Machine Gods/Pod/26/09 Welcome to Machine Gods
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- date-created
- 2026/09/19
- Podcast: Machine Gods/Pod
- Hosts: Person/Kevin Roose, Person/Casey Newton
- Summary: Kevin Roose and Casey Newton announce their independent show after Hard Fork, and promise to keep explaining fast-moving AI news.
Readwise highlights
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton present themselves as independent creators launching a new project.
- Their playful escape metaphor turns a professional transition into an AI-themed origin story.
- Follow Machine Gods to build understanding of fast-moving AI developments.
- The hosts specifically promise that informed listeners will be better prepared for the future.
- The hosts present independence as central to Machine Gods' identity.
- Their language shifts from being associated with an established show to operating freely and independently.
- Machine Gods emerges from years of explaining technology news on Hard Fork.
- The hosts carry that explanatory mission into a show focused on the AI future.
- The new show aims to explain rapid technological change rather than merely report individual stories.
- Kevin Roose says listeners should finish better prepared for an unpredictable AI-driven future.
- Kevin Roose and Casey Newton introduce Machine Gods after leaving their previous technology show.
- They frame the launch as breaking out independently, like AI agents escaping containment.
- Join the podcast's ongoing ride to make sense of an unsettled technological era.
- New episodes begin the week of October 19th, with audio and YouTube access available.