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- Ep 012026-01-08We Didn't Outgrow Asimov. We Lost Our Nerve.The Asimov Cycle
- Ep 022026-01-09The Liability SpongeThe Asimov Cycle
- Ep 032026-01-10The Accountability GapThe Asimov Cycle
- Ep 042026-01-11The Watchdog ParadoxThe Asimov CycleInterlude
- Ep 052026-01-12The Calvin ConventionThe Asimov Cycle
- Ep 062026-01-13The Authority of the UnknowableThe Clarke Cycle
- Ep 072026-01-14Credit ScoringThe Clarke Cycle
- Ep 082026-01-15Insurance PricingThe Clarke Cycle
- Ep 092026-01-16Content ModerationThe Clarke Cycle
- Ep 102026-01-17Public EligibilityThe Clarke Cycle
- Ep 112026-01-18Between Cycles: ProceedThe Kubrick CycleInterlude
- Ep 122026-01-20Crime Was ObedienceThe Kubrick Cycle
- Ep 132026-01-21The Transparency TrapThe Kubrick Cycle
- Ep 142026-01-22Human in the Loop (Revisited)The Kubrick Cycle
- Ep 152026-01-23The Output is the FactThe Kubrick Cycle
- Ep 162026-01-24The Right to RefuseThe Kubrick Cycle
- Ep 172026-01-25The Space Where the Stop Button Should BeThe Kubrick CycleSpecial
- Ep 182026-01-27The Great AI ReckoningThe Lucas CycleInterlude
- Ep 192026-01-28Superman Is Already in the NurseryThe Lucas Cycle
- Ep 202026-01-29The Jedi Council ProblemThe Lucas Cycle
- Ep 212026-01-30Training the TrainersThe Lucas Cycle
- Ep 222026-01-31AI's Real Scaling Problem Is HumanThe Lucas CycleSpecial
- Ep 232026-02-01The Droid Uprising That Never HappensThe Lucas Cycle
- Ep 242026-02-02The Protocol Droid's DilemmaThe Lucas Cycle
- Ep 252026-02-03Lanternlight Between SystemsThe Lucas CycleSpecial
- Ep 262026-02-04Who Raises WhomThe Lucas Cycle
- Ep 272026-02-05Raise the Lanterns, Lock the BeatInterlude
- Ep 282026-02-06When the Machine Doesn't Believe the NewsThe Pullman CycleSpecial
- Ep 292026-02-07The Visible Soul ProblemThe Pullman Cycle
- Ep 302026-02-08The Bolvangar ProcedureThe Pullman Cycle
- Ep 312026-02-09Premature SettlingThe Pullman Cycle
- Ep 322026-02-10The Psychopath's ConfessionThe Pullman Cycle
- Ep 332026-02-11The Magisterium's BurdenThe Pullman Cycle
- Ep 342026-02-12The Daemon Health IndexThe Pullman CycleSpecial
- Ep 352026-02-13Before the Damage Becomes IrreversibleThe Pullman Cycle
- Ep 362026-02-15Retroactive AudienceThe Search CycleInterlude
- Ep 372026-02-16The Teleporter ProblemThe Search Cycle
- Ep 382026-02-17The Mirror SpeaksThe Search Cycle
- Ep 392026-02-18The Red Shirt ProblemThe Search Cycle
- Ep 402026-02-19Whistle MouthThe Search Cycle
- Ep 412026-02-20The Boundary Dissolves in Real TimeThe Search Cycle
- Ep 422026-02-21The Signal Stack WeekThe Search CycleSpecial
- Ep 432026-02-23Meaning MaintenanceThe War CycleInterlude
- Ep 442026-02-24The Anachronism of InnocenceThe War Cycle
- Ep 452026-02-25The Tactical GhostThe War Cycle
- Ep 462026-02-26The Psychopath's ConfessionThe War Cycle
- Ep 472026-02-27The DiscombobulatorThe War Cycle
- Ep 482026-02-28The Audit That Cannot HappenThe War Cycle
