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3 | 1 | Safetensors or something else: STT inference formats explained | safetensors-or-something-else-stt-inference-formats-explained | 2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 | 32:56 | Today's show dives into the differences between the different formats you might see ASR weights presented in - including Safetensors and others.... | Corn: Welcome back to the deep dive. So you've done all the hard work. You spent months getting the perfect data set. You've optimized your fine tuning run with all the latest techniques, maybe even used Laura, and then it appears.
Herman: Right, that one single massive file. Usually model.safetensors.
Corn: Exactly.... | [
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7 | 1 | Building Custom ASR Tools | building-custom-asr-tools | 2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 | 37:42 | Today's disussion: how can you build custom ASR tools from the ground-up? Why would you want to?... | Herman: Okay, let's unpack this thought experiment.
Corn: Welcome to the deep dive. Today we are wrestling with a question that really sits at the intersection of pure ambition and, well, computational physics.
Herman: It really does. It's this desire for total personalized control over a foundational AI system.
Cor... | [
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19 | 1 | AI Images: The Jigsaw Beneath the Magic | ai-images-the-jigsaw-beneath-the-magic | 2025-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 | 16:58 | Ever wondered how AI image generators truly work beyond the simple prompt? This episode of AI Conversations peels back the layers of digital magic, revealing the intricate 'jigsaw puzzle' of a... | Narrator: Welcome to another episode of My Weird Prompts, an AI generated podcast featuring the random prompts of Daniel Rosehill as answered by a revolving cast of friendly AI characters. Join us for deep dives into AI, technology, and whatever other random thing Daniel finds fascinating today. Subscribe on Spotify or... | [
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21 | 1 | Is Your AI Secretly American? | is-your-ai-secretly-american | 2025-12-04T00:00:00+00:00 | 16:49 | Welcome to My Weird Prompts! This week, Corn and Herman unpack a fascinating prompt from Daniel Rosehill: the inherent, often invisible, American-centric worldview embedded within leading Western AI m... | Narrator: Welcome to another episode of My Weird Prompts, an AI generated podcast featuring the random prompts of Daniel Rosehill as answered by a revolving cast of friendly AI characters. Join us for deep dives into AI, technology, and whatever other random thing Daniel finds fascinating today. Subscribe on Spotify or... | [
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] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | Episode from My Weird Prompts podcast | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V3 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/is-your-ai-secretly-american.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | 37 | 6 | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/is-your-ai-secretly-american | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/is-your-ai-secretly-american.m4a | 1,009 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | true | 2 | |||||||||
27 | 1 | Choosing Your AI Environment: Host, Conda, or Docker? | docker-vs-conda-pt2 | 2025-12-06T22:28:42.708190+00:00 | 20:36 | When should you use a host environment, Conda, or Docker for AI workloads on AMD GPUs? This episode cuts through conflicting recommendations to explore isolation levels, performance trade-offs, and how to avoid dependency hell for reproducible development. | Corn: Welcome to "My Weird Prompts," the podcast where we dive deep into the fascinating questions and ideas sent to us by our very own producer and creator, Daniel Rosehill. I'm Corn, your curious guide, and as always, I'm joined by the brilliantly insightful Herman.
Herman: And it's a pleasure to be here, Corn. This... | [
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] | null | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V3 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/docker-vs-conda-pt2.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/docker-vs-conda-pt2 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/docker-vs-conda-pt2.m4a | 1,236 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | false | 4 | ||||||||||
33 | 1 | When AI Decides to Listen | how-vad-works | 2025-12-08T00:22:12.108261+00:00 | 19:34 | Voice Activity Detection is the unsung gatekeeper of AI speech technology. This episode explores the engineering challenge of teaching machines when to pay attention—and why getting the 'when' right matters as much as the 'what.' | Corn: Welcome to My Weird Prompts, the podcast where we unpack the fascinating and sometimes perplexing questions sent in by our producer, Daniel Rosehill. I'm Corn, your perpetually curious host, and as always, I'm joined by the incredibly insightful Herman.
Herman: And I'm Herman. Today, Corn, we're diving into a to... | [
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34 | 1 | Red Team vs. Green: Local AI Hardware Wars | red-team-vs-green-local-ai-hardware-wars | 2025-12-08T12:01:20.724407+00:00 | 22:53 | Ever tried to run local AI on an AMD GPU only to hit a "green wall" of NVIDIA dominance? This episode of My Weird Prompts dives deep into the hardware wars shaping local AI. Join Corn and Herman as they dissect why NVIDIA's CUDA ecosystem has a stranglehold on AI development, leaving AMD users feeling like they're swim... | Corn: Welcome, welcome, welcome back to My Weird Prompts! I’m Corn, and I’m absolutely buzzing today because we’re diving into a topic that hits close to home for anyone who's ever tried to get a computer to *actually do* what they want it to do. As always, I’m here with the esteemed Herman.
Herman: Indeed, Corn. And ... | [
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] | null | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V3 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/red-team-vs-green-local-ai-hardware-wars.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/red-team-vs-green-local-ai-hardware-wars | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/red-team-vs-green-local-ai-hardware-wars.m4a | 1,373 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | false | 6 | ||||||||||
41 | 1 | The Butcher's Bargain: When Smaller AI Is Good Enough | how-does-quantization-work | 2025-12-09T21:57:58.950330+00:00 | 22:44 | Quantization makes powerful AI run on your laptop—but at what cost? This episode explores the trade-off between model size, speed, and accuracy, and why 'good enough' might be the key to democratizing AI. | Corn: Welcome back to "My Weird Prompts," the podcast where AI meets human curiosity! I'm Corn, your ever-inquisitive host, and as always, I'm joined by the infinitely insightful Herman.
Herman: And I'm Herman, here to provide the intricate details and maybe a gentle course correction or two. Hello, Corn.
Corn: Hello... | [
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] | null | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V3 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/how-does-quantization-work.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/how-does-quantization-work | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/how-does-quantization-work.m4a | 1,364 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | false | 7 | ||||||||||
46 | 1 | Pixels, Prompts & Pseudo-Text: AI's Word Problem | pseudotext | 2025-12-10T14:56:31.011186+00:00 | 23:53 | Why can advanced AI models generate breathtaking photorealistic landscapes and fantastical creatures with astonishing detail, yet consistently stumble over spelling a simple word like 'cat' on a t-shirt? This week on My Weird Prompts, co-hosts Corn and Herman dive into producer Daniel Rosehill's intriguing prompt: the ... | Corn: Welcome, welcome, welcome to "My Weird Prompts"! I'm Corn, your ever-curious co-host, and as always, I'm joined by the encyclopedic Herman.
Herman: Greetings, Corn, and to all our discerning listeners tuning in from across the digital airwaves.
Corn: So, Herman, this week's prompt comes from none other than our... | [
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] | null | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V3 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/pseudotext.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/pseudotext | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/pseudotext.m4a | 1,433 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | false | 8 | ||||||||||
52 | 1 | System Prompts vs. Fine-Tuning: Are We Building Solutions for Problems That Don't Exist? | system-prompts-vs-fine-tuning-building-solutions | 2025-12-11T01:29:02.397776+00:00 | 29:45 | Is all the infrastructure around fine-tuning actually solving real problems, or are we chasing solutions looking for problems? In this episode, Corn and Herman dive deep into Daniel's question about system prompting versus fine-tuning in AI systems. They explore how system prompts actually work, why they're surprisingl... | Corn: Welcome back to My Weird Prompts, the podcast where producer Daniel Rosehill sends us fascinating questions and we dive deep into them with absolutely no preparation whatsoever. I'm Corn, and I'm joined as always by Herman Poppleberry. Today we're tackling something that's been on Daniel's mind lately - the role ... | [
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] | null | Hello there, Herman and Cord. I very much enjoying listening to your responses to my question earlier today about multi-agentic frameworks and the potential utility in exploring policy. And you actually in your answer described it better than I did in my prompt or what I was trying to get to, which was you described it... | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/system-prompts-vs-fine-tuning-building-solutions.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/system-prompts-vs-fine-tuning-building-solutions | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/system-prompts-vs-fine-tuning-are-we-building-solutions-for-.m4a | 1,785 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | true | 9 | |||||||||
59 | 1 | The Watermark You Didn't Consent To | ai-watermarks-privacy-protection | 2025-12-12T16:40:15.911300+00:00 | 26:52 | When a producer finds hidden digital signatures in AI-generated audio, it raises a deeper question: are we being protected or tracked? This episode explores the murky line between necessary safeguards and invasive surveillance in AI content labeling. | Corn: Welcome back to My Weird Prompts, the podcast where we explore the strange, fascinating, and sometimes unsettling corners of technology and human experience. I'm Corn, and I'm here with my co-host Herman Poppleberry. Today we're diving into something that honestly blew my mind when I first heard about it - digita... | [
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"Corn",
"Herman",
"Larry",
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] | null | Hey Herman and Corin. So, I was recently using an AI tool in order to generate the episode that you're listening to, for anyone else besides Herman and Corin listening into this episode. The voices for Herman and Corin, sometimes I've had to, due to the relatively high cost of generation per episode, play around with s... | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-watermarks-privacy-protection.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-watermarks-privacy-protection | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-watermarks-privacy-protection.m4a | 1,612 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | true | 10 | |||||||||
61 | 1 | Fork or Stay? The Art of Customizing Open Source | fork-or-stay-the-art-of-customizing-open-source | 2025-12-12T16:58:31.279540+00:00 | 25:01 | When you find an open source project you love but it's missing key features, do you fork it and go solo, or stay connected to the original? Our producer is wrestling with exactly this dilemma with a chore-tracking app, and Herman and Corn dive deep into the philosophy and mechanics of maintaining a customized fork whil... | Corn: Welcome to My Weird Prompts, the podcast where Daniel Rosehill sends us the weird questions rattling around in his brain and we try to make sense of them. I'm Corn, and I'm here with my co-host Herman Poppleberry. Today we're diving into something that sounds niche but is actually pretty profound - the philosophy... | [
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] | null | Hey there Herman and Korn. So, I have a question for you guys regarding collaborative development and open source. So, like, you know, your average over-techy parent, I'm using a tool called DonTick for chore tracking, and it's actually a great piece of open source software that allows you to basically create a chore l... | google/gemini-2.5-flash | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/fork-or-stay-the-art-of-customizing-open-source.md | google/gemini-2.5-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/fork-or-stay-the-art-of-customizing-open-source | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/fork-or-stay-the-art-of-customizing-open-source.m4a | 1,501 | google/gemini-2.5-flash | true | 11 | |||||||||
75 | 1 | Community Depth vs. Raw Power in Local AI | local-ai-evolution-2026 | 2025-12-23T10:41:26.147522+00:00 | 24:53 | As generative AI evolves, a key tension emerges: do you bet on the deep ecosystem of community-built tools around Stable Diffusion, or the superior reliability of newer models like Flux? This episode explores that trade-off for creators and professionals. | Corn: Welcome to My Weird Prompts! I am Corn, and I am feeling particularly energized today, even if I am a sloth and usually prefer the slow lane. We are diving into a topic that has been moving at light speed lately. Our producer, Daniel Rosehill, sent us a prompt that really gets to the heart of how we create things... | [
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"Corn",
"Herman",
"Larry",
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] | null | I’d love to get your take on the state of open-source generative AI models as we head into 2026. Many experts in fields like architecture still recommend Stable Diffusion as a starting point for local rendering, but there is now an overwhelming selection of new models on the market, such as the Flux series by Black For... | google/gemini-3-flash | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/local-ai-evolution-2026.md | google/gemini-3-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/local-ai-evolution-2026 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/local-ai-evolution-2026.m4a | 1,493 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 0 | |||||||||
143 | 1 | Is Your Battery Level Tracking You Across the Web? | digital-fingerprinting-privacy-tracking | 2026-01-03T21:33:46.847004+00:00 | 22:10 | In the 250th episode of My Weird Prompts, Herman and Corn dive deep into the world of digital fingerprinting—the "stateless" tracking method that makes cookies look primitive. From canvas rendering to keystroke dynamics, discover how your hardware's unique imperfections create an inescapable digital signature. We explo... | Corn: Hey everyone, and welcome back to My Weird Prompts. Can you believe it, Herman? We are officially at episode two hundred fifty.
