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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 PJ Vogt, Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi from Gimlet.

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2021
A Message from the Staff of Reply All
An update on the future of The Test Kitchen series and PJ Vogt and Sruthi Pinnamaneni's departure.
February 25, 2021
3 min
#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.
February 12, 2021
53 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 Martinez’s mole sencillo. Eleanore Park’s ginger-scallion meatballs with lemony farro. Also, you can read Rachel Premack’s breaking story on Bon Appétit from last summer here.
February 4, 2021
63 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
January 14, 2021
45 min
2020
#170 A Song of Impotent Rage
Alex Goldman tackles his newest job: prophet of doom. Taylor Moore's podcast, Rude Tales of Magic 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.
December 17, 2020
40 min
#86 Man of the People
This week — a new technology falls into the wrong hands. This episode originally aired in January, 2016. Pope Brock's book, Charlatan Penny Lane's documentary, Nuts!
December 3, 2020
46 min
#169 The Confetti Cannon
In the midst of a historic election, Alex, PJ and Emmanuel talk to our listeners.
November 12, 2020
58 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.
October 29, 2020
39 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. 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, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. Find more resources here.
October 22, 2020
48 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.
October 1, 2020
64 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
September 18, 2020
61 min
#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? This episode originally aired in January 2018. Further reading: Planet Money's bitcoin story Subscribe to our weekly newsletter
September 3, 2020
33 min
#51 Perfect Crime
Every night, Catherine Russell puts on a wig, picks up a gun, and defies the logic of Yelp. And then, an epic Yes Yes No spanning an entire galaxy of internet fights. Plus, Alex Goldman reveals a dark, personal secret. Perfect Crime and We Didn't Start The Fire originally ran in January 2016 and May 2019, respectively. Tweet from the episode: Showering is classist now. People mad at aperol. Uber strike. Wiccan life. Gamer blocked his elf wife. We didn’t start the— LxDx (@wokestbloke) May 10, 2019
August 27, 2020
59 min
#132 Negative Mount Pleasant
A small town in Wisconsin becomes the site of a completely unprecedented experiment. This episode originally aired in December 2018. Further Reading: A Better Mount Pleasant vs Let's Make A Better Mount Pleasant Journalist Larry Tabak's series on Foxconn in Wisconsin Economist David Merriman's paper on the type of financing used by Mount Pleasant Journalist Brian Merchant's book which includes a visit to Foxconn campus in China
August 20, 2020
64 min
#53 In The Desert
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. This story originally aired in February 2016. Further Reading Kashmir Hill's story about Mike and Christina.
August 13, 2020
35 min
#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).
July 30, 2020
51 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. Akash's YouTube Akash's podcast episode
July 16, 2020
36 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.
July 2, 2020
50 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/4eREYSWtBckafqqobfP42u?si=6TrZ8EfESpqiTwEF0_l_gg Annika Neklason's article on Civil War Conspiracies in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/conspiracy-theories-civil-war/612283/
June 18, 2020
51 min
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June 4, 2020
1 min

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A Message from the Staff of Reply All

#173 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 2

#172 The Test Kitchen, Chapter 1

#171 Account Suspended

#170 A Song of Impotent Rage

#86 Man of the People

#169 The Confetti Cannon

#168 Happiness Calculator vs. Alex Goldman

Introducing: Resistance

#167 America's Hottest Talkline

#166 Country of Liars

#115 The Bitcoin Hunter

#51 Perfect Crime

#132 Negative Mount Pleasant

#53 In The Desert

#165 The Mold and The Beautiful

#164 Long Distance: The Real Alex Martin

#163 Candidate One

#162 The Least You Could Do

Programming Note