Reply All

A show about the internet, hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman. From @gimletmedia.

Episodes

Podcast: Reply All: #158 The Case of the Missing Hit

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 Support case.
posted by dnash on Mar 5 at 8:30 AM - 41 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #156 The Cure for Everything

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 HawtNugz, and a powerful mystery cure that could topple the world into dystopia. www.helpwiththecure.com
posted by Tevin on Jan 30 at 5:16 AM - 18 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #149 30-50 Feral Hogs

A legit question from a rural American.Asher Elbein's piece on feral hogs
posted by Tevin on Oct 10, 2019 at 5:24 AM - 10 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #145 Louder

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 then things got extremely complicated. [more inside]
posted by dinty_moore on Jul 11, 2019 at 10:25 AM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #142 We Didn't Start The Fire

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 quest to get into college in Canada. [more inside]
posted by dnash on May 24, 2019 at 8:24 AM - 15 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #140 The Roman Mars Mazda Virus

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 Tech Support takes on one of its strangest cases — Roman Mars versus a 2016 Mazda sedan. [more inside]
posted by dnash on Apr 11, 2019 at 2:07 PM - 16 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #139 The Reply All Hotline

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.Further Reading: JusoorInstitute of International Education PEER Michael Bazzel's workbook to remove your personal information online
posted by Tevin on Mar 28, 2019 at 8:34 AM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #138 The Great Momo Panic

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 fake your telephone number when they call you.
posted by eotvos on Mar 15, 2019 at 11:09 AM - 4 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #137 Fool's Trade

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.
posted by dinty_moore on Feb 28, 2019 at 12:59 PM - 10 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #134 The Year of the Wallop

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.Tweet from the episode
posted by Tevin on Jan 17, 2019 at 8:20 AM - 15 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #132 Negative Mount Pleasant

A small town in Wisconsin becomes the site of a completely unprecedented experiment. A Better Mount PleasantLet's Make A Better Mount PleasantJournalist Larry Tabak's Series on Foxconn in Wisconsin
posted by Tevin on Dec 6, 2018 at 6:00 AM - 14 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #131 Surefire Investigations

This week, the return of YYN: from a deranged mascot to the top of the FBI [more inside]
posted by dnash on Nov 15, 2018 at 4:26 PM - 15 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #130 The Snapchat Thief

This week, a new Super Tech Support: after Lizzie's Snapchat gets hacked, things start getting really creepy. Alex investigates.
posted by nightrecordings on Nov 10, 2018 at 9:02 AM - 12 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #128 The Crime Machine, Part II

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 who refuse to engage in racist, corrupt policing. The story of their fight, and the story of the grouchy idealist who originally built the machine they're fighting.
posted by Tevin on Oct 12, 2018 at 5:38 AM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #127 The Crime Machine, Part I

Podcast: Reply All: #126 Alex Jones Dramageddon

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 unpack the scandal that's engulfed Beauty YouTube. Alex Jones tweet and Beautube tweet [more inside]
posted by gladly on Sep 20, 2018 at 7:09 AM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #102 Long Distance Parts 1 & 2

A telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman. This episode originally aired in July of 2017.
posted by ruben on Sep 13, 2018 at 9:34 PM - 2 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #104 The Case of the Phantom Caller

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 Super Tech Support. This episode originally aired in September of 2017.
posted by ruben on Sep 5, 2018 at 9:22 PM - 2 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #125 All My Pets

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 videos on YouTube. Taylor's Youtube Channel
posted by eotvos on Jul 28, 2018 at 11:47 AM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #124 The Magic Store

Sruthi asks a question "— why does it seem like Amazon has suddenly gotten a lot sketchier?" Alex investigates.
posted by Tevin on Jul 13, 2018 at 5:26 AM - 5 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #122 The QAnon Code ⚡️⚡️

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 most encompassing conspiracy theory to date, and then Gene Demby joins us to help unpack a very different kind of conspiracy.Paris Martineau's Qanon explainer in New York MagazineParis Martineau's Reporting on Roseanne and QAnon for The OutlineBen Detrick on Bryan ColangeloThe Yes Yes No Blog
posted by Tevin on Jun 7, 2018 at 6:14 AM - 14 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #121 Pain Funnel

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.Further reading:Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part ICat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part IIDavid Segal's series on the business around addiction (New York Times)Ryan Hampton's American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction CrisisPalm Beach Post's Reporting on the Sober Home Crisis
posted by eotvos on May 21, 2018 at 5:58 PM - 10 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #120 INVCEL

How a shy, queer Canadian woman accidentally invented one of the internet's most toxic male communities.
posted by Tevin on May 10, 2018 at 6:50 AM - 10 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #119 No More Safe Harbor

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 huge mistake.
posted by firechicago on Apr 20, 2018 at 7:59 AM - 7 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #118 A Pirate In Search of a Judge

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.Further Reading Vulture's recap of "Old Loves" (Girls Season 5, Episode 4)
posted by Tevin on Mar 15, 2018 at 6:05 AM - 10 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #117 The World's Most Expensive Free Watch

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. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Mar 3, 2018 at 11:43 AM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #115 The Bitcoin Hunter

Writer Jia Tolentino has a new case for Super Tech Support: where are all those bitcoin she bought six years ago?
posted by radioamy on Jan 29, 2018 at 10:33 AM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #114 Apocalypse Soon

