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I Only Love Robots

I Only Love Robots is on hiatus

Aug 31, 2022

Hi listeners! I Only Love Robots is going on hiatus while I adjust to a new medication that’s making scheduling guests difficult. I’m not sure yet if it will come back in its current form, in a new and improved form, or if a different podcast project will fill this slot. Thanks so much for coming along on this...


Aug 17, 2022

A questionably written game gave rise to one of the most exuberant and creative fandoms in recent years. What was going on with the fandom that turned a barely-there character into a beloved fan favorite, filmed an entire feature-length movie, and wrote millions of words about playing with wires in a sexy way?

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Aug 3, 2022

What happens when a writer tries to make oppressed robots stand in for tons of different kinds of real marginalized people in the same story? A confusing, frequently offensive, occasionally interesting mess. Amanda Jean joins the podcast to tackle Detroit: Become Human, a game that tried to make its robots an allegory...


Jul 20, 2022

Cora and Demetria take a trip to a future that's obsessed with the past. Is Westworld a typical 70s western, or is it a twisted nostalgia trip through 50s western tropes? Is it saying something about American masculinity, or is it just a story about scary amusement parks? And are these robots even sentient, or...


Jul 6, 2022

We’re jumping into AI art creation with Magali. When we generate artistic images with a bot, who’s the real artist? And can we make an art bot draw itself?

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