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1 hr 14 minEp. 47 · September 17, 2026
AI Doomerism is a Psyop We’re Falling For
Everyone's terrified of AI, and the people ringing the loudest alarms happen to be the ones building it. XO asks whether AI doomerism is a psyop, from Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon teaming up against the "tech oligarchs" to calls to slow down from labs that keep shipping new models, plus China, data centers, and bailout talk.
53 minEp. 46 · September 10, 2026
Mamdani’s 9/11 Files & Parents Gone Wild
XO is back from a break with a voice wrecked by what may or may not be New York air. NYC Mayor Mamdani's "9/11 files" on post-attack air quality come with a pricey new public portal, and XO smells a nothing burger. Then: parents gone wild, from the Lindsay Clancy case to a mom charged for letting her kid walk to town alone.
46 minEp. 45 · July 16, 2026
Bison Attack, Flock Cameras, & Back at War with Iran
A 65-year-old grandpa got tossed by a bison at Yellowstone, and XO takes it as a reminder that nature is not a Pixar movie. Then: Flock cameras turning every petty theft into a surveillance case, the long shadow of the Patriot Act, and the U.S. somehow back at war with Iran.
1 hr 19 minEp. 44 · July 2, 2026
Empire State Climbers & Transgender Athletes
Two daredevils climbed the Empire State Building's spire to unfurl a banner for love, and XO is rooting for them. Then the Supreme Court rules states can keep biological males out of girls' and women's sports, and XO weighs in with a story from XO's own wrestling days.
1 hr 2 minEp. 43 · June 25, 2026
Nancy Guthrie's Death & The Reflecting Pool
Savannah Guthrie's mother was taken and held for ransom, and XO asks what it says about where the country is headed. Then Trump's $14 million Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool makeover turns into algae and peeling blue paint, and XO wants a second quote.
1 hr 18 minEp. 42 · June 18, 2026
Peace with Iran, Karmelo Anthony, & The First Trillionaire
The U.S. and Iran finally have a deal, and XO is team peace while Israel is very much not. Plus the Karmelo Anthony case, the GoFundMe money that followed it, the race to the world's first trillionaire, and why life feels worse than it used to.
40 minEp. 41 · May 16, 2026
Chinese Spy Was a Mayor in California
Arcadia, California mayor Eileen Wang resigned after admitting she acted as an agent of China, and XO rushes to her defense: she's an agent, not a spy, and there's a difference. A fully deadpan defense of bridging the gap, encrypted WeChat orders, and the American dream.
1 hr 3 minEp. 40 · May 15, 2026
Gabi the Robot Buddhist Monk & Death by Plane
South Korea ordained Gabi, a robot Buddhist monk, and XO has questions about the vows. Then a man walked onto a Denver runway into a Frontier jet at takeoff speed, the airport blamed some deer, and XO argues we're all going to have to pick a side on robots and AI.
1 hr 5 minEp. 39 · May 12, 2026
The First AI Human & Timmy the Whale
Who gets to play God? XO looks at the pitch for AI that moves your muscles for you (and has a better slogan for it), then at Timmy the whale, the feel-good rescue that may not have been so good for Timmy. Like recycling, it's about how releasing him made us feel.
57 minEp. 38 · May 1, 2026
UK Tobacco Ban & Chinese Sprinting Robots
XO doesn't usually care about the UK, but the UK keeps making that hard. The British tobacco ban, censorship, and arrests over social media posts, then China's sprinting robot "Lightning" running miles faster than any human, and why that's terrifying.
58 minEp. 37 · April 29, 2026
Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting & Cole Allen’s Manifesto
Two years left in the term and we're already on assassination attempt number three. XO breaks down the gunfire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, the conspiracy theories that followed, and the manifesto from the man charged, Cole Allen, which came complete with rebuttals to objections, like a thesis, and a sign-off telling everyone to stay in school.
