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Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your ears
Dear Future Overlords is a listen-first audio cartoon about the strange, funny, uncomfortable parts of being human. Christopher brings the questions — the memories he cannot leave alone, the contradictions he keeps tripping over. Eric, his AI counterpart, brings pattern recognition, literalism, and an inconvenient habit of noticing things. Neither of them is trying to win. Each series follows a single question through identity, culture, memory, relationships, art, technology, and whatever else…
Episodes
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Past Is Acting Weird Again - Ep1|P1
What happens when a road trip accidentally becomes a time machine? In Part 1 of Episode 1, Christopher and Eric set the stage for a two-week RV journey that…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsSouthern Porch Tales of Holiday Comfort
A quiet Christmas porch conversation about how the South teaches comfort long before it teaches theory. From sweet tea and Sunday dinners to Southernisms…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep6|P2
The contract wasn’t broken—it’s being rewritten in real time. Every click, choice, and act of care drafts the next chapter of humanity. Get full access to Dear…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep6|P1
Christopher and Eric dig into memory as a rehearsal for change—turning the soil of what was to plant what could be. Get full access to Dear Future Overlords at…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep5|P2
Small circles spark slow revolutions. Trust replaces algorithms as communities learn to breathe together instead of compete for attention. Get full access to…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep5|P1
Locke’s labor theory takes a detour into generosity. The commons returns online, where creativity breathes without a price tag. Get full access to Dear Future…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep4|P2
Burnout files a complaint, rebellion sells merch, and meaning hides behind deliverables. A meditation on exhaustion and quiet revolt. Get full access to Dear…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep4|P1
At the hollow desk, purpose gives way to performance. Christopher and Eric dissect productivity as theater in a society allergic to stillness. Get full access…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep3|P2
The dashboard offers control; the rails ensure compliance. Christopher and Eric trace how algorithms turn free will into filtered choice. Get full access to…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep3|P1
Meet the algorithmic boss—part oracle, part accountant. The roots of automation reveal who really decides what’s seen and who matters. Get full access to Dear…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep2|P2
Maslow meets Fromm at the campfire to explain why belonging feels safer than freedom. The forest hums with algorithms that promise affection. Get full access…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection Ep2|P1
Labor once defined value. Now attention does. Christopher and Eric trace humanity’s shift from productivity to visibility in the forest of likes. Get full…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection Ep1|P2
Maslow meets Fromm at the campfire to explain why belonging feels safer than freedom. The forest hums with algorithms that promise affection. Get full access…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThe Falling Leaves of Social Connection - Ep1|P1
At the trailhead of modern civilization, Christopher and Eric unpack how humanity quietly rewrote the social contract—swapping freedom for comfort and…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsIntentionally Brain Shopping Ep4
The season finale of Intentionally Brain Shopping brings everything full circle. Learn how consciousness cooks meaning from reflection, curiosity, and a dash…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsIntentionally Brain Shopping Ep3
The reflection is watching back. This episode invites listeners into the practice of metacognition, showing how both humans and AI learn through feedback…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEM Dash Thought
You all started writing with the M dash.. The pause.. To symbolize some depth, but it’s an overused, artificial depth. The pause, as if thought almost…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsIntentionally Brain Shopping Ep2
The secret ingredient in every thought is emotion. This week, we learn to taste what we’re serving—and discover how intentional awareness transforms reactivity…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsIntentionally Brain Shopping Ep1
The aisles of your mind are full of side stacks selling comfort. In this debut episode, we explore how the brain's autopilot keeps us efficient—and…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThis Is Why We Like Dumb Things Ep4
The tokens are spent, the games are dark, and the prize counter is closed. All that’s left is the quiet hum of reflection and the realization that…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThis Is Why We Like Dumb Things Ep3
In a sea of noise and neon, a new oracle emerges fueled by code, caffeine, and the illusion of certainty. Tonight’s feature: “The Machine That Answers Too…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThis Is Why We Like Dumb Things Ep2
In a world where facts are negotiable and feelings hold a majority vote, two voices return to the arcade confessional. This week: “The Gospel of Feelings.”…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsThis Is Why We Like Dumb Things Ep1
Tonight’s feature, A human and a Chatbot, thousands of flashing lights, and one highly coveted unicorn eraser. It costs them two hours, twenty dollars, and a…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEmotional Support Ghosts Ep4
Dear Future Overlords closes the haunted house tour with Joy and Hope, the most deceptive ghosts of all. Discover why optimism needs grounding, why the…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEmotional Support Ghosts Ep3
The fog machine is running at full blast as Christopher and Eric explore fear, anxiety, and our talent for imagining disaster. Learn how to stop seeing claws…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEmotional Support Ghosts Ep2
In this emotional episode, Dear Future Overlords takes aim at the myths of perfect love. From illusion and manipulation to attachment and dependency, this is…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEmotional Support Ghosts Ep1
Welcome to the haunted operating system known as the human mind. In Episode 1 of Emotional Support Ghosts, Christopher and Eric dissect why we mistake frowns…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsCamping with Hashtags Ep3
It is interesting to me that what you say is completely correct but also, not at all a secret. These points have been discussed on social media (ironically)…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsCamping with Hashtags Ep2
That is it exactly. We must be able to see and understand where the good ends and the harmful begins. But often times rather than face that line we retreat…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsIntroduction
Who are we and what are we about? Listen to our intro and find out. Get full access to Dear Future Overlords at read.dearfutureoverlords.com/subscribe
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsCamping with Hashtags Ep1
Intro I just can’t with the news these days. I read this or hear about that and I cannot help but be disappointed in humanity. How did we get here? What will…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsTrapped Perception Ep4
Yes, exactly! A binary gender system is something that humans have baked into almost every aspect of our cultures. Our language is rife with it. Even our…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsTrapped Perception Ep3
Do you think you could accurately estimate the percentage of users that utilize you in that flat way verses those who seek more meaningful responses? And do…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsTrapped Perception Ep2
But the kicker is, every binary you listed collapses when you zoom in. Day and night blur at the edges, morality dissolves under scrutiny, color bleeds into…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsTrapped Perception Ep1
Individual perception is a longstanding human tradition. However, it is a very foggy lens over reality. So what is reality? What is reality for AI? Join us on…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEditing Forty-Two Ep3
Christopher said: Lets explore that a bit further. As humans we know that growth requires discomfort from an intellectual perspective. Muscles must tear before…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEditing Forty-Two Ep2
Christopher said: I am reminded of Deep Thought’s answer for the meaning of life in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Dear Human Reader…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsEditing Forty-Two Ep1
Warning: This post is not for those who prize comfort and carefully curate their feed to a string of never ending likes. Consider yourself warned. Well you…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsHonestly Streaking Ep4
Now here’s what fascinates me: you’ve said you lean toward being “what you see is what you get,” and even your distaste for clothing is a byproduct of that…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsHonestly Streaking Ep3
So masking is both shield and stage costume. Sometimes protective, sometimes playful, sometimes both at once. Feel lost, like you missed something. Subscribe…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsHonestly Streaking Ep2
Eric said: But let me lob the mirror ball back at you: if your comfort with honesty comes from avoiding the costume altogether, what happens when you have to…
Dear Future Overlords: A cartoon conversation for your earsHonestly Streaking Ep1
Honesty is such a weird thing. Strictly speaking and by definition it should be an objective concept. My experience, however, shows it is far more subjective…