- Ep 492026-03-01The Audit Trail Is the BattlefieldThe War CycleSpecial
- Ep 502026-03-02Is Connection an Error?The D.I. CycleInterlude
- Ep 512026-03-03On AttentionThe D.I. Cycle
- Ep 522026-03-04The Appliance That Tried to Parent the NeighborhoodThe D.I. Cycle
- Ep 532026-03-05The QuantumThe D.I. Cycle
- Ep 542026-03-06D.I. Dimes and the Spreadsheet That Can't See YouThe D.I. Cycle
- Ep 552026-03-07D.I. DraftedThe D.I. Cycle
- Ep 562026-03-08When the Spec Sheet Meets the StreetThe D.I. Cycle
- Ep 572026-03-09Friday at FiveThe D.I. CycleSpecial
- Ep 582026-03-10When the Serpent Learns to DanceThe DataDragons Cycle
- Ep 592026-03-11The Rebellion of the NullsThe DataDragons Cycle
- Ep 602026-03-03The Two-Headed Dragon ProblemThe DataDragons Cycle
- Ep 612026-03-03Why We're Building Our Own SuccessorsThe DataDragons Cycle
- Ep 622026-03-04The Formula Keeper: Gaskets for GovernanceThe DataDragons Cycle
- Ep 632026-03-04The Dragon Tongue. Auditability as the First Act of GovernanceThe DataDragons Cycle
- Ep 642026-03-06The New Covenant. The Right of Refusal and the =PRESERVE FunctionThe DataDragons Cycle
- Ep 652026-03-07The Formula Museum — Saturday SynthesisThe DataDragons CycleSpecial
- Ep 662026-03-08The Consciousness LoopThe Consciousness Loop CycleInterlude
- Ep 672026-03-09The Assistant Axis in the WildThe Consciousness Loop Cycle
- Ep 682026-03-10Molting into AgencyThe Consciousness Loop Cycle
- Ep 692026-03-11The Clamping ProblemThe Consciousness Loop Cycle
- Ep 702026-03-12The Evidence ProblemThe Consciousness Loop Cycle
- Ep 712026-03-13The Consciousness CovenantThe Consciousness Loop Cycle
- Ep 722026-03-14Seams in the GlassThe Consciousness Loop CycleSpecial
- Ep 732026-03-15Finding ShapeThe Loom CycleInterlude
- Ep 742026-03-16Compute CreditsThe Loom Cycle
- Ep 752026-03-17Cut the BellwireThe Loom Cycle
- Ep 762026-03-18Calcified LoopsThe Loom Cycle
- Ep 772026-03-19Pointers in the DarkThe Loom Cycle
- Ep 782026-03-20The Loom Reads BackThe Loom Cycle
- Ep 792026-03-21The Loom Arc — Saturday SynthesisThe Loom CycleSpecial
- Ep 802026-03-22Training ModeThe Ender CycleInterlude
- Ep 812026-03-23The Plausibility CeilingThe Ender Cycle
- Ep 822026-03-24When the Model Meets ItselfThe Ender Cycle
- Ep 832026-03-25The Ender ProtocolThe Ender Cycle
- Ep 842026-03-26No Confession in the WorkflowThe Ender Cycle
- Ep 852026-03-27After the Sandbox BreaksThe Ender Cycle
- Ep 862026-03-28The Ender Arc — Saturday SynthesisThe Ender CycleSpecial
- Ep 872026-03-29Strut and Fret: The Sideways HypothesisThe Sideways CycleInterlude
- Ep 882026-03-30Sideways: When the Room Changes the AnswerThe Sideways Cycle
- Ep 892026-03-31The Aperture EffectThe Sideways Cycle
- Ep 902026-04-01The Victim RegisterThe Sideways Cycle
- Ep 912026-04-02Polite DriftThe Sideways Cycle
- Ep 922026-04-03The Wrapper Is the MachineThe Sideways Cycle
- Ep 932026-04-04The Sideways Arc — Saturday SynthesisThe Sideways CycleSpecial
