We're not just a tech podcast; we're a tech & culture podcast. So today, we’re revisiting the charming and prescient 1999 Disney Channel Original movie Smart House. Directed by the multi-talented Levar Burton, it explores the role of smart home technology on a suburban family from a time when that technology was pure science fiction. It's not only a fun movie, but underneath its G-rated Disney veneer is a movie that has a lot to say about gender, relationships, labor, and the human experience. A major part of the movie is the kids' grappling with the loss of their mother, which hits home for Bridget at this time in her own life. 

 

Bridget recaps the film with Producer Mike to explore what it gets right, what it gets wrong, and what it’s trying to say about technology and the people who use it. 

 

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We're not just a tech podcast; we're a tech &amp; culture podcast. So today, we&rsquo;re revisiting the charming and prescient 1999 Disney Channel Original movie Smart House. Directed by the multi-talented Levar Burton, it explores the role of smart home technology on a suburban family from a time when that technology was pure science fiction. It's not only a fun movie, but underneath its G-rated Disney veneer is a movie that has a lot to say about gender, relationships, labor, and the human experience. A major part of the movie is the kids' grappling with the loss of their mother, which hits home for Bridget at this time in her own life.&nbsp;
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Bridget recaps the film with Producer Mike to explore what it gets right, what it gets wrong, and what it&rsquo;s trying to say about technology and the people who use it.&nbsp;
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Do you like film recap episodes like this? Should we do more of them? Should we never do another? Please let us know what you think, and send movie suggestions! If you&rsquo;re listening on Spotify, you can leave a comment there or email&nbsp; <a href="mailto:hello@tangoti.com">hello@tangoti.com</a>&nbsp;
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Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.

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Disney’s Movie Smart House is a Blueprint for Today’s Tech

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There Are No Girls on the Internet is an independent media company covering tech, power, and who gets left out.

We produce a weekly podcast, viral social content, and in-depth reporting on the tech stories that matter — especially the ones that don't get enough attention.

Host Bridget Todd and her producer Mike have been covering these issues for over decade. Bridget's forthcoming audiobook with Simon & Schuster, Love At First Prompt, explores AI, sex, and intimate relationships. Pre-order it at LoveAtFirstPrompt.ai.

If you found us through our Instagram carousel, welcome! 

Here's everything we covered this week with links to the original reporting:

🔗 A man sued his female JPMorgan boss for sexual coercion. It went viral, AI harassment videos followed, and the lawsuit has since been pulled from court records. AI-generated videos recreating the allegations spread on X before anyone verified a single fact. More on the AI component here.

🔗 Taylor Swift is trademarking her own voice because AI scams are out of control Scammers are using AI-generated versions of celebrities to steal people's personal information — and the platforms aren't stopping it.

🔗 Cops are using Flock surveillance cameras to stalk their exes A new Institute for Justice report found at least 14 cases of police abusing license plate readers to track romantic interests.

🔗 A university destroyed an Asian American scientist's career in a racist federal witch hunt that found nothing Jane Wu's family is speaking out one year after her death and has filed a lawsuit against Northwestern. NBC News coverage here.

🔗 Men built a business turning women's Instagram photos into AI porn — and taught other men how to do it Three Arizona men sold a course teaching subscribers how to scrape and sexualize women's photos. Three women are now suing.

🔗 A new UN report found AI is making online violence against women dramatically worse Nearly a quarter of female journalists surveyed have been diagnosed with anxiety or depression because of it.

🔗 The Oscars just banned AI actors and AI-written scripts from winning awards The Academy's strongest stance yet on AI in film.

🔗 Andrew Tate sued Meta for banning him and lost A federal judge threw out his $50 million lawsuit. The First Amendment doesn't apply to private companies.

🔗 New reporting reveals how close Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein really were Private emails show Epstein was actively coaching Thiel on how to get embedded in Trump world.

🔗 A murder suspect allegedly used ChatGPT to research how to dispose of a body. OpenAI had no comment. Prosecutors allege he asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body three days before two doctoral students went missing.

New to the show? Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and follow Bridget onInstagram | TikTok | YouTube | Bluesky

