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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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27:44

How to Pick Safety Glasses That Actually Protect You

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2026/05/17

Every year, 30,000 Americans visit the ER for home workshop eye injuries — most from a split-second decision to skip the glasses. This episode breaks down the actual rating system that matters (ANSI Z87.1+ and why the plus is non-negotiable), the difference between permanent anti-fog coatings and wipe-on treatments that degrade, and the specific checklist glasses-wearers need to check for fit-over goggles: depth clearance, dual-material seals, and indirect ventilation. Plus: why engraving poses a

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29:17

Correlation Beyond Pearson: 5 Techniques You Need

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2026/05/17

Most people learn Pearson's r in week one of statistics and then get it wrong for the rest of their career. This episode breaks down the full spectrum of correlation analysis — from the classic Pearson, Spearman, and Kendall measures through partial correlation for controlling confounders, distance correlation for detecting any dependence at all, and canonical correlation analysis for multi-variable sets. We cover the pitfalls of outliers, the lurking variable problem, and why you should always plot

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39:56

How Deweathering Reveals Shabbat's True Air Quality...

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2026/05/17

Daniel dug through seven million air pollution data points from Israel’s Ministry of Environmental Protection and found something counterintuitive: controlling for weather makes the Shabbat effect on air pollution *more* pronounced, not less. This episode explores how deweathering (meteorological normalization) actually works, why it reveals the true emissions signal from human activity, and how natural phenomena like Saharan dust, biogenic VOCs, and stratospheric ozone intrusions set a baseline

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33:51

Nuclear's Surprising Role in Clean Energy

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2026/05/17

Nuclear energy provides only nine percent of the world's electricity — but that modest share represents a quarter of all carbon-free power on the planet. In this episode, we break down the surprising numbers: which countries run on nuclear, how reactor safety has transformed since Chernobyl, and why the coal-to-nuclear transition might be the most practical path to decarbonization. We also tackle the speed-versus-scale debate — whether building new reactors in a decade makes sense when solar and

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33:04

Israel-Greece-Cyprus: The Alliance That Outlasted Its...

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2026/05/17

The trilateral alliance between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus looks almost too neat on a map — three countries that, on paper, shouldn't necessarily be this close. But as this episode explores, they've converged around interests so mutually reinforcing that the alliance almost built itself. The starting point was eastern Mediterranean gas fields like Leviathan and Tamar, which led to the now-dormant EastMed pipeline project. But when that pipeline died, the cooperation didn't — it shifted to the

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31:11

Are Most Chinese People Actually Atheist?

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2026/05/17

Most Western assumptions about religion in China are wrong. While the Communist Party is officially atheist, Pew Research data shows that only about 14% of Chinese adults identify as convinced atheists. Meanwhile, 73% believe in some form of supernatural entity — gods, spirits, ancestors, or forces like fate and karma. This episode unpacks the messy reality: hundreds of millions practice folk religion and ancestor veneration, the state manages five officially recognized religions through patriotic

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27:20

How China Controls Foreign Critics and Domestic Media

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2026/05/17

Does China actually block foreigners who've criticized the Communist Party from entering the country? Yes — and the mechanism is more systematic than most people realize. This episode unpacks the opaque visa blacklist system, the three-layer structure of China's domestic media controls, and how two million content moderators keep the parallel internet clean. We explore why outlets like Caixin can publish tough investigative stories while never touching the red-line topics, and what the blank paper

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29:24

How China Cut Air Pollution 65% in a Decade

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2026/05/17

In 2013, Beijing's PM2.5 hit 800 micrograms per cubic meter during the infamous "airpocalypse." By 2025, that number dropped to 32 — a 65% reduction. But is China's air actually clean now? This episode unpacks the real story behind China's "war on pollution": how Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen achieved some of the fastest air quality improvements ever recorded, while industrial cities like Linfen and rural areas still struggle. We break down the numbers, the monitoring controversies, and why the

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29:18

When Iran Recruits Your Iran Experts

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2026/05/16

Former DIA contractor Melanie Witt just pled guilty to sharing highly classified information with Iranian intelligence — including the identities, locations, and activities of US intelligence officers and sources. This episode unpacks the damage: burned case officers, compromised source networks, and a chilling effect on recruitment that could last a generation. We also explore the psychology of ideological defection — how deep cultural expertise, rather than inoculating analysts against

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29:37

How Polls Actually Make Samples "Representative

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2026/05/16

When a poll says "margin of error ±3%," that number only captures sampling error — not the real-world mess of non-response bias, weighting assumptions, and demographic guesswork. In this episode, we break down how modern polling actually constructs representative samples: from random-digit dialing's collapse to address-based sampling, from demographic weighting to the "assumption of ignorability" that makes or breaks a survey. Along the way, we explore what 2016's polling miss taught us about

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33:25

China's Invisible Megacities: Linyi, Yiwu, and More

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2026/05/16

You know Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. But what about Linyi—an 11-million-person logistics hub that ships your cheap online orders? Or Yiwu, the tiny city that produces 60% of the world's Christmas decorations? This episode explores China's "invisible megacities": second- and third-tier urban centers with populations that would make them the largest city in most European countries, yet remain almost totally obscure outside China. We break down the Yicai tier system, visit manufacturing clusters

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30:49

Why Israel's Negev Desert Stays Empty Despite Being...

