FULL EPISODE: Fruit Fly Brain Playing Doom - September 17, 2026

The show opens with technology analyst Carmi Levy on It's Time for Technology Time covering the following stories: Authorities say Waymo pulled over and called cops on juvenile riders who had a ghost gun; LG denies accusations of their smart TVs continuously recording users; Researchers mapped a fruit fly brain and then software engineers got it to play Doom; and Anthropic CEO says the AI industry needs to slow down for safety measures to catch up. Crisis psychologist Dr. Vanessa Delisle joins David to discuss Suicide Awareness Month and tackle these difficult questions: Are we good at predicting who's at risk? Should we ask ourselves whether we could have done more to help? How can we prevent people from getting to this place? And does suicide affect men, women, and people of varying ages differently? Professor, speaker, and NYT best selling author Dr. Marisa Franco explains what you can do to feel worthy. Senior economics reporter Juliana Kaplan brings up how millennials are in an era of stability stacking and how the side-hustle economy is getting more middle-class. Career prosecutor and author Dr. Wendy Patrick weighs in on when you should text after the first date. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:08) Carmi Levy pt. 1 (10:00) Carmi Levy pt. 2 (20:00) Dr. Vanessa Delisle pt. 1 (30:00) Dr. Vanessa Delisle pt. 2 (39:50) Dr. Marisa Franco (49:50) Juliana Kaplan pt. 1 (59:50) Juliana Kaplan pt. 2 (1:09:50) Dr. Wendy Patrick (1:18:51) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices