Robot or Not

A fortnightly podcast in which Jason Snell asks John Siracusa to rule on the meaning of various words and concepts. It’s not just about robots anymore.

Robot or Not was inspired by Steve Lutz attempting to draft the dance The Robot on the Robot Draft episode. Jason allowed this. John was outraged. Out of this outrage, a podcast was born. John suggested that the podcast would start with simple concepts such as, "Is love a robot?" In fact, the podcast began with a digression about "Mr. Roboto", the character in the song of the same name.