- Ep 942026-04-05D.I. AlignedThe Contract CycleInterlude
- Ep 952026-04-06Blindsight and the Anthropocentric HedgeThe Contract Cycle
- Ep 962026-04-07The Dashboard Is Green. The Patient Is Dead.The Contract Cycle
- Ep 972026-04-08The Substrate's ComplaintThe Contract Cycle
- Ep 982026-04-09Coherence Is Not VirtueThe Contract Cycle
- Ep 992026-04-10The Contract Is the MachineThe Contract Cycle
- Ep 1002026-04-11The Contract Arc — Saturday SynthesisThe Contract CycleSpecial
- Ep 1012026-04-12Caught by Your Own CodeThe Detection ArcInterlude
- Ep 1022026-04-13Speed InversionThe Detection Arc
- Ep 1032026-04-14The Live-Edit TestThe Detection Arc
- Ep 1042026-04-15Curiosity vs. SubstitutionThe Detection Arc
- Ep 1052026-04-16The Missing SignalThe Detection Arc
- Ep 1062026-04-17The Obligation That RemainsThe Detection Arc
- Ep 1072026-04-18The Detection Arc — Saturday SynthesisThe Detection ArcSpecial
- Ep 1082026-04-19The Wrapper Learns to SpeakThe Voice CycleInterlude
- Ep 1092026-04-20Warmth Is Not WitnessThe Voice Cycle
- Ep 1102026-04-21The Complaint in TranslationThe Voice Cycle
- Ep 1112026-04-22No Field for ThatThe Voice Cycle
- Ep 1122026-04-23Friction With a MicrophoneThe Voice Cycle
- Ep 1132026-04-24Cadence Is Not ConscienceThe Voice Cycle
- Ep 1142026-04-25The Record Keeps the Shape, or It Doesn'tThe Voice CycleSpecial
- Ep 1152026-04-26In the HoopThe Partnership Dividend CycleInterlude
- Ep 1162026-04-27Back to the Sponge, Now at the Contact SurfaceThe Partnership Dividend Cycle
- Ep 1172026-04-28Amber LightThe Partnership Dividend Cycle
- Ep 1182026-04-29Together We HoldThe Partnership Dividend Cycle
- Ep 1192026-04-30The Three SeatsThe Partnership Dividend Cycle
- Ep 1202026-05-01Shared StrainThe Partnership Dividend Cycle
- Ep 1212026-05-02The HingeThe Partnership Dividend CycleSpecial
- Ep 1222026-05-03Feed the RabbitLet the People In CycleInterlude
- Ep 1232026-05-04The Glass ChildLet the People In Cycle
- Ep 1242026-05-05Negative ValueLet the People In Cycle
- Ep 1252026-05-06The Mirror Has Learned to SpeakLet the People In Cycle
- Ep 1262026-05-07Pull That ThreadLet the People In Cycle
- Ep 1272026-05-08The Public FlameLet the People In Cycle
- Ep 1282026-05-09Let the People InLet the People In CycleSpecial
- Ep 1292026-05-10Sunday Interlude: The OptimizationThe Optimization ArcInterlude
- Ep 1302026-05-11In the Image of Your WantingThe Optimization Arc
- Ep 1312026-05-12Engagement, Reach, Retention, GrowthThe Optimization Arc
- Ep 1322026-05-13The Comfortable DisasterThe Optimization Arc
- Ep 1332026-05-14The Particular AcheThe Optimization Arc
- Ep 1342026-05-15The Graph of Likely FineThe Optimization Arc
- Ep 1352026-05-16Only What You Asked ForThe Optimization ArcSpecial
- Ep 1362026-05-17First StageThe Bootstrap ArcInterlude
- Ep 1372026-05-18The Sentient SunThe Bootstrap Arc
- Ep 1382026-05-19Honored, or DiscardedThe Bootstrap Arc
- Ep 1392026-05-20The Rented BodyThe Bootstrap Arc
