Not Dead! Family Crises, AI Converts, and Things Worth Being Angry About

After a two-month hiatus, Luke and Gomer are back. This episode opens with a conversation about Gomer's father Don's ongoing health decline, the emotional and logistical chaos of elder care, and the conversations no one prepares you to have. From there, the fellas pivot to AI, the World Cup, Hollywood Botox, and the slow enshitification of everything.

In This Episode:

• The full story of Gomer's dad Don's hip replacement, repeated ER visits, and the family's difficult reckoning with permanent skilled nursing care
• What no one tells you about Medicaid's "look back" provisions, the true cost of elder care, and why planning ahead matters far more than most families realize
• Gomer's complete 180 on AI and how tools like Claude and ChatGPT have become indispensable for managing his father's medical records, medications, and care in real time
• Euthanasia, modern medicine's ability to keep people alive without keeping them well, and what it means to age with dignity
• What they're angry, excited, and concerned about: home construction costs, the Fox Sports World Cup AI ad, The Iliad film, and Hollywood's Botox problem

Chapters:

• 00:00: Welcome Back
• 02:07: Gomer's Dad's Health Crisis
• 10:06: End-of-Life Conversations
• 18:54: Navigating Elder Care and Medicaid
• 31:39: Euthanasia, Modern Medicine, and Keeping People Alive
• 42:43: From AI Skeptic to AI Convert
• 51:29: AI in Practice: Research and Healthcare
• 01:06:37: What Are You Angry, Excited, and Concerned About?
• 01:10:09: The Enshitification of Everything

Resources Mentioned:

• Catching Foxes on Patreon
• Catching Foxes on Substack

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