#146 Summer Hotline
Episode Date: July 25, 2019This week, PJ and Alex open up the phone lines and try to solve your problems, big and small. Read Joshua Rothman's story on printers here. Learn mor...
"'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.
213 episodes transcribedThis week, PJ and Alex open up the phone lines and try to solve your problems, big and small. Read Joshua Rothman's story on printers here. Learn mor...
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...
This week, we discover an invisible maze, designed to trick millions of people out of their money. Justin Elliot’s Twitter Pro Publica’s questionnaire...
This week, the most humiliating, unfortunate and regrettable things on the internet that simply will not come down. Also: the father who scours the in...
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...
This week, a flood of mysterious orders plague Domino’s Pizza stores across America. Who is Adam Pisces, and why is he ordering so many cokes? Domino...
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 Tec...
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: Jusoor Inst...
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...
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 o...
The story of a person who wanted to change the world using the internet — by committing crimes on an unprecedented global scale. Check out Evan's book...
This week, Alex investigates the rise of one of the most hated businesses: Robocalls. And Damiano tries to figure out if a robocaller is tracking his...
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 f...
In our final episode of the year, we revisit some stories, talk to old friends, and hear from the most remote places on the planet. For a list of all...
A small town in Wisconsin becomes the site of a completely unprecedented experiment. A Better Mount Pleasant Let's Make A Better Mount Pleasant Journ...
This week, the return of YYN: from a deranged mascot to the top of the FBI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
This week, a new Super Tech Support: after Lizzie's Snapchat gets hacked, things start getting really creepy. Alex investigates. Michael Bazzell's Pod...
A 13-year-old girl builds a tiny world that she has complete, perfect control over. And then one day, that world forces her to make an impossible deci...
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...
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...