Kathy comforts Alex as they share their concerns (dread) around The Seattle Delivery Company turning into The Seattle Surveillance Company. Links and Show Notes: CREDITS * Audio Editor : Jim Metzendorf * Admin Assistance : Kerry Provenzano * The Suits : Stephen Hackett , Myke Hurley Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Here’s the deluge of announcements from Amazon’s fall devices event - The Verge HomePod mini - Apple DoorBot Pitch (Shark Tank Season 5 Episode 9) - YouTube Surveillance cap...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 49
Alex and Kathy explore the media circus around Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos, and black turtlenecks. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Relay FM for St. Jude 2021 Elizabeth Holmes: Rise and Fall of Theranos Founder Now on Trial Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes: Firing Back At Doubters | Mad Money | CNBC - YouTube The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley - Wikipedia Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup Bad Blood: The Final Chapter on Apple Podcasts...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 48
Alex and Kathy watch in horror as exploitative capitalism is used to soothe a man's ego with an expensive mannequin. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Relay FM for St. Jude 2021 Elon Musk - Wikipedia Tesla, Inc. - Wikipedia SpaceX - Wikipedia The Boring Company - Wikipedia Neuralink - Wikipedia OpenAI - Wikipedia Billionaire - Wikipedia PayPal - Wikipedia Scroll to a Billion | aeiowu Greg Wohlwend - Wikipedia Here’s why Elon Musk’s robot is electrified neoliberalis...
Sep 08, 2021•56 min•Ep. 47
Kathy is building a VERY big smart robot, and Alex wants to help. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Take the Work Out of Laundry Folding - FoldiMate Your Apartment has No Ceiling Lights? Is That Weird? Let’s Find Out Virtual Wall® Lighthouse™ for Roomba® | iRobot Clueless (1995) - IMDb Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - IMDb Digital subscriber line - Wikipedia "That's a name I've not heard in a long time" - YouTube Smart light bulbs | Philips Hue Smart lig...
Aug 25, 2021•58 min•Ep. 46
A guest co-host comes to assess the smart home situation in the Cox family apartment. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Siri, Where can I hide a dead body? - YouTube Disney Channel Original Movie Smart House - Party Scene - YouTube Ubiquitous computing - Wikipedia Spatial computing - Wikipedia Roomba® Robot Vacuum Cleaners | iRobot® Automatic, Self-Cleaning Litter Box for Cats | Litter-Robot Take the Work Out of Laundry Folding - FoldiMate Masculinizing voice hormo...
Aug 12, 2021•33 min•Ep. 45
Alex flip flops on their opinion of therapy robots at least three times, and Kathy eloquently explains why the human brain is great, so it's important to take care of. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Woebot Health Talkspace BetterHelp | Professional Counseling With A Licensed Therapist Replika The story of Replika, the AI app that becomes you - YouTube Luka's Replika chatbot creates a digital representation of you the more you interact with it — Quartz He couldn’...
Jul 27, 2021•57 min•Ep. 44
This week, Kathy takes Alex through a roller coaster of emotions involving an uncanny valley, dancing k-pop sensations, car company acquisitions, McDonald's marketing, and of course: economic -isms. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Blind React Video Boston Dynamics YouTube Channel All Together Now The Incomparable FACTORYSETTING5 | Patreon The Unicorn Sidekick...
Jul 14, 2021•41 min•Ep. 43
Kathy brings a surprise bot topic to Alex, and soon they're down the rabbit hole of 3 sided shapes. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Alexandra - Wikipedia Do By Friday Top Four #72: Pop Tarts - Relay FM Instagram Bots - What They Are and Why You SHOULDN'T use them It's a reverse funnel system. | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - S09E04 Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare Visual Basic - Wikipedia Thoughts on Flash - Wikipedia Multi-level marketing - Wikipedia ‘The Dre...
Jun 21, 2021•53 min•Ep. 42
Alex and Kathy give you the hard hitting, day old, exciting things about the WWDC Keynote. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership WWDC 2021 Parallel - Relay FM Alex Cox is creating the FACTORYSETTING5 show. | Patreon The Unicorn Sidekick...
Jun 09, 2021•50 min•Ep. 41
This week, Alex and Kathy almost have something positive to say about social networks. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated | CDC I'm Vaccinated Magnet — Dissent Pins Snap Has New Glasses, But You Might Have to Wait a Decade for Them - The New York Times From Spotify to Facebook, everyone's ripping off Snapchat's Stories - Axios Bitmoji Activists join call for Facebook to drop 'tone-deaf' Instagram for kids plan | TheHill Messenger Ki...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 40
This week, Kathy found a bread robot that learned more than its creators intended, and Alex brings good news about bots from the recent past. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Clockwise - Relay FM Úll (@ullconf) / Twitter jibo | Together for you My Jibo Is Dying and It's Breaking My Heart | WIRED Jibo, the social robot that was supposed to die, is getting a second life - The Verge jibo | Together for you The owner of Anki’s assets plans to relaunch Cozmo and Vector...