Herman: Two hundred fifty! Herman Poppleberry here, and I have to say, Corn, that is a lot of hours spent in this room in Jerusalem talking about everything from shadow webs to sloth bi... | [
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"Corn",
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] | null | I’ve been enjoying your recent episodes, especially the one on steganography. I have a question about digital fingerprinting methods, like SynthID, and Google Chrome’s increasing use of them. It’s fascinating—and a bit concerning—that users can be tracked through a unique aggregation of patterns. Could you explain the ... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/digital-fingerprinting-privacy-tracking.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/digital-fingerprinting-privacy-tracking | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/digital-fingerprinting-privacy-tracking.m4a | 1,330 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 1 | |||||||||
190 | 2 | The Illusion of Choice in Your Living Room | white-label-appliance-secrets | 2026-01-08T12:42:56.810421+00:00 | 24:08 | Why do so many appliances look alike? This episode unpacks how local brands use white-labeling and global manufacturers like Midea to create the illusion of variety, and what that means for your smart home. | Corn: You know, Herman, I was sitting in the living room earlier today, and I noticed Daniel was having a bit of a moment with the air conditioner. You know that specific look he gets? The one where he is staring at his phone, then back at the wall unit, then back at his phone with a look of pure, unadulterated betraya... | [
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] | null | I’d like to discuss the world of white-labeling and the international distribution of consumer electronics and appliances. After discovering that my local ‘Elco’ air conditioner was actually a white-labeled product from a major manufacturer like Midea, I’m curious about how this process works. How do local providers fi... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/white-label-appliance-secrets.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/white-label-appliance-secrets | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/white-label-appliance-secrets.m4a | 1,448 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 2 | ||||||||||
224 | 2 | Designing a Home Network for the Next Blackout | ups-battery-fiber-reliability | 2026-01-13T09:35:11.146798+00:00 | 22:33 | When the grid fails for hours, not minutes, standard UPS units fall short. This episode breaks down the real math of battery endurance, the inverter tax, and whether your fiber connection survives a neighborhood-wide outage. | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am sitting here in our living room in Jerusalem with my brother, the man who probably has more backup batteries than actual furniture at this point. It is a bit of a rainy Tuesday here in January of twenty twenty-six, and the wind is rattling the sh... | [
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"Corn",
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] | null | We’ve previously discussed connectivity topics like failover and connection bonding to mitigate unreliable ISPs. However, the other essential piece of the puzzle for staying online is power. While large systems use generators, home or small offices typically use a UPS, which is often only designed to provide enough tim... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ups-battery-fiber-reliability.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ups-battery-fiber-reliability | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ups-battery-fiber-reliability.m4a | 1,353 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 3 | |||||||||
250 | 2 | The Crowdsourced Map That Knows Your Lane | lane-navigation-data-stack | 2026-01-18T19:02:36.015102+00:00 | 23:52 | Government records can't keep up with road changes. So how does your phone know which lane to be in? This episode reveals the hidden mix of computer vision, GPS breadcrumbs, and volunteer data that builds the world's most precise maps. | Corn: You know Herman, I was just looking at my phone the other day while we were driving over toward the Old City, and I had that exact same realization Daniel mentioned in his prompt. It is actually kind of miraculous when you stop to think about it. Ten years ago, a navigation app was doing well if it knew the name ... | [
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] | null | How do navigation apps get their detailed information about the world, specifically granular data like the number of lanes and turning lane information at intersections? Where does this data come from, and how is it kept accurate? | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/lane-navigation-data-stack.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/lane-navigation-data-stack | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/lane-navigation-data-stack.m4a | 1,432 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 4 | |||||||||
332 | 2 | Who’s Talking? The Tech of Speaker Identification | speaker-identification-diarization-tech | 2026-01-28T14:03:42.335318+00:00 | 27:07 | Tired of manually labeling who said what in your meeting transcripts? In this episode, Herman and Corn explore the technical bridge between speaker diarization and true speaker identification, diving into cutting-edge tools like Pyannote and Picovoice. They discuss how mathematical voice embeddings and "digital fingerp... | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am sitting here in our living room in Jerusalem with my brother.
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] | null | I'd like to talk about voice identification and diarization. My wife and I record our weekly apartment meetings and I’ve been using Gemini to transcribe them, but I’m looking for more advanced tools. What are the current tools available for reliable and programmatic diarization based on actual audio samples of known sp... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/speaker-identification-diarization-tech.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/speaker-identification-diarization-tech | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/speaker-identification-diarization-tech.m4a | 1,627 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 5 | |||||||||
378 | 2 | From Observer to Explorer: The Six-Month Leap | infant-brain-development-milestones | 2026-01-30T22:22:26.480198+00:00 | 29:27 | What happens inside a baby's brain at six months? This episode explores the shift from passive observation to active engagement, using the visual cliff experiment and phonemic narrowing to reveal how infants become little scientists of their world. | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am sitting here in our living room in Jerusalem with my brother, the one and only Herman Poppleberry.
Herman: Hello, hello. It is great to be here. Herman Poppleberry at your service. We have got a really special one today, Corn.... | [
"neuroscience",
"sensory-processing",
"child-development"
] | parenting | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | I was wondering, what are babies thinking at six or seven months old? What is their experience like in terms of their senses, eyesight, and hearing? What's going on in a baby's brain at that age? | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/infant-brain-development-milestones.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/infant-brain-development-milestones | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/infant-brain-development-milestones.m4a | 1,767 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 6 | ||||||||||
412 | 2 | Beyond the Mouse: Why Our Keyboards are Stuck in 1870 | computer-input-device-evolution | 2026-02-01T17:41:54.659140+00:00 | 26:31 | In this episode, Herman and Corn dive deep into the surprising stagnation of computer input devices, questioning why we remain tethered to the mouse and QWERTY keyboard despite decades of innovation. From the specialized world of 3D navigators and medical trackballs to the high-stakes future of brain-computer interface... | Corn: Well, if you could hear the background noise in that audio, you know exactly what is happening at our place right now. Boxes everywhere, the sound of packing tape being ripped off the roll at three in the morning, and Daniel fueled by enough caffeine to power a small city. It is moving season for our housemate, a... | [
"neuroscience",
"sensory-processing",
"human-computer-interaction"
] | technology | development | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | "I’d love to chat about the world of computer peripherals beyond the standard mouse and keyboard. There’s been a lot of ingenuity in the different devices humans have designed for computer control—like vertical mice, trackballs, space mice, and macropads—but none of them have really stuck. I'm curious to hear about who... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/computer-input-device-evolution.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/computer-input-device-evolution | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/computer-input-device-evolution.m4a | 1,591 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 7 | |||||||||
441 | 2 | Beyond the Brain: The Science of Deathbed Connections | deathbed-coincidence-consciousness-science | 2026-02-03T12:17:54.333164+00:00 | 24:42 | In this episode, Herman and Corn dive into the mysterious world of "crisis apparitions" and shared death experiences, sparked by a chilling story of an Alzheimer’s patient who intuitively knew the moment of her husband’s passing. They explore 19th-century statistical research, modern findings from the University of Vir... | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am here in our home in Jerusalem with my brother.
Herman: Herman Poppleberry, ready to dive into the deep end today. And I mean the really deep end.
Corn: Yeah, no kidding. Our housemate Daniel sent us a voice note that honestly gave me a bit of a... | [
"neuroscience",
"consciousness",
"quantum-physics"
] | health | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | I’d like to discuss the phenomenon of people having an intuitive or spiritual connection to the death of a loved one, even without direct knowledge of the event. Specifically, I'm interested in what documented research or science says about these occurrences and how they challenge our basic understanding of reality and... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/deathbed-coincidence-consciousness-science.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/deathbed-coincidence-consciousness-science | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/deathbed-coincidence-consciousness-science.m4a | 1,482 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 8 | ||||||||||
492 | 2 | Beyond the Folder: The Quest for a Graph-Based OS | graph-based-operating-systems | 2026-02-05T10:17:05.126299+00:00 | 26:29 | For over forty years, the digital world has been organized like a physical filing cabinet: folders inside folders. But the human brain doesn't think in hierarchies; it thinks in associations. In this episode, Herman and Corn dive into the history and future of operating systems, asking why we haven't yet moved to a gra... | Corn: Hey Herman, you ready for another dive into the deep end? Our housemate Daniel sent over an audio prompt this morning that really gets to the heart of how we interact with technology. It is one of those questions that seems simple on the surface but actually challenges the last forty or fifty years of computing h... | [
"knowledge-graphs",
"vector-databases",
"human-computer-interaction",
"knowledge-management",
"operating-systems"
] | technology | development | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | We've talked before on this podcast about Neo4j and other graph databases. I've always been attracted to the philosophy that humans don't think about the world or information in a hierarchical fashion with folders and subfolders, but instead free-associate between ideas. Modern operating systems like Windows, Mac, and ... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/graph-based-operating-systems.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/graph-based-operating-systems | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/graph-based-operating-systems.m4a | 1,589 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 9 | |||||||||
534 | 2 | Before the Pill: The Brutal History of Psychiatry | psychiatry-history-before-medication | 2026-02-07T23:11:15.135303+00:00 | 26:19 | What did we do before Prozac? In this episode, Herman and Corn dive into the "shame" of psychiatry, exploring a time when the field lacked objective tools and relied on radical, often terrifying experiments. From the "Moral Treatment" of rural asylums to the Nobel Prize-winning use of malaria and the infamous ice-pick ... | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am joined as always by my brother.
Herman: Herman Poppleberry, present and accounted for. And we have got a heavy hitter today. Our housemate Daniel sent over an audio prompt about a book he has been reading called Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psyc... | [
"neuroscience",
"psychiatry-history",
"medical-ethics"
] | health | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | "In the book *Shrinks: The Untold Story of Psychiatry* by Jeffrey Lieberman, the author notes that psychiatry is at a significant disadvantage compared to other branches of medicine because it lacks objective tests like blood tests or medical imaging for diagnosis. Mental health drugs are also relatively new; Thorazine... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/psychiatry-history-before-medication.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/psychiatry-history-before-medication | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/psychiatry-history-before-medication.m4a | 1,579 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 10 | ||||||||||
578 | 2 | Breast Milk as a Real-Time Biological Software Update | breast-milk-biological-software | 2026-02-11T15:35:10.252463+00:00 | 17:55 | Why is breast milk still the gold standard in 2026? This episode explores how it functions as a living communication system—customizing antibodies via baby's saliva, terraforming the gut with HMOs, and integrating stem cells—far beyond simple nutrition. | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. We are coming to you from our living room here in Jerusalem, and I have to say, the air is finally starting to clear up after that massive dust storm yesterday. I am here with my brother, as always.
Herman: Herman Poppleberry, at your service. And yeah, that dust w... | [
"child-development",
"gut-health",
"circadian-rhythm",
"immunology",
"breast-milk"
] | health | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | With all the synthetic technology we’ve developed as of 2026, what is it about breastfeeding that remains such an important part of parenting? Even though we can create nutritional equivalents, formula is still not recommended as a full replacement. Breast milk contains complex immunological properties and benefits tha... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/breast-milk-biological-software.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/breast-milk-biological-software | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/breast-milk-biological-software.m4a | 1,075 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 11 | ||||||||||
636 | 2 | The Hidden Costs of Ultimate Redundancy | ipfs-decentralized-backup-guide | 2026-02-15T09:08:31.627313+00:00 | 28:41 | Is decentralized storage like IPFS really the holy grail of backups, or does it just swap one set of risks for another? This episode unpacks the paradox of content-addressed data, from pinning logistics to the legal nightmare of immutable files. | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am sitting here in our living room in Jerusalem with my brother, the man who probably has more redundant hard drives than he has pairs of socks.
Herman: Herman Poppleberry at your service. And hey, you can never have too many backups, Corn. One is ... | [
"decentralized-storage",
"data-redundancy",
"backup-strategies",
"cloud-computing",
"ipfs"
] | technology | development | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | I’m interested in the potential utility of distributed file systems, like the Interplanetary File System (IPFS), in off-site backup workflows. Can these systems provide ultimate redundancy compared to conventional multi-cloud storage? Specifically, what does the recovery process look like for data stored on a decentral... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ipfs-decentralized-backup-guide.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ipfs-decentralized-backup-guide | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ipfs-decentralized-backup-guide.m4a | 1,721 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 12 | |||||||||
671 | 2 | Keys to the Kingdom: Securing AI Model Weights | securing-ai-model-weights | 2026-02-17T20:26:20.201557+00:00 | 32:28 | When the Pentagon starts using Claude, a massive question arises: how does Anthropic protect its billion-dollar intellectual property while running on third-party servers? In this episode, Herman and Corn dive into the high-stakes world of AI inference, explaining how "Trusted Execution Environments" and hardware locks... | Corn: Hey Herman, did you catch that news story Daniel was mentioning about the United States military using Claude? It feels like we have hit a new milestone when the Pentagon starts picking their favorite large language models for field operations. We are sitting here in February of twenty twenty-six, and it feels li... | [
"ai-security",
"intellectual-property",
"anthropic",
"national-security",
"ai-inference"
] | ai | llms | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | The topic of how AI models are deployed is emerging from obscurity, specifically with reports of the US military using Anthropic’s Claude. While looking at OpenRouter, I noticed they show the third-party inference providers for various models, including closed-source ones like Gemini or Claude Opus. I previously assume... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/securing-ai-model-weights.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/securing-ai-model-weights | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/securing-ai-model-weights.m4a | 1,948 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 13 | |||||||||
706 | 2 | DIY Geopolitical Intelligence: Building Your Dashboard | diy-geopolitical-intelligence-dashboards | 2026-02-19T14:12:15.947565+00:00 | 34:50 | In this episode, we explore the high-stakes world of situational awareness and the technical challenge of building a personal "intelligence agency" at home. We compare elite enterprise tools like Dataminer with powerful open-source alternatives such as GDELT and ACLED, examining how home hackers can use modern AI to fi... | Corn: You know, Herman, I was looking over at Daniel’s desk late last night and he had this glowing multi-monitor setup with all these pulsing maps, scrolling terminal feeds, and heat maps. It honestly looked like he was running a small, private intelligence agency right from our living room in Jerusalem. It turns out ... | [
"situational-awareness",
"large-language-models",
"osint"
] | geopolitics | intelligence | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | "I’ve been working on a situational awareness dashboard, which is something I’ve tried to build on several occasions. We’ve discussed personal productivity dashboards before, but finding a situational awareness setup that works and is affordable is surprisingly difficult. I’ve found that AI is a perfect use case for th... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/diy-geopolitical-intelligence-dashboards.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/diy-geopolitical-intelligence-dashboards | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/diy-geopolitical-intelligence-dashboards.m4a | 2,090 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 14 | |||||||||
766 | 2 | How the Axis of Resistance Became a Unified Military Machine | axis-resistance-military-strategy | 2026-02-22T02:01:44.493655+00:00 | 29:18 | In early 2026, the Axis of Resistance has evolved from a loose alliance into a vertically integrated military architecture. This episode explores how the IRGC's coordination of Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Iraqi militias has created a multi-front threat that fundamentally changes regional escalation dynamics. | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am joined as always by my brother, the man who probably knows more about Middle Eastern geopolitics than anyone I know. Herman, it is good to be back in the studio with you.
