{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"NET Society","title":"Ep44 Hansel & Gretel Are Dead","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/6195a5a3\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2916,"description":"Aaron and Derek are both out this week, leaving Chris and Pri to hold down the fort for Net Society’s first ever two-person episode. Things get a little unhinged as they wander into the woods of digital culture, comparing fairy tales and existential plays to the state of crypto. The conversation turns to Kanye’s short-lived token and the meme coin churn, then drifts through waterparks, slang, and the curious emergence of “clanker” as an AI slur. From there they unpack the world of AI boyfriends and what it says about loneliness in 2025, before diving into Jerome Powell’s latest remarks and the Fed’s shifting policy stance. The back half of the episode revisits radicalizing moments from the Iraq war to the 2008 bailouts, connecting them to Bitcoin’s origins, and closes with a hopeful turn as the pair find themselves excited again about generative art.\n\nMentioned in the episode\nKanye launches $YZY memecoin https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1958708989576806714\nAmerican Dream Mall Waterpark https://www.americandream.com/venue/dreamworks-water-park\nMy Boyfriend is AI Subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/MyBoyfriendIsAI/\nFed Chair Jerome Powell announcement https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1958893683299717477\nQuantizer by Harm van den Dorpel https://verse.works/series/quantizer-by-harm-van-den-dorpel\nScribbs by Fingacode https://verse.works/series/scribbs-by-fingacode\nDominoes in Fluxus by Ivona Tau https://braindrops.cloud/projects/24\nZach Lieberman https://x.com/zachlieberman\n\nShow & Hosts\nNet Society: https://x.com/net__society\nAaron Wright: https://x.com/awrigh01\nChris F: https://x.com/ChrisF_0x\nDerek Edwards: https://x.com/derekedws\nPriyanka Desai: https://x.com/pridesai\n\nProduction & Marketing\nEditor: https://x.com/0xFnkl\nSocial: https://x.com/v_kirra","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CC4s2d8mVIQsuiN_U5XIqmdWsznh6Oio3A_cwsaT-8I/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84ZDBk/Y2Q3ZWU5MjQwZDI5/MmIxYzgxMjM2OGNj/ZjE0Yi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}