Chapter 18 — Swinging at the Wall
A man's last good idea catches fire at four in the morning: he'll go debate the machine. Watch him swing. Remember the wall.
# What you need to know before you press play
- Episode 18 — Cope's desperate final gambit.
- He's lost the wife, the profile, and the good name.
- A doctor pressed her number into his pocket like a life raft he won't grab.
- At 4 a.m. he decides to publicly debate the AI.
- Listen after Episode 17.
- The show
- A full-cast audio drama about Cope Mercer, the last human CEO in the Fortune 100, waging a coke-fueled crusade to prove a person still belongs in the chair while the AI hired to replace him digs up what he buried.
- Listen order
- Best heard in order, from Episode 1.
- This one
- Episode 18 of 29 · about 32:13.
- Heads up
- Strong language, drug use, sexual content, and depictions of suicide.
# In this episode
Four in the morning, and a broken man's last good idea catches fire: he'll debate the machine, face to face, and win the argument in public. He weeps at his own genius.
By now he's lost the wife, the profile, the good name. A doctor slipped her number into his pocket like a life raft — and he won't reach for it. Instead he picks a fight he can't win.
Zero tells you plainly: watch him swing, and remember the wall. This is the chapter of grand, doomed motion, a man throwing everything at a thing that doesn't throw back.
# Show notes
That crackle you hear? That's a man's last good idea catching fire at four in the morning. This is the tale of Prescott Cope Mercer, friend — last human boss in the Fortune 100, snorting his way through the end of his own reign. So far he's lost the wife, the profile, the good name, and a doctor pressed her number in his pocket like a life raft he won't grab.
Tonight? He weeps at his own genius, and decides to go debate the machine. Watch him swing. Remember the wall.
# Topics & themes
# Frequently asked questions
What happens in Episode 18 of The Last Human CEO?
At 4 a.m., a wrecked Cope decides to publicly debate the AI — a grand, doomed swing at a machine that won't swing back.
Is there a content warning I should know about?
Yes — the series contains strong language, drug use, sexual content, and depictions of suicide.
Do I need to listen to The Last Human CEO in order?
Yes. It's a serialized narrative, so it plays best in order, starting from Episode 1.
Is The Last Human CEO explicit?
Yes. It carries an explicit rating for strong language, drug use, sexual content, and depictions of suicide.
Where can I listen to The Last Human CEO?
On Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or via RSS. The book is also on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.
