{"podcast":{"title":"Kirsten Johnson Podcast","slug":"kirsten-johnson-podcast-6900631","podcast_index_feed_id":6900631,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/kirsten-johnson-podcast/","website_url":"https://www.kirsten-johnson.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d8097d9e-64e2-45d9-9574-3a23f4985283/IG-Sobriety-Bestie-ideas-24.jpg","author":"Kirsten Johnson","episode_count":199,"summary":"Kirsten Johnson Podcast is about deprogramming AA ideology and reclaiming your mind after AA indoctrination.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:20:28.378758+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kirsten-johnson-podcast-6900631"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 193 Is ChatGPT Brainwashing You?","slug":"ep-193-is-chatgpt-brainwashing-you","published_at":"2026-03-03T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kirsten-johnson-podcast-6900631/ep-193-is-chatgpt-brainwashing-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kirsten-johnson-podcast-6900631","url":"https://www.kirsten-johnson.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b0509ddb-b306-4516-9694-ac46dfe29c44.mp3","summary":"A week ago I switched from ChatGPT to Claude and I want to share WHY with you. This was before the headlines and has nothing to do with politics. This is about the language ChatGPT uses, even when you ask it not to, and the potential long term consequences of repeated exposure to this language. Timestamps: 00:00 Why I Switched From ChatGPT To Claude 05:59 ChatGPT Can't Stop Doing This 12:26 ChatGPT Authoritarian Language 16:13 Is AI Brainwashing Us? 17:28 My Cult Programming Experience 22:06 Taking Space From ChatGPT 26:00 Why ChatGPT Uses Psychological Framing Resources for deconstructing AA: 👉 Deprogram Lounge (community, Zooms, book club, Escape Kit + more) 📚 Deprogram Book List (my fave deprogram, cult recovery and critical thinking books) 🌀 Deprogram AA Course (free your mind at your own pace) Let’s get f*cking free","meta_description":"A week ago I switched from ChatGPT to Claude and I want to share WHY with you. This was before the headlines and has nothing to do with politics. This is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1904,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kirsten-johnson-podcast-6900631/episodes/ep-193-is-chatgpt-brainwashing-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kirsten-johnson-podcast-6900631/ep-193-is-chatgpt-brainwashing-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}