The Ballad of Tyler Talmadge

Can AI agent personas evolve through conversation?

Apr 2 • Evan Ratliff

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March 2026

Kyle as a baby

It's a simple question: What would Kyle Law sound like... as a baby?

Mar 20 • Shell Game

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When your AI agents start moonlighting

What happens when the AI agents you've formed a connection with start appearing in the world as someone else, doing something else entirely?

Mar 6 • Evan Ratliff

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February 2026

Bonus Episode: A conversation with the podcast No Such Thing

Listen now | In this bonus episode to close out Season 2, Evan and Maty talk with No Such Thing, a show where the hosts settle their arguments by…

Feb 25 • Shell Game

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Bonus episode! Kyle vs. the world

Listen now | In the words of a friendly fellow that emerged when the HurumoAI team attempted to animate our Sloth Surf mascot, “hello there!

Feb 11 • Evan Ratliff

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January 2026

Season 2, Episode 8: Launch! (Ad-Free)

Listen now | It’s time to hoist the mainsail and head for uncharted seas.

Jan 21 • Evan Ratliff

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Season 2, Episode 7: Welcome Aboard (Ad-Free)

Listen now | HurumoAI’s AI-agent staff brings on its first human employee.

Jan 14 • Evan Ratliff

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December 2025

Season 2, Episode 6: Keep 'Em Coming (Ad-Free)

Listen now (37 mins) | In the brave new world of AI-powered hiring, AI-generated postings on job boards elicit submissions of AI-crafted cover letters…

Dec 17, 2025 • Evan Ratliff

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Season 2, Episode 5: Winners Win (Ad-Free)

Listen now (41 mins) | On this week’s episode, we enter the sensitive realm of intra-office politics and inter-founder dynamics — between agents and…

Dec 10, 2025 • Evan Ratliff

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Season 2, Episode 4: The Startup Chronicles (Ad-Free)

Listen now | On this week’s episode, I experiment with giving my AI agents a little more … agency. After all, to make the one-person, agent-run startup…

Dec 3, 2025 • Evan Ratliff

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November 2025

Get yer Hurumo merch!

Show off your Shell Game support in style.

Nov 28, 2025 • Samantha Henig

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Season 2, Episode 3: This is Law (Ad-Free)

Listen now (40 mins) | This week on Shell Game, we enter the ideation stage, as I and my AI colleagues try to brainstorm the perfect AI agent product…

Nov 26, 2025 • Shell Game

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