{"podcast":{"title":"UK Column News","slug":"uk-column-news-315425","podcast_index_feed_id":315425,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.ukcolumn.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43572011/3e727f1068800296.png","author":"UK Column","episode_count":1204,"summary":"The UK Column is an independent news organisation analysing the information war. Operating without financial backing or external investment, we remain free from advertisers, foundations, and political parties, relying solely on support from our audience through memberships and donations.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T02:17:04.047862+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425"},"episode":{"title":"But is AI Art, Art?","slug":"but-is-ai-art-art","published_at":"2026-07-16T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/but-is-ai-art-art","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ukcolumn/episodes/But-is-AI-Art--Art-e3m5ole","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1044e334c/podcast/play/122921070/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-6-16%2F428074818-44100-2-c7f5beecbb186.mp3","summary":"Jerm and Jake Fern caught up for a second chat. The main thread was Jake's podcast A Thousand Words, where he paints a guest's portrait over several hours while having slow, deep conversations. They also discussed AI art, vented about the toxic purity-testing in the alternative community — particularly the absurd accusations against cartoonist Bob Moran over supposedly Masonic signature numbers — and agreed that engaging people you disagree with is a good thing. They touched on avoiding doom-scrolling nihilism in favour of nurturing joy, Jake's artistic influences, and his band doing COVID-themed parody covers to raise funds for a homeschooling hub. https://substack.com/@jakefern","meta_description":"Jerm and Jake Fern caught up for a second chat. The main thread was Jake's podcast A Thousand Words, where he paints a guest's portrait over several hours…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3983,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uk-column-news-315425/episodes/but-is-ai-art-art/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uk-column-news-315425/but-is-ai-art-art.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}