From Scammers to Spaghetti: AI in the Spotlight
The Hollywood Godfather Podcast
GRI Entertainment
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On a monthly episode of the Hollywood Godfather podcast, Gianni and Jeanie bring on executive producer Michael Austin to answer listener questions about online safety, scams, and AI. Mike advises never clicking email links, verifying issues by going directly to official websites, checking sender email addresses, and using name-brand security tools such as router-based services (e.g., Netgear Armor) and malware scanners. He warns about public Wi‑Fi, recommending VPNs or hotspots and avoiding banking on shared networks, plus using two-factor authentication, PayPal or protected cards, and being cautious of card skimmers. They discuss current scams involving fake citations, bogus threats, and gift-card overpayment schemes, recommend the YouTube channel Scammer Payback, and cover how AI-generated video and audio are becoming harder to detect, with telltale signs diminishing within a few years. Gianni promotes his book Mafia Secrets and mentions his live show is not filmed.
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| 0:00.0 | Gianni's got the stories from the coast to countryside |
| 0:08.0 | Genie's got the questions sharp as a natural sway |
| 0:15.0 | Every Wednesday night we take you all away. |
| 0:23.6 | From the back streets of Tinsel Town to the Tritorious Globe, |
| 0:29.6 | Old Hollywood meets mafia tales, and you're about to know It's the Hollywood Godfather |
| 0:40.3 | Where the big band plays and the stories don't stop |
| 0:44.3 | With Gianni and Jeannie and Jeannie everywhere, they're taking you to the top |
| 0:49.3 | Keep it smooth and keep it classy. |
| 0:55.3 | Feel that swing nonstop on the Hollywood Godfather. |
| 1:02.1 | Welcome, everybody. |
| 1:03.9 | It's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. |
| 1:07.2 | And this is the one show a month that we do with our executive producer. |
| 1:13.3 | Let me first introduce the lady, because I was raised right. |
| 1:17.5 | Jeannie Raymond, our co-host. |
| 1:19.8 | Hi, everybody. |
| 1:21.5 | So happy to be here. |
| 1:23.3 | And Michael Austin. |
| 1:25.6 | Most of the time he's in the background running it all, |
| 1:28.5 | but we've invited him once a week, once a month, and we've gotten a lot of reply on it. |
| 1:33.9 | That's why we wanted you on tonight. |
| 1:35.9 | There's questions they're asking about you that you can only answer. |
| 1:40.8 | All right. |
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