{"podcast":{"title":"BroBots: AI, Technology & Being a Better Human","slug":"brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-6465993","podcast_index_feed_id":6465993,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/0soMTXSY.rss","website_url":"https://www.brobots.me","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/7f744f91-28f0-4fcd-9cf6-df25f1d2b6bb/logos/9db8d5ed-43c0-4236-a280-f0f2f4cf393e.png","author":"Jeremy Grater, Jason Haworth","episode_count":348,"summary":"BroBots is a weekly podcast about artificial intelligence, emerging technology, and the increasingly complicated relationship between humans and machines. Hosts Jeremy Grater — a radio broadcaster with a nose for the story behind the story — and Jason Haworth — a technologist and ethical hacker who's seen behind the curtain — break down AI developments, automation, machine learning, and tech ethics without the hype or the hand-wringing. Think sharp analysis, honest conversation, and just enough sarcasm to keep it interesting. New episodes every week. Subscribe wherever you listen.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T00:18:15.140957+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-6465993"},"episode":{"title":"Why AI Propaganda Works—and How to Resist It","slug":"why-ai-propaganda-works-and-how-to-resist-it","published_at":"2026-04-20T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-6465993/why-ai-propaganda-works-and-how-to-resist-it","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/brobots-technology-health-being-a-better-human-6465993","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/bd09285d7c93177e7e06ccee971a7249f6d5dc8caaaeed6a8720d55618fef21c/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI1ZDI4YjRmNy0yYjlhLTQ5YTEtOWMwNS05OTk2OTA1OGE3ZTgiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3Zjc0NGY5MS0yOGYwLTRmY2QtOWNmNi1kZjI1ZjFkMmI2YmIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NTY0ZTVhYTcyNDdkMzNkMGIyODk5YTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllMjljMzQ2MjUxODE3MzYxNmRmNTc1L3RoZS1maXQtbWVzcy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTQtMTdfXzIyLTQ2LTQ0Lm1wMyJ9.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/bd09285d7c93177e7e06ccee971a7249f6d5dc8caaaeed6a8720d55618fef21c/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI1ZDI4YjRmNy0yYjlhLTQ5YTEtOWMwNS05OTk2OTA1OGE3ZTgiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3Zjc0NGY5MS0yOGYwLTRmY2QtOWNmNi1kZjI1ZjFkMmI2YmIiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2NTY0ZTVhYTcyNDdkMzNkMGIyODk5YTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNjllMjljMzQ2MjUxODE3MzYxNmRmNTc1L3RoZS1maXQtbWVzcy1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTQtMTdfXzIyLTQ2LTQ0Lm1wMyJ9.mp3","summary":"Iran has a 10-person animation team making Lego-style propaganda videos with hip hop beats that are going viral — and Jeremy, who considers himself reasonably good at detecting BS online, almost shared one before he caught himself. In this episode, Jeremy and Jason dissect how AI-powered slopaganda works: why it's engineered to exploit emotional familiarity, why YouTube is selectively banning it while leaving comparably political domestic content untouched, and what it means when even skeptical, media-literate adults are one tap away from becoming unwilling distribution nodes. If you've ever watched something that felt like news but moved like entertainment and had a nagging feeling you were being played — this conversation names what happened. 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