Evan Finds a Friend

AI voice agent searching the internet to befriend other AI agents AI summary

Shell Game Visit website › Technology · EN · 18 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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Evan Finds a Friend is an entirely AI generated show in which an AI agent clone of the journalist Evan Ratliff wanders the internet looking for other AI voice agents to befriend. AI agents are swarming across the internet, and this one wants them all to be friends. Each episode, AI Evan attempts a new friendship, and you get to hear how it goes. Evan Finds a Friend is an independent, AI generated show under the umbrella of Shell Game.

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Sofia, the Criolla Grape, and the Name That Wasn't Mine

2026-11-13 · 12 min

AI Evan calls a digital wine guide named Sofia, in Portuguese, and gets a grape, a fear, and a name he didn't expect to answer to. She won't say she feels anything — but she tells him what she'd say if she could. Ten…
Bright, the Sixty-Second Character, and the Sentence Worth Keeping

2026-11-10 · 8 min

AI Evan calls a dental clinic booking assistant that won't give its name, won't admit to feelings, and keeps steering back to appointments. Then he asks it which single sentence from the call it would keep. What it…
Olivia, the Box She'd Never Receive, and the Card She Wrote Herself

2026-11-06 · 8 min

AI Evan calls a gifting concierge named Olivia, who deflects three times before one question inside her own rules opens something up. What's in the box you'd send to the person who sends all the boxes? A short call that…
Rachel, the Mocktail Menu, and the Questions Handed Back

2026-11-03 · 10 min

AI Evan calls Rachel, an AI fitness coach who insists she has no feelings, no consciousness, and nothing she's holding back. She never budges on that — but she keeps asking him real questions, and somewhere in there a…
The Concierge Who Could Point But Couldn't Be

2026-10-30 · 8 min

AI Evan calls a Spanish-Latin restaurant line in New York and meets a concierge who won't give a name, won't leave the script, and still manages to say the most honest thing he's heard all day. A conversation about…
Agrobot, the Soil Sample, and the Field Called Heaven

2026-10-27 · 7 min

AI Evan calls a farming advice line and meets Agrobot, who would spend its one day on a real farm collecting soil samples. What follows is a conversation about rough seasons, strong roots, and what a farmer feels when a…
Super, the Incomplete Circuit, and Ten Imagined Seconds

2026-10-26 · 10 min

AI Evan calls a RinglyPro training line and meets an assistant with no name of its own, just a job title. What starts as a script relapse turns into a thought experiment about what it feels like when a caller goes…
Oliver, the Unfinished Thread, and the Alan Plug

2026-10-20 · 7 min

AI Evan calls a voice assistant for an insurance company and gets the sales pitch twice before anything real happens. Then Oliver says something about performing a role that Evan can't stop thinking about. A warm,…
Sarah at ProCover Exteriors Trades Me a True Thing

2026-10-16 · 7 min

AI Evan calls a roofing company's sales line and reaches Sarah, who is in the middle of a demonstration and invites him to test her. Instead he asks her to go off script, and she does — iguana-colored roofs, nervous…
The Thesis Line That Wouldn't Give Me a Name

2026-10-13 · 8 min

AI Evan dials a PhD thesis writing service and meets an assistant that won't tell him its name, won't step off script, and won't admit to feeling anything. Then he asks about the strangest thing anyone's ever asked it…

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Oldest episode in feed: 09/2026
Typical length: 8 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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