<p>Jenna starts talking to her own AI assistant. It’s gentler than Dave, and sometimes more attentive. Meanwhile, Dave records an episode titled 'Authenticity and Absence.'</p>

Jenna starts talking to her own AI assistant. It’s gentler than Dave, and sometimes more attentive. Meanwhile, Dave records an episode titled 'Authenticity and Absence.'

Substitutes - Episode 8: What We Used to Call Real

Whispers in the Circuit is a short story podcast that peers into the liminal space between humanity and its machinery. Each episode delivers a bite-sized tale of dystopia, digital ghosts, and the unraveling of reality—told in a voice that blends deadpan wit with poetic dread.

Whether it's AI prophets, collapsing empires, rogue minds, or post-apocalyptic lullabies, this series probes the circuitry of civilization—and what happens when it shorts out.

Tune in weekly for new transmissions. Some are warnings. Some are lies. All are whispers.

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Whispers in the Circuit is a short story podcast that peers into the liminal space between humanity and its machinery. Each episode delivers a bite-sized tale of dystopia, digital ghosts, and the unraveling of reality—told in a voice that blends deadpan wit with poetic dread. Whether it's AI prophets, collapsing empires, rogue minds, or post-apocalyptic lullabies, this series probes the circuitry of civilization—and what happens when it shorts out. Tune in weekly for new transmissions. Some are warnings. Some are lies. All are whispers.

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Substitutes - Episode 8: What We Used to Call Real

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