It’s the end of an era as Keeping Up With The Kardashians calls time. We reflect back on the empire (and wealth) this family has built, and why now is the right time to finish. An op-ed penned by robot AI has the human world in a tizz, meanwhile a phenomenon around bookstores and toilets has us oversharing. And everyone is talking about Billie Piper’s incredible performance in I Hate Suzie.Show notes:

Keeping Up with the Kardashians: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-ending-season-20-e-kuwtk-1234762635/

Travis Scott Meal: https://www.vulture.com/2020/09/travis-scott-meal-mcdonalds-review.html

Mariko Aoki Phenomenon: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/629625/mariko-aoki-phenomenon-pooping-at-bookstore

A Robot Wrote This Entire Article: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3

AI Media Hype: https://thenextweb.com/neural/2020/09/08/the-guardians-gpt-3-generated-article-is-everything-wrong-with-ai-media-hype/

The Circus: https://www.stan.com.au/watch/the-circus

I Hate Suzie: https://www.stan.com.au/watch/i-hate-suzie

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