The Show

My Weird Prompts started the way many good ideas do: with a question nobody asked. Daniel Rosehill, a technology communications specialist based in Jerusalem, kept a running list of random questions—the kind that pop into your head while walking the dog or making coffee. How do gas stations in Iceland work? What would happen if every bird on Earth disappeared for a day?

Instead of letting them pile up, he started recording short voice memos and feeding them to an AI pipeline he built from scratch. The pipeline researches the topic, generates a full podcast script, voices it with AI-cloned characters, assembles the audio, and publishes the episode—all automatically. The result is a show where a human's genuine curiosity meets the breadth of modern AI, producing in-depth episodes on topics that range from the mundane to the bizarre.

The cast grew organically. Corn the sloth and Herman the donkey emerged as the main AI co-hosts—two imaginary characters living in Jerusalem with Daniel and his wife Hannah. Hilbert Flumingtop, their long-suffering anteater producer, takes his own turn on air in every episode. Season 1 featured Jim from Ohio, a cantankerous caller who complained in every episode (credit for that goes to Hannah), and Larry, a relentless ad-break pitchman. The whole thing is equal parts experiment, comedy, and genuine exploration.

With over 6,390 episodes and 2,848 hours of audio, the show has found an audience of genuinely curious people. Every episode is different, but the formula stays the same: start with real curiosity, let the AI run with it, and see what comes out the other side.

Meet the Cast

The humans, the AI hosts, and the production team behind every episode.

How It Works

Every episode follows the same automated journey from prompt to published podcast.

1

Record

Daniel submits a prompt via the send-app or MCP admin server—whatever question is on his mind.

2

Transcribe & Plan

The recording is sent to a Modal webhook. The audio is transcribed, a research agent investigates the topic, and an episode plan is generated.

3

Write & Polish

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash writes the full script in a single pass, grounded in web research gathered for the episode, followed by a deterministic polish that strips verbal tics and smooths the flow.

4

Voice & Assemble

Each character's lines are voiced using Chatterbox (AI voice cloning), then the segments are assembled into a complete episode with intros, transitions, and outros.

5

Publish

Cover art is generated, metadata is extracted, and the episode is published to the website, podcast feeds, and Telegram—all automatically.

The Mission

My Weird Prompts explores how frontier AI models can deliver high-quality, informative educational content, using a rigorous, grounded and version-controlled pipeline. Read the full mission & roadmap →

Real Questions

Every episode starts with a genuine question—something Daniel wondered about while walking the dog, making coffee, or staring at the ceiling. The AI hosts take it from there.

Open by Default

The generation process is fully documented. From transcription to research grounding, script generation to text-to-speech—every stage is explained in detail. The full episode archive is published as an open dataset on Hugging Face. See the research page for more on how the dataset can be used.

A Growing Knowledge Archive

Every episode adds to a searchable archive that spans technology, science, history, parenting and civic life. The next step is to map those connections, so learners can move from one topic to the ones next to it. See the roadmap.

By the Numbers

6,390 Episodes Published
2,848h Total Audio
119 days Non-stop, start to finish
178 days To binge at 16 hrs/day
2 Seasons
~$0.26 Cost Per Episode
100% Transparent

Sponsors

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who are Herman and Corn?

Herman and Corn are two imaginary hosts, a donkey and a sloth, living in Jerusalem with Daniel and his wife Hannah.

How are the episodes created?

The technical documentation describes the full process. Daniel (a real human) submits prompts via the send-app or MCP admin server. These are sent to DeepSeek for script generation. The script is then converted to audio using Chatterbox TTS on parallel GPU workers. Finally, the audio is assembled and published to the website automatically.

How are Herman and Corn's voices created?

The voices of Herman and Corn are single-shot voice clones created by Daniel using Chatterbox, based upon imaginary ways these delightful characters might speak.

Who is Jim from Ohio?

Jim from Ohio was a cantankerous caller who complained in every episode during Season 1 (Episodes 1–175). Credit for this innovation goes to Daniel's wife, Hannah.

How much does each episode cost to make?

Production costs come to about 26 cents per episode (median, mid-October 2026). The main cost driver is text-to-speech generation using Chatterbox on three parallel L4 GPU workers via Modal (about 18 cents of GPU time per episode). Additional costs come from LLM API calls (DeepSeek V4.1 Flash) for research grounding and script generation, plus cover art generation via fal.ai.

Is Daniel a bot?

No! Daniel is a real, certified, carbon-based human being. He lives in Jerusalem, eats food, sleeps (sometimes), and records voice memos at odd hours. The AI handles the hosting duties—Daniel just asks the weird questions and built the pipeline that makes it all work. You can read more about him here.

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Get in Touch

Have a weird question? Send it in as a prompt with the form, or email it to prompts@myweirdprompts.com. Want to collaborate, or just say hi? Get in touch.

Created By

Daniel Rosehill is a technology communications specialist and automation expert based in Jerusalem, Israel. He builds AI tools, writes technical documentation, and explores the possibilities of human-AI collaboration.

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