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PJ Vogt introduces his new show, Search Engine, where he digs into all kinds of questions, big and small. On this episode: why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? 

You can find the concluding episode of the …

One last thing before we go.

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Inspired by @depthsofwikipedia, this week we dive deeper into three of our favorite weird Wikipedia pages.

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We'll be back in a few weeks, in the meantime we're introducing a new show from Gimlet called Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's

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Some news: Emmanuel and Alex will be stepping away from making the show. And this iteration of Reply All will be ending in late June.

This isn’t a decision that was made by any one person. Reply All has always been a …

A community of chicken lovers faces an unlikely foe.

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We'll be back with a new episode next week, but in the meantime, we're featuring an episode of a new show from Gimlet and Crooked Media: Stuck with Damon Young.

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Emmanuel tries a personal experiment.

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This episode was inspired by the work of Soraya Perry. Check out her work as a filmmaker, musician, and visual artist here: www.sorayaperry.com

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Alex chats with Habiba Nosheen about her new show, Conviction: The Disappearance of Nuseiba Hasan. 

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This week, a Super Tech Support: Gabby is devastated after her art is stolen. Anna takes on the case, and plunges into a part of the internet she’d …

This week we're rebroadcasting a recent favorite. Emmanuel investigates a mysterious recording that has been popping up on toll free numbers for …

This week, a listener contacts us about a supernatural occurrence in her Toyota Prius. Alex Goldman investigates.

Kim Kelly's new book Fight Like Hell

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This week, a Super Tech Support: a listener’s Spotify Wrapped is dominated by a mysterious artist she's never heard of and swears she's never listened to. And the songs she supposedly played are even weirder. Emmanuel …

Today we are sharing an episode made by our colleagues at Science Vs. In the piece, they dive deep on the effects of COVID misinformation spread by …

A quick note about our schedule this year.

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Alex chats with Jonathan Goldstein about his show, Heavyweight. And then, we hear an episode from the show.

In 1968, Jonathan’s mother-in-law Becky …

A mystery roils Florida political Twitter: could it be that the governor’s new press secretary is running bots against her political opponents? …

Emmanuel chats with Emma Courtland about her show, Crime Show. And then, we hear an episode from the show.

When teenager Hillary Transue made a …

This week, producer Anna Foley investigates a viral prank plaguing schools across the country.

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Emmanuel Dzotsi chats with journalist Jason Rezaian about his new show, 544 Days, which explores Jason's imprisonment by the Iranian government and the struggle to free him.

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The Reply All team talk to people trying to break out of their mid-pandemic funk.

Here is a list of organizations that offer support for anyone feeling distressed, experiencing feelings of depression or anxiety, or …

This week, Alex Goldman’s favorite place on the internet is in danger, thanks to a bunch of robot snipers.

Jilgamesh's Twitch Stream

Jessica Conditt's …

Alex Goldman chats with Simone Polanen about her show, Not Past It. And then, the episode: The Paris Hilton Sex Tape.

Paris Hilton’s sex tape ushered …

Producer Anna Foley tries to answer a question that’s been bothering her for a long time: What makes the TikTok algorithm so good at knowing what she …

Today, the return of Super Tech Support: Alex discovers a Twitter account that breaks his brain.

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FemmeAndroid tries to do a good deed…but instead finds herself in a battle to save a place she loves. 

Some helpful links: 

• FemmeAndroid’s Patreon for …

This week, with the help of tech reporters Ashley Feinberg and Katie Notopoulos, we venture to one of the darkest places on the internet -- our own …

The Reply All team takes a look at the Test Kitchen, and what those mistakes mean for the future of the show.

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An update on the future of The Test Kitchen series and PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni's departure.

