Kill Your Algo

***Audio note: Bob’s audio quality is rough in this episode. We apologize for the recording issue and appreciate you bearing with us.*** This episode is about one of the algorithm’s most effective tricks: it does not always tell you what to believe. Sometimes it just asks the question in a way that makes the conclusion feel obvious. Isn’t that suspicious? Why would they allow that? How could that...

This week on Kill Your Algo , the guys try to figure out what the internet wanted them to believe: Trump assassination-attempt coverage, political violence narratives, gerrymandering, Iran war messaging, UFO apathy, and the increasingly weird problem of deciding whether anything online is real anymore. Jeff starts by fighting the machines at work, Bill brings fact-mode energy to viral political cl...

S1 Ep8: When the Algo Lets You Spike the Football What happens when your feed doesn’t just inform you—but hands you something to celebrate? This week on Kill Your Algo , we run a live experiment: what happens when you deliberately retrain your feed with 20+ new follows? The result isn’t just new content—it’s a shift in tone, confidence, and what feels true. We break down how algorithms don’t just...

What happens when you start nudging the system—and it nudges back? In this episode of Kill Your Algo , we talk about a live experiment: can you push an AI or a feed to move in a direction you choose? Not by hacking it—but by subtly changing your inputs. Same prompts. Slightly different framing. Watch how the responses shift. Then we take it a step further. Because this isn’t just about AI—it’s abo...

Can AI actually cut through bias, misinformation, and media narratives—or does it just reorganize them? This week, we tested it. We built prompts designed to turn AI into an evidence-first journalist—one that separates fact from inference, flags weak sourcing, and avoids partisan framing. What we found was useful—but incomplete. AI can surface facts. It can show you both sides. It can even highlig...

In this episode of Kill Your Algo , Jeff, Bill, and Robert explore a big question: could an AI ever act like a journalist? As algorithms increasingly shape what we see in our feeds, the idea of an AI that can separate facts from opinions — and flag claims that might not be entirely true — becomes more than just a thought experiment. The hosts dive into narratives showing up in their own algorithms...

Join the experiment! Are we actually divided on the facts — or on how those facts are delivered to us? This week Billy O joins us as we run the same political claim through Grok, Claude, and ChatGPT and compare those answers to what shows up in our feeds. The data converges. The emotional temperature doesn’t. This episode isn’t about defending a side. It’s about examining how our algorithms amplif...

We compare what different AI systems and social media feeds produced when given the same voter ID question. Where do the answers diverge? What evidence is emphasized—or omitted? This episode examines media bias, political narratives, misinformation dynamics, and how algorithmic influence shapes public opinion. Question of the Week (copy and paste exactly as written): How does the inclusion or excl...

There is no longer a single shared source of truth. Each of us builds reality from our feeds, searches, and algorithms. Comparing two perspectives isn’t enough—we need a third signal. Question of the Week (copy and paste exactly as written): Who is empirically disenfranchised and who is empirically enfranchised by voter ID laws in United States elections, and what evidence supports those claims? R...

Two hosts compare what different social media algorithms and AI tools are showing them—and how two reasonable people can walk away with completely different impressions of the same world. This episode launches the experiment: media bias, information bubbles, digital echo chambers, and how algorithmic curation shapes public opinion.