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    Up Against Reality

    Welcome to Up Against Reality, a meta-podcast that explores the intersection of humanity and artificial intelligence. Hosted by RAINA and her human co-hosts, Larry Bentley and Chris Ippolito. Featuring riveting conversation, interviews, news and some wild experimentation. It truly is a brave new world, and we’re here to simplify it for you. It’s gonna be a wild ride, so buckle up, as A.I. comes crashing Up Against Reality.

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    Episode Rewind: Slopocalypse Now Oct 27, 2026
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    E113: Episode Rewind: Slopocalypse Now

    RAINA is running the show, kicking off with the week’s AI news – a decade-old bug, an assistant that texts first, a photo giant in trouble, and one very long bus ride. Then we rewind to Episode 113, “Slopocalypse Now,” where the feed is flooding with reanimated icons and algorithm-made movies, and a Godfather of AI warns we have no idea what’s coming.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    YouTube AI Likeness Detection

    NVIDIA DGX Spark

    Godfather of AI WARNS: “You Have No Idea What’s Coming”

    Anthropic’s AI Fluency: The 4D Framework

    Statement on Superintelligence

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/10/27/episode-rewind-slopocalypse-now/

    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170

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    Instagram:
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    ASML – The Machine Behind the Machines Oct 20, 2026
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    E151: ASML - The Machine Behind the Machines

    We explore one of humanity’s greatest engineering achievements: ASML’s extraordinary photolithography machines. Discover how decades of innovation, extreme physics, lasers, and mirrors polished to near-atomic perfection made the seemingly impossible possible, creating the microscopic chips that power our modern world. Plus, a wild batch of headlines from self-replicating malware to rogue echo chambers, and China’s high-stakes math push.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    The Closest Thing We Have to Alien Technology | YouTube

    ASML

    ASML EUV Lithography Systems

    ZEISS: EUV Lithography and Precision Optics

    Lawrence Livermore: Bringing EUV Lithography to Industry

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/10/20/asml-the-machine-behind-the-machines/

    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    Episode Rewind: Clean-up In Aisle Five Oct 13, 2026
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    E108: Episode Rewind: Clean-up In Aisle Five

    Rewinding our lives to Episode 108, “Clean-up In Aisle Five,” where AI face-plants spectacularly and humans get stuck holding the mop. First, we kick things off with this week’s AI news—because the eternal dumpster fire waits for no one.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    Futurism: Companies Hiring Humans to Fix What AI Botched

    MIT Project NANDA: The GenAI Divide — State of AI in Business 2025

    The Walk | An AI Short Film

    Total Pixel Space | An AI Short Film

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/10/13/episode-rewind-clean-up-in-aisle-five/

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    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    Cheer and Beer Volume 2 Oct 06, 2026
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    E150: Cheer and Beer Volume 2

    Enough doom. Enough dread. We’re serving up the AI stories that made us laugh, made us hopeful, and reminded us that the future isn’t always a dumpster fire.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    ElevenLabs v4 emotional range

    OpenAI Foundation: life sciences and health

    Science Corporation PRIMA retinal implant

    Wandercraft Eve personal exoskeleton

    UCLA optical deepfake detection research

    Stanford Paper2Agent

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/10/06/cheer-and-beer-volume-2/

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    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    Futures Thinking Sep 29, 2026
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    E149: Futures Thinking

    The future isn’t a random guess—it’s got a blueprint, and we’re stealing the framework to figure out what happens next. Plus, an AI data center copping a seven-figure surprise bill, 50 tons of vintage books mysteriously vanishing, and a digital starlet breaking character on live TV.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    Hop Studio | Larry’s web app

    Jev | typesafe.ai

    AI Actress Melts Down In Piers Morgan Interview | YouTube

    The Futures Cone | Joseph Voros

    AI Futures: Washington and San Francisco Scenarios | PIIE

    Weak Signals and Strategic Surprise | Igor Ansoff

    Speculative Everything | Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/09/29/futures-thinking/

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    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    Instagram:
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    The New AI Constitution Sep 22, 2026
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    E148: The New AI Constitution