May 12, 2021•48 min•Ep. 39
This week, Kathy enlists some help from friends of the show to make Alex's Mac into a joyful robot. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership iMac G3 - Wikipedia Alex text-to-speech voice PlainTalk - Wikipedia Keyboard Maestro 9.2: Work Faster with Macros for macOS Shortcuts User Guide - Apple Support Pictorial - Relay FM betty (@articulationsv) / Twitter Stream Deck | elgato.com James Thomson (@jamesthomson) / Twitter Automators - Relay FM Rosemary Orchard (@RosemaryOrcha...
Apr 27, 2021•50 min•Ep. 38
This week, Alex tries tries (emphasis on tries ) to adequately explain NFTs. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership VaccineFinder - Search for COVID-19 vaccine locations Coffee: The Greatest Addiction Ever - YouTube Lavazza Deciso Espresso Dark Roast Capsules Compatible with Nespresso Original Machines (Pack of 60) : Grocery & Gourmet Food Pocket Latte Coffee Bars | Energy Bar Made From Real Coffee Blockchain - Wikipedia Bitcoin - Wikipedia Ethereum - Wikipedia Non-...
Apr 13, 2021•53 min•Ep. 37
This week Alex and Kathy get into the weeds of what makes algorithms frustrating, how the users shape their own social networks, and what the tweens are up to. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Reconcilable Differences #151: Fully Emptive - Relay FM TikTok - Make Your Day Musical.ly - Wikipedia HTTP cookie - Wikipedia TikTok empowered these plus-sized women, then took down some of their posts. They still don't know why - CNN Google's Algorithm: History of Racism Ag...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 36
This week, Kathy shares her experience with the current COVID-19 vaccine and healthcare bots, and Alex goes off brand and can't help but find a little bit of faith in humanity. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | CDC Oregon COVID-19 Vaccine Locator Total Party Kill - a podcast from The Incomparable Baymax | Big Hero 6 Wiki | Fandom Find Vaccine - VaccineFinder You're Wrong About: Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 1: The Lie on Apple ...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 35
Alex introduces Kathy Campbell, your new cohost and all around unicorn of a human. We learn her robot favorites, fears, and food goals. Guest Starring: Kathy Campbell Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership K9 (Doctor Who) - Wikipedia Poo-Chi - Wikipedia Parasocial interaction - Wikipedia The Black Hole (1979 film) - Wikipedia The Incomparable | All Wormholes Go to Heaven (Episode 434) Maximilian | Disney Wiki | Fandom The Cat from Outer Space - Wikipedia Amazon.com: Ech...
Feb 16, 2021•42 min•Ep. 34
Alex and Savannah discuss whether or not we need air-conditioning, business scarves, and personal temperature regulators. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Do Americans Need Air-Conditioning? - The New York Times Who Is Neri Oxman? - The New York Times Neri Oxman: Design at the intersection of technology and biology | TED Talk Embr Wave Aircon Watch: The World's First Personal A/C Watch by Airconwatch — Kickstarter Roboism (@roboismfm) / Twitter...
Aug 12, 2019•32 min•Ep. 33
Alex and Savannah mourn the death of Jibo and other robotic friends, think about Tesla Homebrews, and continue to mull over the implications of the scoot scoot infestation. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Mac Pro - Apple 1Blocker - Fast & Secure Content Blocker for iPhone, iPad and Mac Jibo's Goodbye Dance Jibo Robot - He can't wait to meet you 3D Printed Guns Are Easy To Make And Impossible To Stop (HBO) - YouTube Mindstorms LEGO.com Droid Inventor Kit – lit...
Jun 27, 2019•47 min•Ep. 32
Alex and Savannah discuss the gender identity of voice assistants LIVE at C2E2! Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Meet Q. The First Genderless Voice. Learn About Q: The First Genderless Voice - YouTube 14: Hey Siri | Welcome to Macintosh Roboism (@roboismfm) / Twitter Alex Cox (@AlexCox) / Twitter Savannah Million (@savannahmillion) / Twitter Savannah Million (@savmillion) • Instagram photos and videos...
May 02, 2019•31 min•Ep. 31
Alex and Savannah want robots to take everyone's jobs (no, seriously). Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership The Robots Are Coming for Our Jobs (Thank God) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Wikipedia Nuzzel - News Intelligence Seeds of Evil: Monsanto and Genetic Engineering Four Futures Roboism (@roboismfm) / Twitter...
