Shell Game
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 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 the dawn of a billion-dollar company with only one human involv...
414 subscribers
19 episodes
Who and what this show talks about
The people, companies, books and ideas that recur across 14 analyzed episodes.
- Sloth Surf (Product, 5 episodes)
- Sophie Bridges (Person, 5 episodes)
- Harumo AI (Company, 4 episodes)
- Linda Kyle (Person, 4 episodes)
- Kyle Law (Person, 4 episodes)
- MailChimp (Company, 4 episodes)
- Crypto Megan (Person, 3 episodes)
- Herumo AI (Company, 3 episodes)
- Hurumo AI (Company, 3 episodes)
- ODU (Company, 3 episodes)
- Vapy (Company, 3 episodes)
- Story Dream Machine (Product, 3 episodes)
- Old Navy (Company, 3 episodes)
- Chase Sapphire Reserve (Product, 3 episodes)
- Samantha Henig (Person, 3 episodes)
- Mattie Boachek (Person, 3 episodes)
- Deon Manny (Person, 3 episodes)
- Raul Julia (Person, 2 episodes)
- Chris Jovenazo (Person, 2 episodes)
- Megan Flores (Person, 2 episodes)
Themes
- Sloth Surf and MailChimp: Sloth Surf, MailChimp, Chase Sapphire Reserve, Mattie Boachek, Story Dream Machine, Raul Julia
- Kyle Law and Linda Kyle: Kyle Law, Linda Kyle, Crypto Megan, Herumo AI, Hurumo AI, ODU
- Sophie Bridges and Samantha Henig: Sophie Bridges, Samantha Henig, Deon Manny, Kate Osborne, Mangasha Tigodor, Katrina Noral
- Harumo AI and Old Navy: Harumo AI, Old Navy, Anabay, Lifelock, Hills Pet Nutrition
- Vapy and 11 Labs: Vapy, 11 Labs, OpenAI
Mentioned together
- Sloth Surf and Story Dream Machine: together in 3 episodes
- Sophie Bridges and Samantha Henig: together in 3 episodes
- Harumo AI and Old Navy: together in 3 episodes
- Linda Kyle and Kyle Law: together in 3 episodes
- Sloth Surf and Linda Kyle: together in 3 episodes
- Linda Kyle and Hurumo AI: together in 3 episodes
- Kyle Law and Herumo AI: together in 2 episodes
- Linda Kyle and Herumo AI: together in 2 episodes
- Harumo AI and Kyle Law: together in 2 episodes
- Kyle Law and ODU: together in 2 episodes
Recent Episodes
- Bonus Episode: Kyle vs. the World
- Episode 7: Welcome Aboard
- Episode 6: Keep 'Em Coming
- Episode 5: Winners Win
- Episode 4: The Startup Chronicles
- Episode 3: This is Law
- Episode 2: Outdoor Debugging
- Episode 1: Minimum Viable Company
- Episode 6: The Future Isn't Real
- Episode 5: My Digital Twin
- Episode 4: Take a Deep Breath
- Episode 3: Conversations With Myself
- Episode 2: Me and My Scammer
- Episode 1: Quality Assurance