Three Big Conversations:

1. The hills are alive with the sound of kids saying "chicken, banana," - 14:38
2. A new AI tool called OpenClaw has an iron grasp on data - 20:20
3. Backlash took center stage after Bad Bunny's halftime show. - 49:04

Song of the Week: "The Great Divide" - Noah Kahan - 01:16

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In Other News.. - 1:04:02

James Van Der Beek passed away this week after battling colorectal cancer. Best known for his role as Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek, he helped define late 90s teen drama, and his legacy continues through streaming nostalgia and even one of the internet's earliest viral reaction GIFs. At a congressional hearing last week, self-driving car company Waymo admitted that sometimes its cars are being remote-controlled by workers based in the Philippines. An emerging star of the 2026 Winter Olympics is American figure skater Alysa Liu, who won gold and then promptly broke her medal. Cool guys have bangs now, according to GQ. Fellas are trading the long-popular long-on the-top, short-on-the sides haircut for softer, more lived-in fringe. This weekend, the long-awaited, R-rated adaptation of the gothic romance novel Wuthering Heights will hit 3,600 screens and is projected to hit $50 million on its opening weekend.

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