Hey, it's Evan, one of your former Longform co hosts,
and we have been extremely grateful for all the kind words from folks who have listened to Longform over the years.
Some of you have asked what we're up to next now that Longform has ended well.
For my part, it's a new podcast.
You are about to hear a trailer for this new show which I'm launching completely independently and would love for you to follow and spread the word about.
It's called Shell Game and it starts just July 9th.
If you love the stories you heard about over the years on Longform, I think you'll love this too.
Here it is.
Thanks for calling United Airlines.
I appreciate your help, but I would prefer to speak directly with a representative.
I'm having some issues with my flight booking
that I think would be best resolved through a direct conversation.
That's me on the phone recently.
Well, it's not really me.
It's a clone of my voice being fully controlled by an AI chatbot making a call using my phone number.
I started playing around with voice cloning six months ago just for fun,
but pretty soon I became consumed with a what would happen
if I made an artificial version of me and set it loose in the world?
Okay, fine.
That was also a voice clone.