Reply All (podcast)

Reply All
Presentation
Hosted by	PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman
Genre	Technology, Human Interest
Updates	Weekly
Publication
Debut	2014
End date	Current
Ratings	250,000[1]
Provider	Gimlet Media
Website	replyall.limo

Reply All is an American podcast from Gimlet Media,^[2] hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman.^[3]

It features stories about how people shape the internet, and how the internet shapes people.^[4] Vogt and Goldman previously hosted the technology and culture podcast TLDR on WNYC.^[5]

Reply All premiered November 24, 2014.^[6]

Episodes

#	Title	Date[7]
1	"An App Sends A Stranger To Say “I Love You”"	November 24, 2014
Sam was at a bookstore when a man he’d never met stopped him to say “I love you.” The strange tale of how a woman in Washington DC who tells her ex in California that she loves him through a stocky blond man who neither of them have ever met.
2	"The Secret, Gruesome Internet For Doctors"	November 24, 2014
An app called Figure One wants to be Instagram, but for doctors. Why would doctors need their own Instagram? Because no normal person would want to see the gruesome photos which doctors post, fave, and comment on. We spy on the secret medical internet, and talk to a resident who actually belongs there.
3	"We Know What You Did"	December 3, 2014
Twenty years ago, Ethan Zuckerman did something terrible on the internet. And he’s still living with the consequences.
4	"Follow the Money"	December 10, 2014
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. This week we investigate that claim.
5	"Jennicam"	December 17, 2014
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 the internet. But why?
6	"This Proves Everything"	December 23, 2014
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 Louis Tomlinson. Hundreds of thousands of 1D fans maintain that Eleanor is a fake girlfriend, and that Louis is actually secretly dating his bandmate Harry. In today’s episode, we talk to Keith about what life’s like when you’re on the wrong end of a widely-held conspiracy theory, and we talk to some of the fans who believe it.
7	"This Website is For Sale"	December 31, 2014
This week we enter the mysterious, Byzantine underworld of domain sales, where people make money speculating on the website naming market. A few years ago, the owners of the popular journalism website longform.org blundered into this world when they innocently tried to procure longform.com. In this episode, we find out about their misadventures, and we hear from the Derek Jeter of URL purchases.
8	"Anxiety Box"	January 7, 2015
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 those moments of extreme anxiety, Paul’s phone talks to him. It tells him everything that’s wrong with him.
9	"The Writing on the Wall"	January 14, 2015
Yik Yak is an app that allows users to communicate anonymously with anyone within a 10-mile radius. At Colgate University in upstate New York, the anonymity brought out a particularly vicious strain of racism that shook the school.
10	"The French Connection"	January 21, 2015
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 The Minitel. Producer Carla Green speaks to reporter Jean-Marc Manach, who, in the early 90’s, made a living posing as a woman in sex chat rooms on Minitel.
11	"Did Errol Morris’ Brother Invent Email?"	January 28, 2015
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 comment that said his brother had invented email. So he launched an investigation to find out if it was true.
12	"Back End Trouble"	February 4, 2015
13	"Love is Lies"	February 19, 2015
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 internet scammers.
14	"The Art of Making and Fixing Mistakes"	February 26, 2015
A social media mistake for the record books, and a quiet saint of Wikipedia.
15	"I’ve Killed People and I Have Hostages"	March 4, 2015
Blair Myhand is a police officer in the sleepy, 40,000 person town of Apex, NC. One night, he received an unusually disturbing phone call where a person claimed to be holding a woman hostage after murdering several people. Myhand assembled his team, and went to the house, but what they ended up finding was much more bizarre.
16	"Why Is Mason Reese Crying?"	March 18, 2015
For Jonathan Goldstein, YouTube offers endless nostalgia, but he always finds himself returning to the same subject – a precocious child actor from the early 70’s named Mason Reese. And then a few months ago, new clips of Reese began popping up on YouTube. What’s more, they appeared to be uploaded by Reese himself. Jonathan sets out to discover why – and why now, after 40 years.
17	"The Time Traveler and the Hitman"	March 25, 2015
