{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a072b76d98ee73f632bbed6/6a561cb3659a63f69c96cce8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Minions, God and AI climate anxiety","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a072b76d98ee73f632bbed6/1784027946978-09997400-59b0-4edf-a460-65c568528e83.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Welcome to Touching Grass, where two extremely online people attempt to explain internet discourse to people sensible enough to spend their time offline. This week James Ball manages to link the new Minions movie to questioning the meaning of God, and Lucy Reade discusses how climate anxiety around AI might be more of a moral panic than we think.</p><p><br></p><p>Minions links:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/raissaverso/status/2052464875356532743\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/raissaverso/status/2052464875356532743</a> <a href=\"https://www.polygon.com/minions-questions-do-minions-reproduce-can-they-die-did-they-work-for-hitler/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.polygon.com/minions-questions-do-minions-reproduce-can-they-die-did-they-work-for-hitler/</a> <a href=\"https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2072809128918213119\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/EndymionYT/status/2072809128918213119</a> <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DalTgM2mPAK/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/p/DalTgM2mPAK/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>AI links:</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/rayxkilli/status/2074958811874418989?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/rayxkilli/status/2074958811874418989?s=20</a></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/metajiini_klen/status/1983676664354669054?s=20\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://x.com/metajiini_klen/status/1983676664354669054?s=20</a></p><p><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@zahra.earthh/video/7640892713721679117?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7629351219308676630\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiktok.com/@zahra.earthh/video/7640892713721679117?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc&amp;web_id=7629351219308676630</a></p><p><br></p><p>Presented by James Ball and Lucy Reade</p><p><br></p><p>Produced by Matt Withers</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe to <em>The New World</em> for just £5 for five weeks <a href=\"https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/subscribe/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a></p>","author_name":"The New World"}