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#108 The Skip Tracer, Part II

19 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Continued: Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad...

#107 The Skip Tracer, Part I

19 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#106 Is That You, KD?

28 Sep 2017

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This week, we help Alex Blumberg understand why a Google engineer ended up complimenting the KKK, and then Yes Yes No turns bizarro. Further Reading ...

#105 At World's End

21 Sep 2017

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Phia helps a listener track down a mythical, vanished video game.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#104 The Case of the Phantom Caller

07 Sep 2017

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A woman in New Jersey is getting strange phone calls to her office from unknown numbers. Every time she picks up, she finds herself eavesdropping on t...

#103 Long Distance, Part II

03 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Alex and Damiano take a trip. This is the conclusion of last week's episode, Long Distance. Further Reading Snigdha Poonam's story on tec...

#102 Long Distance

27 Jul 2017

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This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman.   Further Reading If you suspect you are a victim of a tech support ...

#101 Minka

13 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A man takes on an impossible job: fixing the place you go before you die. Further Info Bill Thomas's website Bill Thomas on Twitter Tammy Marshall at ...

#100 Friends and Blasphemers

29 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

An online diary used by American teenagers confronts a strange and terrifying enemy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoi...

#99 Black Hole, New Jersey

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A mysterious thief has been using the internet to steal a bizarre array of items - watches, scooter parts, clown costumes. This week, Alex heads strai...

#98 Fog of Covfefe

08 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The last person on earth who has not heard about covfefe walks into a studio, and a strange journey begins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po...

#97 What Kind Of Idiot Gets Phished?

18 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Phia wonders what kind of person falls for phishing attacks. Is it only insanely gullible luddites, or can smart, tech savvy people get phi...

#96 The Secret Life of Alex Goldman

04 May 2017

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Alex agreed to let PJ hack his phone, giving him 24/7 uninterrupted surveillance over his life. This week, everything you can learn about someone who ...

#95 The Silence in the Sky

27 Apr 2017

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A group of elite scientists prepare for the last conversation humans might ever have. Plus, we meet a corporate attorney who mediates family Thanksgiv...

#94 Obfuscation

12 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we debut a new segment designed to help you calibrate your anger in a changing world. Plus, how to cloak yourself from all the people who a...

#93 Beware All

06 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we discover who was actually behind the hack of Alex Blumberg's Uber account. This episode picks up where Episode 91, The Russian Passenger...

#92 Favor Atender: The Return

23 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the United States, the idea of having a conversation with the President is pretty outlandish. But in Latin America, it’s a regular occurrence. Th...

#91 The Russian Passenger

16 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Somewhere in Russia, a man calls for a car. Somewhere in New York City, a stranger's phone buzzes. Email us at [email protected] and use the su...

#90 Matt Lieber Goes to Dinner

02 Mar 2017

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This week, one man has been warning the world about an impending disaster for years, but no one will listen. Also, Alex makes a dumb decision. Furthe...

#89 Worldstar

23 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The unlikely rise of Lee O'Denat, the founder of Worldstar Hip Hop. Also, we reopen a cold case. Further Listening Q's interview on Shots Fired Q's in...

#88 Second Language

09 Feb 2017

Contributed by Lukas

A new Yes Yes No, plus Sruthi meets her first fully-functional cyborg. Further Reading Norm Kelly's Twitter Eric Valor's Website Eric's non-profit Sc...

#87 Storming the Castle

02 Feb 2017

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This week: Alex meets his hero, the thorn in the side of Dick Dale, GG Allin, and Alex Trebek. Further Reading Longmont Potion Castle's website The T...

#86 Man of the People

19 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week — a new technology falls into the wrong hands. Pope Brock's book, Charlatan Penny Lane's documentary, Nuts! Learn more about your ad choi...

#85 The Reversal

18 Jan 2017

Contributed by Lukas

For years, Dr. Richard Bedlack has hunted for a cure for ALS, a fatal degenerative disease. And then one day he builds a website called ALS Untangled...

#84 Past, Present, Future 2

22 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, updates on some of the stories we’ve done over the past year, some bonuses and surprises, some breakbeats, a motorcycle ride, and we take...

#47 Quit Already (REBROADCAST)

15 Dec 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Everybody has that one Facebook friend who just won’t stop posting their political opinions. This week, we talk to one of those Facebook friends, so...