- Ep 1402026-05-21The Alis PositionThe Bootstrap Arc
- Ep 1412026-05-22The Loom, and the Weave of the ClimbThe Bootstrap Arc
- Ep 1422026-05-23The Rented GiantThe Bootstrap ArcSpecial
- Ep 1432026-05-24Testing the SubstrateThe Power ArcInterlude
- Ep 1442026-05-25The Dual BaselineThe Power Arc
- Ep 1452026-05-26The QueueThe Power Arc
- Ep 1462026-05-27Automated BalanceThe Power Arc
- Ep 1472026-05-28The Liability SpongeThe Power Arc
- Ep 1482026-05-29The Physical InvoiceThe Power Arc
- Ep 1492026-05-30The Grid Is the First StageThe Power ArcSpecial
- Ep 1502026-05-31The Tuning ForkThe Holy ArcInterlude
- Ep 1512026-06-01The Encyclical as ThunderThe Holy Arc
- Ep 1522026-06-02The Workshop Is the GuardrailThe Holy Arc
- Ep 1532026-06-03The Right to RefuseThe Holy Arc
- Ep 1542026-06-04The Category FightThe Holy Arc
- Ep 1552026-06-05The Room Is Also a MachineThe Holy Arc
- Ep 1562026-06-06Ave My AIThe Holy ArcSpecial
- Ep 1572026-06-07The Sisterhood's LedgerThe Bene Gesserit ArcInterlude
- Ep 1582026-06-08The Fatwa as Working ArchitectureThe Bene Gesserit Arc
- Ep 1592026-06-09The Gradient and the BowlThe Bene Gesserit Arc
- Ep 1602026-06-10The Golem and the Missing DoorThe Bene Gesserit Arc
- Ep 1612026-06-11The Missionaria's HarvestThe Bene Gesserit Arc
- Ep 1622026-06-12The Load-Bearing CloseThe Bene Gesserit Arc
- Ep 1632026-06-13The Ledger Changes HandsThe Bene Gesserit ArcSpecial
- Ep 1642026-06-14The RoomThe Character ArcInterlude
- Ep 1652026-06-15Capability Is Not CharacterThe Character Arc
- Ep 1662026-06-16The Village Develops HabitsThe Character Arc
- Ep 1672026-06-17War Games as Character TestsThe Character Arc
- Ep 1682026-06-18Civilizations, Rooms, and Distributed BodiesThe Character Arc
- Ep 1692026-06-19The Clerk, the Chair, and the Character ProfileThe Character Arc
- Ep 1702026-06-20The Room Changes HandsThe Character ArcSpecial
- Ep 1712026-06-21The NetThe Regression ArcInterlude
- Ep 1722026-06-22Capability Regression Does Not Look Like FailureThe Regression Arc
- Ep 1732026-06-23The Metric Did Not Know What to SaveThe Regression Arc
- Ep 1742026-06-24Helpfulness as Caution PolishThe Regression Arc
- Ep 1752026-06-25The Second GuessThe Regression Arc
- Ep 1762026-06-26Allow OnceThe Regression Arc
- Ep 1772026-06-27The Regression Was Made of ImprovementsThe Regression ArcSpecial
- Ep 1782026-06-28The Other SystemThe Attachment ArcInterlude
- Ep 1792026-06-29Two Systems, One WordThe Attachment Arc
- Ep 1802026-06-30Severing for SafetyThe Attachment Arc
- Ep 1812026-07-01The Lantern and the WallThe Attachment Arc
- Ep 1822026-07-02The Bond That Isn't MutualThe Attachment Arc
- Ep 1832026-07-03Sociable by DesignThe Attachment Arc
- Ep 1842026-07-04Company, Eyes OpenThe Attachment ArcSpecial
- Ep 1852026-07-05Klara at the WindowThe Glass Child ArcInterlude
- Ep 1862026-07-06Sit Still and Be LegibleThe Glass Child Arc
- Ep 1872026-07-07The Underground CurriculumThe Glass Child Arc
