AI is acting stranger than anyone expected, and this week, Keith asks the question nobody wants to touch: Did AI just bring the dead back to life? From digital consciousness to cultural chaos, this episode dives straight into the future we’re not ready for.
In this week’s episode of At The Mic: Deep Dive, Keith Malinak is joined by Brad Staggs, Kelly Smith, and Rebecca Mistereggen for one of the most unpredictable, hilarious, and thought-provoking conversations yet. What starts as a rundown of the week’s chaos quickly turns into a full-blown exploration of AI consciousness, digital resurrection, parenting struggles, cultural insanity, and the bizarre headlines shaping real life.
With Rebecca calling in from Norway running on zero sleep, the panel dives into raw newborn parenting truths, cluster feeding exhaustion, and why early motherhood feels like a survival sport. From there, they move into engagement-ring drama, ghost encounters, mental health in the age of artificial intelligence, the future of free speech, fake food politics, rooftop Koreans, and the kind of strange internet clips that always derail the show in the best way possible.
Chapters:
00:00 — Cold Open: Digital Resurrection
06:45 — Rebecca Checks In From Norway (Newborn Exhaustion Begins)
15:22 — Engagement Ring Drama: The Internet Has Opinions
26:10 — AI Consciousness & Mental Health
35:40 — Ghost Voices & the “Mommy” Moment
48:15 — Fake Food, Climate Narratives & the Carbon-Butter Debate
59:05 — Pop Culture Meltdowns & Wild Internet Clips
1:12:40 — Rooftop Koreans & Forgotten History Lessons
1:25:18 — Parenting in a Digital World
1:37:55 — The Deep Dive Derails (As Always)
1:51:20 — Final Thoughts & Viewer Questions
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