Robot or Not

A fortnightly podcast in which Jason Snell asks John Siracusa to rule on the meaning of various words and concepts. It’s not just about robots anymore.
Robot or Not was inspired by Steve Lutz attempting to draft the dance The Robot on the Robot Draft episode. Jason allowed this. John was outraged. Out of this outrage, a podcast was born. John suggested that the podcast would start with simple concepts such as, "Is love a robot?" In fact, the podcast began with a digression about "Mr. Roboto", the character in the song of the same name.
== Episodes ==
Episode	Topic 	Verdict
0 	Origin 	?
1 	Mr. Roboto 	?
2 	Service Kiosks 	?
3 	Darth Vader 	No
4 	K-9 	?
5 	Emotions 	No
6 	Self-Driving Cars 	?
7 	Telepresence Robots 	No
8 	Roomba 	Yes, barely
9 	Assembly-Line Robots 	?
10 	ASIMO 	?
11 	KITT 	?
12 	USS Enterprise 	?
13 	Transformers 	?
14 	Jaegers 	?
15 	The Major 	?
16 	Siri 	?
17 	The Terminator 	?
18 	Commander Data 	?
19 	Marvin the Paranoid Android 	?
20 	Pinocchio 	?
21 	Droids 	?
22 	Hitchbot 	?
23 	Space Probes 	?
24 	Sasquatch 	?
25 	Home Appliances 	?
26 	Cylons 	?
27 	V'ger 	?
28 	The TARDIS 	?
29 	Johnny 5 	?
30 	Twiki and Dr. Theopolis 	?
31 	robots.txt 	?
32 	Lobot 	?
33 	Vicki from "Small Wonder" 	?
34 	Aperture Science 	?
35 	Herbie The Love Bug 	?
36 	Iron Man, Ultron, and Vision 	?
37 	Clockwork Droids 	?
38 	Podcasts 	?
39 	Cars (from "Cars") 	?
40 	Swimming Pool Cleaners 	?
41 	Burritos 	?
42 	Prince Robot IV 	?
43 	Daleks and Cybermen 	?
44 	The Internet of Things 	?
45 	Nanobots 	?
46 	Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo 	?
47 	Thomas and Friends 	?
48 	Replicants 	?
49 	Chatbots 	?
50 	The Matrix 	?
51 	Lego Simulated Worm Toy 	?
52 	The Robots of "Destiny" 	?
53 	Tamagotchi 	?
54 	T-1000 	?
55 	The Tin Woodman 	?
56 	The Incomparable's Logo 	?
57 	Baymax 	?
58 	Synths 	?
59 	The Doctor from "Star Trek: Voyager" 	?
60 	Inspector Gadget 	?
61 	Elevators 	?
62 	General Grievous 	?
62b 	Filesystems and Flowerpot Robots 	?
63 	Animatronic Creatures 	?
64 	Rossum's Universal Robots 	?
65 	Serena Williams 	?
66 	Traffic lights in South Africa 	?
67 	Silicone Stingray 	?
68 	Canadarm 	?
69 	Tron 	?
70 	The Robots of "Futurama" 	?
71 	RoboCop 	?
72 	Robots from "Castle in the Sky" and "The Iron Giant"	?
73 	Cartoons 	?
74 	Gort 	?
75 	Bubo 	?
76 	Animals in "Blade Runner" 	?
77 	Daft Punk 	?
78 	Hot Dogs 	?
79 	SpaceX 	?
80 	Tachikoma and Fuchikoma 	?
81 	The Energizer Bunny 	?
82 	The Borg 	?
83 	Kayaks 	?
84 	Metal Mario 	?
85 	The Bicentennial Man 	?
86 	The Hosts of "Westworld" 	?
87 	K5 Mall Robot 	?
88 	School Babies and CPR Dummies 	?
89 	Battlebots 	?
90 	Mechagodzilla 	?
91 	Naked Robotic Core 	?
92 	Pronunciation 	?
93 	Nintendo R.O.B. 	?
94 	Shardik 	?
95 	Autonomous Sailboats 	?
96 	The Gate at Jabba's Palace 	?
97 	Captchas 	?
98 	Human Beings 	?
99 	Your Hosts 	?
100 	The Robot 	?
101 	Supervillains 	?
102 	Sandwiches 	?
103 	Pizza 	?
104 	Pizza Toppings 	?
105 	Canonical Bagel Flavors 	?
106 	Computer Chips 	?
107 	Science Fiction 	?
108 	Condiments and Favorite Foods 	?
109 	Sport 	?
110 	Anime and Kaiju 	?
111 	Artificial Intelligence 	?
112 	Donuts 	?
113 	Art 	?
114 	Smoothie 	?
115 	Barbecue 	?
116 	Salad 	?
117 	Brunch 	?
118 	Ice Cream 	?
119 	Life 	?
120 	Death 	?
121 	Holidays and Holiday Movies 	?
122 	Night (bark) Joggers (bark) 	Dogs are cute.
123 	Janet from "The Good Place" 	Not a woman.
124 	The Trolley Problem 	John rejects it.
125 	Cheesecake 	It's really complicated.
126 	Vacation 	Words have meaning.
127 	Potato Chips 	?
128 	The Midwest 	The Great Plains aren't in it.
129 	Pets 	No eating or riding.
130 	Sweaters 	Not shirts.
131 	Savory Donuts 	?
132 	Seasons 	?
133 	Gnocchi 	?
134 	Personal Computers 	?
135 	Reality TV 	?
136 	Programming 	?
137 	Nerds and Geeks 	?
138 	Job Security 	?
139 	Planets, and also Pluto 	?
140 	Bread 	?
141 	Podcasting 	?
142 	Toasters 	?
143 	Phones 	?
144 	Soup 	?
145 	Database 	?
146 	GIF 	?
147 	Cult 	It's about sustainability.
148 	Hacker 	?
149 	Simulated Universe 	?
150 	Marty the Supermarket Robot 	Yes
151 	"Chick Flick" 	Stop using the term.
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