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 everyone wants you to fix the worst mistakes they’ve ever made.
18	"Silence and Respect"	April 1, 2015
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 targeted her for a public shaming. Jon Ronson, journalist and author of the new book So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, walks us through Lindsey’s story and introduces us to the sometimes sketchy world of online reputation management.
19	"Underdog"	April 8, 2015
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 million followers and hangs out with human celebrities. This week, we investigate the formula for internet dog fame, and look at how having a famous dog will completely upend your life.
20	"I Want To Break Free"	April 15, 2015
Yes Yes No returns, and the story of two people who created a company designed to ghostwrite people’s emotionally difficult emails.
21	"Hack the Police"	April 22, 2015
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 connected device. We went to his home in Austin to find out how he got caught and what it’s like – in 2015 – to go from living online to not having any internet access.
22	"BONUS: The Man Who Refused To Email"	May 4, 2015
A special bonus Email Debt Forgiveness Day themed episode! 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 seem like a douche. Then we listen to some of the voicemails people left us on our Email Debt Forgiveness Day hotline.
23	"Exit & Return, Part I"	May 7, 2015
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 then he’d never had a real conversation with someone outside his community. Sruthi Pinnamaneni tells the story of how the internet ruined his life and how it might save it.
24	"Exit & Return, Part II"	May 14, 2015
This week, we conclude Shulem Deen’s story. In part I, we heard how the internet led him on a path where he ended up being exiled from his community and separated from his family. In part II, Sruthi Pinnamaneni tells the story of how the Hasidic community has tried to block off a corner of the internet for itself, and how this new, informal Hasidic internet might offer Shulem a way back.
25	"Favor Atender"	May 20, 2015
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 most accessible president on Latin American social media is Ecuador’s Rafael Correa. But what’s it like to get the attention of a head of state when you may not exactly want it?
26	"Craigslist, Horsley’s List"	May 27, 2015
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 found ourselves wondering – what would we find if we replied to a couple? This week, we track down the people behind two intriguing ads. And in the second half of the show – Neal Horsley was an anti-abortion activist who created a website called “The Nuremberg Files,” a website that listed the names and addresses of abortion providers around the country. He died last month, but the legacy of his website lives on. We talked to Jennifer Boulanger, a woman who works at a number of abortion clinics, and whose name ended up on Horsley’s website in the 90’s.
27	"The Fever"	June 4, 2015
This week, producer Stephanie Foo tells a story about dating online that is unlike any we’ve ever heard before.
28	"Shipped to Timbuktu"	June 18, 2015
An email to the wrong address sends us hurtling into the world of professional cookie advisors.
29	"The Takeover"	June 25, 2015
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.
30	"The Man in the FBI Hat"	July 1, 2015
When successful internet entrepreneur Robert Hoquim died, the people who knew him found out they actually didn’t know him at all.
31	"BONUS: The Reddit Implosion Explainer"	July 9, 2015
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 on Reddit.
32	"The Evilest Technology On Earth :-)"	July 15, 2015
On July 5th, a hacker leaked hundreds of gigabytes of information stolen from a company that sells surveillance software to some of the most oppressive regimes in the world. We look into what journalists have found so far. Also, a new Yes Yes No.
33	"@ISIS"	July 22, 2015
Rukmini Callimachi is a foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering Islamic extremism, including Al Qaeda and ISIS. She seems to have access that other reporters just don’t have. Part of the way she gets that access is by communicating with extremists online. She talks to PJ about how she communicates with her sources. Also – we debut a new segment that were calling “Super Tech Support.”
34	"DMV Nation"	August 6, 2015
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 about why the government is so unable to adapt, and what it would look like if it could keep pace with the rest of the world.
35	"One Strike"	August 12, 2015