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There Are No Girls on the Internet is an independent media company covering tech, power, and who gets left out.
We produce a weekly podcast, viral social content, and in-depth reporting on the tech stories that matter &mdash; especially the ones that don't get enough attention.
Host Bridget Todd and her producer Mike have been covering these issues for over decade. Bridget's forthcoming audiobook with Simon &amp; Schuster, Love At First Prompt, explores AI, sex, and intimate relationships. Pre-order it at&nbsp;<a href="http://LoveAtFirstPrompt.ai">LoveAtFirstPrompt.ai</a>.
If you found us through our Instagram carousel, welcome! 
Here's everything we covered this week with links to the original reporting:
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🔗 <a href="https://people.com/jpmorgan-executive-denies-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-from-former-co-worker-later-removed-11964313">A man sued his female JPMorgan boss for sexual coercion. It went viral, AI harassment videos followed, and the lawsuit has since been pulled from court records.</a> AI-generated videos recreating the allegations spread on X before anyone verified a single fact. <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/viral-ai-video-highlights-unproven-allegations-in-lawsuit-against-jpmorgan-executive-on-x-11434919">More on the AI component here.</a>
🔗 <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/business/taylor-swift-trademark-ai-intl">Taylor Swift is trademarking her own voice because AI scams are out of control</a> Scammers are using AI-generated versions of celebrities to steal people's personal information &mdash; and the platforms aren't stopping it.
🔗 <a href="https://ij.org/police-have-reportedly-used-license-plate-readers-to-stalk-romantic-interests-at-least-14-times-in-recent-years/">Cops are using Flock surveillance cameras to stalk their exes</a> A new Institute for Justice report found at least 14 cases of police abusing license plate readers to track romantic interests.
🔗 <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01113-7">A university destroyed an Asian American scientist's career in a racist federal witch hunt that found nothing</a> Jane Wu's family is speaking out one year after her death and has filed a lawsuit against Northwestern. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/northwestern-jane-wu-lab-suicide-lawsuit-rcna217636">NBC News coverage here.</a>
🔗 <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-porn-lawsuit-arizona/">Men built a business turning women's Instagram photos into AI porn &mdash; and taught other men how to do it</a> Three Arizona men sold a course teaching subscribers how to scrape and sexualize women's photos. Three women are now suing.
🔗 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/01/un-warns-women-in-public-life-face-increasingly-sophisticated-online-violence">A new UN report found AI is making online violence against women dramatically worse</a> Nearly a quarter of female journalists surveyed have been diagnosed with anxiety or depression because of it.
🔗 <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/awards/oscars-rule-changes-2026-ai-actors/">The Oscars just banned AI actors and AI-written scripts from winning awards</a> The Academy's strongest stance yet on AI in film.
🔗 <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/meta-sheds-influencer-andrew-tates-lawsuit-over-instagram-ban">Andrew Tate sued Meta for banning him and lost</a> A federal judge threw out his $50 million lawsuit. The First Amendment doesn't apply to private companies.
🔗 <a href="https://jacobin.com/2026/04/epstein-thiel-tech-finance-trump">New reporting reveals how close Peter Thiel and Jeffrey Epstein really were</a> Private emails show Epstein was actively coaching Thiel on how to get embedded in Trump world.
🔗 <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/suspect-murder-florida-college-students-asked-chatgpt-putting-person-d-rcna342211">A murder suspect allegedly used ChatGPT to research how to dispose of a body. OpenAI had no comment.</a> Prosecutors allege he asked ChatGPT about disposing of a body three days before two doctoral students went missing.
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Taylor Swift vs AI Scams; Epstein friendship w Peter Thiel; Andrew Tate loses lawsuit - NEWS ROUNDUP

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This is the second part of a 2-part series, so if you haven’t listened to part 1 (published on April 21, 2026), please listen to that first. In part 1, we explain who Clavicular is, how the media elevated him to national prominence, and why his looksmaxxing ideology is just a new veneer on old tropes of self-harm and white supremacy. 

What happens when a teenage boy spends his formative years on incel forums, starts injecting steroids at 14, hits himself in the face with a hammer in the name of self-improvement, injects his underage girlfriend with unlicensed substances on a live stream — and the response from mainstream media is a New York Times profile and a Fashion Week runway? This week we're digging into looksmaxxing: where it actually came from, what the TikTok version obscured, and why a movement rooted in white supremacist beauty standards got repackaged as self-help. Then we talk about Braden Peters, the influencer known as Clavicular, and make the case that the media didn't just cover his rise — it manufactured it.

 

Let us know what you think by emailing hello@tangoti.com or leaving a comment on Spotify. 

 

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This is the second part of a 2-part series, so if you haven&rsquo;t listened to part 1 (published on April 21, 2026), please listen to that first. In part 1, we explain who Clavicular is, how the media elevated him to national prominence, and why his looksmaxxing ideology is just a new veneer on old tropes of self-harm and white supremacy.&nbsp;
What happens when a teenage boy spends his formative years on incel forums, starts injecting steroids at 14, hits himself in the face with a hammer in the name of self-improvement, injects his underage girlfriend with unlicensed substances on a live stream &mdash; and the response from mainstream media is a New York Times profile and a Fashion Week runway? This week we're digging into looksmaxxing: where it actually came from, what the TikTok version obscured, and why a movement rooted in white supremacist beauty standards got repackaged as self-help. Then we talk about Braden Peters, the influencer known as Clavicular, and make the case that the media didn't just cover his rise &mdash; it manufactured it.
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Let us know what you think by emailing <a href="mailto:hello@tangoti.com">hello@tangoti.com</a> or leaving a comment on Spotify.&nbsp;
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Clavicular, looksmaxxing, and how extremists hijack the algorithm 

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In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed.

