In Ep.8, we are joined by Professor Dennis Tenen, associate professor of comparative literature at Columbia University, to consider the relationship between text and technology. From the story-writing algorithms of the Ancient Greeks, to the power of bots today to debunk vaccine rumours, we explore how this relationship is becoming ever more ingrained in our lives. Could a bot win a Nobel Prize? Write your essays for you? And would you take your three favourite books to a desert island, or a bot that would endlessly write new books for you? We hope you enjoy!