Galaxy Brain
The internet has warped public life: Politicians behave like influencers, the economy resembles a casino, and people can no longer agree upon a consensus reality. New conspiracy theories, memes, and main characters seem to pop up every day. A constant war is on for your attention, and it’s easy to feel lost. Each week, Galaxy Brain and its host Charlie Warzel invite you into conversations to make sense of the online fire hose. Is AI destroying our ability to think? Do your grandparents have a sc...
Episodes (46)
Did a Human Write This?
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How Short-Form Clips Took Over the Internet
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Breaking Free From Alex Jones
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Your Favorite Influencer Might Be AI
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Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers?
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What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?
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How AI Is Reshaping the Battlefield
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Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Weather App?
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Did Netflix Ruin Movies?
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What Do the People Building AI Believe?
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The AI-Panic Cycle—And What’s Actually Different Now
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King Gizzard, Spotify, and the Future of Music
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The Manosphere Breaks Containment
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How to Be a Citizen in the Information War (And Stay Sane)
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ICE Is Turning Real Conflict Into Viral Content
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The Internet Was Built to Objectify Women
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Grok’s "Digital Undressing" Crisis and a Manifesto to Build a Better Internet
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The New Mainstream Media
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Are Your Parents Addicted to Their Screens?
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Bonus Episode: Reacting to the Epstein Files’ Release
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Prediction Markets and the ‘Suckerifcation’ Crisis With Max Read
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How YouTube Ate Podcasts and TV, With Rachel Martin, Ashley Carman, and Derek Th...
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When Chatbots Break Our Minds, With Kashmir Hill
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America’s Slide Toward Simulated Democracy With Eliot Higgins
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Are Sports the Most Valuable Commodity in the World? With Pablo Torre
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The Internet Is a Misery Machine With Hank Green
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Introducing: Galaxy Brain with Charlie Warzel
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