# Shell Game with Evan Ratliff

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Podcast: [Oxide and Friends](https://stenobird.com/podcast/oxide-and-friends-5250129)
Published: 2026-02-12T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/b45ed844
Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/b45ed844/2a897f2c.mp3
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Duration seconds: 5003

## Resource

Evan Ratliff, journalist and podcaster, joined Bryan and Adam to talk about his extraordinary podcast, Shell Game, in which he started a company staffed exclusively by agentic AI. In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal , our special guest was Evan Ratliff . Some of the topics we hit on, in the order that we hit them: Shell Game Evan on This American Life MIT Review: Moltbook was peak AI theater "Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" The Startup Chronicles - HurumoAI PRs needed! If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar . We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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