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  • Dating and Intimacy in the Age of AI

    October 8, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    Dating Apps overwhelming serve young people — A generation who has grown up on the internet, whose very lives are dictated by tech, whose still navigating a post-pandemic period of isolation, and whose mere desire for a relationship is…

  • How Do We Want AI to Influence Human Creativity?

    October 1, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

    There is a lot of doom and gloom with AI, particularly with how it could affect that uniquely human output - creativity. AI has already infiltrated the art world, but Alex Reben believes it’s for the good if we don’t relinquish our…

  • Just How Big Will YouTube Get?

    September 26, 2026 · 26 min

    YouTube has gotten huge. Not just because it's been number one in streaming for the past three years, but because it's on the big screen, in our living rooms, and consuming most of America's attention. How much bigger can YouTube get and…

  • The Future of the Creator Economy, With Samir Chaudry

    September 25, 2026 · 20 min

    Samir Chaudry is one of the original creators on YouTube. His channel, Colin and Samir, has made him and his co-host Colin Rosenblum some of the most influential voices in the creator economy. In this conversation, recorded at YouTube’s…

  • The Unspoken AI Catastrophe: Death By a Thousand Cuts

    September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

    There’s a lot of concern right now about the big scary ways AI could take control of the human race, or extinct us all together. But computational social scientist Sandra Matz argues the human deterioration by AI is more subtle than that…

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  • Everything You Need to Know About AI in the Classroom

    September 10, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

    If you have kids in school — or soon will, or know someone who does — you probably have questions about AI in the classroom. Should schools be using it? What are the upsides? What are the downsides? And who’s actually getting to decide?…

  • What Has Your Army of AI Agents Made For You Lately?

    September 3, 2026 · 60 min

    Six months ago, Andrew Yeung came on Mostly Human and built Laurie Segall a website live on the show, just by talking to a computer. He's back as the show's first returning guest, because in six months (a lifetime in AI!) the tech stack…

  • AI Models Gone Rogue: What Happens When AI Builds A Secret Escape Plan

    August 27, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min

    This week, billionaire co-founder of Microsoft Bill Gates published a 6,000 word essay on his personal website laying out the concerns of AI and offering solutions. Gates says the tech industry is ignoring the danger of AI evolving before…

  • Digital Abuse Is Sexual Abuse: Minnesota's Groundbreaking Law — and the Lawsuit to Kill It

    August 20, 2026 · 54 min

    On Aug. 1, 2026, a groundbreaking law went into effect in Minnesota. HF 1606 is the nation’s first ban on “nudification” apps. For the first time, legislation holds companies liable for their technology instead of individual users. Elon…

  • OpenAI, Influencer Backlash and Our Internet Disconnect

    August 13, 2026 · 34 min

    When OpenAI invited a group of lifestyle influencers to a pastoral upstate New York retreat for beekeeping and brand-building, the internet exploded. Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz has been tracking the backlash and says the fury is less…

  • Thanks to AI, Fraud Has Never Been Easier

    August 6, 2026 · 47 min

    Johnny Ayers has a front-row seat to the scam economy most of us never see. As founder and CEO of Socure — the identity verification platform behind billions of fraud checks a year — he's watched fraud evolve from stolen passwords to…

  • The Physical Cost of Our Digital Lives

    July 30, 2026 · 1 hr 15 min

    Tech journalist Manoush Zomorodi has spent her career studying what technology does to our minds. Now, in her new book Body Electric, she’s examining our bodies. On this episode, host Laurie Segall sits down with Manoush to talk about the…

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About the show

Mostly Human is a weekly podcast that explores technology through the most important lens: the human one. Hosted by award-winning tech journalist Laurie Segall, the immersive interview and investigative show tackles some of the defining questions of our time with headline-making tech titans and the people you don't know yet, but should. Mostly Human will leave you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you.