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Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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A little over a decade ago, Spike Jonze's HER (2013) imagined a world where artificial intelligence had progressed to the point where a man might strike up a plausible romance with Siri. We check in on its dystopian (?) vision to see what about it has come true, and in what way. PLUS: Doing a vibe check on "the 51st state," and an upsetting update about our favourite band. Join us on Patreon for an extra episode every week - https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus DALLAS - See Will (virtually) introduce Glen or Glenda at the Spacy Microcinema on June 19 - https://www.spacydtx.com/list/evan-gordon-presents-glen-or-glenda SEATTLE - See Will present an Ed Wood double feature at the Beacon Theater on July 25 - https://thebeacon.film/calendar/movie/ed-wood-made-in-hollywood-usa-w-will-sloan Subscribe to Luke's Substack - https://www.lukewsavage.com/

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0:00.0	Go get you go.
0:02.0	Go get you go.
0:06.0	Well, I want to start with a little bit of news that I'm not super happy to share, but I feel because, you know, the two of us have been on this beat.
0:18.0	We have a responsibility now really to keep people abreast of
0:22.6	goings-on in this particular area. This came via one of our listeners, Dam Yadam Man, on Twitter.
0:30.7	Thank you for this, or maybe it was on Blue Sky. Official statement, Newsboys Canada 2025 tour
0:37.0	cancellation.
0:38.3	It is with deep disappointment that we announce the cancellation of all upcoming Newsboy Canada 2025 tour dates scheduled for May and June.
0:48.3	The decision was not made lightly. Over the past 13 months, our team worked diligently to honor the offer made by Faith Live
0:55.4	Canada, the contracted promoter for the tour. Unfortunately, despite repeated efforts to hold this
1:01.0	tour together, Faith Live has materially breached the agreement and failed to meet core
1:06.1	obligations necessary to responsibly execute these developments.
1:16.2	So the newsboys say they entered into their agreement with Faith Live in good faith,
1:22.1	but they were rewarded with a situation where they could not bring their message of,
1:27.0	you know, hope in the Lord to their Canadian fans, you know, principally the two of us.
1:29.8	Wait, wait, why am I hearing this for the first time now?
1:32.0	Like, we were scheduled to be the opening act.
1:34.1	Shouldn't the promoter have reached out to us directly?
1:35.3	Yeah, I don't know.
1:40.3	I mean, I have been getting bad vibes from the folks at Faith Live for a long time.
1:41.1	And I don't know.
1:45.0	I don't think we should work with them again myself. But anyway, I'm sorry to start the show off on a bit of a sour note, you know, but- Hey, why are they still called the newsboys?
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