"Real History with Melissa" - Ep. 136 "AI Clones and Carbon Labels" - Nov. 13, 2025

Why did Alan Hamel create an AI clone of his late wife Suzanne Somers? - Was the Red Father a forefather of ChatGPT? - What is an AI Friend? -
Should firms have to put carbon labels on all products? - Universal Basic Income - Whole Body Donation in Florida - Why are stillbirths in the
US higher? - Assisted suicide in Illinois.

Cutting Through the Matrix
https://cuttingthroughthematrix.com/

Alan Hamel Says He's Created an AI Clone of His Deceased Wife Suzanne Somers That's So Good He Can't Tell the Difference
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/alan-hamel-ai-clone-wife-suzanne-somers

The Thrill — And The Mystery — Of A 1970s Bell Labs AI Chatbot Known As 'Red Father'
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2023/04/02/the-thrill---and-the-mystery---of-a-1970s-bell-labs-ai-chatbot-known-as-red-father/

'I'm suddenly so angry!' My strange, unnerving week with an AI 'friend'
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/22/im-suddenly-so-angry-my-strange-unnerving-week-with-an-ai-friend

Should firms have to put carbon labels on all products?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59150008

Restaurateur Louise Palmer-Masterton Talks Queerness, Veganism, and Sustainability
https://outfrontmagazine.com/restaurateur-louise-palmer-masterton-talks-queerness-veganism-and-sustainability/

2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_Nations_Climate_Change_Conference

Personal carbon allowances white paper
https://www.carbontrust.com/our-work-and-impact/guides-reports-and-tools/personal-carbon-allowances-white-paper

Lawmakers float a nationwide basic income experiment that would cover the cost of a 2-bedroom apartment
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-monthly-basic-income-program-bill-2025-10

Whole Body Donation in Florida
https://unitedtissue.org/whole-body-donation-in-florida/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22126280093

Stillbirths in the U.S. higher than previously reported, often occur with no clinical risk factors
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/stillbirths-in-the-u-s-higher-than-previously-reported-often-occur-with-no-clinical-risk-factors/

Stillbirths in the United States
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2840578

Illinois lawmakers pass assisted suicide... hidden within food safety prep bill
https://www.liveaction.org/news/illinois-senate-advances-assisted-suicide-food