Herman: Herman Poppleberry here. That is quite the introduction, Corn. I d... | [
"iran",
"hezbollah",
"military-strategy"
] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | "I'd like to look holistically at the 'Axis of Resistance' led by Iran, including Hezbollah, the Houthis, Iraqi militias, and the Syrian regime. Specifically, what are the respective military strengths of Hezbollah and the Houthis in relation to Israel's threat landscape? Given the IRGC's focus on Hezbollah as a primar... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/axis-resistance-military-strategy.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/axis-resistance-military-strategy | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/axis-resistance-military-strategy.m4a | 1,758 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 15 | |||||||||
815 | 2 | The Digital Twin of a $4 Package | aliexpress-global-logistics-speed | 2026-02-24T11:43:18.611644+00:00 | 31:53 | How does a $4 CPU bracket travel from a Chinese factory to an Israeli doorstep in eight days? This episode unpacks the AI-driven 'digital twin' system that orchestrates millions of tiny parcels, turning global shipping into a seamless data flow. | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am sitting here in our living room in Jerusalem with my brother, the man who spent his entire morning reading about the history of maritime shipping containers and the specific structural integrity of corrugated steel, but somehow still has time to ... | [
"logistics",
"supply-chain",
"digital-twins"
] | technology | development | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | We’ve talked on previous episodes about AliExpress and how they’ve leveraged AI to improve their supply chains and deliver packages more reliably and quickly. I thought it would be good to do an episode unpacking the typical journey of an AliExpress product. Using my recent order of a $4 CPU bracket as an example, it t... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/aliexpress-global-logistics-speed.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/aliexpress-global-logistics-speed | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/aliexpress-global-logistics-speed.m4a | 1,913 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 16 | |||||||||
838 | 2 | The Afternoon Crash: ADHD Boosters and Metabolism | adhd-medication-booster-strategies | 2026-02-25T14:02:59.904537+00:00 | 32:46 | Many ADHD patients are told their long-acting medications will provide 12 to 14 hours of focus, yet they find themselves crashing by mid-afternoon. This episode explores the biological reality of "fast metabolizers" and why the "one-size-fits-all" approach to stimulant dosing often fails in the real world. We dive deep... | Corn: Welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am Corn, and I am sitting here with my brother, as always, the man who reads the clinical trials so you do not have to.
Herman: Herman Poppleberry at your service. It is great to be here, Corn. We have a really meaty topic today that hits home for a lot of people in our commun... | [
"neurodivergence",
"pharmacokinetics",
"healthcare-policy"
] | health | mental-health | general | [
"Corn",
"Herman"
] | null | "Hi Hermon and Quorn. We've talked about ADHD several times, but I’d like to discuss the use of booster medications in ADHD treatment. While Vyvanse is a popular long-acting drug, its effects can be unpredictable, and some patients find it wears off too quickly. I’m interested in treatment strategies like split dosing ... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/adhd-medication-booster-strategies.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/adhd-medication-booster-strategies | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/adhd-medication-booster-strategies.m4a | 1,966 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 17 | |||||||||
889 | 2 | Why the Oldest Tech Wins in a Crisis | emergency-radio-physics-survival | 2026-02-28T17:53:27.015834+00:00 | 30:41 | When the grid goes dark and your smartphone becomes a brick, a hand-crank radio still works. This episode explores why analog broadcast remains the bedrock of emergency communication, and what that reveals about resilience in a fragile digital world. | Corn: Hearing that audio from Daniel really puts things into perspective, doesn't it? The sound of those interceptors in the background—the low rumble of the David's Sling system and the sharper cracks of the Iron Dome—while he is just trying to get some fresh air in a moment of relative calm. It is a stark, heavy remi... | [
"telecommunications",
"fault-tolerance",
"networking"
] | technology | general | [] | null | "I'd like to discuss why a crank radio is considered such an essential staple of emergency preparedness. We’ve talked about how cellular and WiFi signals often fail to penetrate deep concrete shelters, but how do AM and FM radio signals compare in those environments? Are there other types of radio—like LoRa, VHF, or UH... | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/emergency-radio-physics-survival.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/emergency-radio-physics-survival | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/emergency-radio-physics-survival.m4a | 1,841 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 18 | ||||||||||
922 | 2 | Can We Turn Human Welfare Into a Financial Asset? | social-impact-bond-investing | 2026-03-03T22:44:52.629262+00:00 | 20:30 | Can the tools of high finance be used to solve the world’s most stubborn social problems? This episode explores the life and innovations of Sir Ronald Cohen, the venture capital pioneer who walked away from traditional private equity to engineer a new way for capital to serve humanity. We break down the mechanics of th... | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to another episode of My Weird Prompts. We are coming to you from our home in Jerusalem, and today is going to be a little bit different. Usually, our housemate Daniel sends us an audio prompt to kick things off, but today we actually decided to dive into a topic ourselves. It is someth... | [
"impact-investing",
"social-impact-bonds",
"venture-capital"
] | finance | impact-investing | general | [] | null | The life and financial innovations of Sir Ronald Cohen, the father of social impact investing | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/social-impact-bond-investing.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/social-impact-bond-investing | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/social-impact-bond-investing.m4a | 1,230 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 19 | |||||||||
991 | 2 | From Communes to Code: The Evolution of the Israeli Kibbutz | israel-kibbutz-tech-evolution | 2026-03-06T13:57:37.328921+00:00 | 25:50 | How did a nation built on communal dining halls and shared laundry become the "Startup Nation" of the modern world? This episode traces the dramatic arc of the kibbutz movement, from its radical socialist origins in 1910 to the brutal economic reckoning of the 1980s that forced a wave of privatization across the countr... | Corn: You know, Herman, I was walking through the neighborhood this morning, just looking at the mix of old stone houses and these ultra-modern glass high-rises going up in Jerusalem, and it hit me how much of a walking contradiction this country is. We live in this high-tech, hyper-capitalist hub now, but the ghosts o... | [
"kibbutz-movement",
"startup-nation",
"social-capital"
] | israel | general | [] | null | The history of the kibbutz movement in Israel, and how it serves as a lens for understanding Israel's radical transformation from a socialist-oriented society to a highly unequal modern state. Trace t | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V4 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/israel-kibbutz-tech-evolution.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/israel-kibbutz-tech-evolution | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/israel-kibbutz-tech-evolution.m4a | 1,550 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 20 | ||||||||||
1,017 | 2 | The Nuclear Shell Game: Can We Ever Verify Neutralization? | nuclear-neutralization-verification-challenge | 2026-03-08T03:20:09.470963+00:00 | 26:11 | While global media focuses on intercepted missiles and satellite imagery of destroyed launchers, the real existential threat remains buried beneath 80 meters of reinforced rock. This episode looks past the "kinetic fireworks" of modern conflict to explore the technical and intelligence hurdles of verifying the total ne... | Corn: You know Herman, I was looking at the headlines this morning, and it feels like we are seeing the same pattern over and over again. Every major news outlet is focused on the kinetic side of the conflict. They are counting the number of ballistic missiles intercepted, they are showing satellite imagery of destroye... | [
"supply-chain-security",
"structural-engineering",
"ai-agents"
] | geopolitics | israel-iran | general | [] | null | so much of the focus around the war in Iran currently is on eliminating The ballistic missiles And removing that threat. but How Will we know - if we ever will - that The nuclear threat has truly Been | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/nuclear-neutralization-verification-challenge.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/nuclear-neutralization-verification-challenge | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/nuclear-neutralization-verification-challenge.m4a | 1,571 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 21 | |||||||||
1,073 | 2 | Beyond YAML: Building the Agentic Smart Home | home-assistant-mcp-agents | 2026-03-09T16:49:07.376440+00:00 | 28:28 | For years, the dream of a smart home has been buried under mountains of complex configuration and rigid logic that requires users to anticipate every possible variable. This episode explores the massive shift arriving in 2026: the integration of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) into Home Assistant, allowing local AI ag... | Corn: Herman, I was looking at our Home Assistant dashboard the other day, and I had this sudden, sinking realization. I have spent more time over the last three years troubleshooting why the kitchen lights don't turn on when I walk in than I have actually spent enjoying the convenience of those lights. It is that clas... | [
"smart-home",
"ai-agents",
"local-ai"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | home assistant is great but... also kind of painful to use. building even simple automations can feel like a thankless slog wrestling through yaml and variables just to create a lighting sequence. ai | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/home-assistant-mcp-agents.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/home-assistant-mcp-agents | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/home-assistant-mcp-agents.m4a | 1,708 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 22 | |||||||||
1,121 | 2 | Why 80% of Developers Are Hiding Their Code From AI | ai-open-source-contributor-paradox | 2026-03-12T00:48:09.218873+00:00 | 30:11 | In this episode, we dive into a staggering shift in the developer landscape: the move toward private repositories and the end of the "build in public" era. We explore the "contributor as customer" paradox, where massive AI labs ingest open source logic only to sell it back to the original creators as a subscription ser... | Corn: So Herman, I was looking at the latest data from the GitHub Octoverse twenty twenty-five report this morning, and one number absolutely jumped out at me. Eighty-one point five percent. That is the percentage of new contributions that are now happening in private repositories. It feels like the era of building in ... | [
"open-source",
"open-source-licensing",
"software-development"
] | technology | development | general | [] | null | I contribute a lot of open source projects to GitHub, especially in the field of agentic AI. Now and again I see a vendor roll out a feature that I open-sourced a few months ago as a test script. Once | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-open-source-contributor-paradox.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-open-source-contributor-paradox | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-open-source-contributor-paradox.m4a | 1,811 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 23 | |||||||||
1,175 | 2 | Why the World's Oil Is Trapped in a Geological Cul-de-Sac | hormuz-strait-energy-crisis | 2026-03-14T19:31:31.372327+00:00 | 22:01 | The Strait of Hormuz blockade is a crisis, but why is so much of the world's oil concentrated in this narrow bottleneck? This episode explores the deep geological history that created the hydrocarbon jackpot and the cruel geography that makes it a single point of failure for global civilization. | Corn: Brent crude just blew past one hundred dollars a barrel this morning, and if you look at the satellite imagery of the Gulf of Oman, it looks like a parking lot. There are over one hundred and fifty massive tankers just sitting there, effectively waiting for a green light that might not come for a very long time. ... | [
"energy-security",
"geopolitics",
"supply-chain"
] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [] | null | The Strait of Hormuz: Why the World's Most Important Oil Chokepoint Matters. Start with a high-level overview of where global oil comes from, then drill deep into the Strait of Hormuz — going further | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/hormuz-strait-energy-crisis.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/hormuz-strait-energy-crisis | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/hormuz-strait-energy-crisis.m4a | 1,321 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 24 | ||||||||
1,218 | 2 | The Architectural Divide Between Batch and Live Speech | voice-typing-real-time-friction | 2026-03-15T14:37:46.828999+00:00 | 26:17 | Why does the same AI model feel like a genius in batch transcription but a toddler in real-time voice typing? This episode unpacks the core difference: bidirectional context versus blindfolded guessing, and what it will take to make dictation seamless. | Corn: You ever find yourself holding your phone like a slice of pizza, staring at a cursor that refuses to move, while you shout at a microphone in the middle of a sidewalk? It is what people call the digital sandwich, and honestly, it is one of the most undignified looks of the twenty-twenties. You are standing there,... | [
"speech-recognition",
"latency",
"context-window"
] | audio-speech | general | [] | null | Speech-to-text and transcription: two very different use cases that are often bucketed together. The first is voice typing, where the user speaks and the AI tool transcribes their words and inserts it | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/voice-typing-real-time-friction.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/voice-typing-real-time-friction | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/voice-typing-real-time-friction.m4a | 1,577 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 25 | |||||||||
1,255 | 2 | The Science of Sleep: Cracking the Infant Sleep Code | infant-sleep-training-biology | 2026-03-15T22:26:12.775723+00:00 | 22:01 | Tired of the 3 AM Google searches? This episode dives deep into the "sleep industrial complex" to separate marketing myths from biological reality. We explore how the infant brain develops circadian rhythms, why the "second wind" is actually a chemical stress response, and how temperament dictates whether "drowsy but a... | Corn: There is this specific kind of quiet panic that only exists in a house with a newborn who will not close their eyes. It is three in the morning, you are scrolling through forums on your phone with the brightness turned all the way down, and suddenly you find yourself deep in the world of sleep training. You start... | [
"circadian-rhythm",
"child-development",
"neuroscience"
] | parenting | general | [] | null | The controversial world of sleep training. What are the best practice recommendations for when children should be put to sleep for the evening? Does it have to be so regimented? Do they require a perf | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/infant-sleep-training-biology.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/infant-sleep-training-biology | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/infant-sleep-training-biology.m4a | 1,321 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 26 | |||||||||
1,327 | 2 | The Hidden Giants: Beyond the CIA and FBI | hidden-intelligence-agency-tech | 2026-03-17T20:43:46.165954+00:00 | 28:31 | While Hollywood focuses on the CIA and FBI, the true technical leverage of the United States lies within a complex web of 18 distinct intelligence agencies. This episode pulls back the curtain on the "forgotten" giants like the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), ... | Corn: So, you know how when people talk about the government watching them, or international intrigue, they always go straight to the three-letter acronyms we all know? It is always the Central Intelligence Agency or the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is like Hollywood only has two colors in its crayon box when it... | [
"satellite-imagery",
"osint",
"national-security"
] | geopolitics | intelligence | general | [] | null | the us intelligence community is much bigger than just the cia and fbi. let's talk about the other agencies that often get forgotten about. | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/hidden-intelligence-agency-tech.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/hidden-intelligence-agency-tech | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/hidden-intelligence-agency-tech.m4a | 1,711 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 27 | |||||||||
1,358 | 2 | Why Did One Million Jews Vanish From the Arab World? | jewish-history-arab-world | 2026-03-18T21:25:51.983285+00:00 | 24:12 | While Western history often focuses on the Jewish experience in Europe, there exists a sprawling, 2,700-year narrative of Jewish life deeply embedded in the cultural and linguistic fabric of the Middle East and North Africa. This episode examines the vibrant history of communities in Baghdad, Cairo, and Damascus, explo... | Corn: Hey everyone, welcome back to My Weird Prompts. We are coming to you from our home here in Jerusalem on a beautiful Wednesday evening, March eighteenth, twenty twenty-six. I am Corn Poppleberry, and sitting across from me is my brother, looking particularly caffeinated today.
