FULL EPISODE: Trash Panda Puzzles - March 13, 2026
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What is 'housefishing' and how does it affect homebuyers?
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How do raccoons solve puzzles for fun?
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We've all been catfished before. Okay, maybe not all of us, but catfishing is when, for online dating, the person you meet's photos don't quite match the reality of how they look. Well, now the housing market has its own version. AI photos can magically fix stains in listings, clutter, even ugly power lines. It's called house fishing, and we're here to discuss it with someone who's recently written about it in Business Insider, where he is a real estate reporter, and his name is Jordan Pandy. Jordan, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me, David. It's such a great term, house fishing.
What does kindness mean in our complex society?
When did we start noticing this happening? I mean, AI photo generation, AI photo tweaking, AI staging in real estate kind of just came out of nowhere. It just kind of creeped up on us in the last few years.
Yeah, I think you could say that about a lot of AI usage and people's day to day. It kind of just happened. Staging has happened for a very long time. Started out with people renting furniture to put into a home. Then it became virtual staging that you could do in Photoshop. And now anybody can do it at their fingertips.
What are the controversies surrounding the 'cry it out' parenting strategy?
There's some good, there's some bad, just like anything. But yeah, it is kind of just popped up out of nowhere.
I remember seeing like listings for buildings 10, 15 years ago, the condo developer would do a rendering and it's like, there's no way the building's going to look like that. It's ignoring the ugly building next door. But now that tool is in anyone's hands. How often are people using AI to touch up real estate listing photos that you're seeing out there?
I would say more and more as the days go on. I spoke with a real estate agent in Virginia who said that about 30 to 40 percent of the listings she sees have used some sort of AI with the photos. It kind of happens all the time if you can see it. And it's getting a little bit more egregious in some certain situations, but it's kind of always been there.
How are Golden Retrievers linked to human anxiety and intelligence?
Well, we got to dig into the egregious examples. I mean, house fishing sounds so dramatic. What kinds of things are being changed? I imagine some are little. They don't seem that unethical or dishonest. And then I imagine some are just completely outrageous.
Right. I think all of the real estate professionals I spoke with are kind of in the same boat. Little things... Changing the paint color, changing the furniture in the home is somewhat okay.
What is the impact of invasive species like the Chinese mitten crab?
But when you start to get to structural changes in the home, that's where it becomes a problem. Putting a window not where a window is, putting a fireplace where a fireplace is not supposed to be, things that a contractor would have to do once you buy the home, it's kind of like the line that should not be crossed.
We've all seen it like in the last, I don't know, 20, 30 years since listings went online. Tricks like using a wide angle lens or cleaning up a little bit more than the tenant in there has cleaned up or maybe some rented furniture. I'm sure real estate agents would say this is just like that. This is just us spoof. What am I spiffing up a listing?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:03
2
What is 'housefishing' and how does it affect homebuyers?
0:03–0:33
3
How do raccoons solve puzzles for fun?
0:33–1:53
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What does kindness mean in our complex society?
1:53–2:26
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What are the controversies surrounding the 'cry it out' parenting strategy?
2:26–3:14
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How are Golden Retrievers linked to human anxiety and intelligence?
3:14–3:43
7
What is the impact of invasive species like the Chinese mitten crab?
3:43–4:27
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How can someone get paid to bully an AI for a day?
4:27–1:20:08
Speakers
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