{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"69 - The Murder(?) of Hitchbot","description":"In 2015, Hitchbot \u2014 a hitchhiking robot made from pool noodles and a bucket by the eager students of Canada\u2019s Ryerson University-slash-Toronto Metropolitan University \u2014 was dismembered by unidentified assailants on the streets of Philadelphia. Its decapitated cake-container of a head has never been recovered. In this episode, we\u2019re going to try to answer the question: Can you murder a robot? Plus, social experiments, baby seal violence, and everyone's favorite sci-fi topic: sex robots. Patreon:&amp;nbsp;http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/DasCriminal Sources:&amp;nbsp;https:\/\/bit.ly\/3ygv9Fz ","author_name":"Das Criminal","author_url":"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/dascriminal","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24000708\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/24000708"}