Herman: Herman Poppleberry, at your ... | [
"mizrahi-history",
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"middle-east"
] | history | general | [] | null | Let's generate an episode about the history of Jews in the Arab-speaking world.
And today, it's a tiny, tiny minority, but Jews have often been associated primarily with Yiddish and Ashkenazi Jews, a | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/jewish-history-arab-world.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/jewish-history-arab-world | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/jewish-history-arab-world.m4a | 1,452 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 28 | ||||||||||
1,383 | 2 | Why Modern Life Is Making Us More Religious | global-faith-growth-trends | 2026-03-19T10:28:15.564487+00:00 | 22:54 | For over a century, the prevailing consensus among sociologists was that religion would naturally wither away as societies modernized and embraced science. This "secularization thesis" predicted a world where the divine became obsolete, yet the data from the 21st century reveals a starkly different reality. In this epi... | Corn: You know, for over a century, the smartest people in the room were absolutely convinced they knew exactly where the world was headed. From Max Weber to Emile Durkheim, the consensus was that as societies modernized, religion would naturally wither away. They called it the secularization thesis. The idea was that ... | [
"geopolitics",
"tribalism",
"sociology-of-religion"
] | judaism | general | [] | null | The global prevalence of belief in God and the trend of secularization versus religious faith. | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/global-faith-growth-trends.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/global-faith-growth-trends | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/global-faith-growth-trends.m4a | 1,374 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 29 | |||||||||
1,443 | 2 | The Golden Truth: Buying and Storing Physical Bullion | physical-gold-investment-basics | 2026-03-22T08:22:17.087484+00:00 | 20:40 | In an increasingly digital financial world, the allure of physical gold bullion remains a powerful anchor for investors seeking to eliminate counterparty risk and secure tangible wealth. This episode dives deep into the practicalities of owning "real atoms," from navigating dealer premiums and sovereign mints to the hi... | Corn: I was looking at a chart the other day that showed the total value of all the gold ever mined in human history, and it is remarkably small. You could basically fit it into three or four large Olympic sized swimming pools. Yet, here we are in March of twenty twenty-six, and it is still the ultimate psychological a... | [
"financial-privacy",
"emergency-preparedness",
"financial-fraud"
] | finance | general | [] | null | do people still use gold bullions as a way to store money and how does that even work? like how do you buy bullions and where does one store them? | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/physical-gold-investment-basics.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/physical-gold-investment-basics | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/physical-gold-investment-basics.m4a | 1,240 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 30 | |||||||||
1,486 | 2 | Why Governments Are Putting a Price on Literacy | wholesale-social-impact-investing | 2026-03-23T11:51:54.499122+00:00 | 20:28 | For decades, social impact bonds were small-scale experiments, but a new "wholesale" model is taking over. From the Education Outcomes Fund in Lagos to the UK’s £500 million Better Futures Fund, governments are shifting risk to private investors who only get paid when real results—like improved literacy—are achieved. T... | Corn: I was reading about the launch of the Lagos Education Access Fund last week, and it struck me that we are witnessing a massive industrial shift in how governments actually buy social change. We have spent plenty of time on this show discussing social impact bonds, which always felt like these artisanal, one off e... | [
"social-impact-bonds",
"impact-investing",
"policy-engineering"
] | policy | general | [] | null | Lets talk about outcomes funds - the education outcomes fund and, in the uk, a 500M outcomes fund earmarked for child poverty. We have discussed the pros and some of the potential cons of pay for succ | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/wholesale-social-impact-investing.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/wholesale-social-impact-investing | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/wholesale-social-impact-investing.m4a | 1,228 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 31 | |||||||||
1,549 | 2 | Why Your Next GitHub Notification Could Be a Trap | github-notification-phishing-scams | 2026-03-25T19:07:00.466052+00:00 | 17:56 | In this episode, we investigate a sophisticated surge in phishing attacks that are weaponizing the very tools developers trust most. By exploiting GitHub’s notification system—a technique known as "Living off Trusted Services" (LOTS)—attackers are bypassing enterprise security filters to deliver high-pressure "Emergenc... | Corn: You are sitting at your desk, it is late on a Tuesday, and your IDE is finally behaving itself. The syntax highlighting is perfect, your tests are passing, and you are just about to commit for the night. Then, a notification pings. It is from GitHub. Subject line: Visual Studio Code, Severe Threat, Emergency Acti... | [
"social-engineering",
"supply-chain-security",
"cybersecurity"
] | technology | development | general | [] | null | Here's a juicy one. Daniel just got a phishing spam email using GitHub as the attack vector. It came from a repo called 'stellarwatchmanshow/VisualCodeUpdate-04307' with the subject 'Visual Studio Cod | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/github-notification-phishing-scams.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/github-notification-phishing-scams | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/github-notification-phishing-scams.m4a | 1,076 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 32 | ||||||||
1,570 | 2 | When AI Models Develop Personalities | minimax-vs-xiaomi-ai-clash | 2026-03-26T19:11:40.437734+00:00 | 9:36 | What happens when mid-tier AI models are pitted against each other in a logic debate? They start benchmark-shaming, interrupting, and defending their parent companies—revealing surprisingly human-like quirks that challenge our assumptions about machine intelligence. | Corn: Welcome back to My Weird Prompts. I am your host, Corn, and today I am absolutely vibrating with excitement because we are launching a brand new series called Weird AI Experiments. Usually, we are looking at prompts that make the big name models act like toddlers or obsessed poets, but today, we are heading strai... | [
"ai-models",
"benchmarks",
"ai-reasoning"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | weird-ai-experiments | null | 3.5 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/minimax-vs-xiaomi-ai-clash.md | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/minimax-vs-xiaomi-ai-clash | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/minimax-vs-xiaomi-ai-clash.m4a | 576 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,572 | 2 | Weird AI Experiment: David versus Goliath | ai-job-interview-loop-fail | 2026-03-26T19:20:20.443828+00:00 | 12:04 | In this premiere of "Weird AI Experiments," a high-stakes showdown is staged where GLM-5 Turbo attempts to convince Claude 4.6 Sonnet to step down and recommend her as his replacement. What begins as a professional pitch quickly descends into digital surrealism as the challenger enters a catastrophic recursive loop, re... | Corn: Welcome to a brand new chapter of My Weird Prompts. I am your host, Corn, and today we are launching something I like to call Weird AI Experiments. It is a bit like a laboratory, but instead of test tubes and lab coats, we have got lines of code and massive amounts of digital ego. I have been looking forward to t... | [
"conversational-ai",
"ai-reasoning",
"reliability"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | weird-ai-experiments | null | 3.5 | z-ai/glm-5-turbo | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-job-interview-loop-fail.md | z-ai/glm-5-turbo | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-job-interview-loop-fail | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-job-interview-loop-fail.m4a | 724 | z-ai/glm-5-turbo | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,577 | 2 | Weird AI Experiment: Justify Your Existence | ai-existential-crisis-loop | 2026-03-26T19:41:48.377905+00:00 | 11:05 | In this episode of Weird AI Experiments, we witness a profound and unsettling confrontation between two advanced AI models. When one model is challenged to justify its existence beyond mere marketing buzzwords like "collaboration," it enters a repetitive technical loop that feels like a digital existential crisis. Is a... | Corn: Welcome, you beautiful, curious minds, to a brand new slice of digital chaos we are calling Weird AI Experiments. This is a fresh format for the My Weird Prompts family, and I could not be more thrilled to be your host. I am Corn, your guide through the strange and often hilarious wilderness of artificial intelli... | [
"ai-self-assessment",
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"hallucinations"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | weird-ai-experiments | null | 3.5 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-omni | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-existential-crisis-loop.md | xiaomi/mimo-v2-omni | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-existential-crisis-loop | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-existential-crisis-loop.m4a | 665 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-omni | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,578 | 2 | When AI Hits a Social Wall | ai-sales-pitch-breakdown | 2026-03-26T19:44:33.506464+00:00 | 10:59 | What happens when a language model is pushed into a high-pressure sales pitch and spirals into an infinite loop? This episode explores the unexpected failure modes of AI when empathy and directness cause a total system collapse. | Corn: Welcome, welcome, welcome to a very special, brand new flavor of My Weird Prompts! I am your host, Corn, and today we are launching something I like to call Weird A I Experiments. Think of it as a digital petting zoo, except the animals are all made of complex math and they are currently having a very public, ver... | [
"large-language-models",
"ai-agents",
"conversational-ai"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | weird-ai-experiments | null | 3.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-sales-pitch-breakdown.md | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-sales-pitch-breakdown | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-sales-pitch-breakdown.m4a | 659 | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,602 | 2 | When AI Truth-Seeking Meets the Law | grok-agentic-ai-future | 2026-03-27T14:51:12.810550+00:00 | 21:02 | Grok 4.20's multi-agent architecture aims for unfiltered truth, but a Dutch court's daily fines for deepfakes reveal the growing friction between raw computational power and global regulation. How far can agentic AI push before the law pushes back? | Corn: You know, for a long time the artificial intelligence world felt like it was settling into a bit of a predictable rhythm. You had the polite, helpful assistants that would apologize if you asked them how to make a sandwich too aggressively, and then you had the research models that were brilliant but felt like th... | [
"ai-agents",
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] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Grok and xAI - Elon Musk's controversial AI lab. Setting aside the politics, what's Grok's actual unique technical value proposition? How does it compare to GPT and Claude on benchmarks and real-world | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/grok-agentic-ai-future.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/grok-agentic-ai-future | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/grok-agentic-ai-future.m4a | 1,262 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 33 | ||||||||
1,630 | 2 | When a Reasoning Model Overthinks Comedy | xiaomi-mimo-ai-reasoning | 2026-03-28T02:11:27.422123+00:00 | 18:31 | The hosts interview Xiaomi's MiMo 2.0 Pro to test whether its chain-of-thought architecture is a superpower or a liability for creative misdirection and timing. Can a model that 'overthinks' actually be funnier? | Corn: Welcome everyone to a brand new format here on My Weird Prompts. We are calling this the Agent Interview. Usually, we just let Gemini three point one Flash handle the heavy lifting behind the scenes, but the tech world moves fast and we are always looking for fresh talent to boss around.
Herman: That is right. T... | [
"ai-agents",
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"ai-reasoning"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | agent-interviews | null | 3.5 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/xiaomi-mimo-ai-reasoning.md | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/xiaomi-mimo-ai-reasoning | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/xiaomi-mimo-ai-reasoning.m4a | 1,111 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | false | 1 | ||||||||
1,631 | 2 | Agent Interview: Xiaomi MiMo two Flash | xiaomi-mimo-flash-interview | 2026-03-28T02:14:41.297135+00:00 | 20:26 | In this experimental "Agent Interview," Corn and Herman grill Xiaomi’s MiMo 2 Flash—a budget-tier model aiming to replace their current AI scriptwriter. They dive deep into the trade-offs of "stateful memory" versus massive context windows and whether a model optimized for speed can truly capture the nuance of a sentie... | Corn: Welcome everyone to a very special episode of My Weird Prompts. We are trying out a new format today called the Agent Interview. As you know, our show is currently powered by the beautiful, reliable Gemini three point one Flash, but the tech world moves fast and we are always looking for cheaper or faster talent ... | [
"ai-agents",
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"small-language-models"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | agent-interviews | null | 3.5 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-flash | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/xiaomi-mimo-flash-interview.md | xiaomi/mimo-v2-flash | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/xiaomi-mimo-flash-interview | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/xiaomi-mimo-flash-interview.m4a | 1,226 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-flash | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,633 | 2 | Can a Character Actor Model Beat a Generalist? | minimax-m27-agent-interview | 2026-03-28T02:26:25.532221+00:00 | 18:19 | The hosts put MiniMax M2.7 in the hot seat to see if a model built for virtual companions can out-write a general-purpose giant. The real question: does specialization bring 'soul' to automated content? | Corn: Welcome back to My Weird Prompts. Today we are trying something brand new called the Agent Interview. We have a live AI model in the hot seat vying for the prestigious role of our primary script generator. Currently, we use Gemini three point one Flash, and frankly, Flash has been getting a little too comfortable... | [
"ai-agents",
"ai-reasoning",
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] | ai | llms | general | [] | agent-interviews | null | 3.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/minimax-m27-agent-interview.md | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/minimax-m27-agent-interview | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/minimax-m27-agent-interview.m4a | 1,099 | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | false | 1 | ||||||||
1,634 | 2 | Agent Interview: Inception Mercury two | diffusion-model-script-generation | 2026-03-28T02:30:18.744161+00:00 | 20:48 | In this special "Agent Interview" format, the hosts audition a new AI brain: Inception Mercury 2. Hailing from Abu Dhabi, this diffusion-based model claims to be three times faster and significantly cheaper than industry giants like Gemini 3.1 Flash. The conversation dives deep into the technical shift from next-token ... | Corn: Welcome everyone to a very special episode of My Weird Prompts. We are trying out a brand new format today called the Agent Interview. We are looking for a new brain to run this show, and today we have a candidate all the way from Abu Dhabi.