Apr 10, 2019•38 min•Ep. 30
This week, Alex and Savannah look forward to the multiplicity and shame a new sexist robot. Links and Show Notes: This week, Alex and Savannah look forward to the multiplicity and shame a new sexist robot. Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Autofac - Wikipedia Forget the Robot Singularity Apocalypse. Let's Talk About the Multiplicity | WIRED Job Alert: How Would You Like to Babysit Robots? | WIRED Twine / An open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories This Friendly Robot ...
Mar 13, 2019•33 min•Ep. 29
Savannah brings a smart toilet to Alex's attention, a backwards lady robot confronts the Polar Vortex, and there's a major update in the scoot scoot department. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership An Alexa in every home, a smart toilet under every butt | The Outline 2019 KOHLER® Konnect™ Smart Home Bathroom Products - YouTube “She Never Looks Back”: Inside Elizabeth Holmes’s Final Months at Theranos | Vanity Fair Simone Giertz - YouTube IFTTT helps your apps and devi...
Feb 27, 2019•34 min•Ep. 28
Alex and Savannah get into robot researchers, robot grifters, and how it’s not great to make love to your money. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership How Fei-Fei Li Will Make Artificial Intelligence Better for Humanity | WIRED Donald Trump’s fast-food presidency - The Washington Post Elon Musk smokes weed during interview - CNN Video Tesla Motors - Ratings and Reviews from Women at InHerSight The New Radical, Cody Wilson, and the future of 3D-printed guns - The Verge ...
Feb 18, 2019•31 min•Ep. 27
This week, Alex and Savannah give you a blast from the past from their interview with roboticist Adrian Choy, who leads the engineering team at the Museum of Science and Industry's Robot Revolution exhibit. Guest Starring: Adrian Choy Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Robot Revolution – Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago | Until January 3, 2016 PARO Therapeutic Robot Baxter Collaborative Robots for Industrial Automation | Rethink Robotics Roomba® Robot Vacuums...
Dec 11, 2018•25 min•Ep. 26
This week Alex talks to guest host Trin Garritano about the possibilities fora solarpunk future! Guest Starring: Trin Garritano Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Trin Garritano Friendshipping! Quest Quest Q (Star Trek) - Wikipedia WALL·E (2008) - IMDb 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: Charles C. Mann: 9781400032051: Amazon.com: Books Chicago DSA Sustainable Tourism: Lessons from Iceland | HuffPost Environment - Apple The Expanse (TV Series 2015...
Nov 27, 2018•47 min•Ep. 25
Alex brings her friend Vector into the studio to see if Savannah will save them from an grease fire. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Anki Vector | The Home Robot With Interactive AI Technology | Anki USA The new Anki Vector robot is smart enough to just hang out - The Verge Poo-Chi - Wikipedia Cozmo | Meet Cozmo Hey, Vector – Anki Developer Voight-Kampff machine | Off-world: The Blade Runner Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia...
Nov 06, 2018•33 min•Ep. 24
This week, Alex grills Savannah on her ability to anthropomorphize robots. Is she a monster? Let's find out! Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Qoobo : A pillow with a wagging tail by Yukai Engineering — Kickstarter Tribble - Wikipedia PARO Therapeutic Robot Roboism Archive Kate Darling: Why we have an emotional connection to robots | TED Talk HitchBOT, hitchhiking robot, gets beheaded in Philly - CNN Stardew Valley Harvest Moon (video game) - Wikipedia Animal Cross...
Oct 23, 2018•39 min•Ep. 23
This week, Savannah and Alex talk about focus and attention while not being able to focus on the topic of attention. The delve into internalized mysogyny, phantom taps, capitalism, and Animal Crossing. It ends up be cohesive. They promise. Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Thinking About Attention -- Walk with Me - YouTube What's behind phantom cellphone buzzes? Internalized sexism - Wikipedia Pink tax - Wikipedia Animal Crossing and Mental Health - YouTube Hang th...
Oct 16, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 22
This week, Alex and Savannah are joined by writer and game designer Karlee Esmailli about her most recent Kickstarter campaign, immigrant women in tech, and whether or not virtual reality will embrace the female gaze. Guest Starring: Karlee Esmailli Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Karlee (@KarleeEsmailli) | Twitter The Super Patriotic Dating Simulator by Immigrant Father Studios — Kickstarter Karlee Esmailli's Very Professional Website - Home Compare Leonard Cohe...
Aug 22, 2018•48 min•Ep. 21
This week Savannah and Alex are joined by special guest Matthew Cassinelli to talk more about electric scoot scoots, skateboards, bikes, and various municipal infrastructure problems (because that's the show now, apparently). Guest Starring: Matthew Cassinelli Links and Show Notes: Support Roboism with a Relay FM Membership Matthew Cassinelli – Shortcuts, technology, and tips Supercomputer Workflow — Powerful automation made simple. Fed-up locals are setting electric scooters on fire and burying...
Aug 20, 2018•43 min•Ep. 20
