Bot Love 6 - Behind the Curtain

Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution

Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Fiction

4.4 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

A heads up for listeners, this episode references self-harm and suicide.

Kel is struggling to find the right tools for their mental health issues when they hear about a new option — a therapy chatbot. The app is scripted by mental health professionals, but will it be helpful when Kel is in crisis?

Bot Love is written by Anna Oakes, Mark Pagán, and Diego Senior. Hosted and produced by Anna Oakes and Diego Senior. Mark Pagán is the senior producer. Curtis Fox is the story editor. Sound design by Terence Bernardo and Rebecca Seidel. Bei Wang and Katrina Carter are the associate producers. Cover art by Diego Patiño. Theme song by Maria Linares. Transcripts by Erin Wade. Bot Love was created by Diego Senior.

Support for this project was provided in part by the Ideas Lab at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University. Special thanks to The Moth, Lauren Arora Hutchinson, Director of the Ideas Lab, and Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio, where we recorded these episodes.

For Radiotopia Presents, Mark Pagán is the senior producer. Yooree Losordo is the managing producer. Audrey Mardavich is the Executive Producer. It’s a production of PRX’s Radiotopia and part of Radiotopia Presents, a podcast feed that debuts limited-run, artist-owned series from new and original voices.

For La Central Podcasts, Diego Senior is the Executive Producer.

Learn more about Bot Love at radiotopiapresents.fm and discover more shows from across the Radiotopia network at radiotopia.fm.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Radiotopia presents from PRX's Radiotopia.
0:07.0	Hi there, it's Robin.
0:11.0	Did you know that Radiotopia has a reality dating
0:14.0	podcast? It's called Hang Up. It's kind of like a queer cross between The
0:18.5	Bachelor and Love is Blind and Seriously, it's a blast. Hangup's tagline is no rings attached.
0:25.0	It's a refreshing focus on dating and connection rather than marriage.
0:30.0	Here's a little clip about their current season.
0:32.0	Our star Timo is 41 years old. Here's a little clip about their current season.
0:33.0	Our star Timo is 41 years old and recently divorced.
0:36.5	I haven't been on a single date in 18 months.
0:39.0	But now, they're looking for someone special.
0:41.8	And like, really hot sex.
0:44.0	Really hot public sex.
0:45.0	So we set them up with six callers to date exclusively over the phone.
0:51.0	I feel like I could talk to you for hours.
0:55.0	On hang-up, you don't just get to eavesdrop on dates.
0:58.2	There's also a series of eliminations, and in the end, there's a twist. Will the last caller standing choose the star back and go on an all-expenses paid vacation together?
1:08.0	Or choose a cash prize instead.
1:11.0	The new season is out now, so stay on the line.
1:13.7	Subscribe to hang up today on your favorite podcast platform.
1:17.0	A heads up for listeners, this episode references self-harm and suicide.
1:27.0	There are a bunch of pop cultural references that people have thrown our way while we've been working on this series.
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