"Fight Back": Brian Winkeler on Refusing AI in Advertising
Brian Winkeler is the verbal creative director at Robot House, a brand identity and advertising agency that believes in branding & advertising creative built by humans for humans. A 12-time recipient of the Fontana Award for Advertising Humor, he is also a founding member of the Oklahoma Comic Arts Foundation and the creator of FUAI, an anti-AI radio campaign and website.
In this episode, Brian talks about his anti-AI work, the importance of process, and the difference between the clients who are happy with AI slop and the ones who push for great work.
25 Aug 2026
"It's not the same hustle": Jacob Sanders on Creativity vs. AI
In this episode, Jacob Sanders talks about what makes true creativity distinct from AI output.
Jacob Sanders is an award-winning creative marketer, a Grammy-nominated musician & composer, a content custodian, and audio illustrator. He is also a founding member of the Marketing Accountability Council.
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16 Jul 2026
"Business as usual for capitalism": Dylan Orchard on AI and Labor
In this episode, Dylan Orchard talks about about the four distinct ways people are fighting back against AI. how AI reinforces power relations, and what makes human love different from AI substitutes.
Dylan Orchard is a PhD researcher at King's College London, focusing on everyday resistances to AI and their motivations. He's also the founder of Say Yes, Do No, a website for AI resistance tactics, reclaiming agency, and organizing for better technology.
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Eoson.app (https://eoson.app/)
9 Jun 2026
"See the world in a grain of sand": Mark Vernon on William Blake and AI
In this episode, Mark Vernon talks about the poet, artist, and visionary William Blake; what he would think of AI; and why the inner life is a vital part of the human experience.
Mark Vernon is a psychotherapist and writer, with a keen interest in ancient philosophy, and particularly the illumination of inner life. His writing covers subjects from friendship and beliefs, to wellbeing and living in the modern world. His most recent books are on William Blake, spiritual intelligence, Dante’s Divine Comedy and Christianity as understood by the Oxford Inkling and friend of C.S. Lewis, Owen Barfield.
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12 May 2026
"We could destroy our very way of being social": Dr. Jenn Loughmiller-Cardinal on AI and Social Norms
In this episode, Dr. Jenn Loughmiller-Cardinal talks about the real purpose of anthropology; how groups of humans develop knowledge and norms; and how AI threatens our ability to communicate.
Dr. Jenn Loughmiller-Cardinal is an archaeochemist. She has been a research Fellow at both the Library of Congress and at Yale.
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14 Apr 2026
"Get off the drip": Dr. Dale Whelehan on AI Addiction
In this episode, Dr. Dale Whelehan talks about why work tends to get more intense over time; what it’s like to escape an AI binge; and why using LLMs can be so addictive.
Dr. Dale Whelehan is an Assistant Professor in Psychology at Trinity College Dublin. A social entrepreneur and behavioural scientist, he works at the intersection of organisational behaviour, human factors, and sustainable performance translating evidence into practical systems that help people and institutions thrive.
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10 Mar 2026
"I want to be a sentient loaf of bread": Ryan McLaughlin on Why Dungeons & Dragons Is a Better Teacher Than AI
In this episode, Ryan McLaughlin talks about the negative impact of AI on classrooms; how children really learn; and why it’s important to create your own character when playing Dungeons and Dragons.
Ryan McLaughlin is a veteran educator, school leader, and therapeutic game master with a student-centered outlook and a passion for play.
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Geek Therapeutics (https://geektherapeutics.com/)
10 Feb 2026
"Pay rent forever": Tante on Luddites and AI Data Centers
In this episode, Tante discusses the economics of data centers, the potential role of AI in government surveillance, and the importance of friction in a meaningful life.
Tante is an independent theorist working on the intersection of technology, politics, and the social. He is a de-evangelist and luddite. He writes and speaks (but mostly writes) about the social consequences of the digital turn as well as the structure of the digital itself.
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13 Jan 2026
"We love to put things in the place of God": Katherine G. Schmidt on the Theology of AI
In this episode, Katherine G. Schmidt discusses AI’s harmful impact on higher education; the vital connection between reader and writer; as well as evil, grace, and the act of creation.
Katherine G. Schmidt is an associate professor of theology and religious studies at Molloy University in New York. Her research focuses on the relationship of theology and culture, specifically digital culture and technology. She is the author of numerous chapters on the subject, as well as the book Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination, published in 2020. She is also co-editor of the book Theology and Media(tion): Rendering the Absent Present, published in 2024.
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9 Dec 2025
"The void is talking back to you": Maggie Harrison Dupré on AI Psychosis
In this episode, Maggie Harrison Dupré discusses the alarming rise of mental health breakdowns associated with chatbot use—better known as AI psychosis—and how the spread of generative AI is affecting both personal relationships and society at large.
Maggie Harrison Dupré is a journalist and senior staff writer at Futurism, where she has reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another.
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"QAnon Is Like a Game—a Most Dangerous Game", WIRED 2020 (https://www.wired.com/story/qanon-most-dangerous-multiplatform-game/)
21 Sept 2025
"It's what's not there": Matthew Hughes on the Beauty of Human Work
In this episode, journalist and writer Matthew Hughes discusses why generative AI output is ugly, what makes human work beautiful, and the real reason AI is impacting the labor market.
Matthew Hughes is a Liverpool-based journalist and writer. His work has appeared in The Next Web, The Register, and Wired, among other places. He currently writes What We Lost—a newsletter that examines the malign influence of technology companies on our lives, and how they're making our world a worse place to live. You can follow him on Bluesky here (https://bsky.app/profile/matthewhughes.bsky.social).
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6 Sept 2025
"Never underestimate humanity": Josh Geisler on Why We Make Music
In this episode, Eoson.app founder Josh Geisler discusses the importance of hard work in forming character, the impact of AI on the music industry, and what he's doing to fight back.
Josh Geisler is a multi-instrumentalist producer, film score composer, and software developer. He has performed with the likes of Paul Simon, Josh Groban, and toured globally for nine years with Cirque du Soleil as flutist, guitarist, and bandleader.
A graduate of Berklee College of Music and a longtime student of North Indian classical music, Josh bridges ancient sound with modern purpose. His mission: to share sounds that reconnect us to the sacred and combat the coming flood of AI-generated content.
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