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Fiction: 'The Human Show' (2033)

caption: Gene Erickson and Normal Lewis, the hosts of "The Human Show."
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Gene Erickson and Normal Lewis, the hosts of "The Human Show."
Photo illustration by Olivia Asmann, Aaron Ton and Natalie Lahr

Welcome to "The Human Show," the first-ever live radio program written by Artificial Intelligence. Don’t resist progress! Before it's too late...

This is a fictional, satirical episode of the "RadioActive" podcast.

[RadioActive Youth Media is KUOW’s radio journalism and audio storytelling program for young people. This story was entirely youth-produced, from the writing to the audio editing.]

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"The Human Show" Podcast Transcript

A written podcast transcript in PDF format.

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This podcast was produced in a RadioActive Youth Media introductory workshop for high school-age youth. Production assistance by Dash Pinck. Additional voice acting by Merk Nguyen, Jana Le, Sidh Shroff and Antonio Nevarez. Edited by Troy Landrum Jr. Prepared for the web by Kelsey Kupferer.

Find RadioActive on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Facebook, and on the "RadioActive" podcast.

Support for KUOW's RadioActive comes from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center and BECU.

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