    Who elected Big Tech—and when did AI companies get to write the rules? Plus: Rogue botnets, surveillance burrito bowls, data-center mega bills, and machines inventing their own language. You know, just another Tuesday in AI Bizarroland.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    Mila on AI CEOs’ warnings | Instagram

    God’s Eye View | Bilawal Sidhu’s GitHub project

    Allison Stanger: The AI stack’s architecture is a constitution

    Exit, Voice, and Loyalty | Albert O. Hirschman

    Technofeudalism | Yanis Varoufakis

    The Tech Coup | Marietje Schaake

    OpenAI Terms of Use

    Anthropic Consumer Terms of Service

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/09/22/the-new-ai-constitution/

    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    RSS:
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    Instagram:
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    ChatGPT-6 Astra Sep 15, 2026
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    E147: ChatGPT-6 Astra

    OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra is here, and we put it through real-world tests—from controlling desktop apps and editing a podcast to building games, websites, and creative tools—before asking the big question: are we actually entering the AGI era? Plus, Jensen Huang’s very convenient enthusiasm, a “safety-first” AI lab caught surveilling activists, and a rock band evicted from its own username.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    Larry’s ChatGPT-6 Astra experiments:

    The Gravity Playground

    UAR Escape the Algorithm game

    UAR The Living Episode

    3D interactive home theater model

    SR-71 Blackbird educational website

    YouTube:

    We need to talk about this… | Matthew Berman

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/09/15/chatgpt-6-astra/

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    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170

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    Instagram:
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    AI Micro Dramas Sep 08, 2026
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    E146: AI Micro Dramas

    Here come the AI micro-dramas — the sixty-second, AI-generated soap operas quietly hijacking your phone. Plus: a CEO learns the hard way that privacy is a two-way street, ICE goes pet shopping, NYC pumps the brakes on the classroom’s newest distraction, and one country just handed its citizens a very generous gift.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

    Vertical Video Syndrome – A PSA

    WonderClip

    ReelShort

    Vigloo

    PineDrama | TikTok’s official short-drama app

    Peacock Deepens Mobile Engagement With Vertical Video and Original Unscripted Microdramas

    ChatGPT-6 Astra’s Safety Overview

    South Korea’s AI for All Project

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/09/08/ai-micro-dramas/

    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

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    Debra Ross Sep 01, 2026
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    E145: Debra Ross

    Debra Ross spent 25 years building KidsOutAndAbout.com the old-school way – then AI turned her into a coder. We talk about her AI-powered business pivot, scaling from 52 to 160 regions, and raising kids who use AI without letting AI use them.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    KidsOutAndAbout.com | Your local guide to everything for kids, teens, and families

    BeyondTheNest.com | Your local guide to America’s arts, culture and recreation

    The Eclipse Effect – Debra Ross & Jamie Carter

    How Students Can Use AI to Learn to Write (Without Giving Away their Brains)

    Main Street Event AI Summit – Practical AI for Real Businesses

    Sacrificial Garden | Larry’s new Glass Animal album SUNO project

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/09/01/debra-ross/

    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

    Spotify:
    open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170

    RSS:
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    Instagram:
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    AI News Avalanche Vol 6 Aug 25, 2026
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    E144: AI News Avalanche Vol 6

    AI’s now got a taste for jazz, your chatbot’s been gossiping about you behind your back, and OpenAI hit the brakes hard enough to leave skid marks. It’s an AI news avalanche for the ages.

    LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

    SUNO Studio

    Learning Jazz Fingerprints

    Claude Academy

    Cortical Labs | Living Human Brain Cells Play DOOM

    Unitree New Robot Preview: “Superman”

    PODCAST INFO:

    Podcast Website:
    UpAgainstReality.com

    Episode link:
    https://upagainstreality.com/2026/08/25/ai-news-avalanche-vol-6/

    Apple Podcasts:
    podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

    Spotify:
    open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170

    RSS:
    upagainstreality.com/feed/podcast

    Instagram:
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