Schmoozing, Robots and You - August 12, 2025
Forty Minutes Later
The Last Show with David Cooper
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Show Notes
Radioactive jellyfish who shut down a nuclear plant are covered by David and foreign correspondent Tony Five. (Okay, maybe not radioactive exactly.) Dr. Søren Dinesen Østergaard goes over his predictions about ChatGPT psychosis and what can be done now that cases of it have appeared. Future-of-work reporter Tim Paradis says that robots can't schmooze and describes why extroverts may thrive in an AI-filled workplace. Economy reporter Allie Kelly reveals how Gen Z's career cliff is worse for young men than women. Professor of communication Dr. Amanda Denes explains how in experiments scientists observed synchronized oxytocin in couples after sex. Psychology researcher Louana Denogent outlines how narcissists report high emotional intelligence but perform worse on objective tests of it. Tony Five and David interview artist Matthias Garff about how – using found materials – he brought the birds of Central Park to life. Tony and David take advice du toilette on Advice For Your Tomorrow's Self, Yesterday (AFY-TSY).
Segments:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (01:58) Tony Five
- (09:59) Dr. Søren Dinesen Østergaard
- (19:59) Tim Paradis
- (29:59) Allie Kelly
- (39:49) Dr. Amanda Denes
- (49:49) Louana Denogent
- (59:49) Matthias Garff & Tony Five
- (1:09:49) Tony Five
- (1:19:07) Sign-off
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