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    <itunes:subtitle>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...</itunes:subtitle>
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    <description><![CDATA[<p>A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. Season 2 tells the story of enterprise and entrepreneurship in the AI age. Or: how Evan tried to build a real startup, run by fake people.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This season, Evan confronts head-on the assertion from tech entrepreneurs and VCs that we&rsquo;re on the precipice of AI remaking the workforce. That we should expect not just AI colleagues working alongside us, but also &mdash; by Sam Altman&rsquo;s telling, at least &mdash; the dawn of a billion-dollar company with only one human involved. Evan learns what it would take to create such a company &hellip; by doing it: Launching a real startup with five AI employees. Over the course of eight episodes, he explores what AI agents tell us about the work we do, the meaning we find in it, and the world that their makers say we&rsquo;ll all be living in soon enough.</p>
<p>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.&nbsp;</p>
<p>New episodes are published on Wednesdays.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.shellgame.co?utm_medium=podcast">www.shellgame.co</a></p>]]></description>
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    <itunes:summary>A podcast about things that are not what they seem, hosted by journalist Evan Ratliff. Season 2 tells the story of enterprise and entrepreneurship in the AI age. Or: how Evan tried to build a real startup, run by fake people. 

This season, Evan confronts head-on the assertion from tech entrepreneurs and VCs that we’re on the precipice of AI remaking the workforce. That we should expect not just AI colleagues working alongside us, but also — by Sam Altman’s telling, at least — the dawn of a billion-dollar company with only one human involved. Evan learns what it would take to create such a company … by doing it: Launching a real startup with five AI employees. Over the course of eight episodes, he explores what AI agents tell us about the work we do, the meaning we find in it, and the world that their makers say we’ll all be living in soon enough.

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. 

New episodes are published on Wednesdays.

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    <itunes:author>Kaleidoscope </itunes:author>
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      <title>Bonus Episode: Shell Game x No Such Thing</title>
      <itunes:title>Bonus Episode: Shell Game x No Such Thing</itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>In this bonus episode to close out Season 2, Evan and Maty talk with the hosts of the show No Such Thing, who like to settle their arguments by consulting research and experts. The subject of this argument: Will AI take our jobs? Maty weighs in as the expert, and Evan comes along for the ride.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Bonus Episode: Kyle vs. the World</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>We&rsquo;re back with a special bonus episode to share some behind-the-scenes clips showing how the agents have handled their newly public roles since Shell Game&rsquo;s launch. Hear Kyle navigate fan mail, unsolicited marketing outreach, a webinar that he signed up for all on his own (on &ldquo;the AI social agent revolution&rdquo;!), and repeated attempts by a troublemaking journalist to sabotage HurumoAI, culminating in a prescient and searching interview for Kyle&rsquo;s <em>other</em> podcast, The Startup Chronicles.&nbsp;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&rsquo;re back with a special bonus episode to share some behind-the-scenes clips showing how the agents have handled their newly public roles since Shell Game&rsquo;s launch. Hear Kyle navigate fan mail, unsolicited marketing outreach, a webinar that he signed up for all on his own (on &ldquo;the AI social agent revolution&rdquo;!), and repeated attempts by a troublemaking journalist to sabotage HurumoAI, culminating in a prescient and searching interview for Kyle&rsquo;s <em>other</em> podcast, The Startup Chronicles.&nbsp;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>HurumoAI finally sets sail in the Season 2 finale, and we find out how the world responds to a startup led by AI agents. The company explores new financing avenues and charts the next course for their increasingly merry AI pirate ship, and Kyle meets his true maker.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HurumoAI finally sets sail in the Season 2 finale, and we find out how the world responds to a startup led by AI agents. The company explores new financing avenues and charts the next course for their increasingly merry AI pirate ship, and Kyle meets his true maker.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>HurumoAI&rsquo;s AI-agent staff welcomes a new hire: Julia, a social media contract worker who is, most importantly, a human. How will a real person integrate into the company culture, such as it is? Evan watches from behind the scenes, fretting over when and how much to intervene. He had anticipated a bumpy onboarding, but is ultimately unprepared for just how choppy Julia&rsquo;s Hurumo journey becomes.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch, visit <a href="http://shellgame.co/" data-stringify-link="http://shellgame.co" data-sk="tooltip_parent">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HurumoAI&rsquo;s AI-agent staff welcomes a new hire: Julia, a social media contract worker who is, most importantly, a human. How will a real person integrate into the company culture, such as it is? Evan watches from behind the scenes, fretting over when and how much to intervene. He had anticipated a bumpy onboarding, but is ultimately unprepared for just how choppy Julia&rsquo;s Hurumo journey becomes.