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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Smith and Reply All producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni. Further Reading The ALS Untangled website Dr. Richard Bedlack’s ALS Reversals website The PatientsLikeMe website The ALS TDI website Nelda Buss wrote a book, You Can Walk, about her experience, and she originally appeared on Fox in...
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. Check out the amazing 2016 Reply All poster by Matt Lubchansky! The Episodes #56 Zardulu #64-67 On the Inside Parts I-IV #53 In the Desert #68 Vampire Rules #57 Milk Wanted #47 Quit Already! Lightning Round #76 Lost in a Cab #83 Voyage Into Pizzagate #60 A Simple Plan #61 Baby King #69 Disappeared #78 Very Quickly to the D...
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, someone whose opinions got her into an enormous mess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A conspiracy theory, a pizza related map, and a website fighting for its very soul. Further Reading Bryan Menegus' great article, "Reddit is Tearing Itself Apart." An interview with Edgar Welch, the Pizzagate gunman. The Donald Subreddit If you have a question about a story we've reported this year, please email a voice memo of 30 seconds or less to [email protected] with the subject line "updates." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 above and beyond this week) Matt Farley Jorge Just Austin Thompson Build Buildings Everyone who called Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
One man tries to unite America. One Frog threatens to tear it apart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 This American Life. You can find more stories by Karen Duffin at her website. Our theme song is by the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. Further Reading You can check out the Stackswell and Co. Facebook page here. Read a story about Stackswell and...
To reach a port, we must set sail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Futher Reading David Segal's story on locksmiths The Ringfinders website Form to give feedback on specific ads Google's statement on our episode: Our goal is to provide a great experience for the users, advertisers, and publishers that interact with our advertising products everyday. An important part of this work is listening to reactions—good, ba...
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 Furie (Pepe's creator) on Pepe Smugmug's statement on Picturelife Our Sponsors 99designs – Visit 99designs.com/reply to get a free $99 upgrade on your first design project. HPE - To learn more about how HPE can provide innovative and effective it solutions for your business go to HPE.com/gimlet. Wealthsimple – Investing made easy. Get your first $10,00...
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 success of a suspicious little website. Further Reading If you lose something in a cab in New York City, Call 311, or go to this website. The Department of Consumer Affairs encourages anyone who feels they have been misled by yellowcabnyc.com to file a complaint with DCA online ...
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 Sanders’ book, Every Patient Tells a Story. Lisa Sanders’ column, Diagnosis. Become a Gimlet Member to join our Q&A this Friday at 12PM EST! Listen to Reply All Executive Producer Tim Howard's latest release as Soltero! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/...
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. Our Sponsors Mailchimp – Send better emails. Also visit Mailchimp’s new non-profit online store Freddieand.co. Fracture – Get 10% off, and don’t forget to mention Reply All in their one question survey. Squarespace – The easiest way to create a beautiful website, portfolio or online store. Use the offer code “REPLY”...
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Joyce's YouTube Article on Marina Joyce Police tweeting about Marina Joyce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Rachel was a faithful user of a photo storage website called Picturelife, until one day all of her photos disappeared. As she investigated, she realized that every Picturelife user was having the same problem. Alex tries to find out if there's any hope of getting her photos back. Also, a preview of the new Gimlet show, Science Vs! Subscribe to Science Vs. by clicking this link. Become a Gimlet Member by clicking this link. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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, taken inside the apartment they used to share. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 you the conclusion of our story. Sruthi meets Paul in prison and explains what she thinks really happened the night of Dean Fawcett’s murder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 the one person who witnessed the murder. On the Inside, Part I On the Inside, Part II Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 his conviction, and the crime that landed him behind bars. On the Inside, Part I Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 seen the internet. Sruthi Pinnamaneni reaches out to him with one small question that alters the course of her next year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 without consequence (hopefully). To observe the holiday, we talk to three people with plans to send delinquent messages. Link to our Email Debt Forgiveness Day page. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 Yes, Yes, No. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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 episode, or to hear the alternate 'jif' version. And you can vote for us in the Webbys here! https://pv.webbyawards.com/2016/mobile-sites-apps/features-categories/best-podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
