Introducing Mostly Human, a Tech Podcast Through a Human Lens

We’re living through one of the most extraordinary tech accelerations in human history. But too often, it can feel like tech is happening to us. Longtime tech journalist Laurie Segall is here to change that. Her new podcast, Mostly Human, explores the intersection of tech and humanity—offering a bridge to the future, one where we all benefit from innovation. Each week, Laurie brings you first-hand experiments with new trends, investigations into the darker corners of the internet, and rare-access interviews with both news-making tech titans and the people you don’t know yet—but should. Through immersive, in-depth conversations about the future, she tackles some of the defining questions of our time—leaving you with a sense of agency over fear, and a clearer view of how tech can actually work for you. Mostly Human is tech through the most important lens: the human one. Find new episodes every Thursday right here in this feed, starting March 26, 2026.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
I'm Larie Siegel, and I've spent my career looking around
the corners as been people who are building the future,
not just about technology, but also about humans, folks like
Open Ayes, Sam Altman.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
What happens when it gets smarter than we are? When
do you think that'll.

Speaker 3 (00:16):
Happen in our lifetimes?

Speaker 1 (00:18):
I love technology, I just don't want it to happen
to us. That's why I'm launching Mostly Human, a weekly
podcast that will serve as your bridge to the future.

Speaker 4 (00:28):
Anyone can now be an entrepreneur, anyone can build an app,
and it's very empowering.

Speaker 1 (00:32):
Together we'll look at what's coming next from extraordinary possibilities.
Do you really think you can bring back the wooly Mammot?

Speaker 4 (00:39):
I think that if we're able to accomplish everything that
we want to do. I think you're going into areas
like Alaska and you're seeing healthy populations at Maamas to.

Speaker 1 (00:48):
The darkest corners of innovation.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
This is awesome technology? Is it bad? I want a
deep fake of my sister in law.

Speaker 1 (00:55):
It felt like it was being done to me. Physically.
Tech moves really fast, but on Mostly Human will translate
what this actually means for you what.

Speaker 3 (01:04):
I come to realize is that when people think that
they're dating these AI companion, they're actually dating the companies
that create this.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
Do you think it's okay for people to get therapy
using chat cheep Chief?

Speaker 3 (01:14):
I don't think we have a choice, you know.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
I think the reality is the genius out of the bottle.
We're going to take you to some wild places. I'm
about to go on a date with an AI companion
at a real world cafe right here in New York
City and raise the red flags before anyone else does.

Speaker 3 (01:32):
It felt like the AI was stocking me.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
We're protecting your identity today because AI was obsessed with you.
We're experiencing one of the most extraordinary tech accelerations in
human history, and you deserve to benefit from all of it.
Who's winning humans are AI?

Speaker 2 (01:50):
We have to make it so a humans win.

Speaker 1 (01:52):
My promise for you is we will always look at
tech through the most important lens, the human one.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
The thing that keeps us all human, and the thing
that really matters for our mental health, for our groundedness
up until this point at least, for the evolution of
our species, is the way we connect with one another.

Speaker 1 (02:10):
Listen to mostly Humans starting March twenty sixth, on the
iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you get your favorite shows.