Westworld, Robots, and AI | Myth Movie Night
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Robots, androids, AI - the staples of our science fiction media actually have very historical and mythological inspiration! Join us as we discuss the 1973 movie, Westworld, and explore the origins of our robot interest.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, murder, violence, gun violence, existential crisis, divorce, sex, religious persecution, assault, genocide, apocalyptic scenarios, misogyny, incels, sexual assault, politics, wealth disparity, and kidnapping.
Housekeeping
- Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends Wildfang. (And get $20 off a purchase of $100+, use code SPIRITS20)
- Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at spiritspodcast.com/books
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About Us
Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.1 | Every week, we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.3 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:07.9 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:08.8 | And this episode 243, Westworld Robots and AI for Myth Movie Night. |
| 0:13.5 | And we're joined by Eric. |
| 0:15.7 | So much fun. |
| 0:16.7 | It was amazing to get the team together for another non-urban legends episode. |
| 0:21.8 | And this is the 1973 Westworld film version. |
| 0:24.8 | So we talk a little bit about the show, a lot about the movie. |
| 0:27.2 | It was really fun. |
| 0:28.3 | So, Julia, excellent pick. |
| 0:29.7 | Thank you. |
| 0:30.2 | Thank you. |
| 0:30.6 | You know what? |
| 0:31.1 | I've been wanting to talk about kind of the roots of science fiction in mythology for a while. |
| 0:36.7 | And this seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so because it's on HBO Max and you can go watch it right now. |
| 0:42.4 | I can't stream new patron Moira on HBO Max, but I do just want to welcome you to the crew. Thank you, Moira for joining. You join the ranks of supporting producer level patrons. |
| 0:51.5 | Alicia Allison, Brian Debra, Hannah, Jack, Marie, Jane, Jessica |
| 0:55.2 | Kinser, Jessica Stewart, Justin Keegan, measles, Megan Linger, Megan Moon, Phil Fresh, Captain |
| 0:59.8 | Jonathan, Malachi Cosmos, Sarah, Scott, Zazi. Yes, they are wonderful humans who are definitely not |
| 1:05.4 | robots, as least we don't think they are. Ooh. No. Even you look at the hands, I'm like, I really, I really can't tell. |
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