Why does this feel weird?

About Why does this feel weird?

Why Does This Feel Weird? is the podcast for anyone who feels unsettled by our rapidly changing world of technology but can’t quite put their finger on why. Hosted by a researcher (Alex) and a strategist (Jacob), listen to us explore the psychological and social impact of living through weird, wonderful and sometimes terrifying technological change. No hype, no panic - just two friends trying to make sense of a world that feels increasingly surreal. New episodes weekly. Because the world keeps getting weirder, and we're all just trying to keep up.

Publisher

Why Does This Feel Weird?

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Jul 2025

Latest episode

29 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Are we getting priced out of the frontier

   We're back! This week we dive into Fable 5 and new frontiers. Fable disappeared for three weeks, came back, and now costs more. What happens when frontier AI stops being something everyone can afford - and whether making it a consumer product was the mistake all along.

2. 

   13 May 2026

   Why do AI friends feel so weird?

   New research from MIT shows that even the most rational, skeptical users get their beliefs reshaped after long periods of AI conversations. In this episode we unpack factual sycophancy (where chatbots don't just flatter you, they back it up with evidence) and explore what's happening with companion apps like Replika and Character AI, where 20 million monthly users are building relationships with bots designed to never challenge them.

3. 

   29 Apr 2026

   Why does the mental health AI feel weird?

   When an AI therapy chatbot got banned in the UK, 54% of its users didn't switch to a regulated alternative - they went straight to ChatGPT. This week we explore why the health sector is being swallowed by the same playbook that gave us Uber and Netflix: optimise it, make it frictionless, inflate the value, charge a subscription. From looksmaxxing apps running fake AI to one-person GLP-1 startups doing glorified doctor shopping, we ask whether tech is solving health problems or just selling patches for a flat tire nobody wants to fix.

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Spotify

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