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Chapter 2, “Glass Office”: Years later, in 2018, a new wave of people of color arrives at Bon Appétit. And when their white bosses don’t understand …

Chapter 1, “Original Sin”: In the summer of 2020, Bon Appétit faced an online reckoning. It imploded, seemingly overnight, former employees calling it a racist and toxic workplace. But the story of what actually …

The President is no longer allowed to Tweet. PJ and Alex sit down with their boss to explain what that means, how it happened, and what might happen next. Plus -- an upset listener berates our climate reporter.

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Alex Goldman tackles his newest job: prophet of doom.

Taylor Moore's podcasts, Rude Tales of Magic and Fun City

Emily Atkin's newsletter, Heated

John …

In the midst of a historic election, Alex, PJ and Emmanuel talk to our listeners.

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Alex meets a scientist who has built a tool meant to do the impossible -- measure the world's overall happiness and sadness. Plus, Alex volunteers …

Faced with an impossible choice, one man goes live on instagram. Saidu Tejan Thomas Jr. shares a story from his new podcast, Resistance.

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We're excited to announce that Emmanuel Dzotsi is taking on a new role on the show ... as host! And this week, he brings us a story about a …

Who is Q-Anon? PJ tells the surprising origin story of the Q scam, and the man who now seems to be in control of it.

Dale Beran (@DaleBeran) and Mike …

This week, a conspiracy theory involving Jeffrey Epstein and a benign, wholesale furniture company, plus, the jam scandal that rocked Los Angeles. …

Three years after Alex Goldman traveled to India to investigate a scammy call center, he gets a tip that makes him question everything he learned in …

The story of an election in America where everything went wrong -- bribery, hacking, ballot-stuffing. And the 17 year old kid who tried to save the …

Black people all across the US are receiving the world's weirdest form of reparations: Venmo payments from white people. Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi …

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Just for fun, a guy and his friends record a Christmas song in his Living room. More than three years later, he walks into a grocery store and hears that song playing. Alex investigates. 

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A new podcast about scary movies for people who are too scared to ever watch them. Each week Alex Goldman, avowed horror fan, screens a scary movie …

This week, we call people across the world.

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This week, we open up the phone lines and check in on everybody.

If you want to know what we're up to in the coming weeks, check out replyall.online.

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A man in California is haunted by the memory of a pop song from his youth. He can remember the lyrics and the melody. But the song itself has vanished, completely scrubbed from the internet. PJ takes on the Super Tech …

This week, we talk to the world’s most obsessive tracker of politicians' secret online lives. And ask for help on a very spooky mission.

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PJ and Alex open up the hotline again to tackle listener problems and mysteries, no job too weird. This time – a Waze vortex, a tribunal for …

A scandal at Teen Vogue, a mysteriously disappeared TikTok star, and the competing viral dances of Mayor Pete and Mayor Bloomberg. Yes Yes No is back.

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The conclusion of our story — Emmanuel and Sruthi go down to Alabama as tensions in the party reach a boiling point.

Additional reading:

Eyes on the Prize - definitive documentary series on the civil rights movement.

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The second part of our story — the war rages on. A third faction emerges. Emmanuel Dzotsi reports.

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Doug Jones’ memoir about his work prosecuting the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombings: Bending Toward …

The Alabama Democrats fight an unlikely foe in a struggle for Alabama’s future: themselves. Emmanuel Dzotsi reports.

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Video of Sheila Gilbert being rejected from the SDEC

Tabitha Isner's concession …

A listener finds a UFO floating in the sky over a leather store, and Alex sets out to find the man who put it there.

John R.E.'s Google reviews

The UFO above Sav-Mor Leather

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We celebrate Halloween by opening up the phone lines for your scary stories: Ghosts, Googling how to Seance, and the Mysterious Sax Man of Berkeley.

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A legit question from a rural American.

Asher Elbein's piece on feral hogs 

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This week, Yes Yes No returns with a raid on Area 51, and the very worst name you can call a New York Times writer.

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One night, alone in his new apartment, Halen hears something unexpected — a set of footsteps in the dark, and an unfamiliar voice telling him “Moshi, moshi.” Super Tech Support returns, Alex investigates.