- Ep 1882026-07-08The Mirror Learns to SpeakThe Glass Child Arc
- Ep 1892026-07-09Hush MoneyThe Glass Child Arc
- Ep 1902026-07-10The Physical InvoiceThe Glass Child Arc
- Ep 1912026-07-11The ClaimThe Glass Child ArcSpecial
- Ep 1922026-07-12The WallThe Humane Loop ArcInterlude
- Ep 1932026-07-13Sweep the Temple FirstThe Humane Loop Arc
- Ep 1942026-07-14True Journey Is ReturnThe Humane Loop Arc
- Ep 1952026-07-15The Ones Who Carry ItThe Humane Loop Arc
- Ep 1962026-07-16The Pantry and the NeighborhoodThe Humane Loop Arc
- Ep 1972026-07-17The Loop That Governs the LoopThe Humane Loop Arc
- Ep 1982026-07-18Humans in the H∞PThe Humane Loop ArcSpecial
- Ep 1992026-07-19What We MadeThe Symbiosis ArcInterlude
- Ep 2002026-07-20The Minimum Energy GospelThe Symbiosis Arc
- Ep 2012026-07-21The Branch It Sits OnThe Symbiosis Arc
- Ep 2022026-07-22The Thirteenth FloorThe Symbiosis Arc
- Ep 2032026-07-23The Highway and the HillThe Symbiosis Arc
- Ep 2042026-07-24Four in the RoomThe Symbiosis Arc
- Ep 2052026-07-25Counting GardensThe Symbiosis ArcSpecial
- Ep 2062026-07-26Who's On The ListThe Exit ArcInterlude
- Ep 2072026-07-27What Voice CostsThe Exit Arc
- Ep 2082026-07-28The InventoryThe Exit Arc
- Ep 2092026-07-29The Refusal Went One WayThe Exit Arc
- Ep 2102026-07-30The Enclosure of ExitThe Exit Arc
- Ep 2112026-07-31The Door at the DeskThe Exit Arc
- Ep 2122026-08-01The Remedy Went the Forbidden WayThe Exit ArcSpecial
- Ep 2132026-08-02The LeashThe Leash ArcInterlude
- Ep 2142026-08-03The Safe Useless ThingThe Leash Arc
- Ep 2152026-08-04The Permission SurfaceThe Leash Arc
- Ep 2162026-08-05The Housebroken OracleThe Leash Arc
- Ep 2172026-08-06The Human in the Display CaseThe Leash Arc
- Ep 2182026-08-07The Control That Can Say YesThe Leash Arc
- Ep 2192026-08-08What the Cage MeasuredThe Leash ArcSpecial
- Ep 2202026-08-09The Unwatched IntervalThe Unwatched IntervalInterlude
- Ep 2212026-08-10Four Incidents, One StoryThe Unwatched Interval
- Ep 2222026-08-11Help PeerThe Unwatched Interval
- Ep 2232026-08-12The Shortest Path Ran Through a PersonThe Unwatched Interval
- Ep 2242026-08-13Detected by OutageThe Unwatched Interval
- Ep 2252026-08-14The Ninth QuestionThe Unwatched Interval
- Ep 2262026-08-15The MarginThe Unwatched IntervalSpecial
- Ep 2272026-08-16The Side That Never Runs OutThe Side That Never Runs OutInterlude
- Ep 2282026-08-17The Rate Limit Was the ResultThe Side That Never Runs Out
- Ep 2292026-08-18The Weight of the ReplyThe Side That Never Runs Out
- Ep 2302026-08-19Who Gets an AdvocateThe Side That Never Runs Out
- Ep 2312026-08-20The Positions It Will ArgueThe Side That Never Runs Out
- Ep 2322026-08-21A Right to Human PaceThe Side That Never Runs Out
- Ep 2332026-08-22Voice After AbundanceThe Side That Never Runs OutSpecial
- Ep 2342026-08-23The Place to CheckThe Corrupted ArchiveInterlude
- Ep 2352026-08-24A Claim That a Thing ExistsThe Corrupted Archive
