If AI seems a little spooky, that's because it's rooted in the occult.

Conrad Flynn explains. Conrad Flynn is a writer and producer who recently launched his history-themed Substack "The Flynn Effect" (theflynneffect.substack.com), which will focus on secret histories in entertainment, literature, politics, and tech (a handy commentary guide to the subjects and references in this interview will be immediately published there). He is the grandson of Hollywood tough-guy actor Robert Conrad and Hollywood nice-guy publicist Harry Flynn.

His upcoming podcast on the history of rock and the occult, Running with the Devil, is in production and is co-created with the great American rock critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine ((https://sterlewine.substack.com/), the supervising producer of The Osbournes and host of the Culture Pop Podcast Sue Kolinsky (skolinsk.bsky.social), and Emmy Award-winning creator of The Osbournes R. Greg Johnston.

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