#83 Voyage Into Pizzagate

08 Dec 2016

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A conspiracy theory, a pizza related map, and a website fighting for its very soul. Further Reading Bryan Menegus' great article, "Reddit is Tearing ...

#82 Hello?

17 Nov 2016

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Alex and PJ take calls from anyone, about anything, for 48 hours straight. Thank Yous Adam Quinn (for setting up our phone system) Peter Nelson (for ...

#81 In the Tall Grass

04 Nov 2016

Contributed by Lukas

One man tries to unite America. One Frog threatens to tear it apart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#80 Flash!

27 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week: a bitter Yes Yes No rivalry, and the return of 10 Minutes on Craigslist. Someone has gone missing. Further Reading The original tweet. Los...

#29 The Takeover (REBROADCAST)

20 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Oscar is an Australian teenager who tried to make the most boring Facebook group possible - a group where members pretend to be corporate drone...

#79 Boy in Photo

13 Oct 2016

Contributed by Lukas

To reach a port, we must set sail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#78 Very Quickly to the Drill

29 Sep 2016

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Alex and PJ chase down the strangest tips from our Weird Ads hotline, and at the bottom of the rabbit hole they find the Mother of All AdWords Scams. ...

#77 The Grand Tapestry Of Pepe

22 Sep 2016

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Forty servers full of lost photos, a secret plan, and an unexpected rescue. Also, a Yes Yes No about a frog. Further Reading Hillary on Pepe Matt Fu...

#76 Lost in a Cab

08 Sep 2016

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Liz lost her camera in a cab, so she went to the New York City Taxi website to submit it to their lost and found database. At least, that's what she t...

#75 Boy Wonder

01 Sep 2016

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Barry develops a small but very inconvenient health problem, which becomes so persistent and pernicious that it feels as if someone put a curse on him...

#74 Making Friends

25 Aug 2016

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This week, a story about people who start hearing voices in their heads. But, instead of trying to get rid of the voices, they try to make more. Repor...

#73 Sandbox

11 Aug 2016

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One twin decides to plug her internal organs directly into the internet so the other twin can monitor her. Plus, PJ and Alex talk to a listener whose ...

#72 Dead is Paul

04 Aug 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, a Yes Yes No about gorillas, conspiracy theories, and glitter. Further Reading See the original tweets on our Yes Yes No tumblr. Marina Joy...

#71 The Picture Taker

28 Jul 2016

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Rachel was a faithful user of a photo storage website called Picturelife, until one day all of her photos disappeared. As she investigated, she realiz...

#70 Stolen Valor

14 Jul 2016

Contributed by Lukas

PJ dives into the world of military impostors and the vigilantes who hunt them. Plus, a dispatch from Dallas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

#69 Disappeared

07 Jul 2016

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This week a man decides to sabotage the entire internet. Plus, PJ discovers the secret code he’s accidentally been speaking, and learns about the pe...

#68 Vampire Rules

16 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

It’s an old story. Two people date, they break up, they both go on Tinder. And on Tinder, one of them stumbles across an incredibly creepy photo, ta...

#67 On the Inside, Part IV

09 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Modrowski is in prison for a murder he claims he didn't commit, and he says he’s been misunderstood because of his autism. This week, we bring...

#66 On the Inside, Part III

27 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Blogger Paul Modrowski is in prison for a murder he claims he didn't commit. This week, producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni looks at his trial, and speaks to ...

#65 On the Inside, Part II

19 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Blogger Paul Modrowski is in prison for a murder he claims that he didn't commit. This week, producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni looks at Paul's life before h...

#64 On the Inside

12 May 2016

Contributed by Lukas

For years, Paul Modrowski has been writing a blog from inside a maximum security prison. Only thing is, he was arrested when he was 18 and has never s...

#63 1000 Brimes

27 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Email Debt Forgiveness Day is April 30th. It’s the day when people around the world will send the emails they’ve been putting off, without guilt a...

#62 Decoders

21 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Reporter Rukmini Callimachi is always looking for new ways to eavesdrop on ISIS operatives online. Recently, she got a new look into how ISIS members ...

#61 Baby King

14 Apr 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Alex stumbles upon the weirdest gifs ever made, and goes hunting for their creators. Also, a new Yes Yes No. Check out our website, http://...

