This week, Aidan sits down with TikTok creator Maddi Koch (@maddikoch), whose POV-style movie reviews make you feel like you’re chatting with your best friend. Aidan and Maddi debate their ideal robot companions before diving into The Electric State—the Russo brothers' latest sci-fi fantasy action-adventure film starring Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and a whole lot of AI-fueled chaos.

Are robots the future? Should we be scared? And, more importantly—do they really cost $350 million to make? They break down the many critiques of the film’s production and whether it's a case of "executive dysfunction" (because, let’s be real, audiences don’t like being told what to love).

Hosted by: Aidan Taylor & Maddi Koch

Producer: Shei Yu | Content Writers: Maddi Koch & Aidan Taylor I Editorial Review: Saadia Khan I Sound Designer & Editor: Lou Raskin I Immigrantly Theme Music: Simon Hutchinson | Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover art design: Josephine Chai | Executive Producer: Saadia Khan

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