Hour 3: Robot Writers & Sentient Sedans | 03-05-26

Welcome to another wildly unpredictable hour of The Other Side of Midnight with Lionel. In this episode, Lionel dives deep into the psychology of fear, questioning why adults willingly terrify themselves with horror classics like Dracula and The Exorcist. Things get weird when caller Toni reveals her bizarre Florida living situation: since bear spray is illegal, she deals with a garbage-eating black bear named "Teddy". The show then takes a hard left turn into the terrifying rise of Artificial Intelligence. Lionel sounds the alarm on AI-generated journalism, questions whether President Biden is using an "auto-pen" to forge legislation, and marvels at a new Chinese electric hypercar that literally uses a sofa for a cockpit. Throw in some incredibly chaotic listener calls—including a self-proclaimed male prostitute driving with his hazard lights on to avoid AI spies, and a supposed hostage situation involving a merchant seaman—and you've got a classic, unfiltered hour of late-night radio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices