AI Band Sparks Backlash, China Goes Cashless, What Makes Someone Cool?

2025-07-01

In the first part of today’s show, we looked at Spotify’s breakout band The Velvet Sundown, which appears to be AI-generated — and fans aren’t thrilled. Then we asked what really makes someone cool in the eyes of science. Finally, we explored how physical currency has almost vanished from daily life in China. Today’s unpopular opinion was: It’s time for physical currency to disappear. In the second half of the show, we asked 100 humans to name a place where you still use physical ca...

In the first part of today’s show, we looked at Spotify’s breakout band The Velvet Sundown, which appears to be AI-generated — and fans aren’t thrilled. Then we asked what really makes someone cool in the eyes of science. Finally, we explored how physical currency has almost vanished from daily life in China.

Today’s unpopular opinion was: It’s time for physical currency to disappear.

In the second half of the show, we asked 100 humans to name a place where you still use physical cash. Later, we saw that San Francisco employers are hiring etiquette coaches for Gen Z and wondered why China’s humanoid robots are getting more football excitement than actual athletes.

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