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In their 50th podcast episode, hosts Drew and Brandt explore the messy intersection of listening and AI. They discuss how lifelike bots blur reality, AI's seductive emotional influence, and the dangers of highly confident, hallucinated misinformation. Ultimately, they urge listeners to verify sources and rigorously preserve human critical thinking skills.

Sources: 

Transcription Tools:

• Original recording transcribed with TurboScribe.

AI Voices heard in this episode: 

• “Brief-bot”, Audio Overview Brief format, Google Notebook LM. Notebook LM was fed the original recording transcription that created this content. 
• “Deep Dive Bots”, Audio Overview Deep Dive format, Notebook LM. Notebook LM was fed the original recording transcription that created this content. 
• “Drew-bot” created with KikiVoice. Voice cloning tool was fed direct lines for the voice to emulate.

Background Music:

• “Midnight Ledger” created with Google Gemini 3.1 Pro.

Articles: 

• Study Exposes Risks of Emotional Bonds With AI Chatbots - Neuroscience News

Terms:

• ELIZA effect - Wikipedia
• Theory of mind - Wikipedia
• Cognitive load - Wikipedia

LLM’s referred to:

• NotebookLM, Google. (2026). NotebookLM [Large language model]. https://notebooklm.google.com
• ChatGPT, OpenAI. (2026). ChatGPT (GPT-4 version) [Large language model]. https://chat.openai.com
• Gemini, Google. (2026). Gemini [Large language model]. https://gemini.google.com
• Copilot, Microsoft. (2026). Copilot [Large language model]. https://copilot.microsoft.com
• Claude, Anthropic. (2026). Claude [Large language model]. https://claude.ai
• Alexa+, Amazon. (2026). Alexa+ [Large language model]. https://alexa.amazon.com

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