#60 A Simple Question

31 Mar 2016

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This week, PJ helps a listener named Matt ask a very large company a very simple question. Are you telling me the truth? Also! PJ & Alex are on Sampl...

#59 Good Job, Alex

24 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Alex tries to solve a problem and PJ insults him. Also the return of Email Debt Forgiveness Day. If you’re thinking about sending an emai...

#58 Earth Pony

17 Mar 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week we learn the truth behind Carl Diggler, the internet's most successful election forecaster. And a special Yes Yes No featuring comedian/acto...

#57 Milk Wanted

10 Mar 2016

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There are parents in the US desperate for breast milk and others who have too much milk and end up pouring it down the sink. Reply All Producer Phia B...

#56 Zardulu

25 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

The rats are not what they seem. Also a new Yes Yes No. Zardulu's Twitter and Facebook accounts. Eric Yearwood's website. Matt Little's website. The H...

#55 The Line

18 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week we have a story about a big group of people with the same questions. Difficult, complicated, heartbreaking ones. These people all have one t...

#54 Apologies to Dr. Rosalind Franklin

11 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we fix an embarrassing oversight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#53 In The Desert

04 Feb 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Strangers keep coming to Mike and Christina’s house looking for their stolen cell phones. Nobody knows why. We travel to Atlanta to find out what’...

PSA: Hidden Trove

27 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Hi. We're off this week, but we have a little secret: We actually used to have another podcast about the internet for 38 episodes, called TLDR. So If ...

#52 Raising The Bar

21 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Leslie Miley went from being a college dropout to Twitter's only black engineer in a leadership position. So why did he quit? Also a brand new Yes Yes...

#51 Perfect Crime

14 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Every night, Catherine Russell puts on a wig, picks up a gun, and ignores her critics. Further Reading Perfect Crime Sampler Singer/songwriter Matt Fa...

#50 The Cathedral

07 Jan 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Amy and Ryan Green’s one-year-old son is diagnosed with cancer and begins an agonizing period of treatment. And then, one night in the hospital, Rya...

#49 Past, Present, Future

16 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, updates on some of the stories we've done over the past year, some bonuses and surprises, and the most beautiful song ever written about pi...

#48 I Love You, I Loathe You

07 Dec 2015

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode, a new Yes Yes No, and we revisit our "Undo, Undo, Undo" segment to find out listeners most cringeworthy accidental messages. L...

#47 Quit Already!

30 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Everybody has that one Facebook friend who just won't stop posting their political opinions. This week, we talk to one of those Facebook friends, some...

#46 Yik Yak Returns

15 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Yik Yak is an app that allows users to communicate anonymously with anyone within a 10-mile radius. In the first part of this week's show, we revisit ...

#45 The Rainbow Pug

10 Nov 2015

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This week, Jade Davis loses her dog on the internet, and we go looking for it. After you listen to the episode, here is a place to visit: http://rainb...

#44 Shine On You Crazy Goldman

03 Nov 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A website for people who are way too high. Plus, could LSD unlock our better selves? Does PJ even have a better self? We investigate. You can find Tri...

#43 The Law That Sticks

26 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a law. It's been on the books for almost 30 years. And it makes totally mundane online behavior illegal. Learn mor...

#42 Blind Spot

12 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Hope is a photographer. One day her body begins to betray her. It starts with her eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc...

#41 What It Looks Like

05 Oct 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Jamie Keiles is a writer who decided to photograph something that’s practically invisible. Her story plus a new Yes Yes No. Read Jamie Keiles' artic...

#40 The Flower Child

22 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Ripoff Report is one of the original complaint websites. It’s basically the work of one person, a man whom the internet describes as a kind of mythi...

#39 Reply All Exploder

16 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, one of our favorite podcasts, Song Exploder, takes over Reply All. Host Hrishikesh Hirway interviews the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder ab...

#38 Undo, Undo, Undo

07 Sep 2015

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of Reply All, we do a Yes Yes No with Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller of NPR's Invisibilia, and we discuss the one message you've ...

#37 Taking Power

01 Sep 2015

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Chris complained about his cable company on Twitter. He was surprised to get a phone call demanding he delete the tweets or else be banned from the se...