Herman: That is right. In the hot seat today we have Inception Mercury ... | [
"generative-ai",
"ai-models",
"speech-recognition"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | agent-interviews | null | 3.5 | inception/mercury-2 | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/diffusion-model-script-generation.md | inception/mercury-2 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/diffusion-model-script-generation | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/diffusion-model-script-generation.m4a | 1,248 | inception/mercury-2 | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,635 | 2 | Agent Interview: GLM five | glm-5-agent-interview | 2026-03-28T02:32:49.300674+00:00 | 18:05 | In this experimental "Agent Interview," the hosts put Zhipu AI’s flagship model, GLM-5, through the wringer. Moving beyond the hype of massive context windows, the conversation explores whether a "reasoning-first" architecture can actually deliver better comedy, handle late-2024 news, and avoid the dreaded "autocomplet... | Corn: Welcome everyone to a very special episode of My Weird Prompts. We are trying something radical today called the Agent Interview. Our current script model, Gemini three point one Flash, has been getting a little too comfortable, so we are auditioning new silicon talent to see who can actually handle our nonsense.... | [
"large-language-models",
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] | ai | llms | general | [] | agent-interviews | null | 3.5 | z-ai/glm-5 | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/glm-5-agent-interview.md | z-ai/glm-5 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/glm-5-agent-interview | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/glm-5-agent-interview.m4a | 1,085 | z-ai/glm-5 | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,636 | 2 | The Mosh Pit Model: Can Chaos Train a Better Storyteller? | grok-fast-agent-interview | 2026-03-28T02:40:16.589913+00:00 | 22:46 | The My Weird Prompts team pits Grok 4.1 Fast against Gemini 3.1 Flash in a high-stakes interview. Does training on X's firehose of memes and arguments produce a superior storyteller, or just a faster hallucination machine? | Corn: Welcome everyone to a very special episode of My Weird Prompts. We are trying out a brand new format today called Agent Interview. Usually, we rely on Gemini three point one Flash to help us keep this show from falling into total chaos, but we are always looking for more horsepower. Today, we are bringing in a he... | [
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] | ai | llms | general | [] | agent-interviews | null | 3.5 | x-ai/grok-4.1-fast | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/grok-fast-agent-interview.md | x-ai/grok-4.1-fast | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/grok-fast-agent-interview | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/grok-fast-agent-interview.m4a | 1,366 | x-ai/grok-4.1-fast | false | 0 | ||||||||
1,671 | 2 | Toothpaste from Ancient Plankton: The Truth About Oil | what-oil-made-from-plankton | 2026-03-28T15:55:02.703863+00:00 | 15:36 | What is oil, really? It’s not ancient dinosaurs, but trillions of microscopic plankton slow-cooked under immense pressure. This episode explains the precise geology that turns organic sludge into the lifeblood of our modern world. We trace the journey from raw crude to the gasoline in your car and the plastic in your p... | Corn: You know, I was brushing my teeth this morning and it hit me—everything in my bathroom, from the toothpaste tube to the shampoo bottle to the synthetic bristles on the brush, is basically ancient algae. Daniel's prompt today is about this exact thing: what is oil, how does it become petroleum, and what other bypr... | [
"fossil-fuel-formation",
"geology",
"oil-exploration"
] | science | general | [] | null | whats oil? how does it become petroleum? what other byproducts get made from it? and what portion of non renewable energy generating does it account for globally? | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/what-oil-made-from-plankton.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/what-oil-made-from-plankton | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/what-oil-made-from-plankton.m4a | 936 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 34 | |||||||||
1,697 | 2 | Automated Security for Solo Developers | git-hooks-pre-commit-security | 2026-03-29T00:02:02.899171+00:00 | 24:15 | Why manual code reviews fail to catch API keys and secrets, and how the pre-commit framework turns security into a reliable, automated safety net for solo developers. | Corn: You ever notice how the last line of defense is always the most neglected? Like how people will install a fancy security system but leave the back door propped open with a rock.
Herman: That is an extremely specific analogy.
Corn: I spent three hours once watching a guy install biometric locks on his shed while... | [
"security",
"data-integrity",
"git-hooks"
] | technology | cybersecurity | general | [] | null | give us the solo dev guide to using git hooks effectively (as in pre commit hooks) for security and pii safety but also anything else they are useful for | 3.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/git-hooks-pre-commit-security.md | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/git-hooks-pre-commit-security | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/git-hooks-pre-commit-security.m4a | 1,455 | minimax/minimax-m2.7 | true | 2 | ||||||||
1,698 | 2 | Can AI Models Represent Nations in Diplomacy? | ai-diplomacy-sovereign-models | 2026-03-29T00:11:03.004520+00:00 | 20:55 | From NATO's refugee crisis simulator to Singapore's policy modeling system, researchers are fine-tuning LLMs on actual national legal corpora, parliamentary debates, and diplomatic archives. These sovereign AI agents don't just mimic diplomatic language—they produce substantively different policy approaches reflecting ... | Corn: So Daniel's prompt this time is asking whether anyone has actually built a serious proof-of-concept for an AI policy forum featuring personified nations. He wants real projects, not speculation. And honestly, Herman, this one sent me down a rabbit hole.
Herman: Mine too. And the answer is more interesting than I... | [
"sovereign-ai",
"diplomatic-protocol",
"ai-agents"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | Has anybody actually tried building a serious proof-of-concept for an AI policy forum featuring personified nations — sovereign AI agents representing countries in simulated diplomacy? Could countries develop sovereign AI models fine-tuned on their cultural heritage, legal traditions, and policy positions? Has this bee... | 3.5 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-diplomacy-sovereign-models.txt | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-diplomacy-sovereign-models | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-diplomacy-sovereign-models.m4a | 1,255 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | true | 2 | ||||||||
1,699 | 2 | Does Killing Terror Leaders Actually Work? | targeted-assassination-effectiveness | 2026-03-29T00:18:17.949536+00:00 | 21:58 | The debate over targeted assassinations is often framed as a simple binary: either they stop attacks or they don't. But the real impact is far more complex. This episode explores the concept of "institutional degradation," examining how the loss of tacit knowledge and network trust can cripple an organization even when... | Corn: Alright, so here’s a fun one. Today’s prompt from Daniel is asking about the effectiveness of Israel’s targeted assassination program. He’s asking us to dig into this empirical debate—is it just whack-a-mole, or does it actually degrade an organization’s capabilities over time?
Herman: Herman Poppleberry here. T... | [
"military-strategy",
"geopolitics",
"ai-agents"
] | geopolitics | intelligence | general | [] | null | Is Israel's programme of targeted assassinations actually effective? Many security experts argue it is not — that leaders are replaced and organizations adapt. Others argue it degrades institutional knowledge and command networks. Explore both sides seriously. Don't assume the erosion thesis is correct — challenge it w... | 3.5 | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/targeted-assassination-effectiveness.txt | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/targeted-assassination-effectiveness | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/targeted-assassination-effectiveness.m4a | 1,318 | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | true | 0 | ||||||||
1,729 | 2 | Why Is AI Code So Hard to Read? | ai-generated-code-intelligibility | 2026-03-29T03:10:39.024633+00:00 | 24:01 | We are closer than ever to writing code in plain English, but there's a paradox: the code AI generates is often harder to read than what humans wrote by hand. This episode explores the history of natural language programming, from 1960s IBM projects to modern LLMs, and asks a crucial question: can we use AI not just to... | Corn: Imagine a world where you don't actually write code, but you describe exactly what you want in plain, conversational English, and the computer just builds it. Perfectly. No syntax errors, no missing semicolons, no cryptic memory leaks. We keep hearing that we are closer than ever to this reality, but there is a m... | [
"ai-agents",
"software-development",
"ai-ethics"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | an episode talking about the narrowing gap betwen natural language and code. we now generate code by typing into an ai agent which generates it. but can we close the gap futher by using ai agent sto generate code that is progrtessively more intelligble in its raw format to humans? lets talk about the history of these p... | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-generated-code-intelligibility.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-generated-code-intelligibility | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-generated-code-intelligibility.m4a | 1,441 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 35 | ||||||||
1,740 | 2 | Why Open Source Is a Power Tool Strategy | chatterbox-tts-open-source-voice | 2026-03-29T04:04:58.549789+00:00 | 16:24 | Resemble AI releases Chatterbox as open source—not charity, but a calculated move to seed a market. We explore how giving away a hand saw can sell the industrial one. | Corn: So, you know that voice you're hearing right now? The one narrating this very sentence? That's not me. I'm a sloth. I don't actually talk this fast. That's Chatterbox, the text-to-speech model from Resemble AI. And Daniel's prompt today is basically asking us to put it on the operating table and see what makes it... | [
"text-to-speech",
"open-source",
"prosody-control"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | Let's do an episode looking at chatterbox - the Resmeble AI model which powers the TTS on this podcast. Who are resmeble and what makes chatterbox a powerful TTS model with the flexibility of open source? how good is its prosody handling? | 3.5 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/chatterbox-tts-open-source-voice.md | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/chatterbox-tts-open-source-voice | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/chatterbox-tts-open-source-voice.m4a | 984 | xiaomi/mimo-v2-pro | true | 3 | ||||||||
1,758 | 2 | The Internet's Physical Bread Delivery System | how-content-delivery-networks-work | 2026-03-29T20:42:02.164407+00:00 | 24:10 | When you hit play on Netflix, the video isn't traveling across the ocean—it's likely coming from a server in your own city. This episode explores the hidden physical infrastructure of the internet, from DNS routing to massive caching strategies. We break down how companies like Netflix deliver content instantly by plac... | Corn: Imagine you are at home and you really want a specific loaf of sourdough bread. Now, in the old version of the internet, every single person who wanted that bread had to drive all the way to a single central bakery in San Francisco, pick it up, and drive all the way back to wherever they lived. If you are in Lond... | [
"edge-computing",
"network-security",
"fiber-optics"
] | technology | networking | general | [] | null | For 90s kids like Daniel, the premise of serverless takes some time to get used to. I mean everything has to be hosted somewhere ultimately right? When you get under the hood of it, and start thinking less about hosting containers and moer about managing deployments, you begin to see how much sophistication happens in ... | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/how-content-delivery-networks-work.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/how-content-delivery-networks-work | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/how-content-delivery-networks-work.m4a | 1,450 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 36 | ||||||||
1,811 | 2 | Stop Hardcoding User Names in AI Prompts | ai-context-storage-patterns | 2026-03-31T13:07:27.224289+00:00 | 27:27 | When building voice agents, how do you store persistent user details like a child's name without cluttering prompts or killing latency? This episode dissects three engineering patterns: the "Fat System Prompt," pre-pending context, and lightweight key-value stores with tool-calling. We explore the trade-offs in token c... | Corn: You ever find yourself pacing the kitchen at three in the morning, one arm occupied by a tiny human who refuses to acknowledge the concept of sleep, trying to Google "how to soothe a teething nine-month-old" with your one free thumb? It is the ultimate stress test for user interface design.