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 influential comedian, and a survivor of sexual abuse. In the mid-90’s he embarked on a one-man crusade to stop child pornographers who were operating with impunity on America Online.
36	"Today’s the Day"	August 27, 2015
On this week’s episode of Reply All, PJ and Alex go outside.
37	"Taking Power"	September 3, 2015
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, leading to an interview with Brad Carter of the Phone Losers of America. Also, a new Yes Yes No.
38	"Undo, Undo, Undo"	September 9, 2015
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 sent across the internet you wish you could take back.
39	"Reply All Exploder"	September 16, 2015
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 favorite episodes of Song Exploder, an interview with Phil Elverum of the Microphones about his song “I Want Wind to Blow”
40	"The Flower Child"	September 24, 2015
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 website. Reply All producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni visits his bunker.
41	"What It Looks Like"	October 7, 2015
Jamie Keiles is a writer who decided to photograph something that’s usually invisible. Her story plus a new Yes Yes No.
42	"Blind Spot"	October 14, 2015
Hope is a photographer. One day her body begins to betray her. It starts with her eyes.
43	"The Law That Sticks"	October 28, 2015
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.
44	"Shine On You Crazy Goldman"	November 5, 2015
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.
45	"The Rainbow Pug"	November 12, 2015
This week, Jade Davis loses her dog on the internet, and we go looking for it.
46	"Yik Yak Returns"	November 18, 2015
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 particularly vicious strain of racism at Colgate University. And in the second half of the show – The past month has seen a flood of similar stories at colleges like University of Missouri, Yale, and Georgetown. So we go beyond Colgate and talk to Jamil Smith of the Intersection podcast to try to understand Colgate in the context of these recent events.
47	"Quit Already!"	December 3, 2015
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.
48	"I Love You, I Loathe You"	December 9, 2015
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.
49	"Past, Present, Future"	December 16, 2015
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 ping pong balls and a clarinet.
50	"The Cathedral"	January 7, 2016
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 has a strange epiphany: this whole terrible ordeal should be a video game.
51	"Perfect Crime"	January 14, 2016
Every night, Catherine Russell puts on a wig, picks up a gun, and defies the logic of Yelp.
52	"Raising the Bar"	January 22, 2016
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 Yes No.
53	"In The Desert"	February 4, 2016
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 going on, in our thorniest Super Tech Support yet.
54	"Apologies to Dr. Rosalind Franklin"	February 10, 2016
This week, we fix an embarrassing oversight.
55	"The Line"	February 18, 2016
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 thing in common — they’re Mormons. Reporter Karen Duffin tells their story.
56	"Zardulu"	February 25, 2016
The rats are not what they seem. Also a new Yes Yes No.
57	"Milk Wanted"	March 9, 2016
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 breast milk paradise, shady breastmilk scammers, and the surprising history of breast milk in the United States.
58	"Earth Pony"	March 17, 2016
This week we learn the truth behind Carl Diggler, the internet’s most successful election forecaster. And a special Yes Yes No featuring comedian Jason Mantzoukas.
59	"Good Job, Alex"	March 23, 2016
This week, Alex tries to solve a problem and PJ insults him. Also the return of Email Debt Forgiveness Day.
60	"A Simple Question"	March 31, 2016
This week, PJ tries to help a listener named Matt ask a very large company a very simple question. Are you telling me the truth?
61	"Baby King"	April 14, 2016
This week, Alex stumbles upon the weirdest gifs ever made, and goes hunting for their creators. Also, a new Yes Yes No.
62	"Decoders"	April 21, 2016
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.
63	"1000 Brimes"	April 27, 2016
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.

References

1. "We are PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman, host of the Reply All Podcast. IAMA". Reddit.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
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6. Episode #1 - An App Sends a Stranger to Say "I Love You" - Gimlet Media (November 24, 2014)
7. Original Release Date