Season 1 Episodes

Season 1, Episode 6: The Future Isn’t Real (Ad-Free)

Listen now | Evan pushes the experiment one step further, sending his AI voice agent to talk to his closest friends and family — his buddies, his…

Aug 13, 2024 • Shell Game

53:06

Season 1, Episode 5: My Digital Twin (Ad-Free)

Listen now | Will AI bots replace humans in the workforce?

Aug 6, 2024 • Shell Game

43:21

Season 1, Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath (Ad-Free)

Listen now | Evan looks into the depths of his AI-powered voice agent by sending it on a new mission: going to therapy.

Jul 30, 2024 • Shell Game

40:45

Season 1, Episode 3: Conversations With Myself (Ad-Free)

Evan takes his experiment in a new direction by having his AI-powered voice agent converse with … another of his AI-powered voice agents.

Jul 23, 2024 • Shell Game

33:46

Season 1, Episode 2: Me and My Scammer (Ad-Free)

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…

Jul 16, 2024 • Shell Game

37:23

Season 1, Episode 1: Quality Assurance (Ad-Free)

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…

Jul 9, 2024 • Shell Game

32:42

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