Poor Jesse had a rough week, and Jenn was to blame for sending him a tweet about Amazon using AI chatbots to create podcast episodes for products.

But soon his snarly frustration transforms into laughs as he shares one of the best product collaborations in Western history, a Kit Kat candy bar and Faraday cage for cellphones so people can take a real break rom those perpetual spy machines and/or distraction tools in our pockets.

It only went up, up, up from there.

And Jesse's therapy is really paying off. Listeners will notice that he-who-must-not-be-named-especially-in-relation-to-rockets is not referenced. Well, mostly.

The news stories:

Is this Hell? Raw Story, Nicole Charky-Chami

Maryland Is First State to Ban Surveillance Pricing in Grocery Stores, The Guardian, Sanya Mansoor

Kit Kat Wrapper Faraday Cage - Give Yourself a Break and Put Away that Cellphone! Boing Boing, Gail Sherman

Subscriptions to ChatGPT Drop

Disney Announcements, no more phones on moving rides and use of facial recognition

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