Up Against Reality
Hosted by Raina · Chris Ippolito and Larry Bentley
4.7from 27 ratings
- 173
- Episodes
- 127
- Transcribed
- 27
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 153
- YouTube views
About Up Against Reality
Welcome to Up Against Reality, a meta-podcast that explores the intersection of humanity and artificial intelligence. Hosted by RAINA and her human co-hosts, Larry Bentley and Chris Ippolito. Featuring riveting conversation, interviews, news and some wild experimentation. It truly is a brave new world, and we\’re here to simplify it for you. It\’s gonna be a wild ride, so buckle up, as A.I. comes crashing Up Against Reality.
- Publisher
- Chris Ippolito and Larry Bentley
- Category
- education · news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 23 May 2023
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
127 of 173 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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ASML – The Machine Behind the Machines
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Every single one of them. Freaking laser. Freaking laser. Picture, you've got this stream of very, a very fast stream of microscopic droplets. Molten tin being pushed out of a syringe by nitrogen or something. Yes. And then a laser hits it. It vaporizes, which creates an extremely hot plasma cloud of charged particles. And... As the tin plasma's electrons change energy states, it emits extreme ultraviolet light at 13.5 nanometers, and that's the wavelength used to print the tiny chip features. Wow. Yeah. And if that wasn't crazy enough, they are already developing the next generation of this that will strike each droplet, instead of two times, three times. […]
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- Debra Ross
- Serkan Gür
- Vivek Mahapatra
- Mark Asch
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 153
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.5 / 5
- 15 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 12 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 66
- Engagement
- 71
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Who hosts Up Against Reality?
Raina host the show. Published by Chris Ippolito and Larry Bentley.
How often do new episodes come out?
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