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A PODCAST BY TWO BROTHERS WITH ZERO BRAKES

This Could Be Something Interesting

Two brothers. Infinite tangents. We find the fascinating thing hiding inside everything, and by the end you'll be obsessed too.

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What Will You Do When AI Can Do Everything?

Two hosts explore the idea of a "universal high income" in an AI-powered future and what it could mean for purpose, pleasure, and human flourishing.They discuss risks like boredom, depression, and addiction, and consider eudaimonia, cybernetic enhancements, virtual reality, and education as paths to new meaning after work.

9 Jan 2026 · 50:26

What this is

Every week, Tom and Ben pick up something ordinary (a word, a habit, a dog's anus) and shake it until the fascinating bit falls out. Two brains that find everything interesting, pointed at one topic, with no off switch.

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THE CURIOSITY WALL

Ideas, suspended in the teal

Weird facts, burning questions and confessed hobbies from listeners like you. The glowing ones made it onto the show.

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The tangents escaped containment

The bits too good to stay in the episode. Tap one to watch it properly.

Wherever you get your tangents

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