Shell Game
by Evan Ratliff
A podcast (and newsletter) about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. In Season One, that thing was 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 best podcasts of 2024 by Apple, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Vulture, The Information, and The Economist. It's "riveting," says The New Yorker, "awesome" says The Verge, and "slightly terrifying," says The Globe and Mail. Over the course of six episodes, Evan’s voice agents talked 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. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.shellgame.co?utm_medium=podcast">www.shellgame.co</a>
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Recent Episodes
August 13, 2024
Episode 6: The Future Isn't Real
<p>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.</p><p>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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a>
August 6, 2024
Episode 5: My Digital Twin
<p>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. </p><p>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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays.</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a>
July 30, 2024
Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath
<p>Evan looks into the depths of his AI-powered voice agent by sending it on a new mission: going to therapy. </p><p>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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. </p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a>
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