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"'A podcast about the internet' that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it." - The Guardian. Hosted by Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi from Gimlet.

Episodes

#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. Check out: Jesse Sparks’ portfolio Elyse Inamine’s Instagram Ryan Walker-Hartshorn’s website and Twitter A reported story by Priya Krishna Christina Chaey’s 2016 manifesto following Bon Appétit’s pho video release. And here’s Christina’s Instagram. Learn more about you...

Feb 12, 202155 min

#172 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 1

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 happened there started ten years earlier. Here are some recipes to try from the people featured in this week’s story: Yewande Komolafe’s yam and plantain curry with crispy shallots and sheet-pan gochujang chicken. Sue Li’s caramelized onion galette and creamy turmeric pasta. Rick Martine...

Feb 04, 20211 hr 5 min

#171 Account Suspended

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. Click here to listen to How to Save a Planet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 14, 202145 min

#170 A Song of Impotent Rage

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 Colpitts' latest album, The Ochre World Want to learn to play drums? Learn from John Colpitts Listen to Song Exploder, a huge inspiration for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 17, 202039 min

#169 The Confetti Cannon

In the midst of a historic election, Alex, PJ and Emmanuel talk to our listeners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 12, 202058 min

#168 Happiness Calculator vs. Alex Goldman

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 for a risky and strange experiment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 29, 202038 min

Introducing: Resistance

Faced with an impossible choice, one man goes live on instagram. Saidu Tejan Thomas Jr. shares a story from his new podcast, Resistance. Find more episodes of Resistance here: https://open.spotify.com/show/02JzQLXpqTtViFUGQjRkj3?si=PvQrGlB7QEuf0AcgsGklHg&utm_source=copy-link To get more information about the show, follow the show's Instagram page: @resistanceshow. You can also follow Saidu on Twitter @SaiduTTJ. If you or someone you know is feeling depressed or just needing to talk to someone, c...

Oct 22, 202048 min

#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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 01, 20201 hr 4 min

#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. Dale Beran (@DaleBeran) and Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) Apply to the Reply All internship here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 18, 20201 hr

#165 The Mold and The Beautiful

This week, a conspiracy theory involving Jeffrey Epstein and a benign, wholesale furniture company, plus, the jam scandal that rocked Los Angeles. Yes Yes no is back, with special guest Jason Mantzoukas. Further Reading: The first tweet in this weeks YYN The second tweet The picture that goes along with the second tweet (warning... it's gross). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 30, 202050 min

#164 Long Distance: The Real Alex Martin

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 his first trip. Long Distance Part I Long Distance Part II Akash's YouTube Akash's podcast episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 202035 min

#163 Candidate One

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 day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 02, 202049 min

#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. Additional Reading: Noni's petition to reform the film department at UNC: https://www.change.org/p/patricia-parker-racism-within-the-screenwriting-minor?recruiter=17176211&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=tap_basic_share Milly Tamarez' podcast, "All Dick is Trash": https://open.spotify.com/show/4eREYSWtBckafqqobf...

Jun 18, 202051 min

Programming Note

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Jun 04, 202055 sec

#161 Brian vs. Brian

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. Listen to Brian Dean's version of We Wish You a Merry Christmas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 14, 202048 min

The Scaredy Cats Horror Show

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 for avowed scaredy cat PJ Vogt. Together, they want to find out if it’s possible to become a person who enjoys fear. This week, The Exorcist. Links How Did This Get Made? Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 30, 202056 min

#160 The Attic and Closet Show 2

This week, we call people across the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 31, 202044 min

#159 The Attic and Closet Show

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 21, 202048 min

#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. Further Listening: Christian Lee Hutson’s music : https://open.spotify.com/track/3g8nKpXsQtXv0lcN4UGVGs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 05, 202056 min

#157 Pierre Delecto and the Spooky Adventure

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. Further Reading: Ashley's article on James Comey's secret twitter and instagram accounts: https://gizmodo.com/this-is-almost-certainly-james-comey-s-twitter-account-1793843641 Ashley's article on Mitt Romney's secret twitter account: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/mitt-romney-has-a-secret-twitter-account-and-it-sure-looks-like-its-this-one.html Ash...

Feb 20, 202035 min

#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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 30, 20201 hr 5 min

#155 Friendship Village

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. Tweet #1 Tweet #2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jan 16, 202058 min

#154 The Real Enemy, Part 3

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 201934 min

#153 The Real Enemy, Part 2

The second part of our story — the war rages on. A third faction emerges. Emmanuel Dzotsi reports. Additional reading: Doug Jones’ memoir about his work prosecuting the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombings: Bending Toward Justice: The Birmingham Church Bombing that Changed the Course of Civil Rights Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 201938 min

#152 The Real Enemy, Part 1

The Alabama Democrats fight an unlikely foe in a struggle for Alabama’s future: themselves. Emmanuel Dzotsi reports. Additional reading: Video of Sheila Gilbert being rejected from the SDEC Tabitha Isner's concession speech Dixiecrats walk out of the 1948 Democratic Convention Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dec 13, 201932 min

#151 Thank You for Noticing

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 Behind the Scenes of On the Inside (http://replyall.limo/ontheinside) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 14, 201951 min

#150 The Reply All Halloween Scream-A-Thon

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nov 01, 201947 min

#149 30-50 Feral Hogs

A legit question from a rural American. Asher Elbein's piece on feral hogs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 10, 201938 min

#148 Bedbugs and Aliens

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. Listen to the 1st episode of Mogul Season 2: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/mogul/z3hwzx/s2-part-1-the-walls-were-sweating Further Reading: The tweet from this week's Yes Yes No. Bret Stephens' interview on MSNBC Bret Stephens' column: 'World War II and the Ingredients of Slaughter' Professor Dave Karpf's interview on NPR Lil Nas X's Area 51-themed music video Learn more about your ...

Sep 26, 201947 min

#147 The Woman in the Air Conditioner

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 12, 201942 min