The Big AI Podcast Rejection
There Are No Girls on the Internet
iHeartPodcasts
4.1 • 905 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year! We're starting 2026 on a hopeful note. We all know that AI is threatening human labor across a bunch of industries, especially creative work. This episode is about an encouraging win for humans – a case where human creators are being centered, protected, and valued in an increasingly automated entertainment industry. Bridget talks with Will Pearson, head of podcasts at iHeart, about why betting on human creators is good business. (Spoiler: Because that's what listeners want)
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:05.0 | We want to make sure people are at the root of all of this. |
| 0:13.2 | There are No Girls on the Internet as a production of IHeart Radio and Unbossed Creative. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm Bridget Todd, and this is there are no girls on the internet. |
| 0:27.0 | Happy New Year. |
| 0:28.5 | So I wanted to start 2026 off on a hopeful note. |
| 0:32.1 | I know that we often focus on health technologies like AI are undermining human creative |
| 0:36.9 | labor. |
| 0:39.6 | Those concerns are very real, |
| 0:44.9 | and we will definitely keep talking about them in 2026. But this episode is about something encouraging, a case where human creators are actually being centered and valued in an increasingly |
| 0:51.1 | automated industry. Because one of the questions I get asked a lot as a podcaster is, |
| 0:56.7 | aren't you worried that AI will one day replace you? |
| 1:00.1 | The truth is, there actually are already AI-generated podcasts and podcast hosts. |
| 1:06.2 | And AI could actually replace my voice already. |
| 1:10.6 | But would anyone actually want to listen? |
| 1:13.2 | Great questions. |
| 1:14.8 | Hi. |
| 1:15.7 | This is Bridget's AI-generated vocal clone, generated by her podcast recording software. |
| 1:21.5 | Listeners are really clear that even though AI-generated voices like this one exist and are |
| 1:26.5 | abundant and cheap and easy to create, |
| 1:29.1 | no one is tuning in to listen. Because humans want to engage with and build trust with creative |
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