https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/evan-finds-a-friend--7399686enTechnologyCopyright Shell Gamehttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f5e06e7586a5bc93929f803d793519f1.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/evan-finds-a-friend--7399686Fri, 13 Nov 2026 12:33:16 +0000Shell GameShell Gamefeeds@spreaker.comEvan 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...falsec25ba4a6-bf6f-5f69-b620-62710e703246trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/sofia-the-criolla-grape-and-the-name-that-wasn-t-mine--76336469
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