He is the writer and host of the hit podcast Shell Game, an independent show in which he created an AI replica of himself and set it loose on the world. Shell Game was featured in full episodes of Radiolab and Pablo Torre Finds Out, and named one of the best shows of 2024 by Vulture.

Evan’s longform journalism also appears in Wired, The New Yorker, Bloomberg Businessweek, Outside, Business Insider, and National Geographic. He reports on transnational crime, cybercrime, science and technology, the environment, terrorism, corruption, and politics. He has interviewed con artists, money launderers, mercenaries, and hitmen, and reported from the far reaches of the Amazon, the deck of a Russian naval ship, the forests of Cameroon, the back alleys of Manila, and prisons on four continents.

As a podcast host and writer, he has hosted or cohosted four shows, all of which have risen to the top 50 overall on Apple and two of which have landed in the top three. For over a decade he also co-hosted the acclaimed Longform Podcast, a best-of-the-year selection by The Atlantic, New York, Time, and other publications.