Reply All
A show about the internet, hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman. From @gimletmedia.
Episodes
Podcast: Reply All: The Test Kitchen Revisited
The Reply All team takes a look at the Test Kitchen, and what those mistakes mean for the show.
Podcast: Reply All: #173 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 2
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 the problems they're facing, those people will decide to fix the place themselves. [more inside]
Podcast: Reply All: #172 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 1
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 happened there started ten years earlier. This is Chapter One, "Original Sin," of our series The Test Kitchen. This is chapter one of a four part series reported and presented by Sruthi Pinnamaneni. [more inside]
Podcast: Reply All: #167 America's Hottest Talkline
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 mysterious recording that has been popping up on government hotlines for years. Emmanuel tries to figure out where this recording is coming from and who's putting it there.
Podcast: Reply All: #166 Country of Liars
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.
Podcast: Reply All: #162 The Least You Could Do
Black people all across the US are receiving the world's weirdest form of reparations: Venmo payments from white people. Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi investigates. [more inside]
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.
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
Podcast: Reply All: #149 30-50 Feral Hogs
A legit question from a rural American.Asher Elbein's piece on feral hogs
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]
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]
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]
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
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.
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.
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
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
Podcast: Reply All: #131 Surefire Investigations
This week, the return of YYN: from a deranged mascot to the top of the FBI [more inside]
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.
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.
Podcast: Reply All: #127 The Crime Machine, Part I
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.
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]
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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
Podcast: Reply All: #120 INVCEL
How a shy, queer Canadian woman accidentally invented one of the internet's most toxic male communities.
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.
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)
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]
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?
Podcast: Reply All: #114 Apocalypse Soon
This week: Yes Yes No returns and takes us to the brink of apocalypse.
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.
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.
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
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.
Podcast: Reply All: #108 The Skip Tracer, Part II
Continued: Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.
Podcast: Reply All: #107 The Skip Tracer, Part I
Sruthi Pinnamaneni follows the world's best bounty hunter on a peculiar case.
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]
Podcast: Reply All: #105 At World's End
Phia helps a listener track down a mythical, vanished video game. [more inside]
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.
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]
Podcast: Reply All: #102 Long Distance
This week, a telephone scammer makes a terrible mistake. He calls Alex Goldman. [more inside]
Podcast: Reply All: #101 Minka
A man takes on an impossible job: fixing the place you go before you die. [more inside]
Podcast: Reply All: #100 Friends and Blasphemers
An online diary used by American teenagers confronts a strange and terrifying enemy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
Podcast: Reply All: #88 Second Language
A new Yes Yes No, plus Sruthi meets her first fully-functional cyborg. [more inside]
Podcast: Reply All: #87 Storming the Castle
Alex finally meets his hero. Sruthi talks with her Iranian colleague. [more inside]
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]