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Shell Game

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Evan Ratliff

A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. In Season One, that thing is Evan’s voice. By creating a voice clone and hooking it up to an AI chatbot, Evan set out to discover what happens when you try to take control of the very technology that threatens to replace you. Shell Game was named one of the the best podcasts of 2024 by New York Magazine and called "awesome" by The Verge. Over the course of six episodes, Evan’s voice agents talk to spammers and scammers, to Evan’s friends and family, to colleagues and sources, to other AIs, and even to a therapist—all to better understand what AI voice is able to do, what it can't yet do, and what to expect from a future in which more and more of the people we encounter in the world aren’t real. Visit shellgame.co to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. [www.shellgame.co] (https://www.shellgame.co?utm_medium=podcast)

#7

Episode 6: The Future Isn't Real

Evan pushes the experiment one step further, sending his AI voice agent to talk to his closest friends and family — his buddies, his daughters, his dad. With their alternately joyful, skeptical, and painful reactions to meeting an AI version of him, he tries to come to terms with what generative AI means in this machine-made age. Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit [www.shellgame.co/subscribe] (https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2) ... Read more

13 Aug 2024

53 MINS

53:07

13 Aug 2024

#6

Episode 5: My Digital Twin

Will AI bots replace humans in the workforce? Could one replace Evan… right now? That’s what we tackle on this week’s Shell Game, in which Evan sees just how much of his job his voice agent can handle on his behalf. Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit [www.shellgame.co/subscribe] (https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2) ... Read more

06 Aug 2024

43 MINS

43:21

06 Aug 2024

#5

Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath

Evan looks into the depths of his AI-powered voice agent by sending it on a new mission: going to therapy. Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit [www.shellgame.co/subscribe] (https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2) ... Read more

30 Jul 2024

40 MINS

40:45

30 Jul 2024

#4

Episode 3: Conversations With Myself

Evan takes his experiment in a new direction by having his AI-powered voice agent converse with … another of his AI-powered voice agents. What can these surreal and hilarious conversations between two AI incarnations of Evan Ratliff tell us about identity, authenticity, and the best and worst of human interaction? Enter this digital hall of mirrors to find out. Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's made by three humans: Evan Ratliff (host and writer), Sophie Bridges (producer), and Samantha Henig (executive producer). Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit [www.shellgame.co/subscribe] (https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2) ... Read more

23 Jul 2024

33 MINS

33:47

23 Jul 2024

#3

Episode 2: Me and My Scammer

Evan turns his AI-powered voice agent loose on the people who are always at the forefront of technological adoption: the fraudsters and the rip-off artists. How will the scammers and spammers react when they face Evan’s voice agent in a battle of wits? And what happens when they deploy the same kind of AI voice agents on Evan that he’s using on them? Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's produced and edited by Sophie Bridges, and written and hosted by Evan Ratliff. Samantha Henig is our executive producer. Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit [www.shellgame.co/subscribe] (https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2) ... Read more

16 Jul 2024

37 MINS

37:24

16 Jul 2024

#2

Episode 1: Quality Assurance

This is the story of what happens when Evan Ratliff, a longtime tech journalist, makes a digital copy of himself, powered by AI, in order to understand how amazing and scary and utterly ridiculous the world is about to get. In Episode 1, Evan clones his voice, hooks it up to a chat bot and his phone line, and sends it off to tangle with customer service representatives. Shell Game is made by humans. More specifically, it's produced and edited by Sophie Bridges, and written and hosted by Evan Ratliff. Samantha Henig is our executive producer. Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit [www.shellgame.co/subscribe] (https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2) ... Read more

09 Jul 2024

32 MINS

32:43

09 Jul 2024

#1

Introducing Shell Game, a Strange and Immersive AI Experiment

What would happen if you created a digital copy of yourself, powered by AI, and set it loose in the world? Evan Ratliff, longtime tech journalist, decided to find out. He combined a clone of his voice, an AI chatbot, and a phone line—many phone lines, actually—into what are called “voice agents.” Then for the six months, he sent them out… as himself. This show is made by humans. More specifically, it’s produced and edited by Sophie Bridges. Evan Ratliff is our host, and Samantha Henig is our executive producer. Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. Visit [shellgame.co] (http://shellgame.co) to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit [www.shellgame.co/subscribe] (https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2) ... Read more

02 Jul 2024

02 MINS

02:52

02 Jul 2024

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