Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re doing something different: we’re airing an episode of another podcast that’s also part of the TED Audio Collective.
Backing up for a moment: we recently aired an episode with Dylan Marron (humanetech.com/podcast/52-transcending-the-internet-hate-game) — creator and host of the podcast, Conversations With People Who Hate Me. On his show, Dylan calls up the people behind negative comments on the internet, and asks them: why did you write that?
In our conversation with Dylan, we played a clip from episode 2 of Conversations With People Who Hate Me. In that episode, Dylan talks with a high school student named Josh, who’d sent him homophobic messages online. This week, we're airing that full episode — the full conversation between Dylan Marron and Josh.
If you didn’t hear our episode with Dylan (humanetech.com/podcast/52-transcending-the-internet-hate-game) , do give it a listen. Then, enjoy this second episode of Conversations With People Who Hate Me.
RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES
Transcending the Internet Hate Game with Dylan Marron: humanetech.com/podcast/52-transcending-the-internet-hate-game
A Conversation with Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: humanetech.com/podcast/42-a-conversation-with-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen
The Cure for Hate. Guest: Tony McAleer: humanetech.com/podcast/11-the-cure-for-hate
Your Undivided Attention is produced by the Center for Humane Technology (humanetech.com/) . Follow us on Twitter: @HumaneTech_ (twitter.com/humanetech_)
This week on Your Undivided Attention, we’re doing something different: we’re airing an episode of another podcast that’s also part of the TED Audio Collective.
Backing up for a moment: we recently aired an episode with Dylan Marron (humanetech.com/podcast/52-transcending-the-internet-hate-game) — creator and host of the podcast, Conversations With People Who Hate Me. On his show, Dylan calls up the people behind negative comments on the internet, and asks them: why did you write that?
In our conversation with Dylan, we played a clip from episode 2 of Conversations With People Who Hate Me. In that episode, Dylan talks with a high school student named Josh, who’d sent him homophobic messages online. This week, we're airing that full episode — the full conversation between Dylan Marron and Josh.
If you didn’t hear our episode with Dylan (humanetech.com/podcast/52-transcending-the-internet-hate-game) , do give it a listen. Then, enjoy this second episode of Conversations With People Who Hate Me.
RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES
Transcending the Internet Hate Game with Dylan Marron: humanetech.com/podcast/52-transcending-the-internet-hate-game
A Conversation with Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen: humanetech.com/podcast/42-a-conversation-with-facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen
The Cure for Hate. Guest: Tony McAleer: humanetech.com/podcast/11-the-cure-for-hate
Your Undivided Attention is produced by the Center for Humane Technology (humanetech.com/) . Follow us on Twitter: @HumaneTech_ (twitter.com/humanetech_)








![Esther Perel on Artificial Intimacy (rerun)
[This episode originally aired on August 17, 2023] For all the talk about AI, we rarely hear about how it will change our relationships. As we swipe to find love and consult chatbot therapists, acclaimed psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel warns that there’s another harmful “AI” on the rise — Artificial Intimacy — and how it is depriving us of real connection. Tristan and Esther discuss how depending on algorithms can fuel alienation, and then imagine how we might design technology to strengthen our social bonds.
RECOMMENDED MEDIA
Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel (https://www.estherperel.com/books)
Esthers debut work on the intricacies behind modern relationships, and the dichotomy of domesticity and sexual desire
The State of Affairs by Esther Perel (https://www.estherperel.com/books)
Esther takes a look at modern relationships through the lens of infidelity
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel (https://www.estherperel.com/podcast)
Listen in as real couples in search of help bare the raw and profound details of their stories
How’s Work? with Esther Perel (https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/hows-work-with-esther-perel/id1497580407)
Esther’s podcast that focuses on the hard conversations were afraid to have at work
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805564/)
A young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the internet
Her (2013) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/)
In a near future, a lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with an operating system designed to meet his every need
RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES
Big Food, Big Tech and Big AI with Michael Moss (https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/big-food-big-tech-and-big-ai-with-michael-moss)
The AI Dilemma (https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/the-ai-dilemma)
The Three Rules of Humane Tech (https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/the-three-rules-of-humane-tech)
Digital Democracy is Within Reach with Audrey Tang (https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/23-digital-democracy-is-within-reach)
CORRECTION: Esther refers to the 2007 film Lars and the Real Doll. The title of the film is Lars and the Real Girl.
Your Undivided Attention is produced by the Center for Humane Technology (https://www.humanetech.com/) . Follow us on Twitter: @HumaneTech_ (https://twitter.com/humanetech_) Esther Perel on Artificial Intimacy (rerun)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/plkTbnN1GUY/mqdefault.jpg)

