After years of analog success, lifelong music and media vets Martin and Paul are entering the digital unknown, relying on AI to navigate their unfamiliar environment. Like meat puppets fumbling to please their all-knowing AI overlords, the tech-naive duo will either adapt or become obsolete. Join these plucky, wise-cracking founders as they document the genuine struggles and harebrained antics of using machine learning to launch their startup’s podcast. Will artificially intelligent guides rocket them to digital disruption? Or will the learning curve squash their scrappy moxie? Stay tuned for the triumphant failures of two savvy dinosaurs striving to evolve on The Meat Puppets.

Disclaimer
The Meat Puppets podcast is for entertainment purposes only. Hosts Martin Riley and Paul Billington are experienced media professionals but they are not experts in law, AI or any topics discussed on the show. Listeners should not construe their personal opinions or banter as professional legal advice. All business decisions should be made based on your own independent research and assessment of risks. While delivered with good humour, the hosts make no guarantees about accuracy of any content in this podcast. Listen at your own discretion!

Equipment Used
(Prices as of Aug 2023 - we don’t get any money from any of these links, we’re not associated in anyway, we’re just sharing what we use)

Rode PodMic USB - £199 https://rode.com/en/microphones/usb/podmic-usb 
Any Phone, Computer or Tablet with USBC and wireless / mobile internet £200 upwards
Sennheiser HD 25 Headphone £120 (Although any will do really - we’re just a bit snobby) - https://en-uk.sennheiser.com/on-ear-dj-headphone-hd25 

Web Services used
Soundcloud £FREE - Currently on the free tier -  https://soundcloud.com/
ChatGPT £FREE/20/month (although we’re using it less and less) https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt
Claude 2 £FREE https://claude.ai/ 
Cleanfeed £FREE/25/month (Although free tier would be fine) https://cleanfeed.net/
Google Apps £FREE/5/Month/per user https://workspace.google.com/ 

Software Tools Used
DeScript £FREE/20/Month (Free would be fine) https://www.descript.com/ 
Davinci Resolve 18.5 £FREE/245 for studio version (Although we’re not really using any more)  https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/uk/products/davinciresolve/studio
Adobe Media Encoder £15/Month but you don’t really need it

The Meat Puppets Podcast