# BPR Full Show 8/17/26: AI Slop

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Podcast: [Boston Public Radio Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/boston-public-radio-podcast-740829)
Published: 2026-08-17T20:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

We air a conversation Jim and Margery had with Sasha Waters, filmmaker behind the new Mary Oliver documentary. Hiawatha Bray joins to discuss the AI slop and datacenter backlash. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Princeton professor, discusses the dismissal of Trump's antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard, and Tyler Austin Harper's Atlantic piece on quitting the tenure track. Sy Montgomery zooms in to discuss Jinny Lu, the world's ugliest dog ... a group of marmots turning to OnlyFans to raise some money ... and a pet goose named Goosey who honked to alert their family of a barn fire, saving all their animals.

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