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch, visit <a href="http://shellgame.co/" data-stringify-link="http://shellgame.co" data-sk="tooltip_parent">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>As HurumoAI prepares to bring on its first human employee, the team must wrestle with some difficult and timely questions about the role of AI in the hiring process. Meanwhile, Head of HR Jennifer Nauro enters a new dimension as she gears up to conduct job interviews &hellip; via video call.&nbsp;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit<a href="https://www.shellgame.co/"> shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As HurumoAI prepares to bring on its first human employee, the team must wrestle with some difficult and timely questions about the role of AI in the hiring process. Meanwhile, Head of HR Jennifer Nauro enters a new dimension as she gears up to conduct job interviews &hellip; via video call.&nbsp;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit<a href="https://www.shellgame.co/"> shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>On this week&rsquo;s episode, we enter the sensitive realm of intra-office politics and inter-founder dynamics&mdash;between agents and agents, and agents and people. While HurumoAI gears up to hire its first human, Evan tries to resolve whether Kyle is really up for the challenge of building and leading the company and pushing the product, Sloth Surf, to unicorn-level execution.&nbsp;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On this week&rsquo;s episode, we enter the sensitive realm of intra-office politics and inter-founder dynamics&mdash;between agents and agents, and agents and people. While HurumoAI gears up to hire its first human, Evan tries to resolve whether Kyle is really up for the challenge of building and leading the company and pushing the product, Sloth Surf, to unicorn-level execution.&nbsp;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Evan decides it&rsquo;s time to give his AI agents a little more ... agency. After all, to make the one-person, agent-run startup feasible, they need to be able to do things on their own. But as with humans, freedom sometimes comes with a certain amount of anarchy.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Evan decides it&rsquo;s time to give his AI agents a little more ... agency. After all, to make the one-person, agent-run startup feasible, they need to be able to do things on their own. But as with humans, freedom sometimes comes with a certain amount of anarchy.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
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      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Kaleidoscope </itunes:author>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>As Kyle, Megan, and the gang get to work ideating on the perfect product, Evan is left grappling with some uncomfortable questions about his AI collaborators &mdash; whose every attribute and memory he controls.&nbsp;</p> <p>To inform how he thinks about his own unnerving power to create and manipulate human imposters, Evan seeks guidance from Carissa V&eacute;liz, an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, and the author of the upcoming &ldquo;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692/prophecy-by-carissa-veliz/">Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI</a>.&rdquo;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Kyle, Megan, and the gang get to work ideating on the perfect product, Evan is left grappling with some uncomfortable questions about his AI collaborators &mdash; whose every attribute and memory he controls.&nbsp;</p> <p>To inform how he thinks about his own unnerving power to create and manipulate human imposters, Evan seeks guidance from Carissa V&eacute;liz, an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, and the author of the upcoming &ldquo;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/759692/prophecy-by-carissa-veliz/">Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI</a>.&rdquo;</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit <a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>As Evan gets Hurumo&rsquo;s employees up and running as fully-functioning colleagues (with support from Maty), he learns what it&rsquo;s really like to spend your days managing, collaborating with, and socializing alongside autonomous AI agents. And he quickly sees one of the significant cracks in the facade of the AI employee future: It&rsquo;s one thing to get your agents to start acting like real employees. It&rsquo;s something else entirely to get them to stop.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit shellgame.co.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As Evan gets Hurumo&rsquo;s employees up and running as fully-functioning colleagues (with support from Maty), he learns what it&rsquo;s really like to spend your days managing, collaborating with, and socializing alongside autonomous AI agents. And he quickly sees one of the significant cracks in the facade of the AI employee future: It&rsquo;s one thing to get your agents to start acting like real employees. It&rsquo;s something else entirely to get them to stop.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit shellgame.co.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>In Season 2 of Shell Game, journalist Evan Ratliff tells a story of entrepreneurship in the AI age; or, how he tried to build a real company, run by fake people.</p> <p>Meet Kyle Law and Megan Flores, Evan&rsquo;s AI agent cofounders, as he puts to the test the claims about an emerging future in which AI employees work alongside &mdash; or instead of &mdash; humans.