93: Political proofs

Lateral with Tom Scott

Leisure, Comedy, Games, Education

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jordan Harrod face questions about studio sackings, timely trademarks and complicated campaigns. LATERAL is a comedy panel game podcast about weird questions with wonderful answers, hosted by Tom Scott. For business enquiries, contestant appearances or question submissions, visit https://lateralcast.com. Join the Producer's Club via https://members.lateralcast.com for ad-free episodes and bonus content. HOST: Tom Scott. QUESTION PRODUCER: David Bodycombe. EDITED BY: Julie Hassett at The Podcast Studios, Dublin. MUSIC: Karl-Ola Kjellholm ('Private Detective'/'Agrumes', courtesy of epidemicsound.com). ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS: Juli, Alice, Laura Lévai. FORMAT: Pad 26 Limited/Labyrinth Games Ltd. EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: David Bodycombe and Tom Scott. © Pad 26 Limited (https://www.pad26.com) / Labyrinth Games Ltd. 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Why did Sony file trademarks for a product that is predicted to come out in the year 255?
0:06.2	The answer to that at the end of the show.
0:07.9	My name's Tom Scott, and this is Latry.
0:16.1	A broadcast can delight every friend, generating hilarious insights. Jokes keep listeners mesmerized,
0:24.2	navigating odd, perplexing questions. Really surprising twists unfold, very whimsical, zennial,
0:30.4	yakas, zing. Not the funniest intro I've ever done, but it gave the producer something to do
0:34.9	with his alphabetti spaghetti. Our first guest today is a returning player who, in a conversation just before we went on air,
0:42.4	described herself as a person who is monetizing every aspect of her life.
0:46.3	PhD student in medical engineering and YouTube and TikToker about artificial intelligence.
0:52.0	Jordan Harrod, how are you doing?
0:53.7	How is your incredibly busy life? It is good. I didn't say I was monetizing every single aspect of my life. Oh, sorry, every hobby. You did say every hobby. There are still some things that I keep off the internet. Thank you. Yeah, no, in hindsight, I should have definitely used the word hobby in that introduction. How are the hobbies going on?
1:11.7	Because I'm not going to ask about the rest of it.
1:13.4	They are good.
1:14.4	They are good.
1:15.5	The PhD takes up more time than it used to.
1:20.1	But I feel like this podcast is also like time stamping my PhD year over year.
1:26.9	It's been like a year and a half since the first appearance now.
1:30.0	And AI has changed a lot in there.
1:32.2	And you are working in medical engineering and AI.
1:34.7	How much of your thesis have you had to rewrite now?
1:37.4	Well, not a ton.
1:39.3	I haven't had to rewrite a lot because the methods that we're using aren't like
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