This Is Going Well, I Think With David Cooper

Oh, To Scrub the Internet of You - August 14, 2025

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First, it's breaking frivolous Baby Shark lawsuit news with media personality Caitlin Green and foreign correspondent Tony Five. (Listen to Caitlin as co-host of The Jann Arden Podcast here.) Psychology researcher Dr. Emily Cross explains that romantic relationships can help men recognize sexism. Max Eddy from Wirecutter describes how he tried, and failed, to disappear from the internet. Population health researcher Dr. Anna Kenyon makes a science-backed case for doing nothing and shares how letting your mind wander can reset your brain. On It's Time For Technology Time, Carmi Levy covers tech industry stories: Researchers made a social media platform where every user was AI and the bots ended up at war; ChatGPT-4o is coming back after massive GPT-5 backlash; AOL's dial-up internet still exists, but not for much longer; Perplexity makes longshot $34.5 billion offer for Chrome; Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked it; and A Space Invaders movie is happening. Chicago-based performance