Deep Fake Conversations Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:13:49 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2607450 en-us © 2026 Deep Fake Conversations no 0ccfea04-d5f3-5378-ad76-8d8771adf0c4 WJ Hortman episodic false Conversations about life and purpose with history's most interesting people  - recreated using AI voice technology. 


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]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) WJ Hortman https://storage.buzzsprout.com/x09dsdpkdkmvn9h0on6u48n4d1c2?.jpg Deep Fake Conversations https://www.buzzsprout.com/2607450 Elizabeth I: The Queen Who Made Moderation Look Strong Elizabeth I: The Queen Who Made Moderation Look Strong Queen Elizabeth I knew that leadership was never just about power. It was about survival, restraint, timing, image, faith, and holding a divided country together when every faction wanted a simpler answer. In this episode of Deep Fake Conversations, we sit down with an AI-rendered Elizabeth to explore religious conflict, political performance, the dangers of purity, the printing press, AI, women in leadership, and what our own polarized age might learn from the Elizabethan Settlement. What emerges is a portrait of a ruler who understood that moderation is not weakness, and that sometimes the hardest work is simply keeping the realm from burning down.

]]> Queen Elizabeth I knew that leadership was never just about power. It was about survival, restraint, timing, image, faith, and holding a divided country together when every faction wanted a simpler answer. In this episode of Deep Fake Conversations, we sit down with an AI-rendered Elizabeth to explore religious conflict, political performance, the dangers of purity, the printing press, AI, women in leadership, and what our own polarized age might learn from the Elizabethan Settlement. What emerges is a portrait of a ruler who understood that moderation is not weakness, and that sometimes the hardest work is simply keeping the realm from burning down.

]]> WJ Hortman Buzzsprout-19608601 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0400 2099 full false Walt Disney: Sincerity is the Opposite of Cynicism Walt Disney: Sincerity is the Opposite of Cynicism Walt Disney never asked if something would work. He asked if it was worth doing. In this episode of Deep Fake Conversations, we sit down with an AI-rendered Walt to explore the obsessions, failures, and convictions that built one of history's most enduring creative empires - from the betrayal that gave us Mickey Mouse, to whether the company bearing his name still has his soul. What emerges is a portrait of a man who was more alive than he was happy, and who believed the opposite of cynicism wasn't cheerfulness - it was sincerity.

]]> Walt Disney never asked if something would work. He asked if it was worth doing. In this episode of Deep Fake Conversations, we sit down with an AI-rendered Walt to explore the obsessions, failures, and convictions that built one of history's most enduring creative empires - from the betrayal that gave us Mickey Mouse, to whether the company bearing his name still has his soul. What emerges is a portrait of a man who was more alive than he was happy, and who believed the opposite of cynicism wasn't cheerfulness - it was sincerity.

]]> WJ Hortman Buzzsprout-19526237 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0400 2077 1 2 full false Aristotle: The Friction Is the Point Aristotle: The Friction Is the Point What happens when you invite Aristotle on a podcast and he actually shows up? In this inaugural episode of Deep Fake Conversations, we sit down with the ancient Greek philosopher - or something very much like him - to talk about human flourishing, the myth of the self-made person, why your Instagram following is an audience and not a community, and what Alexander the Great got wrong. Equal parts philosophy seminar and genuinely strange radio. Aristotle is cautiously intrigued. You should be too.

]]> What happens when you invite Aristotle on a podcast and he actually shows up? In this inaugural episode of Deep Fake Conversations, we sit down with the ancient Greek philosopher - or something very much like him - to talk about human flourishing, the myth of the self-made person, why your Instagram following is an audience and not a community, and what Alexander the Great got wrong. Equal parts philosophy seminar and genuinely strange radio. Aristotle is cautiously intrigued. You should be too.

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