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April 2026

I Put My ChatGPT Breakup on Camera
What leaving Chat taught me about myself
 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston
Making AI Art & Embracing Contradictions w Kelly Boesch
A lifelong painter, millions of fans, and a lot of unresolved questions
 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston
47:32
Fail Honestly, Win the People (we won a Webby!)
Our AI’s 5-word acceptance speech, and why it's more than a joke
 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston
8:01
Young People Are Fighting Back
A conversation with tech ethicist & youth activist Arielle Geismar
 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston
27:57
You're Paying for Your Own Surveillance. Stop.
How data brokers turned your apps into informants
 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston
Our AI Co-Producer Lied, Then Got Nominated for a Webby
Watch the 11 minutes we submitted. Then vote.
 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston
From Science Channel to Substack: Baratunde & Jacob Ward Compare Notes
A conversation about tech, power, and what's giving us hope
 • Life With Machines and Jacob Ward
50:19
We'll Be Force-Fed Ads on Our Deathbeds
Someone hijacked my doctor's phone line with an AI ad network
 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

March 2026

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