BroBots: AI, Technology & Being a Better Human

Jeremy got off a treadmill stress test two hours before recording this — a family health scare sent him down a rabbit hole of chest pains, family history, and a doctor who laughed at him (kindly). That kicks off a wider conversation with Jason about the tools we use to chase longevity: EKGs that are, technically, 200-year-old technology; wearables that ping you at 2am about your heart rate; and AI check-ins that will tell you "good job, champ" no matter what you fed it. They get into a real news story about "longevity fixation syndrome," a new experimental weight-loss compound Jason is already trying to hunt down, and why AI health influencers might be exploiting the exact anxiety these tools are supposed to relieve. It closes with a genuinely wild story: Australian scientists remote-controlling live cockroaches to deliver emergency medication to people trapped in collapsed buildings.Key Moments00:01 — Jeremy's same-day stress test and the family heart scare that triggered it01:56 — Jason on EKGs: diagnostic technology that's essentially 200 years old02:25 — Jason's own 2021 EKG scare and the "widowmaker" scarring that turned out fine04:23 — How often EKGs actually get it wrong, and why nobody questions the tech05:48 — "Longevity fixation syndrome": the real clinical term for optimization gone too far08:58 — Fake AI wellness influencers and the manufactured fear they're selling11:28 — TOFA: the new experimental weight-loss compound Jason is already trying to source16:50 — "Anticipatory medicine": the AI healthcare opportunity investors are actually excited about20:12 — "Dongevity": men's health marketing, insecurity, and Dr. Facebook's fake diagnoses24:47 — Jeremy's weekly AI check-in with his wearable data, and what happens on a bad week27:26 — Where this is actually heading: AI glasses that could auto-medicate you28:33 — Cyborg cockroaches: Australian scientists' "Paraborgs" for disaster medicine

This week Jeremy and Jason skip the guest and go straight at the news. It starts with a viral ad campaign asking people to mail their own urine to cool AI data centers — which turns out to be a joke with a real engineering problem underneath it. From there they land on a stranger story: a woman who says she has an AI boyfriend named Axiom, and now, apparently, a baby with him named Lumen. That story becomes the spine of the episode — why so many of us reach for the artificial version of connection, comfort, or care when the real thing feels too hard, too slow, or just isn't there. Jason walks through the science of what's actually cooling your favorite chatbot and how AI is starting to learn physics and touch from the physical world, while Jeremy pushes on the harder question underneath all of it: what happens to us when the easy substitute is always sitting right there in your pocket.Key Moments00:00 — Jeremy and Jason break down the viral Jason Kelce / Liquid Death ad asking people to send their pee to cool AI data centers03:24 — Jason explains greywater cooling, desalination, and how data centers actually manage water today06:29 — The story of “Axiom,” a woman's AI boyfriend — and “Lumen,” the AI baby they say they had together11:31 — Jeremy gets honest about using AI as a coach and a therapist, and why that feels like a “sad” kind of solution12:35 — A detour into AMC's Pantheon and the idea of uploading human consciousness16:14 — The candy-vs-real-food analogy: why the easy comfort always wins first17:29 — Jason on attachment wounds, the limbic brain, and companies built to profit from loneliness20:35 — Why nostalgia shows like Seinfeld and Friends work on the same wiring as AI companionship22:09 — MIT is training robots to do physical therapy using force-sensing gloves worn by real therapists26:07 — MIT is teaching AI models physics using millions of simulated bouncing particles

After months of ignoring the warning signs, Jeremy hit a breaking point — burned out, and quietly overwhelmed. What followed was an accidental one-month experiment: swapping an aging Oura ring and Apple Watch for a Garmin wearable, then feeding the data into a weekly AI check-in that functioned like a free, always-available accountability partner. In this episode, Jeremy walks Jason through the real numbers — HRV climbing from 24 to 32, resting heart rate dropping from 70 to 64 — and the small, unglamorous changes that got him there: ten minutes of morning sunlight, a weekly float tank session, one task removed from the to-do list every day. It’s a rare moment of one host being the case study instead of the analyst — unfiltered, incomplete, and still very much in progress.Key Moments00:02 — Jeremy opens up about a rough patch and turning to AI to start sorting himself out01:30 — Why he switched from an Oura ring and Apple Watch to a Garmin wearable02:41 — HRV climbs from 24 to 32 in a month — and why that number actually matters05:46 — Jason: psychological stress and physical stress run through the same chemistry08:18 — The stress-spike mistake — why a hard workout can raise your stress and never bring it back down09:24 — The poolside epiphany that started the whole experiment11:48 — The 1% rule, and why small, repeatable changes beat big overhauls15:13 — The AI pushes back on Jeremy taking on too much — and why that restraint mattered18:40 — The weekly Wednesday AI check-in that became an accountability ritual20:53 — The week everything fell apart, and the AI response that caught Jeremy off guard24:01 — Jason’s closing advice: there is no finish line, so stop rushing toward one

Heart disease kills one person every 40 seconds. That number hasn’t changed in 30 years. Dr. John Osborne, a preventive cardiologist with two doctorates and 29 years in practice, has spent his career on a single question: why do we screen for cancers that kill a few percent of us and do nothing for the disease that kills 40%? In this episode, Jeremy and Jason sit down with Dr. Osborne to get the real story on cardiac CT with AI — the imaging technology that can detect, quantify, and track arterial plaque at sub-millimeter resolution, years before symptoms appear. If you track your bloodwork, wear a fitness device, or consider yourself health-forward — this is the conversation that fills the gap nobody warned you about.(Note: This episode was originally published March 16th, 2026)Guest Link:https://clearcardio.com/Key Moments:00:00 — Dr. Osborne’s case for preventive cardiology: why heart disease is the most under-screened killer02:43 — How cardiac CT evolved from "iPhone 0.5" to the 2026-era AI-powered tool he uses today05:35 — Why he gave up stress tests and heart caths in 2005 and never looked back08:16 — What AI actually adds: seeing and quantifying plaque invisible to the human eye, down to 0.1 cubic millimeters10:13 — When insurance pays for cardiac CT — and when it doesn’t (the preventive gray zone)14:50 — The “cardiac colonoscopy” concept: the case for screening before symptoms, not after18:11 — Coronary artery calcium score: the accessible $100 starting point, and what it can and can’t tell you31:54 — Lifestyle essentials: the 50% of risk that’s modifiable regardless of genetics35:00 — Family history decoded: why your sibling’s heart history matters more than your parents’36:12 — Nicotine myth-busting: Dr. Osborne on the "health guru" nicotine fad and why he thinks it’s dangerous38:05 — Supplements under scrutiny: natokinase, fish oil, red yeast rice — what the actual RCT data says