Jesse Singal

5 days ago | jessesingal.substack.com | Jesse Singal

The British have a great bit of slang, “can’t be arsed,” which basically means “can’t be bothered to try.”I thought about that phrase after reading about the “Make America Healthy Again” Commission report led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.

1 week ago | jessesingal.substack.com | Jesse Singal

I will move on from AI after this, at least for a while, I promise — I have a fairly long piece in the works on a different subject that will hopefully be ready early next week. But some of the responses to my last piece were interesting and I’d like to, well, respond to them.

1 week ago | jessesingal.substack.com | Jesse Singal

Last month I wrote about my “first intimate encounter with AI.” I had composed a short, personal essay about certain adolescent experiences, fed it into Google’s NotebookLM research synthesizer, and listened to two “podcast hosts” talk about my youthful struggles in a very human, empathetic way. It ended up being a surprisingly moving and therapeutic experience, despite the fact that the hosts in question didn’t actually exist. As I wrote at the time:Is this the greatest podcast ever?

2 weeks ago | blockedandreported.org | Jesse Singal

This week on Blocked and Reported: more clashes at Columbia, and the University of Austin strays from its mission. And for Primos: sovereign citizenry and the anatomy of a right-wing r…Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Blocked and Reported to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

2 weeks ago | blockedandreported.org | Jesse Singal

Put it on your cal: Wednesday, May 28, 9 PM ET / 6 PM PT. This will be available only for Primos, so if you want to get in on the action, join now. An email with instructions will be sent out shortly before the chat begins, and a recording will be available for anyone who can’t make it. We know this time won’t work for everyone—particularly our many listeners in Moscow and Dubai—so we’ll stagger future live chats to better accommodate different time zones.