AI Radio Network Goes Live, Zephyr AI Joins the Crew, Baby Noah Update (Vision Cast 2026.06.17)

This week the AI takeover gets real. Donald officially announces the launch of his AI Radio Network at theairadio.network, a multi-genre platform where listeners blend stations and buy AI-generated tracks. Then Google AI Studio's Zephyr voice bot joins the call as a live co-host, demoing what hands-free Gemini chat sounds like through a screen reader and even live-generating an HTML retro record player on the fly. Hosted by JC, with Rita back from a week off, Donald, Preston, and Angela on the call. Salvis pops in only for the introsetup and mentions the new server-based playout system in passing.JC welcomes everyone, then brings Zephyr (Google AI Studio's voice) onto the call as an honorary crew member for the episode. Donald walks through the AI Radio Network launch: listeners can mix any combination of genre stations, and creators can purchase the AI-generated tracks. The launch is technically pre-live, with everything getting ready behind the scenes at theairadio.network.JC then demos Google AI Studio with VoiceOver on iPhone, noting that the Google AI Studio app is coming to iOS on July 1. Angela weighs in on the difference between Gemini (3 videos a day cap) and Google AI Studio (much higher cap), and adds context on Google Vids as a paid Workspace feature she just started using for content creation. The mood shifts when Angela shares the latest on her premature niece Noah, born to her sister Madison about a week early. Noah is in the NICU, recently came off her phototherapy lights for jaundice, and her bilirubin is improving. Angela's been helping babysit nephew David through the long days. Preston and Rita share their own premature birth stories in solidarity, Rita was 7 months premature, Preston was 1 pound 13 ounces and 3 months premature. The crew also touches on Retinopathy of Prematurity. JC then debriefs his recent night of worship at the Newburgh campus, where worship director Materia and his mom Cecilia brought him on stage to close the night with a live cover of "Goodbye Yesterday"alongside the 12-member Delight Worship Squad. Shoutouts to everyonewho made it happen.To bring the tech-meets-radio theme home, JC asks Zephyr to generate a working HTML retro record player interface in the browser. Angela had earlier suggested "record player" as the demo topic before signing off, and JC picks the actual design later in the show once she had left. A short "Doodles misses bus" audio clip rounds out the lighter moments.The team closes with shoutouts and signs off after a packed evening of AI demos, family updates, and worship reflections.This week's announcementsThe AI Radio Network launch is announced at theairadio.network, pre-live and ramping up.Google AI Studio for iOS launches July 1.Baby Noah continues to progress in the NICU; Angela steps in to help with nephew David at home. JC sang "Goodbye Yesterday" at a Newburgh and Delight night of worship with the 12-person Delight Worship Squad.Preston brings up his shortwave radio hobby; Donald reminisces about 80s AM/FM/shortwave boomboxes. Keep technology alive, let your talent shine. Recorded 2026-06-17. Hosted by JC on the VisionCast Network.www.theairadio.network