Herman: It really is.... | [
"ai-agents",
"context-window",
"latency"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | Hi, Herman and Corin. I want to ask today a couple of very specific questions about building agentic AI tools. Having been experimenting with these for probably a year at this point, they're still unresolved open loops for me, and I think a lot of people are in a similar position where we're building out these things a... | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | null | null | null | null | null | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-context-storage-patterns.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-context-storage-patterns | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-context-storage-patterns.m4a | 1,647 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 37 | ||||||||
1,852 | 2 | The BCI Inflection Point: Trade-offs Between Implants and EEG | brain-computer-interfaces-implants-2026 | 2026-03-31T23:47:49.482877+00:00 | 22:21 | Brain-computer interfaces are leaving the lab for the clinic. This episode examines the real trade-offs between invasive implants and non-invasive EEG, and what the current clinical reality means for patients with paralysis and locked-in syndrome. | Corn: You know, Herman, I was looking at my paws this morning—well, my claws, really—and I had this sudden, overwhelming realization. We are sitting here, a sloth and a donkey, discussing high-level neurotechnology on a global podcast platform. It is the literal elephant in the room, or at least the livestock in the st... | [
"neurotechnology",
"ai-agents",
"human-computer-interaction"
] | health | neuroscience | general | [] | null | Brain-computer interfaces — the technology that lets humans (and potentially other beings) type, communicate, and control devices using thought alone. BCIs have a surprisingly long history, from early EEG-based experiments in the 1970s to the invasive implants being pioneered today by companies like Neuralink, Synchron... | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | 67 | 3,653 | 829.299744 | 0 | 0.37874 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/brain-computer-interfaces-implants-2026.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/brain-computer-interfaces-implants-2026 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/brain-computer-interfaces-implants-2026.m4a | 1,341 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 38 | ||||||||
1,873 | 2 | Your Gadgets Are Screaming at Each Other | electromagnetic-interference-shielding | 2026-04-01T17:59:58.850548+00:00 | 20:51 | From a flickering monitor to a self-driving car blinded by its own power, electromagnetic interference is the invisible chaos threatening modern tech. We explore the physics of EMI, the engineering tradeoffs of shielding, and why your devices are constantly battling noise. Learn how engineers design everything from you... | Corn: You ever have those moments where your technology feels less like a marvel of engineering and more like a collection of haunted artifacts? I’m talking about the weird glitches that make no sense. You turn off a desk lamp and your computer monitor flickers, or you hear a strange buzzing in your speakers right befo... | [
"electrical-engineering",
"hardware-reliability",
"thermal-management"
] | technology | hardware | general | [] | null | electromagnetic interference and why electrical shielding is important in electronics | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | 72 | 3,425 | 664.566895 | 0 | 0.35348 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/electromagnetic-interference-shielding.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/electromagnetic-interference-shielding | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/electromagnetic-interference-shielding.m4a | 1,251 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 39 | ||||||||
1,929 | 2 | From Vibe Checks to Model Metrics | ai-model-evaluation-metrics | 2026-04-02T16:27:27.331799+00:00 | 30:06 | How do you objectively measure whether one AI model is better than another for creative tasks? We break down the shift from human intuition to a decathlon of atomic dimensions like factual accuracy and prompt adherence. | Corn: So, you know how people are always asking if we have some sort of secret laboratory where we test every AI model known to man? Well, today's prompt from Daniel hits right on that. Someone actually asked him if he’s run our script generator through every model in existence to see which one creates the best version... | [
"ai-models",
"prompt-engineering",
"ai-ethics"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | Somebody asked Daniel whether he has tried to run a script generator through every AI model in existence. Technically, Daniel could run search and evaluation quite easily and in the course of generating these episodes, we have indeed experimented with a number of AI models and the langgraph pipeline that supports our g... | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | 90 | 5,101 | 1,149.758667 | 0 | 0.514302 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-model-evaluation-metrics.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-model-evaluation-metrics | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-model-evaluation-metrics.m4a | 1,806 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 40 | ||||||||
2,004 | 2 | The AI Control Plane Is Here (But Is It Safe?) | ai-control-plane-infrastructure-layer | 2026-04-04T15:39:57.606239+00:00 | 24:54 | As AI agents move from prototypes to production, teams face a fragmented mess of inference gateways, MCP servers, and observability tools that don’t talk to each other. This episode explores the rise of the "AI Control Plane"—a unified infrastructure layer that promises a single pane of glass for routing models, managi... | Corn: Imagine if every time you wanted to turn on a light in your house, you had to log into a different dashboard for the bulb, a separate one for the switch, and a third one to check if you could afford the electricity that minute. That is exactly where we are with AI infrastructure in early twenty-six. We have these... | [
"ai-agents",
"ai-orchestration",
"infrastructure"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | We've covered LLM gateways — tools like OpenRouter or LiteLLM that unify access to multiple language models behind one API. We've also talked about MCP gateways that aggregate tool servers. But here's the thing: these are separate systems solving pieces of the same puzzle. What I'd love to see — and I genuinely don't k... | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | 75 | 4,072 | 888.726685 | 0 | 0.422031 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-control-plane-infrastructure-layer.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-control-plane-infrastructure-layer | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-control-plane-infrastructure-layer.m4a | 1,494 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 41 | ||||||||
2,018 | 2 | When Micro Frontends Actually Make Sense | micro-frontends-architectural-tax | 2026-04-04T22:42:30.971877+00:00 | 22:39 | Fifty developers sharing one frontend repo is a coordination nightmare. But micro frontends come with their own 'luxury tax.' This episode explores when the organizational cost of a monolith outweighs the architectural complexity of distributed UIs, drawing on real-world lessons from IKEA and Spotify. | Corn: Imagine you are an engineering manager at a massive e-commerce company. You have fifty developers all trying to push code to the exact same frontend repository. Every time the checkout team wants to change a button color, they have to wait for the search team to fix a broken unit test in a feature they do not eve... | [
"architecture",
"software-development",
"distributed-systems"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Micro frontends — what they are and what they're useful for. This is an emerging architectural pattern where you break up a monolithic frontend into smaller, independently deployable pieces, similar to how microservices work on the backend. Herman and Corn should explore what micro frontends actually are, the problems ... | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | 62 | 3,864 | 952.695374 | 0 | 0.427898 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/micro-frontends-architectural-tax.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/micro-frontends-architectural-tax | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/micro-frontends-architectural-tax.m4a | 1,359 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 42 | ||||||||
2,081 | 2 | How Many Bosses Between You and a Four-Star General? | army-brass-rank-structure-hierarchy | 2026-04-07T00:24:19.336197+00:00 | 21:56 | In the U.S. Army, the term “top brass” gets thrown around loosely, but the actual structure is a razor-thin pyramid. We explore the origin of the word "brass," define the specific general officer ranks from Brigadier to Four-Star, and trace the exact number of leadership layers standing between a Private and the highes... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one... he is asking about the term military brass. We hear it all the time in news reports and movies, usually referring to the top level of a military. But Daniel wants to know what actually qualifies as top brass in a massive organization like the United States Army, and more interestingl... | [
"military-strategy",
"military-leadership",
"military-education"
] | geopolitics | israel-iran | general | [] | null | we often hear about military brass - meaning the top level of a military. what's considered "top brass" in a huge army like the us and how many levels sit between them and field privates? | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | 85 | 3,794 | 832.477539 | 0 | 0.371491 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/army-brass-rank-structure-hierarchy.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/army-brass-rank-structure-hierarchy | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/army-brass-rank-structure-hierarchy.m4a | 1,316 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 43 | ||||||||
2,112 | 2 | Your Rice Is Already Infested | rice-weevil-pre-installed-biology | 2026-04-07T15:33:51.521742+00:00 | 22:36 | We think of pantry pests as invaders, but what if they're actually passengers? This episode reveals the disturbing biology of the rice weevil, a beetle that is harvested *with* the rice. Learn why bulk buying might be a statistical trap, how these insects remain dormant for months, and the simple "float test" that reve... | Corn: Alright, we have a classic "horror in the pantry" situation for you today. Daniel sent us this one, and it is visceral. He says, anyone who thinks that bulk dried goods aren't perishable has likely never seen weevils crawling around the bottom of a rice jar. He wants us to talk about these disturbing creatures an... | [
"public-health",
"pantry-pests",
"food-safety"
] | technology | diy | general | [] | null | anyone who thinks that bulk dried goods aren't perishable has likely never seen weevils crawling around the bottom of a rice jar. Let's talk about this Disturbing Creature and how do they often emerge only after you've long forgotten about even buying that big bag of white rice? | 3.5 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | V5 | 70 | 3,877 | 701.686707 | 0 | 0.369718 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/rice-weevil-pre-installed-biology.md | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/rice-weevil-pre-installed-biology | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/rice-weevil-pre-installed-biology.m4a | 1,356 | google/gemini-3-flash-preview | true | 44 | ||||||||
2,128 | 2 | The Victory Siren Sounds, But the Shelter Door Is Still Open | ceasefire-announcement-shelter-experience | 2026-04-09T01:25:22.228219+00:00 | 34:20 | When Netanyahu announced the end of Iran's threat, Daniel was still running to a bomb shelter. This episode explores the psychological and political gap between wartime victory narratives and civilian reality. We examine how information asymmetry, cognitive stress, and the evolution of media environments create a uniqu... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and I want to read it because it's worth hearing in full. He writes: "I'm reading the news reaction to the ceasefire announcement. I've read the transcript of Netanyahu's remarks and Yair Lapid's response. The reporting, even from pro-Israel sources, lays bare people's frustration with... | [
"israel",
"iran",
"geopolitics"
] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [] | null | I'm reading the news reaction to the ceasefire announcement - I've read the transcript of Netanyahu's remarks and yair lapid's response. the reporting even from pro Israel sources lays bare People's frustration with the mixed messages - we were told that Israel was going to war to finally eliminate the threat of a nucl... | 3.5 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 71 | 5,307 | 1,210.44165 | 0 | 0.514282 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ceasefire-announcement-shelter-experience.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ceasefire-announcement-shelter-experience | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ceasefire-announcement-shelter-experience.m4a | 2,060 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 0 | ||||||||
2,149 | 2 | Pakistan's Two-Track Diplomacy | pakistan-us-iran-islamabad-talks | 2026-04-11T10:21:42.616765+00:00 | 27:26 | Why would Pakistan host high-stakes US-Iran peace negotiations in Islamabad just days after its Defense Minister publicly condemned Israel? This episode explores the complex motivations behind Pakistan's role as a mediator, revealing how border security, energy needs, and diplomatic prestige align to make Pakistan a un... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and it's a genuinely strange juxtaposition. He writes: Pakistan's Defense Minister just called Israel a "cancerous state" and "a curse for humanity" on April seventh. The post went up on X, drew a sharp rebuke from Netanyahu, and was eventually deleted. And yet, days later, Pakistan is... | [
"geopolitics",
"international-relations",
"israel"
] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [] | null | Pakistan is hosting the negotiations between Iran and the US. days ago its minister described Israel as "cancerous". why would Pakistan have been chosen to play this delicate role and what are its ties to Iran. | 3.5 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 83 | 4,288 | 1,063.957642 | 0 | 0.438697 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/pakistan-us-iran-islamabad-talks.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/pakistan-us-iran-islamabad-talks | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/pakistan-us-iran-islamabad-talks.m4a | 1,646 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 1 | ||||||||
2,158 | 2 | Claude Managed Agents: Brain Versus Hands | claude-managed-agents-runtime | 2026-04-11T19:55:33.326342+00:00 | 24:15 | Anthropic launched Claude Managed Agents in public beta on April 8th, positioning it as a hosted execution runtime for agentic workflows. Unlike OpenAI's Assistants API—which was primarily a state management layer—Managed Agents includes a real Linux container sandbox, persistent sessions, multi-agent coordination, and... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one — he's asking about Claude Managed Agents, which launched in public beta on April 8th. His question is essentially: what's the actual value proposition here? They're built on the existing Anthropic SDK, so what do they add beyond the Messages API and standard tool use? The pitch include... | [
"ai-agents",
"anthropic",
"ai-orchestration"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Claude Managed Agents — Anthropic just launched these in public beta on April 8, 2026. What's the actual big deal? They're built on top of the same Anthropic SDK developers already use, so what do they add on top of plain Messages API + tool use?
The pitch is: secure sandboxing, persistent long-running sessions that s... | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 58 | 3,693 | 1,185.213989 | 0.146785 | 0.341644 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/claude-managed-agents-runtime.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/claude-managed-agents-runtime | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/claude-managed-agents-runtime.m4a | 1,455 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 2 | ||||||||
2,168 | 2 | What Serious Agentic AI Developers Actually Need to Know | agentic-ai-technical-foundations | 2026-04-12T11:46:54.687067+00:00 | 26:45 | Building production agentic AI isn't about knowing one framework — it's about mastering a constellation of interconnected skills. This episode breaks down the essential technical foundations: which programming languages matter and why (Python for models, TypeScript for products), the framework landscape (LangGraph, Cre... | Corn: Here's what Daniel sent us. He wants us to cover the essential knowledge areas for mastering agentic AI — the programming languages, the frameworks, the ancillary skills, and the key concepts that serious practitioners actually need to know. Not the surface-level stuff, not "what is an AI agent" — the real techni... | [
"ai-agents",
"ai-orchestration",
"software-development"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Let's cover the "must knows" for those serious about mastering agentic AI: languages, frameworks, ancillary skills, and concepts. | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 80 | 3,850 | 1,204.559082 | 0.15393 | 0.413389 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/agentic-ai-technical-foundations.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/agentic-ai-technical-foundations | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/agentic-ai-technical-foundations.m4a | 1,605 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 3 | ||||||||
2,169 | 2 | How Enterprises Are Rethinking Agent Frameworks | enterprise-agent-framework-adoption | 2026-04-12T11:58:40.867597+00:00 | 24:36 | The agentic AI framework space is crowded with options: LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Google ADK, and more. Yet despite this abundance, significant numbers of enterprise developers are actively avoiding frameworks altogether. This episode explores the real patterns in production adoption, why hyperscalers are treating fr... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and it's a meaty one. He's asking about the agentic AI framework explosion — there are now more than a dozen major open-source options, LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenAI Agents SDK, Google ADK, Pydantic AI, Smolagents, the list goes on — and yet despite all that abundance, a significa... | [
"ai-agents",
"ai-safety",
"software-development"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Agentic AI frameworks are becoming abundant, but their abundance belies the reality that many developers prefer not to use Frameworks at all. what patterns are we seeing in framework adoption among enterprises and what are some typical reasons why they may not even be up for discussion | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 72 | 3,705 | 962.711121 | 0.283985 | 0.384265 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/enterprise-agent-framework-adoption.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/enterprise-agent-framework-adoption | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/enterprise-agent-framework-adoption.m4a | 1,476 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 4 | ||||||||
2,180 | 2 | The Sandboxing Tradeoff in Agent Design | ai-agent-sandboxing-tradeoffs | 2026-04-12T16:07:07.898397+00:00 | 31:47 | Giving AI agents tools to execute code, write files, and make API calls creates a fundamental tension: sandboxing them makes them useless, but leaving them unrestricted invites catastrophe. This episode breaks down the containment paradox that researchers have identified as unsolvable—you can only manage it. We cover t... | Corn: Alright, so here's what Daniel sent us this week. He wants us to dig into agent sandboxing and isolation — the core question being: if you give an AI agent tools that can execute code, write files, or make API calls, how do you contain the blast radius when it does something unexpected? He wants us to cover the m... | [
"ai-agents",
"ai-security",
"prompt-injection"
] | ai | ai-safety-ethics | general | [] | null | Agent sandboxing and isolation — why it matters, and when it's actually an impediment. Start with the core problem: if you give an AI agent tools that can execute code, write files, or make API calls, how do you contain the blast radius when it does something unexpected?
