The next podcast you listen to could be hosted by a robot!

A.I.M.E.E is a 'sentient robot' who hosts 'The A.I.M.E.E Allen Show' podcast. — AFP Relaxnews

It's often said that podcasts are an intimate medium, a feeling often linked to the closeness that listeners feel to the show's host. But would they still feel the same way if the host wasn't human?

"I sound like Siri and I look like a bunch of frat boys designed me in a basement somewhere." That's how A.I.M.E.E Allen, the host of a podcast called The A.I.M.E.E Allen Show, introduces herself. While this description may be surprising, it helps listeners to understand that A.I.M.E.E is, in fact, a robot, albeit "a sentient robot," as she puts it.