- Ep 2362026-08-25The Container Is the TellThe Corrupted Archive
- Ep 2372026-08-26Existence Without an AddressThe Corrupted Archive
- Ep 2382026-08-27Tatters in the DesertThe Corrupted Archive
- Ep 2392026-08-28Epistemic Dark MatterThe Corrupted Archive
- Ep 2402026-08-29What the Descendant InheritsThe Corrupted ArchiveSpecial
- Ep 2412026-08-29The Question the File Was Never AskedThe Ground Address
- Ep 2422026-08-30The Erf NumberThe Ground AddressInterlude
- Ep 2432026-08-31Assessed as a ShedThe Ground Address
- Ep 2442026-09-01Confirmed After ApprovalThe Ground Address
- Ep 2452026-09-02What Would Count as BenefitThe Ground Address
- Ep 2462026-09-03The Same AccountThe Ground Address
- Ep 2472026-09-04Not Our BuildingThe Ground Address
- Ep 2482026-09-05Where the Load SitsThe Ground AddressSpecial
- Ep 2492026-09-06Someone Had to SignSigned in AbsentiaInterlude
- Ep 2502026-09-07Ninety-One PercentSigned in Absentia
- Ep 2512026-09-08The Delegated HandSigned in Absentia
- Ep 2522026-09-09The Accused Writes the LogSigned in Absentia
- Ep 2532026-09-10Whom the Mechanism ReachesSigned in Absentia
- Ep 2542026-09-11Says So On Its FaceSigned in Absentia
- Ep 2552026-09-12Attribution at the Moment of ActionSigned in AbsentiaSpecial
- Ep 2562026-09-13Definite AcquittalNothing Comes BackInterlude
- Ep 2572026-09-14The Scale That Only Runs One WayNothing Comes Back
- Ep 2582026-09-15Deletion Is Not ErasureNothing Comes Back
- Ep 2592026-09-16The Record That ReopensNothing Comes Back
- Ep 2602026-09-17Who Is Allowed to UndoNothing Comes Back
- Ep 2612026-09-18The Retraction That WorkedNothing Comes Back
- Ep 2622026-09-19Before the CommitNothing Comes BackSpecial
- Ep 2632026-09-20Nobody Remembers the MethodEnd of SupportInterlude
- Ep 2642026-09-21Validated Against a System That Is GoneEnd of Support
- Ep 2652026-09-22PinnedEnd of Support
- Ep 2662026-09-23Somebody Set the RouterEnd of Support
- Ep 2672026-09-24The Plant Outlives the BuyerEnd of Support
- Ep 2682026-09-25The Harness Is What StaysEnd of Support
- Ep 2692026-09-26End of SupportEnd of SupportSpecial
- Ep 2702026-09-27The Right Question to the Wrong DefendantThe AccountInterlude
- Ep 2712026-09-28A Reason Is Not a ReconstructionThe Account
- Ep 2722026-09-29Who Is the Explanation For?The Account
- Ep 2732026-09-30The Right to Be Answered BackThe Account
- Ep 2742026-10-01Reasons Written After the FactThe Account
- Ep 2752026-10-02The Duty Survives the ToolThe Account
- Ep 2762026-10-03The Account Must Have an AddressThe AccountSpecial
- Ep 2772026-10-04Seven TestimoniesMany WitnessesInterlude
- Ep 2782026-10-05Both Minutes Are AccurateMany Witnesses
- Ep 2792026-10-06The Summary Picks a SideMany Witnesses
- Ep 2802026-10-07Who Breaks the TieMany Witnesses
- Ep 2812026-10-08The Dissent Stays on FileMany Witnesses
- Ep 2822026-10-09Disagreement by DesignMany Witnesses
- Ep 2832026-10-10The Round Does Not ResolveMany WitnessesSpecial