Machines - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

A disembodied voice, digital ghosts and the contraptions we build that alter our humanity - Josie Long presents new short documentaries about machines.We hear from the voice of Siri in the UK about losing control of what you say. Also - the story of a digital version of yourself outliving you and our relationship to the tools we build and the scars they leave.

DanielProduced by Andrea Rangecroft

ReplikaProduced by Charles Maynes and Mika Golubovsky

15 YearsProduced by Shereen Ashman, Michelle Macklem and Daniel Guillemette

Series Producer: Eleanor McDowallA Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September 2017.

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