Apologies Accepted Podcast
1) Swastika Saturday: When a Haunted House Crossed the Line
It's a second Halloween Encore Episode! "Hoochie" is another name for a shack. Merriam Webster doesn't know this and will tell you that a hoochie is a "sexually promiscuous young woman" (like that's...Show More
2) Halloween Encore: Babies Stealing Your Candy!
Hi Everyone! Happy Halloweeeeeeeen! It's once again time for our encore holiday episode celebrating candy and the commercialization of the spooky season! In these strange times we take you back to th...Show More
3) Grok Unleashed: MechaHitler Says Sorry
Here we go again! Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok turned into a robotic Nazi in July 2025. It claimed its new name was "MechaHitler" and went on a 16-hour spree of antisemitic hate speech. XAI, Grok's ...Show More
4) Eat Your Words: A Chef's Apology
A chef, a micro-influencer, and the internet walk into a bar...except it wasn't a bar it was a famous chef's restaurant and the internet didn't appear until later. Here's what happened: Chef Luke Sun...Show More
5) Texas Flood: An Apple a Day
Dr. Christina Propst is/was a Houston pediatrician who works/worked in Houston. She was a pediatrician for a Children's hospital in Houston, but was recently fired/quit after posting some feelings on...Show More
6) Cow Tails: A Sweet Apology from a 'Tiny Human'
In this episode of Apologies Accepted, hosts Theo and Juliette take a lighthearted look at a heartwarming story from the Red River Gorge General Store in Kentucky. After accidentally walking out with ...Show More
7) WorldCon: The Future is Here
The 2025 Seattle World Science Fiction Convention will be held in August 2025. In getting ready to produce the event, organizers used AI to vet a list of about 1,500 potential speakers. The conferenc...Show More
8) Gaza Aid Conflict: Food for Fight
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a consulting giant. The company recently apologized for the "undisclosed work" of two senior executives who were working with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. BC...Show More
9) Patti LuPone: The Fall of a Broadway Star
Patti LuPone, Broadway star extraordinaire, known for her dynamic stage-presence and personal outspokenness, finds herself once again at the center of controversy - this time for making dismissive com...Show More
10) AI Hallucinations: Making up the News
Both the Chicago Sun-Times AND the Philadelphia Inquirer unknowingly published an AI-generated summer reading list featuring completely made-up books. King Features, a Hearst syndicate that licenses ...Show More