Robot or Not?

Listener Patrick is concerned about taxonomy, most particularly involving fans that are also lights.

John Siracusa and Jason Snell

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There are so many different ways to define fast food. Is pizza fast food? Also, Jason has a story about the Shake Shake in the Minneapolis airport.

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I can see clearly now.

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As so often happens with us, discussions of evil henchman end up becoming discussions of legal employment status.

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Live from the Relay Podcastathon, Jason and special guest Casey Liss ask John a bunch of questions from the Robot Or Not question list.

Topics include: All-In-One computers, dates, pasta, and antique vs. retro.

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Oh, Listener Sean wants to know about catchphrases! Well, isn’t that special?

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In a rare timely episode, John and Jason discuss a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman that Apple is designing a series of robots, including a “robot” that sits on a table and moves its display around, and a “robot” that follows you around your house folding laundry, reminding you of your mortality, and possibly running a viral campaign for Apple TV+ shows.

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Listener Daniel would like John’s blessing for his practice of putting two spaces after every sentence he types.

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Listener Arne received a severe weather alert for a fire. Fires are very bad, but are they weather? Are some natural disasters weather, and others not?

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Is “truffle mushroom tea” just a soup? Did a fancy New York restaurant play a trick on Listener David and his wife? And what is tea, really?

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