This week: Yes Yes No returns and takes us to the brink of apocalypse.
posted by Tevin on Jan 18, 2018 at 5:16 AM - 13 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #113 Reply All's Year End Extravaganza

Our finale for the year! We solve some unsolved mysteries, call up some of our favorite people, and answer questions about stories listeners are still wondering about. Plus many weird surprises.
posted by Tevin on Dec 21, 2017 at 6:06 AM - 14 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #112 The Prophet

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.
posted by latkes on Dec 18, 2017 at 11:25 PM - 12 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #110 The Antifa Supersoldier Spectacular

The return of YYN: The horrifying specter of November 4th and a very disturbing ice cream recipe.Further ReadingRich Kyanka's TweetRefuse Fascism announces the November 4 protestsAn article by Krang T. Nelson about getting banned from twitter for his tweet.Jordan Peltz' videoAlex Jones warns of the Antifa uprisingBrian Feldman's Tweet Ryan Broderick's "vore" theoryFeldman's follow up article Constable Frozen Our Yes Yes No blog
posted by Tevin on Nov 16, 2017 at 6:22 AM - 15 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #109 Is Facebook Spying on You?

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.Further ReadingOur guide to keep Facebook from following you around the internet can be found at http://replyall.limo/donttrackme .Facebook's official statement that it is not listening to users. Facebook's Rob Goldman (no relation) denying the same thing.
posted by Tevin on Nov 2, 2017 at 6:17 AM - 17 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #108 The Skip Tracer, Part II

Continued: Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.
posted by Tevin on Oct 19, 2017 at 9:10 AM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #107 The Skip Tracer, Part I

Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.
posted by Tevin on Oct 19, 2017 at 9:09 AM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #106 Is That You, KD?

This week, we help Alex Blumberg understand why a Google engineer ended up complimenting the KKK, and then Yes Yes No turns bizarro. [more inside]
posted by DoctorFedora on Oct 2, 2017 at 11:05 PM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #105 At World's End

Phia helps a listener track down a mythical, vanished video game. [more inside]
posted by bq on Sep 22, 2017 at 5:41 PM - 7 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #104 The Case of the Phantom Caller

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 Super Tech Support.
posted by noneuclidean on Sep 7, 2017 at 4:45 AM - 9 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #103 Long Distance, Part II

This week, Alex and Damiano take a trip. This is the conclusion of last week's episode, Long Distance. [more inside]
posted by noneuclidean on Aug 3, 2017 at 5:04 AM - 14 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #102 Long Distance

This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman. [more inside]
posted by gladly on Jul 27, 2017 at 6:03 AM - 25 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #101 Minka

A man takes on an impossible job: fixing the place you go before you die. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Jul 16, 2017 at 11:17 AM - 9 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #100 Friends and Blasphemers

An online diary used by American teenagers confronts a strange and terrifying enemy.
posted by Tevin on Jun 29, 2017 at 5:47 AM - 10 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #99 Black Hole, New Jersey

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.
posted by bq on Jun 15, 2017 at 9:43 PM - 12 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #98 Fog of Covfefe

The last person on earth who has not heard about covfefe walks into a studio, and a strange journey begins.
posted by bq on Jun 8, 2017 at 10:47 PM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #97 What Kind Of Idiot Gets Phished?

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 phished, too? To find out, she conducts an experiment on her poor, unsuspecting coworkers.
posted by dnash on May 19, 2017 at 7:47 AM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #96 The Secret Life of Alex Goldman

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.
posted by noneuclidean on May 4, 2017 at 6:46 AM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #95 The Silence in the Sky

A group of elite scientists prepare for the last conversation humans might ever have. Plus, we meet a corporate attorney who mediates family Thanksgivings. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Apr 27, 2017 at 11:10 AM - 7 comments

Podcast: Reply All: # 94 Obfuscation

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.
posted by jazon on Apr 14, 2017 at 9:26 AM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #93 Beware All

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.
posted by dinty_moore on Apr 6, 2017 at 2:16 PM - 14 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #91 The Russian Passenger

Somewhere in Russia, a man calls for a car. Somewhere in New York City, a stranger's phone buzzes. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Mar 16, 2017 at 9:22 AM - 8 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #90 Matt Lieber Goes to Dinner

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. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Mar 2, 2017 at 11:23 AM - 7 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #89 Worldstar

The unlikely rise of Lee O'Denat, the founder of Worldstar Hip Hop. Also, we reopen a cold case. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Feb 23, 2017 at 9:59 AM - 7 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #88 Second Language

A new Yes Yes No, plus Sruthi meets her first fully-functional cyborg. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Feb 9, 2017 at 10:18 AM - 6 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #87 Storming the Castle

Alex finally meets his hero. Sruthi talks with her Iranian colleague. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Feb 2, 2017 at 10:56 AM - 13 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #86 Man of the People

A meet-cute where two men discover their shared childhood fascination with a local mansion and the strange widow who lives there. Turns out that the widow has a dark past--her husband was Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, an eccentric genius and medical fraudster who built an empire in Depression-era America with a goat testicle impotence cure and a million watt radio station. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Jan 19, 2017 at 9:45 AM - 12 comments

Podcast: Reply All: #85 The Reversal

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. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Jan 13, 2017 at 2:12 PM - 3 comments