Joanna Stern is not a robot, but she lived with them

My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal , a former Decoder guest host, one of my cofounders here at The Verge , and also just one of my very closest friends. I mention that because Joanna just left that lofty perch at The Journal to start her own media company called New Things .