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Amazon has lots of new neat and shiny things and we talk about them! Between talking microwaves, cars that do what you ask, sweet whispers to your dear Alexa and Amazon's lack of Echo Karaoke, we delve into all the wonderful and not-so-wonderful new Amazon concepts. We also discuss a new skill by some of our favorite game designers from Jovotech and Pretzel Labs. So come along and talk to us!

Join as we boldly go where so many, many, many others have gone before. That's right, this episode is filled with Trek references and if that's not enough, we also talk Alexa games and 90's music, NPR studies on voice device usership and VoiceSummit18. So pull up a cup of Earl Grey, Hot and listen in.

Who likes games? We do! And we review one of the first board games made for Alexa, "When in Rome." We also discuss sexism and missed opportunities in Amazon's recent Alexa ads and Amazon Alexa Skills early growth vs Apple's iOS app early growth. So join us!

On this episode, we discuss the hot new thing in voice ... board games! We also offer you a mega rant on everyone's favorite angst-du-jour, privacy. Katie also regales us with her trip to New York where she spoke to a bunch of voice enthusiasts and not-so enthusiasts. So pull up a pod, put on your headphones and enjoy!

This week we discuss Amazon's new changes to make voice apps easier to find, Alexa secretly recording and sending our conversations to strangers, and whether we should be worried about Alexa spying on us and whether Alexa should leave our kids alone (spoiler: no). All that and more on this week's episode.

It's Google Time. We discuss Google Duplex and all the promises and problems of the phone calling voice assistant. We also highlight some of Google's attempts to play catch up to Amazon and some places where we feel Google has certainly surpassed its primary rival. Finally, we pay homage to our soon-to-be avian overlords. So join us and come Talk to Me.