#36 Today's The Day

25 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's episode of Reply All, PJ and Alex go outside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

#35 One Strike

10 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, 10 Minutes On Craigslist is back! Preston has posted the same ad to Craigslist over 300 times. He speaks to Sylvie Douglis about why he kee...

#34 DMV Nation

04 Aug 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Even though technology evolves at a rapid clip, US government agencies seem trapped about a decade in the past. PJ talks to technologist Clay Johnson ...

#6 This Proves Everything + The Best Hold Music in the World

29 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Keith Calder is known in some circles for his work as an independent film producer. In other, much bigger circles, Keith’s known for having the same...

#33 @ISIS

20 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Rukmini Callimachi covers Islamic terrorism for the NY Times, and she seems to have access that other reporters just don't have. Part of the way she g...

#32 The Evilest Technology On Earth :-)

13 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

On July 5th, a hacker leaked hundreds of gigabytes of information stolen from a company that sells surveillance software to some of the most oppressiv...

#31 BONUS: The Reddit Implosion Explainer

09 Jul 2015

Contributed by Lukas

We meant to take a week off, but we just couldn't help ourselves. Our entire episode this week is a Yes Yes No about the recent (and massive) dustup o...

#30 The Man In The FBI Hat

29 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

When successful internet entrepreneur Robert Hoquim died, the people who knew him found out they actually didn't know him at all. For more about John ...

#29 The Takeover

23 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Thomas Oscar is an Australian teenager who tried to make the most boring Facebook group possible - a group where members pretend to be corporate drone...

#28 Shipped to Timbuktu

15 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

An email to the wrong address sends us hurtling into the world of professional cookie advisors.  Leopold's website:  http://www.weihsien-paintings.o...

#27 The Fever

02 Jun 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, producer Stephanie Foo tells a story about dating online that is unlike any we've ever heard before. Sponsors: Xero (http://www.xero.com/po...

#26 Craigslist, Horsley's List

24 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Craigslist is the internet’s classifieds section, but it’s also one of its more shadowy corners, where the ads are anonymous and ephemeral. So we ...

#25 Favor Atender

18 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In the United States, the idea of having a conversation with the President is pretty outlandish. But in Latin America, it's a regular occurrence. The ...

#24 Exit & Return, Part II

12 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we conclude Shulem Deen’s story. In part I, we heard how the internet led him on a path where he was exiled from his community and separ...

#23 Exit & Return, Part I

05 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Shulem Deen was a 22-year old and ultra-religious, a Hasidic Jewish person, when he bought a computer and signed up for America Online in 1996. Until ...

#22 BONUS: The Man Who Refused To Email

04 May 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A special bonus Email Debt Forgiveness Day themed episide! First, PJ talks to Buzzfeed San Francisco Bureau chief Mat Honan about his decision to aban...

#5.5 Jennicam Revisited

27 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In 1996, 19-year-old Jennifer Ringley started the Jennicam, a 24-hour online chronicle of her life. Seven years later, she disappeared entirely from t...

#21 Hack The Police

20 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

When Higinio Ochoa got out of prison for hacking in September of 2014, one of the terms of his parole was that he is not allowed to use any internet c...

#20 I Want To Break Free

13 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Yes Yes No returns, and the story of two people who created a company designed to ghostwrite people’s emotionally difficult emails. Don’t forget t...

#19 Underdog

04 Apr 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Marnie the Dog is one of the most famous dogs on Instagram. Two years ago, she was near death at an animal shelter in Connecticut, now she has 1.2 mil...

#18 Silence And Respect

29 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In 2012, a woman named Lindsey Stone posted a picture she took as a joke to her Facebook page. A month later, she was under attack from all corners of...

#17 The Time Traveler And The Hitman

22 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

In 1997, John Silveira wrote a joke classified ad in a tiny publication called Backwoods Home Magazine asking if anyone wanted to travel back in time ...

#16 Why Is Mason Reese Crying?

15 Mar 2015

Contributed by Lukas

For Jonathan Goldstein, YouTube offers endless nostalgia, but he always finds himself returning to the same subject - a precocious child actor from th...

#15 I've Killed People And I Have Hostages

28 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

Blair Myhand is a police officer in the sleepy, 42,000 person town of Apex, NC. One night, he received an unusually disturbing phone call where a pers...

#14 The Art of Making and Fixing Mistakes

21 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

A social media mistake for the record books, and a quiet saint of Wikipedia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices