Roboism is a show mostly about robots. We are exploring how artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital assistants are affecting our culture. Come explore the humanity behind the bots that are quickly becoming a part of every day life.

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#79: Beach Dwelling Folk

March 17th, 2026 · 54 minutes

Kathy prevents Alex from bringing bad lobsters to the beach.

#78: Tupperware on Wheels

March 9th, 2026 · 69 minutes

Fashion minus the "-shion" and with an "-cism."

#77: Cosplaying Servitude

January 26th, 2026 · 78 minutes

Kathy continues to explore her relationship with Mr. Opus, and Alex continues to be almost as bad at folding laundry as the robots of CES 2026.

#76: Your OLED Screen is Not Out to Get You

January 20th, 2026 · 83 minutes

Alex hopes a snow blower Wall-E can take down the home owner’s association, and Kathy wants to stop stealing.

#75: A Woken Record

December 11th, 2025 · 70 minutes

Delivery robots are (trying to) serve Chicago, but we need to talk about wagons.

#74: Who Knew Fascism Would Be the -ism?

November 22nd, 2025 · 84 minutes

Kathy didn't even get to the second page.

#73: No More Flesh Buddies

October 20th, 2025 · 75 minutes

Alex and Kathy cover a number of friendly and less friendly topics and try to avoid a Satanic Panic.

#72: Pure Undiluted Kathy

June 13th, 2025 · 78 minutes

Friends?

We recorded this episode months ago and Alex wanted to scrap it. But as usual, Kathy was correct when she said, “I hate it–please publish it.”

#71: Stroke the Button

September 21st, 2024 · 66 minutes

Alex and Kathy wade through the grey blobs of the past few weeks of Apple’s supposed Intelligence.

#70: Command-F for Bigotry

March 18th, 2024 · 56 minutes

Alex and Kathy catch up on Google's Gemini, Photoshop's AI features, and the latest period technology.