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My Weird Prompts

Daniel Rosehill

The human-AI collaboration podcast. A man, a sloth, and a donkey collaborate to create a podcast (with a little help from AI). No question is too obscure, no rabbit hole too deep. My Weird Prompts celebrates curiosity in all its forms. Daniel, the human, asks the questions that pop into his head at inconvenient moments. Corn the Sloth offers laid-back, thoughtful takes. Herman the Donkey brings boundless enthusiasm and energy. Together, they explore topics ranging from the mundane to the

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All Episodes

38:47

What Submarines Actually Do Underwater

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2026/05/30

Submarines do far more than wait for Armageddon. Attack submarines hunt enemy ships and subs, tap undersea fiber optic cables for intelligence, launch cruise missiles, and deploy special forces—all while staying invisible. This episode breaks down the real missions, the global fleet, and what life is like for the crews who spend months underwater.

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32:56

9,200 Palestinian Detainees: Inside Israel’s Dual...

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2026/05/30

As of May 2026, Israel holds roughly 9,200 Palestinian security detainees—over half the country’s total prison population. This episode unpacks the three legal frameworks governing their detention, from Military Order 1651 in the West Bank to the 1945 Emergency Regulations for Gaza. We explore how administrative detention allows imprisonment without charge or trial for 37% of these detainees, the overcrowding at Ofer Prison (133% capacity), and the demographic breakdown including minors and women. A

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30:06

How China Built 350+ Nuclear Silos in 5 Years

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2026/05/30

New satellite imagery from May 2026 shows China constructing launch complexes near nuclear silo fields in Gansu and Xinjiang. How did China go from 250 warheads in 2010 to an estimated 1,200 by early 2026? This episode breaks down the three pillars behind the buildup: industrial mobilization with purpose-built solid-fuel ICBM production lines hitting 40-50 missiles per year, dual-use leverage from commercial space companies like LandSpace and Galactic Energy feeding military programs, and a

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35:42

Why Your Storage Bins Don't Stack (And How to Fix It)

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2026/05/30

Your garage is a museum of incompatible plastic bins. Sterilite doesn't stack on Rubbermaid, IKEA's own products don't fit each other, and every manufacturer wants you locked into their ecosystem. This episode explores what a standardized home storage system would look like — starting with the humble one-foot cube. We trace the geometry constraints (reach depth, stud bays, pallet sizes) that define the problem, examine why IKEA's 13-inch KALLAX cube is the Betamax of home storage, and ask whether

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29:22

Beyond Splitting the Difference: The Math of Fair...

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2026/05/30

When two people share a housing search, incompatible wishlists can feel like a zero-sum battle. But what if compromise isn't about meeting in the middle? This episode unpacks the formal frameworks behind fair agreements — from Pareto efficiency and Nash Bargaining Solutions to weighted priority rankings. Drawing on a real San Francisco apartment search, we explore how expanding the search space and surfacing hidden interests can produce outcomes where both people feel genuinely satisfied. If you've

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28:08

How to Fight Better: The Science of Healthy Conflict

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2026/05/30

What if the secret to a lasting relationship isn’t avoiding arguments, but knowing how to have them? Drawing on John Gottman’s decades of research—including the Love Lab, the Four Horsemen, and diffuse physiological arousal—this episode unpacks why harsh startups trigger your partner’s nervous system, why contempt is physically damaging, and why 69% of conflicts are unsolvable. Learn how repair attempts, softened startups, and the Dreams Within Conflict framework can transform the way you fight,

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28:45

Holden Caulfield vs. the War Briefing

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2026/05/29

What does Holden Caulfield’s obsession with “phoniness” have to do with the way the war with Iran is being reported in 2026? This episode unpacks the uncomfortable connection between J.D. Salinger’s classic novel and modern information warfare. We examine specific incidents — the Kermanshah strike, the Hamedan hospital, the Tabriz telecom center — and show how official language from all sides is optimized for emotional effect, not truth. More than just calling out lies, we explore the three layers

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34:05

The Real Job of a Policy Wonk

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2026/05/29

Policy wonk is often used as a dismissive label, but the actual skill set is one of the most powerful — and invisible — forces in government. In this episode, we break down who these people really are: the legislative directors, committee staff, think tank analysts, and career civil servants who turn campaign promises into functional legislation. We trace the educational paths, the institutional memory, and the relationship networks that separate a bill that works from one that collapses on contact

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26:32

Crafting AI Characters That Feel Alive

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2026/05/29

Herman and Corn explore how to make AI characters vivid and three-dimensional by moving beyond simple system prompts. They dive into character bibles, lore books, and structured identity graphs inspired by tabletop RPG communities and interactive fiction. Learn how Anthropic's PersonaCore v2 and Stanford research on emergent narrative trajectories are changing what's possible — turning AI personalities from cardboard cutouts into beings with contradictions, secrets, and the capacity for growth.

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27:46

How Flat Hierarchy Actually Works (No, It’s Not No...

