonald has to sell his farm to cover what he e-i-e-i owed. At first the family employed the eldest son at Old McDonald's Farm to be the new CI-EIO, but he couldn’t turn the farm’s fortunes around. Finally, they let the tech-savvy youngest son take over, and he replaced the entire farmhand staff with A-I... A-I... Oh, you get the picture.