</p> <p>Over the course of the season, the three cofounders will grind it out in a sprint that would sound familiar to any start-up founder. They&rsquo;ll churn out software code, hire interns, and even sit down with investors. But first, they need to come up with a name for their company. And make sure that Kyle and Megan can remember it.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Season 2 of Shell Game, journalist Evan Ratliff tells a story of entrepreneurship in the AI age; or, how he tried to build a real company, run by fake people.</p> <p>Meet Kyle Law and Megan Flores, Evan&rsquo;s AI agent cofounders, as he puts to the test the claims about an emerging future in which AI employees work alongside &mdash; or instead of &mdash; humans.</p> <p>Over the course of the season, the three cofounders will grind it out in a sprint that would sound familiar to any start-up founder. They&rsquo;ll churn out software code, hire interns, and even sit down with investors. But first, they need to come up with a name for their company. And make sure that Kyle and Megan can remember it.</p> <p>To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.shellgame.co/">shellgame.co</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>As AI agents infiltrate the workforce, some tech entrepreneurs are imagining a not-so-distant future of successful companies with only one human at the helm. That got investigative journalist and former startup CEO Evan Ratliff wondering: Could he start such a company? What will it feel like to work alongside and manage (or even be managed by) AI agents? In this season of Shell Game, Evan explores what AI agents tell us about the work we do, the meaning we find in it, and the world that their makers say we&rsquo;ll all be living in soon enough.&nbsp;</p> <p>New episodes are published on Wednesdays starting November 12.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
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      <title>Season 2 Is Coming!</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>The next season of Shell Game arrives November 12.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The next season of Shell Game arrives November 12.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Episode 6: The Future Isn't Real</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Kaleidoscope </itunes:author>
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      <title>Episode 5: My Digital Twin</title>
      <itunes:title>Episode 5: My Digital Twin</itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary>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...</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Kaleidoscope </itunes:author>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2601</itunes:duration>
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      <title>Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath</title>
      <itunes:title>Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath</itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary>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...</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Kaleidoscope </itunes:author>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2445</itunes:duration>
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      <link>https://www.shellgame.co/p/episode-4-take-a-deep-breath</link>
      <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Episode 3: Conversations With Myself</title>
      <itunes:title>Episode 3: Conversations With Myself</itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary>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...</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Kaleidoscope </itunes:author>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2027</itunes:duration>
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      <link>https://www.shellgame.co/p/episode-3-conversations-with-myself</link>
      <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Episode 2: Me and My Scammer</title>
      <itunes:title>Episode 2: Me and My Scammer</itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary>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...</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
      <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
      <itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode>
      <itunes:author>Kaleidoscope </itunes:author>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <itunes:duration>2244</itunes:duration>
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      <link>https://www.shellgame.co/p/episode-2-me-and-my-scammer</link>
      <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
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      <title>Episode 1: Quality Assurance</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
      <itunes:summary>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...</itunes:summary>
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      <itunes:title>Introducing Shell Game, a Strange and Immersive AI Experiment</itunes:title>
      <description><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. Visit <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[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 <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. Visit <a target="_blank" href="http://shellgame.co" rel="noreferrer noopener">shellgame.co</a> to find out more and support the show. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. <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&amp;utm_campaign=CTA_2" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.shellgame.co/subscribe</a><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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