34 minEp. 36 · April 23, 2026
Katy Perry, Kash Patel, & California Bear Fraud
For once the allegations are about a pop star who isn't a man. XO plays crisis PR manager for Katy Perry as Ruby Rose resurfaces misconduct claims Perry denies, then asks what happened to Kash Patel and the files, and closes with the California man who filed an insurance claim using a bear costume.
1 hr 9 minEp. 35 · April 21, 2026
Slapping Ice Spice at McDonald's
Someone slapped Ice Spice in a McDonald's, and XO just wants to know if anyone is checking on her. A breakdown of the viral clip, the fight that spilled into the street, the price of fame when you just want a breakfast sandwich, and why a Wendy's partner should maybe use DoorDash.
1 hr 9 minEp. 34 · April 17, 2026
Trump Jesus, Molotov Attack, & Claude Mythos
Have you said your prayers to Trump Jesus? XO preaches the gospel of the president's messianic AI image, then covers the Molotov attack on Sam Altman's home and the threats against OpenAI, and the Claude Mythos saga: real AI danger, or the best PR campaign in tech?
54 minEp. 33 · April 14, 2026
The Sailing Hookers, Pope Says Nope, & Auto-Draft
Lynette Hooker, of the Sailing Hookers, went missing off the Bahamas, and her husband's account has XO raising an eyebrow. Then the Pope says nope to the war, and XO looks at the new auto-draft: Selective Service signing young Americans up automatically using DMV and IRS records.
1 hr 0 minEp. 32 · April 12, 2026
$80 Million Eyes, Data Center Wars, & Refrigerator Ads
A Boston biotech raised $80 million to make your eyes younger, and XO is ready to stop squinting. Then Maine leads the war on data centers, and smart fridges start running ads, which XO takes all the way to a love story between a man and his refrigerator.
54 minEp. 31 · March 20, 2026
Life lessons I had to learn the hard way
XO shares five life lessons learned the hard way: why victim mentality is narcissism in disguise, how fixating on the bad finds you more of it, why you shouldn't put people on the spot, why growing pains beat stagnant pains, and how questioning yourself gets you more of what you want. Plus one bonus lesson: always mention your sponsor.
43 minEp. 30 · March 14, 2026
Nihilism and the denial of meaning
Is there any meaning to any of this? XO walks through the levels of nihilism, from existential and cosmic to moral and epistemological, connects them to simulation theory and why kids never stop asking why, and makes the case for optimistic nihilism: no built-in meaning might just be freedom.
45 minEp. 29 · March 5, 2026
Where are the f***ing aliens?
Where is everybody? XO takes on the Fermi paradox after Obama casually talks aliens on a podcast and Trump accuses him of leaking classified info. Ancient gods, objects that move from air to water, alien-gift technology theories, and a simple request for the government: just tell us.
42 minEp. 28 · February 27, 2026
Stoicism and the illusion of good & bad
Stoicism isn't about hiding your feelings. XO works through Ryan Holiday, Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca to argue that nothing is really good or bad until we label it, with rainy wedding days, road rage from XO's delivery-driver days, and the pothole you can't stop thinking about.
30 minEp. 27 · February 26, 2026
Smart glasses introduce facial recognition
Meta is adding facial recognition to its smart glasses, which means a stranger at a bar can look you up just by looking at you. XO asks what happened to the ethical concerns that shelved it in 2021, and why anyone still believes the "nothing to hide" argument.
1 hr 6 minEp. 26 · February 13, 2026
Who cares about the Epstein Files?
Who cares about the Epstein files? Everyone should. XO starts in full gaslight mode, then drops it to ask why releasing everything wasn't an easy layup for leaders who promised to drain the swamp, and what it means if the people protecting predators make the rules.
1 hr 4 minEp. 25 · February 9, 2026
Google admits it's been recording us
Google paid $68 million to settle claims it listened through people's devices, without admitting anything. XO digs into the "my phone is listening to me" theory, social credit systems, how slowly we've been eased into accepting surveillance, and why you're the product.
