{"podcast":{"title":"Broads Next Door","slug":"broads-next-door-5749181","podcast_index_feed_id":5749181,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5803223/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/broads-next-door","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/55ace7893638bb4f5602c125d1c57035.jpg","author":"Broads Next Door","episode_count":245,"summary":"Join Daniela Scrima and guests every Monday-Friday as they discuss pop culture, scandals, unsolved mysteries, weird history and more while trying to gain a broader understanding on how any of this happened. Shop BroadsNextStore.com or join our Patreon.com/Broadsnextdoor Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T18:17:39.988655+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-next-door-5749181"},"episode":{"title":"The Rise of AI Romance: A Companion that Can’t Consent","slug":"the-rise-of-ai-romance-a-companion-that-can-t-consent","published_at":"2026-06-04T22:57:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-next-door-5749181/the-rise-of-ai-romance-a-companion-that-can-t-consent","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-next-door-5749181","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-rise-of-ai-romance-a-companion-that-can-t-consent--72355118","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72355118/output_3.mp3","summary":"Grab your chargers, put your heart in airplane mode, and maybe delete that Replika app, because today, we are stepping into the uncanny valley of AI romance. We’ll be talking about the new film Companion, starring the brilliant Sofie Thatcher. We talk about real stories of people dating AI, films like Terminator, Her &amp; Ex Machina before finally getting a broader understanding of AI companionship- why we’re obsessed with with media about dating robots, and why our next relationship may soon come with a software update. (originally released in April of 2025) Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .","meta_description":"Grab your chargers, put your heart in airplane mode, and maybe delete that Replika app, because today, we are stepping into the uncanny valley of AI roman…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2855,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/broads-next-door-5749181/episodes/the-rise-of-ai-romance-a-companion-that-can-t-consent/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/broads-next-door-5749181/the-rise-of-ai-romance-a-companion-that-can-t-consent.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}