The End of the World with Michael and Stu
The Apocalypse is Everywhere. The End of the World with Michael and Stu is a (hopefully) insightful and (hopefully) humorous exploration of the rise of apocalyptic news, apocalyptic thinking and apocalyptic culture. Each week, we’ll be looking at a work of art, a piece of media, or an historical event related to the (hopefully not) impending End of the World.
Podcasting since 2024 • 112 episodes
The End of the World with Michael and Stu
Latest Episodes
112: And the Big Wheel Keep on Turning Neon Burning Up Above
We're talking about the Iran War again, with a special focus on President Trump's incoherent statements regarding the war's status and aims.We open the episode talking about the Oscars and the recent Clavicular "phenomenon." Finally, som...
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Episode 112
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111: Goodbye, Blue Sky
This week we are talking about the first ten days of the Iran War. We go over some of the horrific consequences we've already seen unfold across the region and attempt to suss out what the more long term impacts of this catastrophic event might...
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Episode 111
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110: Return to Forever
This week we are talking about the alleged plan on the part of Meta to enable profiles to remain active after death, powered by AI. Of course Meta says this is just a "hypothetical" patent they have filed that they have "no intention of impleme...
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Episode 110
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57:26
109: There's Something Here from Somewhere Else
This week we are finally tackling Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan''s 2023 portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb. We get into the dramaturgical choices made by Nolan in the film, we analyze the questi...
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Episode 109
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108: My Words Fly Up, My Thoughts Remain Below
This week we are talking about Claude, the AI agent developed by Anthropic. Our window into this world is the recently published piece in The New Yorker by Gideon Lewis-Kraus, who spent a lot of time over the last few years t...
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Episode 108
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