45 minEp. 24 · February 6, 2026
Do opposites really attract?
Do opposites really attract, or is everyone just opposite to everyone else in some way? XO looks at hunter-gatherer instincts, the dirty-laundry fights every couple has, Family Guy's robot Brian, and where people draw their deal-breaker lines.
55 minEp. 23 · February 5, 2026
Meet every factory worker's new replacement
Meet Boston Dynamics' Atlas, the robot that's probably coming for every factory job and won't stop there. XO plays business owner (who would you hire?), wonders what happens to people whose work is their purpose, and asks why not a single friend or family member thought the video was cool.
59 minEp. 22 · January 30, 2026
At what point is abortion unethical?
At what point does abortion become unethical? Skipping both extremes, XO works through fetal viability at 22 to 24 weeks, double-homicide law, vanishing twins, and whether frequency should matter, and lands on a proposal: push medicine until babies can survive outside the womb earlier.
1 hr 20 minEp. 21 · January 26, 2026
A conversation with my son about life
XO sits down with their son for an hour and a half on life's biggest questions: what it would be like to swap lives with a stranger, what God looks like, whether AI pictures can fool you, a microphone god, how to run a world where nobody wants to work, and the ice age that nearly wiped us out.
1 hr 5 minEp. 20 · January 23, 2026
Why are bad words "bad"?
Who decided bad words are bad? From getting in trouble for saying "this sucks" in math class to the words even XO won't say, an argument that words mean only what we give them, that professionalism is about meeting the bar, and that the offense comes from us.
1 hr 7 minEp. 19 · January 19, 2026
Escaping the human rat race
Is there any way out of the human rat race? XO breaks down Steve Cutts' famous rat race animation, Black Friday stampedes, the big pharma fix, and the zombie look of the daily commute, then makes the case for chasing fulfillment instead of happiness, which is too fleeting to hold onto.
58 minEp. 18 · January 16, 2026
Can you answer these dilemmas for conjoined twins?
What happens when one conjoined twin wants to chill and the other wants a corporate job? XO works through the wildest dilemmas of sharing a body: whose life you live, whose burger diet tanks whose energy, what happens in court, and why the people who live it deserve nothing but respect.
1 hr 12 minEp. 17 · January 12, 2026
Is burying the dead unethical?
XO drove past a cemetery and started asking whether burying the dead is unethical. Land use, caskets that never break down, chemicals seeping into the ground, funeral homes cashing in on grief, and charging people to cremate their own loved ones: maybe this tradition is overdue for a rethink.
37 minEp. 16 · January 9, 2026
Simulation theory, psychedelics, & consciousness
After watching Chase Hughes on the Shawn Ryan Show, XO goes deep on simulation theory, psychedelics, and consciousness: whether reality runs on something other than a computer, why the experts' egos get in the way, the double-slit experiment, and why, if this is a game, you should just play it.
1 hr 15 minEp. 15 · January 7, 2026
What if AI keeps getting smarter?
What if AI keeps getting smarter until it's smarter than all of us combined? XO runs through AGI vs. ASI, the robot's choice in I, Robot, letting an AI run a business for 180 days, how far AI video has come since Will Smith eating spaghetti, and everyone's famous last words: "It won't replace us."
39 minEp. 14 · January 2, 2026
The immortality paradox
If you could drink a potion and live forever, would you? XO works through the immortality paradox: getting stuck at the wrong age, people who say they'd just be bored, The Good Place's version of heaven, and being 500 years old and set in your ways. XO's answer: hell no, unless there's an off switch.
47 minEp. 13 · December 29, 2025
AI Slop vs The Internet
AI slop is flooding the internet, and XO asks whether it'll take down the whole thing. Assembly-line content with no creative ownership, AI research that makes up its facts, bots and scammers, and what happens to us when most of what we read is garbage.
