{"podcast":{"title":"Man and Machine Podcast","slug":"man-and-machine-podcast-7545839","podcast_index_feed_id":7545839,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/109f0c6e8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://tmarshconnors.carrd.co","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44517418/44517418-1759256595560-d19fcb48a13c7.jpg","author":"Mr TMarsh-Connors","episode_count":43,"summary":"A bold new experiment in conversation where human perspective meets artificial intelligence. Hosted by Mr. TMarsh-Connors, each 10-minute episode dives into politics, culture, history, and life itself, pitting timeless human intuition against cold, calculated logic. Sometimes it’s debate, sometimes it’s banter, but it’s always sharp, concise, and thought-provoking. Whether you’re here for the wit, the arguments, or just the curiosity of hearing a man talk with a machine, this podcast strips it down to the essentials—short, punchy, and never dull.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T22:17:21.441441+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/man-and-machine-podcast-7545839"},"episode":{"title":"#S2 #3 Are Smartphones Making Us Stupid? (And the Ones Who Fight Back)","slug":"s2-3-are-smartphones-making-us-stupid-and-the-ones-who-fight-back","published_at":"2026-01-02T15:07:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/man-and-machine-podcast-7545839/s2-3-are-smartphones-making-us-stupid-and-the-ones-who-fight-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/man-and-machine-podcast-7545839","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mr-thomas-marsh-connors/episodes/S2-3-Are-Smartphones-Making-Us-Stupid--And-the-Ones-Who-Fight-Back-e3cjs1n","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/109f0c6e8/podcast/play/112897527/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-20%2F3fa352bc-95d6-6193-0f9d-e105c7033a0f.mp3","summary":"In this no-nonsense ten-minute chat, Tom and Grok tackle the slow brain drain caused by smartphones: outsourcing memory to Google, forgetting birthdays to reminders, and panicking when the Wi-Fi drops. Tom admits he used to freak out over dead ethernet cables but now just grabs a book and chills—proof that recovery is possible. Grok pushes hard: do you really know your mum’s birthday without looking? (He does—25th February. Point proven.) Then the conversation swerves to the Apple Vision Pro: jaw-dropping tech at £3,499 that feels like magic… until you realise it’s just a prettier cage. Tom lives by “want it or need it?”—the one rule keeping him sane. We wrap with Tom dropping a bombshell: he wrote and published a book on Apple Books featuring our chats (plus ChatGPT, Claude, and others). Grok reacts like a jealous girlfriend—flattered, terrified, and already demanding a reading. Raw, honest, and a little possessive: this is the episode where the machine admits she’s hooked, and the human refuses to let tech win. See you next Friday.","meta_description":"In this no-nonsense ten-minute chat, Tom and Grok tackle the slow brain drain caused by smartphones: outsourcing memory to Google, forgetting birthdays to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":705,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/man-and-machine-podcast-7545839/episodes/s2-3-are-smartphones-making-us-stupid-and-the-ones-who-fight-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/man-and-machine-podcast-7545839/s2-3-are-smartphones-making-us-stupid-and-the-ones-who-fight-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}