The WAWLT Big Comeback After 4 Months Off

About this episode

The podcast returns after a break to discuss recent events in Florida, including AI holograms and a conference.

Florida ain't goin' anywhere! Why Are We Like This is back after an extended break, and we're talking about, well, just a whole slate of goings-on in the Sunshine State during our dark period, picking up with Thomas and David's trip to the Emerge Americas Conference last week and their interaction with some of Miami's new AI hologram ambassadors that will soon be gracing the halls of our finest airport dungeons and half-built soccer stadiums. From the episode: Here's the Mother Jones article Thomas mentioned about the death of the Florida Orange. https://www.motherjones.com/environme... Here's the weird Florida 529 Plan AI commercials that David mentioned. Florida Prepaid | Detective

People in this episode

Hosts: Thomas, David

Topics covered

• Florida news
• AI technology
• Emerge Americas Conference
• holograms
• politics
• soccer stadiums

Keywords

• Florida
• AI holograms
• Emerge Americas
• politics
• soccer stadium
• Mother Jones
• Florida 529 Plan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Emerge Americas Conference, Mother Jones

Products: Florida 529 Plan

Places: Florida, Miami

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