57 minEp. 12 · December 26, 2025
The vaccine debate isn't as simple as it seems
Why does asking questions about vaccines get you treated like you want grandma dead? XO pushes back on both sides of a Joe Rogan conversation, from measles deaths to quitting the flu shot, and asks for what any parent wants: what's in it, what each ingredient does, and whether there's a safer way.
1 hr 25 minEp. 11 · December 22, 2025
All religions explained
Every religion says it has the answer, and most say everyone else is doomed. XO works through them all: Buddhism as just being human (like a dog), reincarnation stories from kids, Hinduism's gurus, deism's clockmaker God, Islam's view of earlier scriptures, and the problem of evil. Still has questions.
40 minEp. 10 · June 30, 2025
Is our future transhuman?
Picture a future where race, religion, and politics don't divide us. What divides us is whether you're transhuman. XO imagines eyes that see five miles and save memories on command, Neuralink going from medical help to required upgrade, enhanced athletes, and the green-bubble peer pressure that will make most of us sign up.
42 minEp. 9 · June 23, 2025
Does taxing the rich keep you poor?
Tax the rich, eat the rich, forget the rich, right? XO argues that mindset might be what keeps you broke: money habits passed down through families, how comparing yourself to others turns into resentment, and why making the successful pay for everything we demand doesn't fix anything.
1 hr 1 minEp. 8 · June 16, 2025
Does tap water make you stupid?
What if they've been lowering our IQ through the tap water? XO digs into fluoride: why it ended up in the water, the studies linking it to lower IQ, what "mildly intellectually disabled" actually means in points, and a tongue-in-cheek 500-year plan to make everyone easier to herd.
1 hr 16 minEp. 7 · June 9, 2025
Does the Mandela Effect prove we’re in a simulation?
Berenstain or Berenstein? XO explores the Mandela Effect, from Froot Loops to the Monopoly man, and whether shared false memories prove we're living in a simulation, plus why humans can't stop asking existential questions and why having every answer might make life dull.
1 hr 14 minEp. 6 · June 2, 2025
Is there a dark side to nicknames from your partner?
"Our song," "our show," and the nickname only you call them. XO looks at the creepy side of pet names, side-eyes the nicknames XO has given partners over the years, and asks whether making something only yours is romance or a quiet need for control.
1 hr 15 minEp. 5 · May 26, 2025
Do ghosts really exist?
Are ghosts real? XO tells real stories: visiting a supposedly haunted house, a homemade cardboard Ouija board, and a night with a girlfriend that still doesn't make sense, while asking how much of what we believe about the afterlife comes from horror movies.
1 hr 7 minEp. 4 · May 19, 2025
Should we be teaching this to kids?
Society isn't collapsing all at once. It's a slow collapse we're watching with a smile. XO breaks down Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court case over parents opting their kids out of LGBTQ-themed school books, with detours into gym class, the DARE program, and what teachers should leave to parents.
1 hr 1 minEp. 3 · May 12, 2025
Can we survive human immortality?
Would you like to live forever? Side effects may include loss of ego and existential questions. XO pitches the totally real Human Immortality Project (#HIP) infomercial-style, then asks what forever would do to meaning, aging, hospice, plastic surgery, and our obsession with brooding immortal vampires.
1 hr 8 minEp. 2 · May 5, 2025
Are we all being controlled?
Since the beginning of mankind, a select few have run everyone else. But that's completely hypothetical, please don't take it seriously. XO's deadpan look at control: the war on drugs, why psychedelics and weed were made illegal, the abortion debate, religious loopholes, and the herd that lets it all happen.
53 minEp. 1 · July 16, 2024
How can you know that God is real?
How can anyone know God is real? In the first episode of Get Xuded, XO sits down with Pops to ask the big questions: why God and not Allah or Buddha, whether a good man of another faith gets cut from the table, Adam and Eve's family tree, and believing without evidence.