 

MrBeast’s Beast Industries Sued by Former Employee Alleging Sexual Harassment and Retaliation; Company Says Suit Is Based on ‘Categorically False Statements’: https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/mrbeast-sued-former-employee-sexual-harassment-retaliation-1236728069/ 

IG video from the plaintiff: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXcvv2xAfcw/  

 

'I think we can all agree we owe Hailey Bieber an apology.' https://www.mamamia.com.au/hailey-bieber-apology/ 

 

The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance Machine

https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/ 

 

This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift ‘Super Dumb’ Men: https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-maga-girls/

 

I Started the Media Men List My name is Moira Donegan: https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/moira-donegan-i-started-the-media-men-list.html

 

'The Comeback' Season 3 review: Lisa Kudrow warns us of the AI apocalypse: https://mashable.com/article/the-comeback-season-3-review-ai

Here’s a few other stories we’re watching:

OpenAI CEO Apologizes for Not Warning Authorities About Mass Shooting Suspect: https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-ceo-deeply-sorry-for-not-warning-authorities-about-mass-shooting

Elon Musk does not appear at hearing in French prosecutors’ X probe: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/musk-summoned-by-french-prosecutor-x-probe-unclear-if-he-will-comply-2026-04-20/Amazon employees say they were told to work as employee lay dead: https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/amazon-employees-forced-work-corpse/

App Stores Push Users Toward Nudify Apps, New Research Shows: https://www.404media.co/app-stores-apple-google-nudify-undress-deepfakes/

Forbes Prediction Market Gamifies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children: https://www.404media.co/forbes-prediction-market-gamefies-story-about-mass-shooting-of-8-children/

Let us know what you think by emailing hello@tangoti.com or leaving a comment on Spotify. 

 

Pre-order Bridget's forthcoming audiobook about AI and intimate relationships at LoveAtFirstPrompt.com ! 

 

Follow Bridget and TANGOTI on social media!  ||  instagram.com/bridgetmarieindc/ || tiktok.com/@bridgetmarieindc ||  youtube.com/@ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet || bsky.app/profile/tangoti.bsky.social

In this week's News Roundup, Bridget and Producer Mike cover the tech news stories you might have missed.
&nbsp;
MrBeast&rsquo;s Beast Industries Sued by Former Employee Alleging Sexual Harassment and Retaliation; Company Says Suit Is Based on &lsquo;Categorically False Statements&rsquo;: <a href="https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/mrbeast-sued-former-employee-sexual-harassment-retaliation-1236728069/">https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/mrbeast-sued-former-employee-sexual-harassment-retaliation-1236728069/</a>&nbsp;
IG video from the plaintiff: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DXcvv2xAfcw/">https://www.instagram.com/p/DXcvv2xAfcw/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
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'I think we can all agree we owe Hailey Bieber an apology.' <a href="https://www.mamamia.com.au/hailey-bieber-apology/">https://www.mamamia.com.au/hailey-bieber-apology/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
The Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden&rsquo;s Surveillance Machine
<a href="https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/">https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-jim-dolan-surveillance-machine/</a>&nbsp;
&nbsp;
This Scammer Used an AI-Generated MAGA Girl to Grift &lsquo;Super Dumb&rsquo; Men: <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-maga-girls/">https://www.wired.com/story/ai-generated-maga-girls/</a>
&nbsp;
I Started the Media Men List My name is Moira Donegan: <a href="https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/moira-donegan-i-started-the-media-men-list.html">https://www.thecut.com/2018/01/moira-donegan-i-started-the-media-men-list.html</a>
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'The Comeback' Season 3 review: Lisa Kudrow warns us of the AI apocalypse: <a href="https://mashable.com/article/the-comeback-season-3-review-ai">https://mashable.com/article/the-comeback-season-3-review-ai</a>
Here&rsquo;s a few other stories we&rsquo;re watching: OpenAI CEO Apologizes for Not Warning Authorities About Mass Shooting Suspect: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-ceo-deeply-sorry-for-not-warning-authorities-about-mass-shooting">https://www.pcmag.com/news/openai-ceo-deeply-sorry-for-not-warning-authorities-about-mass-shooting </a>Elon Musk does not appear at hearing in French prosecutors&rsquo; X probe: <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/musk-summoned-by-french-prosecutor-x-probe-unclear-if-he-will-comply-2026-04-20/">https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/musk-summoned-by-french-prosecutor-x-probe-unclear-if-he-will-comply-2026-04-20/</a>Amazon employees say they were told to work as employee lay dead: https://www.newsnationnow.com/business/amazon-employees-forced-work-corpse/
App Stores Push Users Toward Nudify Apps, New Research Shows: <a href="https://www.404media.co/app-stores-apple-google-nudify-undress-deepfakes/">https://www.404media.co/app-stores-apple-google-nudify-undress-deepfakes/</a>
Forbes Prediction Market Gamifies Story About Mass Shooting of 8 Children: https://www.404media.co/forbes-prediction-market-gamefies-story-about-mass-shooting-of-8-children/
Let us know what you think by emailing <a href="mailto:hello@tangoti.com">hello@tangoti.com</a> or leaving a comment on Spotify.&nbsp;
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Pre-order Bridget's forthcoming audiobook about AI and intimate relationships at <a href="http://loveatfirstprompt.com">LoveAtFirstPrompt.com</a> !&nbsp;
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MrBeast Under Fire; Hailey Bieber Dogpile; “Emily Hart” and the AI MAGA scam  – NEWS ROUNDUP 

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