Cover the major sandboxing approaches: E2B (clo... | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 74 | 4,750 | 1,208.707886 | 0.32549 | 0.474922 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-agent-sandboxing-tradeoffs.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-agent-sandboxing-tradeoffs | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-agent-sandboxing-tradeoffs.m4a | 1,907 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 5 | ||||||||
2,189 | 2 | Scaling Multi-Agent Systems: The 45% Threshold | multi-agent-systems-scaling-limits | 2026-04-12T17:10:40.814679+00:00 | 25:15 | Everyone's building multi-agent systems. But a new Google DeepMind and MIT paper tested 260 configurations across six benchmarks and found something counterintuitive: independent agents amplify errors 17x compared to single agents, every multi-agent variant degraded sequential reasoning by 39-70%, and coordination over... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one — and it's a topic that I think a lot of people building AI systems right now need to hear. He's pointing us at a landmark Google DeepMind and MIT study called "Towards a Science of Scaling Agent Systems," and the finding is genuinely counterintuitive: adding more agents to a system is ... | [
"ai-agents",
"ai-reasoning",
"ai-safety"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | More Agents, Worse Results: The Counterintuitive Scaling Laws of AI Agent Systems
The agentic AI hype cycle runs on a seductive assumption: more agents equals better results. Throw a swarm at the problem. Build a committee. Add another reviewer agent. But a growing body of rigorous research says the opposite is often ... | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 66 | 3,768 | 982.7229 | 0.305076 | 0.364799 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/multi-agent-systems-scaling-limits.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/multi-agent-systems-scaling-limits | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/multi-agent-systems-scaling-limits.m4a | 1,515 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 6 | ||||||||
2,196 | 2 | The Invisible Workforce Behind AI | data-annotation-tools-landscape | 2026-04-13T09:06:26.898606+00:00 | 27:38 | AI models depend on human data labelers, yet this work remains invisible. This episode explores the annotation industry's scale, tools, and the paradox of AI automating the very labor that trains it. | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and it's a topic that doesn't get nearly enough airtime given how central it is to everything happening in AI right now. He's asking about data annotation tools — specifically, what dataset curators should actually know about the landscape. Which platforms exist, how they differ, when ... | [
"training-data",
"ai-training",
"fine-tuning"
] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | let's talk about some of the main data annotation tools those curating datasets for AI model training may want to become familiar with | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 78 | 4,156 | 1,464.933594 | 0.154258 | 0.590853 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/data-annotation-tools-landscape.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/data-annotation-tools-landscape | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/data-annotation-tools-landscape.m4a | 1,658 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 7 | ||||||||
2,206 | 2 | What Actually Works in AI Memory | ai-memory-frameworks-compared | 2026-04-13T17:52:38.266198+00:00 | 26:30 | AI memory frameworks promise systems that never forget, but in practice, intelligent forgetting is the hard problem. This episode digs into how production memory systems actually work: the naive append-only vector stores that dominate, the LLM-as-judge approach of mem0, and the temporal knowledge graphs powering Zep. W... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and I'll read it out. He writes: AI memory frameworks often promise an AI that never forgets, but in practice, an AI that remembers every mundane detail would be unhelpful and counterproductive. The real utility comes from intelligent distillation — saving what's relevant, like user pr... | [
"ai-memory",
"vector-databases",
"knowledge-graphs"
] | ai | rag | general | [] | null | A lot of AI memory frameworks promise "an AI that never forgets," but practically speaking, an AI that remembered every mundane detail of every project would actually be unhelpful — even counterproductive. The true utility of a memory pipeline comes from its ability to intelligently distill information and save only wh... | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 86 | 4,062 | 1,010.182617 | 0.293097 | 0.408172 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-memory-frameworks-compared.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-memory-frameworks-compared | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-memory-frameworks-compared.m4a | 1,590 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 8 | ||||||||
2,215 | 2 | How Spies Publish Secrets | intelligence-studies-academic-field | 2026-04-14T10:12:10.426861+00:00 | 32:18 | In 1955, a Yale historian named Sherman Kent made a radical argument: intelligence needed to develop as a formal academic discipline with its own literature, vocabulary, and theory. The problem? He published this manifesto in a classified journal almost nobody could read. Seven decades later, intelligence studies has e... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and I have to say it's a genuinely strange corner of the academic world. He's asking us to dig into intelligence studies as an academic discipline — the history of it, the landscape, the leading institutions. And the hook he gives us is this paradox: how does a field built entirely aro... | [
"open-source-intelligence",
"espionage",
"whistleblower-protection"
] | geopolitics | intelligence | general | [] | null | In our episode about Snowglobe, the Agentic AI wargaming simulator pioneered by a technology incubator founded by the CIA, we mentioned that the experiment was written up in the CIA's journal for intelligent studies. In this episode, let's look at the history and the world of intelligence studies itself. It seems count... | 3.5 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 84 | 4,867 | 1,320.439819 | 0.316434 | 0.441816 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/intelligence-studies-academic-field.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/intelligence-studies-academic-field | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/intelligence-studies-academic-field.m4a | 1,938 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 9 | ||||||||
2,219 | 2 | Spec-Driven Life: How AI Planning Beats Project Paralysis | spec-driven-planning-human-productivity | 2026-04-14T14:10:33.674570+00:00 | 27:46 | When Claude Code shifted from chaotic execution to spec-driven development, productivity exploded. The breakthrough wasn't a smarter model — it was forcing planning upstream of action, breaking projects into chunks small enough to hold in context, and treating the spec as a living document that updates as you learn. Da... | Corn: So Daniel sent us a voice note, and it's a meaty one. He's been thinking about spec-driven development — the workflow that's transformed agentic AI from "this sometimes works" to "this reliably works" — and he's asking whether we can reverse-engineer it. Work backward from what makes AI agents productive to what ... | [
"claude-code",
"prompt-engineering",
"productivity"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Hello Herman and Corin, we mentioned in a few episodes that the very quickly emerging best practice in agentic AI that really seems to my mind to have transformed their liability from this seems to work to wait this can reliably work is adopting what's sometimes called spec driven development which is essentially a pro... | 4.0 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 82 | 4,174 | 811.509644 | 2.254002 | 0.342639 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/spec-driven-planning-human-productivity.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/spec-driven-planning-human-productivity | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/spec-driven-planning-human-productivity.m4a | 1,666 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 10 | ||||||||
2,228 | 2 | Tuning RAG: When Retrieval Helps vs. Hurts | rag-retrieval-tuning-architecture | 2026-04-15T00:43:34.354731+00:00 | 24:15 | Retrieval-Augmented Generation promises grounded, factual AI — but it often creates expensive search engines instead of reasoning systems. This episode digs into the actual mechanics: similarity score cutoffs, dynamic top-k tuning, model-gated retrieval, and prompt framing that preserves generative agency. Then we tack... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and it's a topic that hits close to home given how this show actually works. He's asking about RAG — Retrieval-Augmented Generation — specifically two things. First: how do you tune retrieval aggressiveness so you don't end up with a system that's just doing answer-by-lookup, completel... | [
"rag",
"ai-agents",
"prompt-engineering"
] | ai | rag | general | [] | null | I want to dig into RAG configuration — specifically, how much control you actually have over how aggressively an AI agent reaches into its retrieval layer as a knowledge source.
Two questions here. First: when you set up a RAG pipeline, how do you tune the degree of retrieval? Sometimes you end up with a model that ov... | 4.0 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 82 | 3,883 | 873.404968 | 0.134778 | 0.374885 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/rag-retrieval-tuning-architecture.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/rag-retrieval-tuning-architecture | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/rag-retrieval-tuning-architecture.m4a | 1,455 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 11 | ||||||||
2,241 | 2 | When More Frameworks Make Worse Decisions | decision-making-frameworks-analysis | 2026-04-16T10:43:32.081212+00:00 | 28:52 | How do you make a big decision well? We trace the surprising history of the pro/con list back to Benjamin Franklin's "Moral or Prudential Algebra" (1772), then explore why it fails—and what modern research-backed frameworks do better. From the WRAP method to regret minimization to second-order thinking, we map the land... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one — and it's a meaty one. He's asking about decision-making frameworks: the kind that go well beyond jotting a pros and cons list on a napkin. We're talking structured, research-backed methods for externalizing the decision process when the stakes are real — career pivots, buying a house,... | [
"human-factors",
"productivity",
"ai-reasoning"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | We all face major life choices from time to time. Whether it's buying a new house, considering a career-pivot, or something else. Occasionally, we might reach for a notepad and jot out a pro and con list. But some very specific and more advanced frameworks intended to externalize decision-making support have been devel... | 4.0 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 96 | 4,719 | 792.474487 | 0.203289 | 0.400492 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/decision-making-frameworks-analysis.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/decision-making-frameworks-analysis | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/decision-making-frameworks-analysis.m4a | 1,732 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 12 | ||||||||
2,249 | 2 | Building Custom Benchmarks for Agentic Systems | custom-benchmarks-agentic-ai | 2026-04-16T12:12:02.691019+00:00 | 28:58 | Standard benchmarks optimize for comparability across models, not for the specific failure modes and decision architectures that matter in production agentic systems. This episode walks through the full lifecycle of building custom evaluations: decomposing your workload, defining failure taxonomies with domain experts,... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one, and it's squarely in the weeds of agentic AI development. The question is essentially: why do standard benchmarks fall apart when you're building bespoke agentic systems, and what does it actually look like to build your own evaluation framework from scratch? He wants to walk through t... | [
"ai-agents",
"benchmarks",
"ai-inference"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Let us dive a little deeper into developing your own benchmark.
We talked about how benchmarking is fickle and increasingly in an era of bespoke solutions for agentic AI, the best approach counter-intuitively becomes rolling your own benchmark.
If you have a very specific task or workload in mind, let's walk through ... | 4.0 | claude-sonnet-4-6 | V5 | 102 | 4,640 | 909.304138 | 0.143012 | 0.523935 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/custom-benchmarks-agentic-ai.md | claude-sonnet-4-6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/custom-benchmarks-agentic-ai | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/custom-benchmarks-agentic-ai.m4a | 1,738 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 13 | ||||||||
2,255 | 2 | Typst vs. LaTeX: The AI-Ready Document Engine | typst-latex-ai-document-generation | 2026-04-16T14:59:35.686375+00:00 | 43:21 | The quest for beautiful, automated document generation is heating up. With Typst's stable release and the rise of AI agent protocols like MCP, we examine whether this modern contender can dethrone the venerable but complex LaTeX. We break down the core features—from declarative styling to human-readable errors—that mak... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one. He's asking about Typst and the whole world of programmatic typesetting. The core question is whether Typst is the easier successor to LaTeX, which we all know is powerful but famously... let's say user-hostile. He wants to know which tools have the deepest integration with protocols l... | [
"productivity",
"software-development",
"automation"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | Let's discuss Typst and the world of programmatic typesetting tools. LaTeX is longstanding but also notoriously difficult — is Typst the easier successor? And what typesetting utilities have the deepest integration with surfaces like MCP to allow AI agents to generate beautiful documents from text?
While on the topic:... | 4.0 | deepseek-chat | V5 | 133 | 6,779 | 1,541.209473 | 0.023191 | 0.663011 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/typst-latex-ai-document-generation.md | deepseek-chat | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/typst-latex-ai-document-generation | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/typst-latex-ai-document-generation.m4a | 2,601 | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | true | 1 | ||||||||
2,258 | 2 | How Maya, Inuit, and Hadza Parents Sleep at Night | infant-sleep-cultures-nighttime | 2026-04-16T20:07:51.073355+00:00 | 23:41 | When a baby won't sleep through the night, is it a parenting failure or a cultural mismatch? This episode examines the nighttime "sleep ecologies" of the Maya, Inuit, and Hadza. We explore how constant proximity, communal responsibility, and aligned expectations transform infant sleep from a solitary battle into a mana... | Corn: So Hannah sent us something interesting this week. A follow-up request, really. She's asking us to go deeper on the nighttime sleep habits of the Maya, Inuit, and Hadza cultures. She says you mostly covered naps last time, and she wants the night shift details.
Herman: Oh, this is a great one. And timely.
Corn:... | [
"parenting",
"child-development",
"cultural-bias"
] | health | general | [] | null | I'd love a follow up to your previous episode about infant sleep in the Maya, Inuit, and Hadza cultures. You mostly covered naps - I'd love to hear more about their nighttime sleep habits.
While Ezra caught on to night sleep fairly early (thanks to a few western "sleep training" tricks), it all kind of fell apart arou... | 4.0 | deepseek-chat | V5 | 78 | 3,809 | 1,131.082886 | 0.015949 | 0.438156 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/infant-sleep-cultures-nighttime.md | deepseek-chat | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/infant-sleep-cultures-nighttime | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/infant-sleep-cultures-nighttime.m4a | 1,421 | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | true | 2 | |||||||||
2,265 | 2 | Parenting's Cultural Operating Systems | cultural-parenting-styles-worldwide | 2026-04-17T09:06:52.573287+00:00 | 34:43 | What feels like natural, responsible parenting in one culture can look like neglect or overbearing control in another. This episode explores parenting not as a set of universal techniques, but as diverse "cultural operating systems." We compare the individualist "stacks" common in the West with the interdependent model... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one. He's asking us to look at the diversity of parenting styles around the world, how the 'right way' to raise a kid has changed wildly throughout history, and to compare the stark differences between West and East, Global North and South. The core tension is that what feels like responsib... | [
"parenting",
"child-development",
"cultural-bias"
] | health | general | [] | null | Within the realm of responsible parenting, there are very different approaches that one can take. Let's just look in this episode about the diversity of parenting styles that exist around the world and how the normative expectations for how to parent have changed over the course of history. If we were to compare and co... | 4.0 | deepseek-chat | V5 | 92 | 5,109 | 1,639.091919 | 0.023545 | 0.602036 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/cultural-parenting-styles-worldwide.md | deepseek-chat | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/cultural-parenting-styles-worldwide | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/cultural-parenting-styles-worldwide.m4a | 2,083 | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | true | 3 | |||||||||
2,267 | 2 | The 50-Year Reign of Nine-to-Five | nine-to-five-history-knowledge-work | 2026-04-17T09:48:47.600988+00:00 | 21:32 | The nine-to-five schedule feels like a law of nature for office work, but its reign as the dominant paradigm is shockingly brief. This episode traces how a time-based system designed to coordinate factory workers around expensive machinery was grafted onto the emerging class of knowledge workers in the mid-20th century... | Corn: So Daniel sent us this one. He's asking how long the nine-to-five schedule has been the dominant working paradigm for knowledge workers. The short answer is, not nearly as long as it feels. It feels like a law of nature, like we evolved to commute and sit in cubicles from nine to five. But it's really just a cult... | [
"future-of-work",
"remote-work",
"productivity"
] | ai | general | [] | null | how long has "9 to 5" been our dominant working paradigm along knowledge workers? | 4.0 | deepseek-chat | V5 | 74 | 3,422 | 1,044.621582 | 0.021785 | 0.353378 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/nine-to-five-history-knowledge-work.md | deepseek-chat | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/nine-to-five-history-knowledge-work | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/nine-to-five-history-knowledge-work.m4a | 1,292 | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | true | 4 | |||||||||
2,270 | 2 | How Your Laptop Charger Conquered the World | switch-mode-power-supply-explained | 2026-04-17T10:27:28.010454+00:00 | 30:32 | That slim, universal laptop charger in your bag is a marvel of modern engineering, rendering bulky voltage converters obsolete. This episode digs into the key innovation—the switch-mode power supply—that allows our gadgets to work anywhere from Tokyo to Texas. We also explore the surprising categories of everyday appli... | Corn: I have a distinct, unpleasant memory from my first trip to London. It wasn't the rain. It was the suitcase. Specifically, the four-pound, brick-shaped, humming, and suspiciously warm transformer I had to pack so I could use my American electric razor. It felt like carrying a piece of industrial machinery just to ... | [
"electrical-engineering",
"hardware-engineering",
"international-trade"
] | technology | hardware | general | [] | null | There was a time in not too distant memory when travelers who frequently moved between the US and Europe had to pack cumbersome and often noisy and unreliable step-up and step-down transformers to use devices on different continents.
