Joe talks about what made him decide to do the podcast and the news story he heard that riled him up

News story: https://www.kare11.com/article...

Joe and Jon talk about different animals and their intelligence as well as the possibility of AI gaining intelligence
Sources:
https://www.nature.com/article...
https://ai-frontiers.org/artic...
https://youtu.be/NDnQ4pAjBUg?s...
https://youtu.be/ah8U0-fV6k8?s...
Timestamps:
Intro: 0:00
AI consciousness: 5:45
Octopus Intelligence: 20:30
Honeybee Democracy: 23:05
Outro: 31:00

Joe and Jon talk about Halloween and other topics
Intro and election predictions 0:00
Halloween/plant health 4:04
Casual dining chains 9:15
Halloween AI Art and Outro 18:00

Sources: https://www.reuters.com/market...

https://www.bbc.com/future/bes...

https://www.washingtonpost.com...

https://www.restaurantbusiness...

https://www.fastcompany.com/91...

Joe and Jon talk about the Olympics and British police

Timestamps:
0:00 Olympics
15:52 Crime and British Police

Sources:

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/ne...

https://nypost.com/2024/08/10/...

https://www.baldwinschools.org...

Joe and Jon talk about the Olympic scandals and a variety of other topics
0:00 Olympics
20:25 Economy
28:45 TikTok and influencers

Sources:

https://www.foxnews.com/sports...

https://sports.yahoo.com/convi...

https://time.com/7005456/chine...

https://www.inc.com/associated...

https://www.wired.com/story/in...

Joe and Jon talk about politics and the Olympics
Timestamps
Intro and Trump Assassination 0:00
Biden Steps out 15:20
Olympics 27:30
Sources:

https://apnews.com/article/tru...

https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/...

https://www.foxnews.com/live-n...

https://drive.google.com/file/...

https://time.com/6999263/seine...

Joe and Jon talk about how media has changed— and stayed the same
Intro 0:00
Redbox and news media 5:30
Trump/Biden Debate 24:20
Sources:

https://abc7chicago.com/post/r...:~:text=Redbox%20is%20no%20more.,filing%20to%20Chapter%207%20liquidation.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/a...

Joe talks about a variety of sports topics with his brother

Timestamps:
0:00 Super Bowl game and ads
18:33 World Cup News

https://www.thehastingscenter....

https://www.santacruzsentinel....:~:text=The%20cost%20of%20a%2030,of%20ads%20are%20celebrity%2Dfree.

https://apnews.com/article/202...

Joe talks about problems with childhood literacy and why it might be failing
Source: https://www.scientificamerican...:~:text=Biennial%20testing%20through%20NAEP%20consistently,40%20percent%20are%20essentially%20nonreaders.

There’s something big coming to North America in a few years!

Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/fo...

https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/...

https://youtu.be/uKTEl4uL1h0?s...