Up Against Reality

Raina’s flying solo this week, with a rewind of Episode 110’s descent into pure evil: Palantir. But first, this week’s AI news — fake disasters, resume hackers, brand-new viruses, and more. That sounds normal, right?

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

SUNO

Palantir Technologies

Palantir: Gotham

Rheinmetall

DEVS (miniseries)

A House of Dynamite (trailer)

Zero Day (Netflix series)

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast Website:
UpAgainstReality.com

Episode link:
https://upagainstreality.com/2026/08/11/episode-rewind-palantir/

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No script, no real agenda. Just two friends catching up, sharing what’s top of mind. And obviously AI is right up there. Organic conversation. Projects, ponderings and a bit of taking stock.

We’re pulling this banger from the archives. Aerospace engineer turned finance guy turned DSP legend, Serkan Gür built A1 Evo, made digital signal processing must-watch YouTube, and was vibe coding before it had a name. Plus this week’s AI news up top.

LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Serkan Gür/OCA Audiophile
OCA Audiophile | YouTube

Audio Science Review Forum

A1 Evo Support | Facebook Group

Obsessive Compulsive Audiophile | GitHub

Larry’s Atmos 5.2.4 system

DSP and audio software

Room EQ Wizard (REW)

Audyssey room correction technology

Roon music management software

PODCAST INFO:

Podcast Website:
UpAgainstReality.com

Episode link:
https://upagainstreality.com/2026/07/28/episode-rewind-serkan-gur/

Apple Podcasts:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/up-against-reality/id1689699654

Spotify:
open.spotify.com/show/29wpR2Uf0d19FjTH2QubcD?si=a6359f9aa1964170

RSS:
upagainstreality.com/feed/podcast

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/upagainstreality

German transcript of the original episode:
https://upagainstreality.com/2025/06/30/serkan-gur-german-transcript/

OpenAI just dropped three new models at once — but is GPT-5.6 actually smarter than Claude, or just cheaper and louder about it? Plus: Apple lawyers up against OpenAI, ChatGPT quietly buries one of its own, and your AI coding assistant falls for the oldest trick in the book.

We're rewinding to Episode 118 with Salesforce exec Vivek Mahapatra — a guy who's outlasted every enterprise tech hype cycle you can name — talking agentic design and scaling AI like a grown-up. But first, we're diving into this week's AI news, and it's a wild one.