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What's In Your Robot's Stomach? - June 5, 2025
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It's News You Can't Use with foreign correspondent and Scottish-to-English translator Tony Five. Tony's top bird-related story: Golden eagles soar south back to English skies. David and Tony take a listener call from a nerd. David plays a jingle for Tony. David finds a fatal flaw in a dental floss that can measure stress described by engineer Dr. Sameer Sonkusale. James Pikul reveals what a robot that eats instead of having batteries would function like. Economics professor Ulf Zölitz explains that your mom was right: your friends' personalities do rub off on you. Dr. Enda Byrne shares his research showing that high caffeine intake is linked to greater psychological distress in people with depression. Rabindra (Robby) Ratan – a media psychologist – extols the benefits and outlines the downsides of using VR in the classroom. Finally, Yonah Budd and David discuss June being Men's Mental Health Month.
Segments:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (02:06) Tony Five pt. 1
- (09:59) Tony Five pt. 2
- (19:59) Dr. Sameer Sonkusale
- (29:59) James Pikul
- (39:49) Ulf Zölitz
- (49:49) Dr. Enda Byrne
- (59:49) Rabindra (Robby) Ratan
- (1:09:49) Yonah Budd
- (1:19:06) Sign-off
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