{"podcast":{"title":"A Rational Fear","slug":"a-rational-fear-1080338","podcast_index_feed_id":1080338,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/646ebc5fb383020012ef0cbe","website_url":"http://arationalfear.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/646ebc5fb383020012ef0cbe/1787116481434-27c5394f-65b8-4311-a1a4-d0b0577f4b96.jpeg","author":"Dan Ilic","episode_count":250,"summary":"Laughing in the face of fear. Comedians and experts rip into the news. It's #QandA on crack. 🏆 Winner Best Comedy Podcast 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023. Sign up to the newsletter: http://www.arationalfear.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-20T06:19:29.872857+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338"},"episode":{"title":"Samsung TVs are making you racist.","slug":"samsung-tvs-are-making-you-racist","published_at":"2026-09-19T06:49:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338/samsung-tvs-are-making-you-racist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338","url":"https://shows.acast.com/a-rational-fear-1/episodes/samsung-tvs-are-making-you-racist","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/646ebc5fb383020012ef0cbe/e/6aae308b7aa361c612d956c1/media.mp3","summary":"🎟️ TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearfulaus/2298247 🔗 Laura Bank's story on Smart TVs and SkyNews: https://www.ettemedia.com/pay-for-play-the-hidden-deals-putting-news24-sky-news-first-on-your-smart-tv/ 🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear 📨 SUBSCRIBE TO OUR EMAIL LIST: http://www.arationalfear.com/ Here’s a tighter, no‑fluff version you can drop straight into podcast apps: A Rational Fear – 18 September 2026 Dan Ilic is joined by Lewis Hobba, Grace Vegesana (AYCC) and journalist Laura Banks to tear into Australia’s media, politics, and AI hype. In this episode: Karl Stefanovic’s podcast implosion, his blame‑shifting over the Tommy Robinson interview, and whether progressives should just buy his show and reprogram him. AI “we might end humanity” doom talk from Anthropic, OpenAI and Musk, and how it smells more like cartel-building and excuse-making than conscience. Grace on the Beetaloo Compute Zone and how AI data centres are being hard‑wired to fracked gas projects to keep fossil fuels alive. Laura’s investigation into Samsung (and others) auto‑surfacing Sky News/News 24 on smart TVs, the commercial deals behind it, and what that means for regional voters and media diversity. The panel’s on-the-ground view of AI in creative, legal and health work: hallucinations, bad posters, fake court cases, and very few genuine wins. 🤑 CHIP IN TO OUR PATREON https://www.patreon.com/ARationalFear Here's all the fun stuff you get when you sign up to Patreon. 🎧 Get an ad-free and sponsor free version of the show. 🎟 Get early access and discounts to live shows. 🎥 Get early access to final videos, and draft edits of upcoming videos. 👨🏼‍⚖️ Make show suggestions. 💬 Get a link to the A Rational Fear discord. If you enjoyed t…","meta_description":"🎟️ TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/cheerfulearfulaus/2298247 🔗 Laura Bank's story on Smart TVs and SkyNews: https://www.ette…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1884,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-rational-fear-1080338/episodes/samsung-tvs-are-making-you-racist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-rational-fear-1080338/samsung-tvs-are-making-you-racist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}