{"podcast":{"title":"Garden of Thought","slug":"garden-of-thought-3714659","podcast_index_feed_id":3714659,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4863095/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/garden-of-thought--4863095","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/3134fbfbed776f560b49645841127799.jpg","author":"Jeff Lippman","episode_count":531,"summary":"Hey there, welcome to the Garden of Thought! It's a place where we plant seeds of curiosity and see what sprouts. We'll be exploring all sorts of fascinating topics with your host, Jeff Lippman: the news, pop culture, those weird creatures you hear about, old myths, alien stories, human history, and, yeah, maybe even a little wrestling. Come along for the ride, because every great story has to start somewhere.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T06:19:33.396767+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659"},"episode":{"title":"Garden of Thought E.401 Brace Yourselves for the Governmental Control Super Storm","slug":"garden-of-thought-e-401-brace-yourselves-for-the-governmental-control-super-storm","published_at":"2026-09-04T16:05:34+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659/garden-of-thought-e-401-brace-yourselves-for-the-governmental-control-super-storm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/garden-of-thought-e-401-brace-yourselves-for-the-governmental-control-super-storm--74901678","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74901678/4fd149ab_4b3a_d623_ac74_94228490c99e.mp3","summary":"Brace McKoy spent 11 years in the army after attending West Point. Thereafter, he was primarily in the defense industry. He authored a book in addition to other papers on the issues surrounding AI's emergence, the probability of aliens among us, and the forced reduction of population partly due to AI induced mass unemployment. He opines governments will have to take more control over the citizenry and consider a basic subsistence income. He also speaks on the role of religion. Specifically, his faith in Christianity. It's a conversation you don't want to miss.","meta_description":"Brace McKoy spent 11 years in the army after attending West Point. Thereafter, he was primarily in the defense industry. He authored a book in addition to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4809,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/garden-of-thought-3714659/episodes/garden-of-thought-e-401-brace-yourselves-for-the-governmental-control-super-storm/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/garden-of-thought-3714659/garden-of-thought-e-401-brace-yourselves-for-the-governmental-control-super-storm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}