{"podcast":{"title":"New Books Network","slug":"new-books-network-529292","podcast_index_feed_id":529292,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/OuTJEAhS","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119/c4c9e2fd-6133-4a85-8c77-58d8e7902835/3000x3000/main-channelpage.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":600,"summary":"Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network","last_synced_at":"2026-10-02T08:23:46.189970+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292"},"episode":{"title":"Writing Against the Machine: On Artistic Culture in the AI Age with Matthew Gasda","slug":"writing-against-the-machine-on-artistic-culture-in-the-ai-age-with-matthew-gasda","published_at":"2026-09-16T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292/writing-against-the-machine-on-artistic-culture-in-the-ai-age-with-matthew-gasda","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292","url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119/episodes/304fd6e9-19d1-4e28-9a22-6f9dba466746/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119&awEpisodeId=304fd6e9-19d1-4e28-9a22-6f9dba466746&awSourceEpisodeId=60f6d392-8657-4df7-ba47-b858000d2e01&feed=OuTJEAhS","summary":"Debates about AI typically deal with its immediate material consequences, from cybersecurity and infrastructure to plagiarism and copyright. Yet most people deal with AI as a generative consumer product that raises longer-term questions about its cultural effects on American society, human art, and ultimately, our souls. What is the role of the artist, for example, when a bot can crank out the same thing more quickly and efficiently? To help answer that question, as we continue Season 6, I have as our guest the playwright, novelist, and essayist Matthew Gasda. The author of the novels The Sleepers (2025) and Stranger Beauty (2026), he has written, produced, and directed over thirty plays, including Dimes Square, Zoomers, and Doomers, with his former production company, The Center for Theatre Research.","meta_description":"Debates about AI typically deal with its immediate material consequences, from cybersecurity and infrastructure to plagiarism and copyright. Yet most peop…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3102,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-network-529292/episodes/writing-against-the-machine-on-artistic-culture-in-the-ai-age-with-matthew-gasda/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292/writing-against-the-machine-on-artistic-culture-in-the-ai-age-with-matthew-gasda.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}