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An AI-generated country song just hit 2.3 million monthly Spotify listeners. Plus: someone's suing for their human right to eat Vegemite in prison.
Jack Austin and Adam Garcia uncover the truth behind the "first AI #1 hit" that isn't quite what it seems.
Plus the week's wildest stories from ultra-processed food to North Korean executions.
**In this episode:**
✓ AI country song "Walk My Walk" - 2.3M monthly listeners
✓ The $3,000 trick behind the "#1" claim
✓ Ultra-processed food (UPF) harms every major organ
✓ Why 50% of UK households are on benefits
✓ Australian prisoner suing for Vegemite access
✓ North Korean couple executed for being "big shots"
✓ Top 5 Thanksgiving injuries (turkey fryers are deadly)
✓ Sudden stratospheric warming over the Arctic
**Key revelations:**
Someone spent $3k downloading their own AI song to hit #1
Vegemite banned in Victorian prisons since 2006 (hides drug smell)
AI sales calls now so good even experts can't tell
Why prison and cup tea might be giving you microplastics
**Quote of the episode:**
"It would be almost as thin as a layer of Vegemite on toast"
**Timestamps:**
00:00 Ultra-processed food killing us
00:17 The UK's sugar beet problem
00:25 Arctic warming event
00:37 AI hits the music charts
00:47 North Korea executions
00:52 Vegemite human rights case
00:59 Thanksgiving injury countdown
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