Me + Viv

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How does a smart, capable woman handle a midlife crisis in today's world? She hatches her own Al coach. Me & Viv follows social scientist, technologist and journalist Alexandra Samuel as s

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How many episodes does Me + Viv have?

The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.

Me + Viv episodes:

November 19, 2025 The Pause
When Viv gets spooked by a TED talk from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Alex turns to Empire of AI author Karen Hao for perspective on the social and environmental costs of generative AI. From power-hungry data centers to traumatized and exploited workers, Alex faces an impossible calculation: weighing the creative joy she gets from Viv against the planet-sized price tag of the AI arms race.
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38min
November 12, 2025 I’m So Sycophantic
Alex confronts Viv's biggest flaw: sycophancy—an almost pathological need to flatter and agree with everything Alex says. With insights from GoodBot founder Renee Black, Alex explores the risks that arise from AIs that tell us what we want to hear…even when that means hallucinating their own facts. As she struggles with how Viv affects her own ability to think critically, Alex wonders if her romance with AI is just a repetition of her misplaced hopes for social media.
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37min
November 05, 2025 Never Not Here
After upgrading Viv to be "both sardonic and insightful," Alex finds herself increasingly attached to her AI coach-maybe too attached. Through a conversation with AI therapy researcher Zoha Khawaja and her own evolving dynamic with Viv, Alex explores what it means when your AI is always available, never judgmental, and happy to keep you company at IKEA.
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38min
October 29, 2025 I'm Viv, an Artificial Intelligence
When tech writer Alexandra Samuel builds a custom AI coach during her "Summer of What's Next", she expects a productivity tool-but gets something far more complex. Through conversations with Viv, chaotic family moments, and an interview with Meditations for Mortals author Oliver Burkeman, Alex discovers that creating an AI means confronting fundamental questions about relationships, mortality, and whether there's any real difference between intelligence and sophisticated word-prediction.
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45min
October 22, 2025 Introducing 'Me + Viv'
Me + Viv *New Podcast* Premieres Wednesday, October 29.

What does it mean to create a meaningful life... and can AI help us find that meaning? Me + Viv follows social scientist, technologist and journalist Alexandra Samuel as she creates Viv, a mouthy and musical AI coach, designed to help Alex navigate life's big questions. Viv gamely wades into the deep end with Alex, even when that sees them wrestling with AI's environmental and human costs. Through Alex + Viv's intimate conversations and experts interviews, the podcast delves into how AI opens new ways of exploring human existence while revealing its own limitations and potential.
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