Episode 8: Launch

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   S3 · 14 Oct 2026 · 1 minNew

   Season 3 is Coming!

   The next season of Shell Game arrives October 21! Here's a hint, and another new show from Shell Game to check out in the meantime: Evan Finds a Friend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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   4 Aug 2026 · 51 min

   From How to Life Forever: The Longevinauts

   When an astrologer tells Mangesh that he’ll (probably) die early, he takes it in stride. But his family and friends (not to mention all the Don’t Die longevity influencers on his FYP) feel differently… and besides, if science can keep his brain sharp and his tennis game strong for longer, why not take advantage? So he visits Dr. Nir Barzelai, the world’s leading aging researcher, and Dr. Ron Primas, an elite longevity doctor, to figure out what he should do. Plus: A chat with Ken Reid from TV Guidance Counselor about age in pop culture, from the Golden Girls to…

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   S2 · E10 · 25 Feb 2026 · 50 min

   Bonus Episode: Shell Game x No Such Thing

   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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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   S2 · E9 · 11 Feb 2026 · 37 min

   Bonus Episode: Kyle vs. the World

   We’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’s launch. Hear Kyle navigate fan mail, unsolicited marketing outreach, a webinar that he signed up for all on his own (on “the AI social agent revolution”!), and repeated attempts by a troublemaking journalist to sabotage HurumoAI, culminating in a prescient and searching interview for Kyle’s other podcast, The Startup Chronicles. To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch,…

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   S2 · E7 · 14 Jan 2026 · 53 min

   Episode 7: Welcome Aboard

   HurumoAI’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’s Hurumo journey becomes. To sign up for our newsletter, access ad-free episodes and browse our merch, visit shellgame.co . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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   S2 · E6 · 17 Dec 2025 · 37 min

   Episode 6: Keep 'Em Coming

   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 … via video call. To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit shellgame.co . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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   S2 · E5 · 10 Dec 2025 · 41 min

   Episode 5: Winners Win

   On this week’s episode, we enter the sensitive realm of intra-office politics and inter-founder dynamics—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. To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit shellgame.co . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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   S2 · E4 · 3 Dec 2025 · 41 min

   Episode 4: The Startup Chronicles

   Evan decides it’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. To sign up for our newsletter and access ad-free episodes, visit shellgame.co . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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   S2 · E3 · 26 Nov 2025 · 40 min

   Episode 3: This is Law

   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 — whose every attribute and memory he controls. To inform how he thinks about his own unnerving power to create and manipulate human imposters, Evan seeks guidance from Carissa Véliz, an associate professor at the Institute for Ethics in AI at Oxford University, and the author of the upcoming “ Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI .” To sign up for our newsletter…