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This week, PJ and Alex open up the phone lines and try to solve your problems, big and small.

Read Joshua Rothman's story on printers here. 

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Carlos Maza started posting videos on YouTube, and ran afoul of a guy who reminded him of his high school bullies. He asked YouTube to intervene, and …

This week, we discover an invisible maze, designed to trick millions of people out of their money.

Justin Elliot’s Twitter

Pro Publica’s questionnaire …

This week, the most humiliating, unfortunate and regrettable things on the internet that simply will not come down. Also: the father who scours the internet for lost memories.

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This week, an epic Yes Yes No spanning an entire galaxy of internet fights. Plus, Alex Goldman reveals a dark personal secret. And an update on Sal’s …

This week, a flood of mysterious orders plague Domino’s Pizza stores across America. Who is Adam Pisces, and why is he ordering so many cokes?

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Ben loves podcasts, but he has a problem. When he tries to listen to one podcast in particular, his car stereo completely breaks. This week, Super …

This week, PJ and Alex open up the phone lines and try to solve your problems, big and small. Don’t type like my brother.

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We investigate the mystery of why parents across the world became convinced that a half-bird/half-woman monster was going to harm their kids over the internet.

And we answer the question of how robocallers are able to …

Yes Yes No returns and Alex Blumberg takes us on a journey from secret celebrity love letters to the biggest, strangest rock band you’ve never heard of. Also, basketball.

See the tweet here.

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The story of a person who wanted to change the world using the internet — by committing crimes on an unprecedented global scale.

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This week, Alex investigates the rise of one of the most hated businesses: Robocalls. And Damiano tries to figure out if a robocaller is tracking his every move.

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New Year! Alex Goldman’s audacious plan to get punched in the face, plus special guest Jason Mantzoukas returns for a very Azkaban Yes Yes No.

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In our final episode of the year, we revisit some stories, talk to old friends, and hear from the most remote places on the planet.

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A small town in Wisconsin becomes the site of a completely unprecedented experiment. 

A Better Mount Pleasant

Let's Make A Better Mount Pleasant

Journalist Larry Tabak's Series on Foxconn in Wisconsin

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This week, the return of YYN: from a deranged mascot to the top of the FBI

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This week, a new Super Tech Support: after Lizzie's Snapchat gets hacked, things start getting really creepy. Alex investigates.

Michael Bazzell's Podcast

The complete Security and Privacy Podcast

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A 13-year-old girl builds a tiny world that she has complete, perfect control over. And then one day, that world forces her to make an impossible …

New York City cops are in a fight against their own police department. They say it’s under the control of a broken computer system that punishes cops …

New York City cops are in a fight against their own police department. They say it’s under the control of a broken computer system that punishes cops …

We're back this week with a Yes Yes No. Alex takes PJ and Alex Blumberg through Alex Jones's visit to the Senate. And producer Anna Foley helps us …

Taylor Nicole Dean was a self-described shut-in, a teenager who lived in her parent's home, surrounded by exotic pets. And then she started making …

Sruthi asks a question “why does it seem like Amazon has suddenly gotten a lot sketchier?“ Alex investigates.

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Matt’s wife died a decade ago. Now, everywhere he goes on the internet, he can’t escape advertisements for clickbait sites with her picture on it. This week, Super Tech Support tries to help out.

Matt's non-profit, the …

This week, to celebrate Alex Goldman’s return from paternity leave, a Yes Yes No extravaganza. Alex takes PJ and Alex Blumberg through the internet’s …

Who was Wayne?

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An ambitious plan to help people goes off the rails, and a man from Florida tries to fix things the only way he knows how: with prank phone calls.

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Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) …

How a shy, queer Canadian woman accidentally invented one of the internet’s most toxic male communities.

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Last month, the government shut down backpage.com, a site where people advertised sex with children. We talk to a group of people who say that was a …

One day, Cayden received an email from their internet provider that said "stop pirating TV shows or we'll cut off your internet!" Cayden had no idea what they were talking about. So Alex decided to investigate.