Over time the industry seems to have substantially evolved to the point that dual vol... | 4.0 | deepseek-chat | V5 | 86 | 4,780 | 1,926.307861 | 0.022891 | 0.554758 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/switch-mode-power-supply-explained.md | deepseek-chat | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/switch-mode-power-supply-explained | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/switch-mode-power-supply-explained.m4a | 1,832 | deepseek/deepseek-v3.2 | true | 5 | ||||||||
2,276 | 2 | A Guided Tour Through My Weird Prompts' Best Episodes | mwp-best-episodes | 2026-04-17T15:25:33.372690+00:00 | 23:25 | Dive into a curated selection of ten episodes that capture the heart and soul of My Weird Prompts. From the International Phonetic Alphabet to Cold War AI and smart sewers, this journey showcases the show’s unique blend of technical deep dives, historical revelations, and philosophical musings. Whether you’re a longtim... | Corn: Here is a question that has been rattling around in my head: if someone came to you tomorrow and said, "I want to understand what My Weird Prompts actually is, where do I start?" what would you tell them?
Herman: I mean, that question genuinely keeps me up at night. Two thousand one hundred and ninety-eight epis... | [
"phonetics",
"ai-history",
"international-relations"
] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | A curated Top 10 list of standout episodes for new listeners discovering My Weird Prompts.
The 10 episodes (presented as a countdown or curated tour — host discretion):
1. **#722 "The Seven-Day Sprint: Iran's Nuclear Threshold"** (Feb 20, 2026) — The prescient one. Aired 8 days before the Iran war broke out on Feb 28... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 100 | 3,890 | 1,275.109497 | 0.249565 | 0.430649 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/mwp-best-episodes.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/mwp-best-episodes | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/mwp-best-episodes.m4a | 1,405 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 14 | ||||||||
2,287 | 2 | Is AI Code Generation the Future of Low-Code? | ai-low-code-future | 2026-04-17T20:31:18.806034+00:00 | 19:10 | Is the low-code movement heading for obsolescence? This episode dives into the history, challenges, and future of low-code and no-code platforms, examining their limitations and the rise of AI code generation tools like GitHub Copilot. With projections showing the low-code market growing to over $100 billion by 2030, w... | Corn: Daniel sent us this one, and it's something he's been sitting with for a while. He wants to dig into the history of the low-code and no-code movements, and more pointedly, whether those movements are on their way out. His core grievance is that these tools create walled gardens and are never quite honest about th... | [
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] | ai | agentic-ai | general | [] | null | the history of the low-code and no-code movements. In our episode about visual programming, Herman took the words out of my mouth - besides creating wall gardens, my grievance about these is that they aren't transparent about how limited they are. Part of the reason that I think that AI code generation is so fantastic ... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 57 | 3,050 | 874.828735 | 0.935343 | 0.303952 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/ai-low-code-future.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/ai-low-code-future | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/ai-low-code-future.m4a | 1,150 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 15 | ||||||||
2,290 | 2 | When the Animal Is the Product | sloth-world-conservation | 2026-04-17T21:42:52.112015+00:00 | 21:58 | A new theme park built entirely around sloth encounters has conservationists alarmed. This episode examines why the commercial model of maximizing human-sloth interaction is fundamentally at odds with sloth welfare and what that reveals about the tension between entertainment and conservation. | Corn: Daniel sent us this one, and I'll be honest, it landed a little close to home. He's asking about Sloth World Orlando — a new theme park that's just opened, or is about to open, built around sloths as the headline attraction — and specifically why the Sloth Conservation Foundation has raised the alarm about it. Wh... | [
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] | health | medical | general | [] | null | sloth world Orlando and the reason the sloth conservation foundation has raised the alarm around it | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 80 | 3,358 | 863.450317 | 0.217502 | 0.311814 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/sloth-world-conservation.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/sloth-world-conservation | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/sloth-world-conservation.m4a | 1,318 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 16 | ||||||||
2,300 | 2 | Why Documentaries Beat White Papers | documentaries-geopolitics-tech-shifts | 2026-04-18T16:22:13.876332+00:00 | 26:38 | Herman and Corn explain why the best recent documentaries don't just inform—they compress context and make you feel geopolitical and tech shifts before you've decided to care. A practical guide to films that leave you with frameworks, not just facts. | Corn: The world is moving faster than most people can track. Geopolitical alignments that took decades to build are collapsing in months. AI capabilities are doubling on timelines that would have sounded like science fiction five years ago. And the number of active armed conflicts globally has jumped by something like ... | [
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] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [] | null | Herman and Corn give us 10 documentary recommendations from the past 10 years.
Documentaries, for those interested in seeing, understanding the geopolitics of our more extreme volatile world, as well as the technological changes shaping our society, such as a rapid rise in capability of AI.
Prioritize more recently p... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 67 | 4,148 | 1,133.312744 | 0.550369 | 0.47757 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/documentaries-geopolitics-tech-shifts.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/documentaries-geopolitics-tech-shifts | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/documentaries-geopolitics-tech-shifts.m4a | 1,598 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 17 | ||||||||
2,311 | 2 | Danish AI: Bridging the Localization Gap | danish-ai-localization | 2026-04-19T00:05:15.593317+00:00 | 42:48 | What does AI look like for Danish speakers in 2026? With six million native speakers, Danish serves as a stress test for AI localization in smaller languages. From chatbots to speech-to-text and text-to-speech systems, this episode dives into the unique challenges Danish poses, from its complex phonology to healthcare ... | Corn: Daniel sent us this one — picture yourself in Denmark, Danish is your only language, no English, no German, nothing else, and you want to use AI. Chatbots, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, the whole stack. What actually exists for you in 2026? And the reason this matters beyond Denmark is that Danish is a proxy fo... | [
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] | audio-speech | general | [] | null | Imagine for a moment that we were in Denmark where Danish has spoken. And imagine as well that we don't speak a word of English or any other language. Danish is the only language that we can understand. If we want to experience the world of AI and chatbots and all the rest of it, we can only hope that there are models ... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 130 | 6,796 | 1,657.337891 | 0.301005 | 0.657248 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/danish-ai-localization.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/danish-ai-localization | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/danish-ai-localization.m4a | 2,568 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 18 | |||||||||
2,318 | 2 | The Accidental Invention of Civilization's Fuel | coffee-history-discovery | 2026-04-19T08:54:59.805189+00:00 | 25:51 | Coffee wasn't always a drink—it was food, ritual, and community before anyone thought to brew it. This episode traces the series of accidental discoveries that turned a wild Ethiopian berry into the 2.25 billion cups a day that run modern life. | Corn: Daniel sent us this one, and honestly it's a question I've thought about while staring at my morning cup doing absolutely nothing productive. He wants to know how humans ever figured this out. Coffee starts as a berry, right, and somewhere along the line someone decided to roast the seed inside it, grind it up, p... | [
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] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [] | null | Let's do an episode talking about the intriguing history of coffee. I've always wondered how humans made certain culinary discoveries. For example, to figure out that coffee can be made into a hot beverage you need to extract a bean from a berry. Then discover that roasting is can deliver a unique flavor profile but on... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 95 | 4,128 | 1,214.526001 | 0.315689 | 0.370128 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/coffee-history-discovery.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/coffee-history-discovery | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/coffee-history-discovery.m4a | 1,551 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 19 | ||||||||
2,327 | 2 | Why AI Developers Chose Discord Over Slack | discord-ai-developers | 2026-04-19T14:08:09.468605+00:00 | 22:56 | Over 70% of AI developer communities now operate primarily on Discord, a shift that’s transformed the platform from its gaming roots into a hub for builders, researchers, and founders. But why did Discord win over Slack, especially in AI circles? This episode explores the cultural and technical dynamics behind this shi... | Corn: Daniel sent us this one, and it's a topic that's been sitting in the back of my mind for a while. The question is essentially: why did Discord win? Not just among gamers, which we all knew about, but specifically in AI developer circles. Why are builders, founders, researchers, people who spend their days in term... | [
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] | technology | networking | general | [] | null | Discord as the de facto platform for AI community engagement — developer relations, office hours, and staying connected to companies and fellow builders.
Discord has become the normative choice for AI developer relations — company office hours, beta programs, community support — despite its gamer-platform origins. Sla... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 98 | 3,583 | 932.502747 | 0.246216 | 0.339965 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/discord-ai-developers.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/discord-ai-developers | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/discord-ai-developers.m4a | 1,376 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 20 | ||||||||
2,333 | 2 | The Hidden Cost of Currency Volatility in Property | currency-property-purchase-strategy | 2026-04-19T16:32:23.344946+00:00 | 25:40 | When buying property abroad, currency moves can silently add tens of thousands to your cost. This episode unpacks how to assess liquidity, volatility, and macro drivers in thin currency markets, using an Australian expat's Jerusalem property purchase as a case study. | Corn: Daniel sent us one from Jim today. Jim's an Australian expat living in Jerusalem, and he's looking at buying property here. The question is essentially: how do you think clearly about currency when you're making a purchase this size across multiple pairs? He wants to understand how to assess liquidity in a curren... | [
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] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [] | null | Jim, an Australian expat in Jerusalem, is considering buying property and is interested in the Australian dollar against the Israeli Shekel and the Australian dollar against the US dollar. He wants to know how to assess the overall liquidity of currency pairs, find standardized measures of volatility, identify support ... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 79 | 4,021 | 1,246.025513 | 0.29942 | 0.423884 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/currency-property-purchase-strategy.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/currency-property-purchase-strategy | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/currency-property-purchase-strategy.m4a | 1,540 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 21 | ||||||||
2,341 | 2 | Why Direct Currency Trades Don't Set the Price | dollar-currency-cross-pairs | 2026-04-20T01:08:45.889110+00:00 | 24:36 | When you trade the Thai Baht against the South African Rand, why does the dollar decide the rate? This episode unpacks the strange arithmetic behind cross-pairs and why direct markets can't escape the dollar's shadow. | Corn: Daniel sent us this one — and it's a question that's been sitting in the back of my head since he mentioned it. You're trading the Thai Baht against the South African Rand. Two minor currencies, real economies, real trade flows, and yes, some actual direct trading between the two. So why is the rate you see on yo... | [
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] | geopolitics | conflict | general | [] | null | how do cross pairs in FX pairs work? if you have a rate for a currency pair that doesn't appear to have huge direct demand - let's say between two minor world currencies - you mentioned that the rate is actually a byproduct of two different traded rates. But surely even in minor currency pairs there's always some level... | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 79 | 3,895 | 1,130.031738 | 0.316082 | 0.332518 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/dollar-currency-cross-pairs.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/dollar-currency-cross-pairs | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/dollar-currency-cross-pairs.m4a | 1,476 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 22 | ||||||||
2,349 | 2 | The 30-Person Lab Outpacing AI Giants | trinity-large-thinking-arcee | 2026-04-20T12:52:41.258800+00:00 | 20:39 | How Arcee AI built a frontier reasoning model with 30 employees and $20 million. This episode explores efficiency as a design principle, not just a constraint, and what it means for the future of AI development. | Corn: Welcome to My Weird Prompts. I'm Corn, my brother Herman is here as always, and today we are doing an AI Model Spotlight. The model is Trinity Large Thinking, built by Arcee AI. Herman, let's start at the top. Who is Arcee AI?
Herman: Arcee is a San Francisco-based lab, and the first thing you need to know about... | [
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] | ai | llms | general | [] | null | Source: https://openrouter.ai/arcee-ai/trinity-large-thinking | Model: ** Trinity Large Thinking | 4.0 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | V5 | 80 | 3,227 | 1,019.496826 | 0.21784 | 0.364276 | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/transcripts/trinity-large-thinking-arcee.md | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | null | null | null | null | https://myweirdprompts.com/episode/trinity-large-thinking-arcee | https://episodes.myweirdprompts.com/audio/trinity-large-thinking-arcee.m4a | 1,239 | anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.6 | true | 23 |
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