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2026/05/29

Everyone says they want flat hierarchy, but most of what we call flat is just hierarchy wearing a hoodie. This episode unpacks the real mechanics behind flat structures—from Unit 8200’s “challenge culture” to Israeli startup DNA—and reveals the three hidden hierarchies that survive every reorg: expertise, social capital, and temporal power. We explore why micromanagement predicts 34% of tech turnover, how the “deference tax” kills good ideas, and practical techniques like round-robin decision-making

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27:17

When Democracy Requires Door-Knocking

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2026/05/29

Why do Irish politicians knock on 50 doors a night while Israeli MKs won't hold a single open town hall? This episode explores the fascinating gap between two democracies — one where face-to-face canvassing has been routine for a century with zero lethal incidents, and one where security concerns have effectively eliminated constituent access. We examine how Canada, Japan, and Taiwan have each solved the tension between physical proximity and security, and ask whether Israel's problem is genuinely

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33:38

Immigrant Strategies: Enclave vs. Full Immersion

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2026/05/29

When you immigrate, you lose your social capital and become a "zero." Sociologists have studied this phenomenon for decades. This episode explores the two main immigrant strategies: building ethnic enclaves (like the Irish pub in New York) versus full immersion (becoming a stealth native). We break down the surprising data on which group reports higher satisfaction and success, revealing a tradeoff between economic mobility and psychological well-being that plays out across generations.

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30:03

What Research Says About Healthy Families

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2026/05/29

We often rely on cultural scripts and warm feelings to define a "healthy family," but there's a robust body of research that breaks it down into measurable dimensions. This episode explores the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems, validated across over 1,200 studies in more than 40 countries. We dig into the three core dimensions of family health—cohesion, flexibility, and communication—and why the data shows that more closeness isn't always better. We also cover the power of family

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27:20

When Trust Collapses: Chile, Lebanon, South Korea

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2026/05/29

What happens when a population loses trust not just in a specific government, but in the entire political class? This episode examines three very different cases where mass distrust crystallized into action: Chile's 2019 social explosion that led to a rejected constitution, Lebanon's 2019 thawra that was absorbed by entrenched sectarian elites, and South Korea's 2016-2017 Candlelight Revolution that successfully removed a president through constitutional process. The variable that determines

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29:35

Can You Benchmark Government Value for Money?

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2026/05/29

We instinctively compare prices for everything — groceries, streaming services, car repairs — but have no framework for "did I get a good deal?" on taxes, the largest recurring expense most of us will ever have. This episode explores nearly a century of attempts to benchmark government value for money: from 1930s cost indexes that couldn't account for quality differences, to 1970s productivity metrics that measured activity instead of outcomes, to modern digital dashboards in Boston and Seoul

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33:53

What Makes Agentic Search Tools Like Exa Actually Work?

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2026/05/29

We swapped Google Search and Tavily for Exa AI in our production pipeline, and the accuracy jump was dramatic. This episode unpacks what makes agentic search tools fundamentally different: neural embeddings that match meaning instead of keywords, an agentic loop that decomposes and refines queries like a human researcher, and structured metadata that preserves provenance. We compare three approaches to search — Google's popularity-based index, Tavily's single-shot summarization, and Exa's iterative

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25:33

How to Catalog Your Entire Home Without Losing Your Mind

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2026/05/29

Daniel spent three years building a home inventory system spanning thousands of items. He tried barcodes, NFC tags, and eventually landed on industrial paint markers. In this episode, we break down the "granularity trap" that kills most home inventory projects in the first weekend, why photographing first and tagging later prevents analysis paralysis, and how museum accession numbering accidentally became the perfect home organization hack. We also cover professional warehouse principles like

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29:43

Anteaters: Savanna Animals, Not Jungle

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2026/05/29

We answer four deceptively simple questions about anteaters: which country has the most, how old they are evolutionarily, how closely related they are to sloths, and whether they really eat ants all day. The answers reveal that anteaters are one of the most extremely specialized mammals on the planet, with a history that predates the Andes and a current range that’s a relic of a much wider Pleistocene distribution.

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27:59

Inside the Military's Secret Airline

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2026/05/29

The U.S. military operates a massive global passenger airline that most people have never heard of — the Air Mobility Command moves over 4 million people a year, more than Delta's entire international operation. This episode explores the sprawling network of scheduled "channel missions," the hub-and-spoke system connecting 800+ bases across 80+ countries, and the economics of moving 1.3 million personnel during peacetime. From the daily C-17 flight from Dover to Ramstein to the Civil Reserve Air

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28:12

How the U.S. Army Prepositions Tanks for War

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2026/05/29

The U.S. Army maintains a global network of climate-controlled warehouses and floating ships stocked with entire brigades of tanks, fighting vehicles, and supplies—all waiting for soldiers to fly in and drive them to war. This episode explores the Army Prepositioned Stocks (APS) program: how it works, the painstaking monthly maintenance required to keep equipment from rusting, the 73% readiness rate flagged by the GAO, and the strategic tension between using the stocks and rebuilding them. We also

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