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The Cave Project

Jenny and Greg Swan

Since 2023, The Cave Project with Jenny and Greg Swan has explored the tensions of tech, culture, and life as they collide. Inspired by Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, each episode helps you make sense of the shadows, including AI, social media, digital habits, psychology, and modern identity, with humor, curiosity, and a few swear words.

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Episodi

29 episodi

  1. Our Teens Hate AI. They Love This AI Agent. 1:13:50
  2. The Privilege of Logging Off 52:30
  3. The Feed Is Fake, But We’re Still Watching the Clips 50:26
  4. We’re Not Mad Teens Are Online. We’re Mad They’re Not Online Like Us. 45:51
  5. The Truth About Chatbot Romance: You're Not Dating AI. You're Dating Yourself. 59:37
  6. Doom, Hope, Doom, Hope, Sushi: What the AI Apocaloptimist Doc Got Right (and Wrong) 56:13
  7. What if screen time isn't the villain? 1:12:34
  8. This Is How Reality Ends: Not With a Bang, But a Bunny on a Trampoline 1:19:56
  9. This Feels Bad, Because It Is Bad: When the Internet Is Too Much 1:09:23
  10. Are We Being Mean to Robots? The Rise of ‘Clankers,’ AI Slurs, and the Ethics of Punching Down 41:36
  11. Is ChatGPT Making Us Dumb or Are the Headlines? 47:35
  12. AI Is About to Invade the Toy Box 44:57
  13. Why Tech Needs More Whimsy, with Guest Dr. AnnMarie Thomas 48:32
  14. Innovating Our Relationship 1:19:21
  15. The Busy Trap 58:24
  16. 🤠 SXSW 2025: Anxiety, AI, and the Future We’re Choosing 1:28:51
  17. 📺 The Free TV That Watches You Back: A Telly Experiment 1:04:27
  18. 🧠 Brain Rot, Holiday Gifts, and How AI Helped Us Buy a Car 1:01:09
  19. AI in the Classroom: Tool or Cheating Device? 1:04:47
  20. Moral Panic or Just Reality? Navigating Phones and Kids in 2024 54:54
  21. From "I'm a Snake" to Wendy's social media fame: an interview with Matt Keck 40:48
  22. A Modern Paradox: Putting Humans Back in Social Media (recorded LIVE at Social Media Breakfast) 1:27:43
  23. Lasting Pixels: Navigating Death in the Digital World 48:43
  24. The Future is Generation Alpha 55:57
  25. How to Cope With Being Extremely Online 43:59
  26. Why Are (Some) Social Media Marketers So Anti-Social Media? 39:12
  27. Make Your Dumb Home a Smart Home 42:25
  28. The Case for Screen Time on the Holidays 32:16
  29. Your kid won't be an astronaut. Don't fight them about being an influencer 27:53