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This week, the story of a man who made the extremely dubious decision to order a watch that he found in an Instagram ad. We explore the strange world that watch came from.

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Jenny ODell's "There's No Such …

This week, we meet a dominatrix who dominates computers, instead of just people. Plus, the story of a man who hatches a plot to destroy a beloved NBA team, using the best advantage he has — the fact that he’s their …

Writer Jia Tolentino has a new case for Super Tech Support: where are all those bitcoin she bought six years ago?

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Planet Money's …

This week: Yes Yes No returns and takes us to the brink of apocalypse.

Further Reading

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The yes yes nos tumblr

The tweet in question

Tide Pod Pizza Tweet

Uganda Knuckles in VR Chat

Who Killed Captain Alex trailer

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Our finale for the year! We solve some unsolved mysteries, call up some of our favorite people, and answer questions about stories listeners are …

After Andrea is attacked by a stranger in Mexico City, she just wants to figure out who the guy was. Investigating this question drops her right into the middle of one of Mexico’s biggest conspiracies.

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After a secret breaks in the news, Reply All re-examines how Alex Blumberg's Uber account was hacked.

This episode is a follow up to #91 The Russian …

The return of YYN: The horrifying specter of November 4th and a very disturbing ice cream recipe.

Further Reading

Rich Kyanka's Tweet

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This year we’ve gotten one question more than any other from listeners: is Facebook eavesdropping on my conversations and showing me ads based on the things that I say? This week, Alex investigates.

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Our …

Continued: Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.

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Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.

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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.

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Phia helps a listener track down a mythical, vanished video game.

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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 the life of a different stranger. Unsure what else to do, she calls in …

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 tech support scams in the Hindustan Times

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This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman.

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If you suspect you are a victim of a tech support …

A man takes on an impossible job: fixing the place you go before you die.

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Bill Thomas's website

Bill Thomas on Twitter

Tammy Marshall at The New Jewish Home

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An online diary used by American teenagers confronts a strange and terrifying enemy.

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

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The last person on earth who has not heard about covfefe walks into a studio, and a strange journey begins.

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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 …

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 completely surrenders their privacy.

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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 Thanksgivings.

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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 are now allowed to see your internet browsing history.

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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, left off.

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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 …

Somewhere in Russia, a man calls for a car. Somewhere in New York City, a stranger's phone buzzes.

Email us at replyall@gimletmedia.com and use the subject "theory" if you think you can provide us additional information.

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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.

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W3C's proposed standard

W3C Director, Tim Berners-Lee, posts "…

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

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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 …

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 Twice Removed podcast

Nazanin Rafsanjani's Twitter

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This week — a new technology falls into the wrong hands.

Pope Brock's book, Charlatan

Penny Lane's documentary, Nuts!

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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. That's when strange things start to happen. Reported by Peter Andrey …

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 a glimpse into the future.

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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, …

A conspiracy theory, a pizza related map, and a website fighting for its very soul.

Further Reading

Bryan Menegus' great article, "Reddit is Tearing …

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 his excellent horn playing)

The Mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder (for going …

One man tries to unite America. One Frog threatens to tear it apart.

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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.

Loss.

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

The Facts

Karen Duffin is a producer at …

To reach a port, we must set sail.

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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.

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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.

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Hillary on Pepe

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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 thought she did. Alex investigates and finds a big business behind the …

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. Sruthi Pinnamaneni goes deep on a decades-long medical mystery.

Lisa …

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. Reporter Laura Klivans has the story.

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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 heart was broken by last week's episode.

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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 …

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

PJ dives into the world of military impostors and the vigilantes who hunt them. Plus, a dispatch from Dallas.

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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 people who created it.

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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, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 and …

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 might be using the internet to coordinate their attacks. Plus, a new …

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://replyall.diamonds for links to some of the gifs discussed in this …

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 Sampler this week. You can listen here. 