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2026/05/16

The Negev desert covers over half of Israel's land but houses just 8% of the population. With Tel Aviv apartments costing nearly a million dollars, the obvious solution seems to be building south. But water pumping costs 3-4x more than coastal cities, the IDF's "Move South" plan failed to relocate families, and unresolved Bedouin land claims complicate every development proposal. This episode unpacks the real bottlenecks — from infrastructure economics to the gravitational pull of Tel Aviv — that

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32:33

Can You Really Live in a Building With a Pub, Gym,...

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2026/05/16

What if you could pay one monthly subscription and get housing, food, a gym, a coworking space, and a pub — all under one roof? It sounds like a student fever dream, but companies have burned hundreds of millions trying to make it work. In this episode, we explore the extreme end of co-living, from the rise and fall of startups like Common to the failed economics of all-in dining subscriptions. We look at why the luxury version thrives (Soho House) while the budget version remains impossible, why

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36:19

Can a Subscription Restaurant Actually Work?

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2026/05/16

What if you could pay a monthly fee and just show up at a restaurant whenever you wanted — no cooking, no dishes, no grocery shopping? It sounds like a dream, but the economics are brutal. In this episode, we trace the history of subscription eating from 18th-century Parisian tables d'hôte to modern attempts like MealPass and EAT Club, unpack why gym-style memberships don't translate to food, and run the actual numbers on what it would take to open a subscription restaurant in a city like Jerusalem,

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34:41

Pottage, Cholent, and the Eternal Pot

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2026/05/16

Everyone thinks they know pottage — the gray, miserable gruel of history books and Oliver Twist. But the real story is richer, stranger, and still simmering today. This episode traces the thousand-year history of "what's in the pot," from the perpetual stews of Normandy that ran for centuries to the grain-and-bean nutrition that kept Europe alive. Then comes the connection: Jewish Shabbat cooking — cholent, hamin, dafina — preserved and perfected the technique the rest of the world abandoned. We

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35:11

China's Special Puzzle Pieces: Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan

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2026/05/16

What's the actual relationship between China and its three "special puzzle pieces"? This episode unpacks the distinct arrangements for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan — from the legal framework of "one country, two systems" to the Hong Kong National Security Law, the quiet stability of Macau, and the fundamental sovereignty dispute with Taiwan. We explore how each territory's status has evolved, what's at stake financially and politically, and why the next two decades are critical.

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32:21

Measuring Hidden Opinions in Iran and China

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2026/05/16

How do you measure public sentiment when the state controls the information environment and people fear honest answers? This episode explores the surprisingly robust data coming out of Iran through GAMAAN's digital snowball sampling, which found only 15% of Iranians support the Islamic Republic as a system of government. Then we turn to China, where the measurement problem is even harder. Through academic surveys, the Asian Barometer, World Values Survey, and clever list experiments that provide

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39:16

How Flight Attendants Master the Galley

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2026/05/16

Ever wonder how flight attendants keep track of everything in a space the size of a bathroom, serving hundreds of people with meals, medical kits, oxygen, and duty-free goods — and almost never run out of anything? This episode dives into the surprisingly sophisticated system behind the aircraft galley. We explore par levels, predictive catering models, modular storage units from Atlas and MAPCO, and the continuous feedback loop that adjusts inventory flight by flight. Plus, we contrast the

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31:28

What Happens to Jerusalem's Unsorted Trash?

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2026/05/16

Most cities ask you to separate your recycling. Jerusalem asks you to throw everything into one bin. This episode goes inside Israel's industrial-scale materials recovery facilities to understand the bet that centralized sorting can outperform millions of households. We walk through the trommel screens, optical sorters, and wet-mechanical treatment plants that process 3.2 million tons of mixed waste a year — and ask whether this counterintuitive system is a quiet engineering triumph or a convenient

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29:48

What CERN Actually Does: Beyond the Big Ring

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2026/05/14

CERN is far more than "the place with the big ring." It's a treaty organization founded in 1954 to rebuild European science after WWII, now run by 24 member states with a core budget of 1.3 billion Swiss francs. This episode breaks down who actually runs CERN, how the membership tiers work, what the four major LHC experiments are hunting for, and where the enterprise is headed with its next machine. We also cover the grid computing infrastructure, the antimatter program, and the institutional

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