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Issue 23: AI podcast Slop?
Tokenization, LangChain, Podcast AI, Telegram Bots
Mike Murphy
September 12, 2025
🗞️ AI News of The Week: AI Podcast Slop or Future of Podcasting?
5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode.
A startup called Inception Point AI is shaking up podcasting with mass AI-generated shows and sparking major controversy in the ‘podcast universe’. Many in the podcast community think this startup is undermining creators and flooding the podcast directories with AI-generated audio content that is inauthentic and what many have called AI Slop.
Inception Point AI, led by my former boss at Simplecast, Jeanine Wright, is mass-producing podcasts using AI-generated hosts and personalities. According to the article:
The startup creates over 3,000 episodes a week at a cost of around $1 per episode, aiming for scale and profitability through automation and programmatic advertising. With more than 5,000 shows and 10 million downloads since September 2023, the company sees AI podcasts as a new genre rather than a replacement for human hosts, and is experimenting with expanding its AI personalities across social media and short-form video.
👉 5,000 Podcasts. 3,000 Episodes a Week. $1 Cost Per Episode — Behind an AI Start Up’s Plan (Source: Hollywood Reporter)
🧠 AI Term of The Week: Tokenization
Before AI models can “read” your text prompts, they break it into pieces called tokens.
A token might be a word, part of a word, or even punctuation. For example, "creativity" could become ["cre", "ativ", "ity"] depending on the model.
Why it matters?
Tokens = Costs. Every prompt and response you generate costs tokens. Knowing how tokenization works helps you optimize your inputs and understand pricing better, especially if you’re building with OpenAI or similar tools.
💬 Quote of the Week:
“We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.”
🧰 AI Tool of The Week: LangChain
LangChain is the backbone of many advanced AI apps. It is an open-source framework for building applications powered by large language models (LLMs).
LangChain lets developers and no-coders build powerful language-based workflows using chains, agents, tools, and memory. Whether you're building a chatbot, search tool, or multi-step automation, LangChain is worth exploring.
👉 Great for: creators who want to build with AI, not just use it.
🛠 What I Made: How to Create a Telegram Bot with BotFather + Connect to n8n for Instant Notifications
How To Use Telegram (Instant Messaging App) + N8N (AI Automation Workflows
Description:
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create your own Telegram bot using BotFather and connect it to n8n for automated notifications and workflows! This step-by-step tutorial covers everything from bot creation to getting those tricky chat IDs.
What you’ll learn:
Create a new Telegram bot using BotFather
Set up the Telegram node in n8n
Find your chat ID (with an easy template method!)
Send automated notifications from n8n to Telegram
Troubleshoot common setup issues
Mike Murphy — The AI Handyman 🧰
Helping creators & small businesses turn their content & documents into AI‑powered tools.
🛜 Tokenization
▶️ How to Create a Telegram Bot with BotFather + Connect to n8n for Instant Notifications
💬 “We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.” – Artistotle