Love+Machines

Creative Labour & Critical Futures
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Hi! My name is Jul Parke, otherwise known as Julia, and I’ve spent my entire research career looking at how our desires drive everything in the world - especially when it comes to our technology. This podcast is about AI, the tech industry, and love. Consider it the rom-com of tech news: tune in for thoughtful research, zany stories, and personal gossip about how the future is made.

Episodes

  1. FEB 1

    Episode 08 - How Virtual Influencers Make Money (with Christopher Travers)

    Learn more about Christopher here: https://www.travers.tech or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ctrav/ See some of the virtual influencers we talk about, as well as Christopher's previous interviews with them, at VirtualHumans.org

    49 min

  2. JAN 18

    Episode 07 - Tech Bros are Lonely and Can't Hack Dating (feat. Haebichan Jung)

    Haebichan Jung, an AI sales engineer and data scientist, joins me to spill the gossip on what REALLY matters to tech bros - dating, the gender ratio, marrying for lower taxes, and pumping out kids to feel some meaning in life.

    47 min

  3. 2025-12-31 · BONUS

    Air Canada Broke My Laptop! Reflecting on a Year of Love+Machines

    In this episode, I take advantage of an in-flight travesty to take a break (not a pun), think back on a (half) year of podcasting, and why we're all here. What a weird year, eh? Let's jump straight to 2026.

    21 min

  4. 2025-12-07

    Episode 06 - Why We Secretly Want AI Therapists (with Ray Hsu)

    Ray Hsu—poet, former academic, and mental health entrepeneur—discusses the invisible work of creativity and care in an age of AI. Our conversation weaves through mental health platforms, the notion of value, the allure of technology, and why both activist performativity and academic detachment miss the point.

    44 min

  5. 2025-11-24

    Episode 05 - Digital Doppelgangers & AI Twins! (with Natalie Monbiot)

    Natalie's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natlikethat/ My new website: https://julparke.squarespace.com

    33 min

  6. 2025-11-09

    Episode 04 - Paris Marx on the TechLash and Billionaires' Anti-Hero Moment

    Paris Marx of Tech Won't Save Us joins me to discuss the environmental impact of AI, the unquenchable demand for more scale, and a brief history of the backlash against Big Tech. What does it mean for us when the billionaires who expected to be celebrated as heroes embrace their villain era? How can we maintain our focus when attention is such a dwindling resource?

    40 min

  7. 2025-11-03

    Episode 03 - Translating Language & Feelings with ChatGPT (with Stine An)

    Join me in a conversation with Korean-American poet and translator, Stine An, for a conversation about what technology means for cross-cultural connection, the pursuit of love, and understanding the self. We don't hold back on some of the complicated feelings we've had about unironically chatting with ChatGPT, and some interesting thoughts on how the uncanny valley theory reflects on the overwhelming uptake of AI amongst North American and Korean audiences respectively. Find Stine's latest collection of poems here: https://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p/smmer-crsh-stine-an Stine An's Instagram: @gregorspamsa Julia's Instagram: @julladonna UTSC's Creative Labour Critical Futures website: https://creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca

    48 min

  8. 2025-10-26

    Episode 02 - Algorithms, Co-Star & the Occult (with Jeffrey Moro)

    Professor Jeffrey Moro at the Maryland Institute for Technology and the Humanities (MITH) comes on the pod to discuss an intersection I've been obsessed with lately: superstition and technology. We discuss how Internet platforms, algorithms, and AI services are affecting our interactions with the ancient practices of horoscopes and conspiracy theories - just in time for spooky season! To read more about these topics and beyond, make sure to check out a super cool cluster on algorithms and the occult that Jeffrey, Tamara Kneese, and Briana Vecchione edited and published recently with the Association of the Arts of the Present Journal: https://asapjournal.com/cluster/algorithms-and-the-occult/

    39 min

  9. 2025-10-20

    Episode 01 - Porn and AI (with Maggie MacDonald)

    Join me in our first episode as I sit down with PhD candidate and Pornhub board member, Maggie MacDonald, on how AI is affecting all corners of the porn industry - from age verification to deepfakes.

    1 hr

  10. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Love+Machines Trailer - Season 01

    Love+Machines

    1 min

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About

Hi! My name is Jul Parke, otherwise known as Julia, and I’ve spent my entire research career looking at how our desires drive everything in the world - especially when it comes to our technology. This podcast is about AI, the tech industry, and love. Consider it the rom-com of tech news: tune in for thoughtful research, zany stories, and personal gossip about how the future is made.

Information

  • Creator
    Creative Labour & Critical Futures
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Love+Machines