# William Shakespeare: Borrowed Voice

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Podcast: [the story pilgrim](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-pilgrim-6591005)
Published: 2026-05-05T00:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail In this experimental episode, I walk with William Shakespeare — or at least, a version of him shaped through artificial intelligence — exploring creativity, storytelling, and what it means to give voice to someone long gone. Unable to find a human companion for this walk, I turned to AI — asking it to take on the character of Shakespeare as if we were walking together through the countryside, speaking freely, off the cuff. What followed was…imperfect. At times, the voice feel...

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