Ep. 26: They're queering AI and transing mosquitoes

Halloween has come early this year; Today we're talking "Rocky Horror" discourse and a newly-announced TV adaptation of the horror novel "Manhunt." We also discuss scientists turning the freakin' mosquitos trans, and Grindr training a gay AI chatbot by making it watch hundreds of hours of "Rupaul's Drag Race." And perhaps the scariest part of all...Kidz Bop is covering Chappell Roan.Follow BICONIC on Instagram and TikTok.Follow your hosts Megan and Grace.Sources:“Scientists Are Turning Mosquitoes “Trans” So They Can Fight Malaria” by Abby Monteil, Them“Lilly Wachowski is turning Gretchen Felker-Martin's Manhunt into a TV show” by William Hughes, AV Club“Yes, Rocky Horror Is Transphobic. Why Do We Still Like It So Much?” by Fran Tirado and Samantha Allen, Them“‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ creator says trans women ‘can’t be women’” by Mariah Cooper, Washington Blade“Bending Over Backwards: An Introduction to the Issue of Trans Woman-Inclusion” by Julia Serano“Charli XCX Spent Her Brat Summer Secretly Filming a Movie With Jeremy O. Harris” by James Factora, Them “Charli XCX’s Secret Movie Revealed: How the Pop Star, Jeremy O. Harris and Director Pete Ohs Shot ‘Erupcja’ During ‘Brat’ Summer (EXCLUSIVE)” by Angelique Jackson, Variety“Grindr Aims to Build the Dating World’s First AI ‘Wingman’” by Belle Lin, The Wall Street Journal Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.