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Ashlee Vance · 93 episodes with transcripts

Core Memory is a podcast about science and technology hosted by best-selling author and filmmaker Ashlee Vance. Vance has spent the past two decades chronicling advances in science and tech for publications like The Economist, The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek.

Spoken has transcripts of 93 Core Memory episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 14, 2026.

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Latest Core Memory transcripts

Robots Like Us - EP 92 Andrew Kiguel and Matt McMullen From Realbotix

October 14, 2026

Matt McMullen (0:00)

All of those robots that I've seen in any of these events are remote controlled. There's no AI.

Andrew Kiguel (0:05)

If you think about loneliness, something like 25% of the world identifies as lonely. If you're a 75-year-old man who's widowed, you're not gonna go on Tinder to, you know, go on a bunch of coffee dates.

Matt McMullen (0:15)

I think that having a human-like embodiment for a robot and for an artificial intelligence creates a bridge between humans and technology that can't be done in any other way.

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