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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 email, …

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

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 Bennin wades into the world of breast milk markets, and discovers a …

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 Half …

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 …

This week, we fix an embarrassing oversight.

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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’s …

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 you've already listened to all of Reply All, why not give TLDR a try? …

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 …

Every night, Catherine Russell puts on a wig, picks up a gun, and ignores her critics.

Further Reading

Perfect Crime

Sampler

Singer/songwriter Matt Farley can be found on his website or on Spotify.

Our theme song is by the …

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, Ryan …

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 …

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.

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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, …

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 a story we did in January, about how the app brought out a …

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://rainbowpugs.limo 

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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.

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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.

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Hope is a photographer. One day her body begins to betray her. It starts with her eyes.

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

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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 mythical villain, a Keyser Söze who wields power from behind his janky …

This week, one of our favorite podcasts, Song Exploder, takes over Reply All. Host Hrishikesh Hirway interviews the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder about coming up with our theme song. Then, we air one of our very …

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 …

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 service. PJ looks into the story, and things get much stranger. Plus, a …

On this week's episode of Reply All, PJ and Alex go outside.

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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 keeps posting.

And in the second half of the show: Barry Crimmins is an …

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 …

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 last name as Eleanor Calder. She’s a model who dates One Direction’s …

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 gets that access is by communicating with Islamic extremists online. …

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

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 …

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

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

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An email to the wrong address sends us hurtling into the world of professional cookie advisors. 

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This week, producer Stephanie Foo tells a story about dating online that is unlike any we've ever heard before.

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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A special bonus Email Debt Forgiveness Day themed episide! First, PJ talks to Buzzfeed San Francisco Bureau chief Mat Honan about his decision to abandon personal email entirely, and his agonizing fear that it makes him …

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 …

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 …

Yes Yes No returns, and the story of two people who created a company designed to ghostwrite people’s emotionally difficult emails.

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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 …

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 the internet, out of a job, hounded by the press. The internet had …

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 with him. A lot of people took him seriously. What do you do when …

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

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 …

A social media mistake for the record books, and a quiet saint of Wikipedia. 

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A woman starts dating again at 60 after her marriage falls apart. We follow her into a world of millionaire import/export moguls and fifteen-year old …

What happens when a woman sends a stocky blond stranger to tell her ex she loves him. (Updated with a new interview!)

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The entire internet decides to look at one famous butt at the same time. One man has to ensure that the website hosting Kardashian butt pictures …

There was a lot that Errol Morris never knew about his brilliant, distant older brother Noel. Decades after Noel's death, Errol read an internet …

In the early 80's, way before the world wide web existed, the French government shipped a $200 terminal to every home with a phone line, and created a service that for decades ran alongside the internet. It was called …

Yik Yak is a an app that allows users to communicate anonymously with anyone within a 10-mile radius. At Colgate University in upstate New York, the …

Sometimes, on his way to work, a feeling of pressure begins thumping in Paul Ford’s chest. His breaths shorten. They speed up. And sometimes, in …

This week we enter the mysterious, Byzantine underworld of domain sales, where people make money speculating on the website naming market. A few …

Depending on who you ask, Keith Calder is either a 35-year old film producer, or one of the players in a vast international conspiracy designed to …

In 1996 Jennifer Ringley started Jennicam.org, where she recorded and broadcast her entire life, 24/7. It made her famous. And then, one day, she disappeared from the internet entirely. What'd she figure out about the …

Writer Chiara Atik has a hobby -- spying on the financial transactions of friends and strangers. She thinks that Venmo, more than any other social media site, is the place you can find actual, accidental truth online. …

Twenty years ago, Ethan Zuckerman did something terrible on the internet. And he's still living with the consequences.

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What happens when a woman sends a stocky blond stranger to tell her ex she loves him. 

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An app called Figure One wants to be Instagram, but for doctors. Why would doctors need their own Instagram? We spy on the secret & disgusting …