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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 Ashley's article on Pete Buttigieg's Wikipedia page: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/12/pete-buttigieg-wikipedia-page-editor.html Find out more about our summer and fall internships here: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/posts/internships Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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 then things got extremely complicated. Further Reading: Carlos Maza's video series Strikethrough Mark Bergen on how toxic videos became more common on YouTube Megan Farokhmanesh's article about Google's LGBTQ employees and their reaction to the company's policy decisions Kevin Roose's "The Making of a YouTube Radical" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 for people who’ve worked at Intuit Intuit CEO’s video response Find a Free File tax product on the IRS site Pro Publica’s reporting on Turbo Tax Here’s How TurboTax Just Tricked You Into Paying to File Your Taxes TurboTax Deliberately Hid Its Free File Page From Search Engines TurboTax and H&R Block Saw Free Tax Filing as a Threat — and Gutted It Elizabeth Warren and Other Senators Call for Refunds and Investigations of TurboTax and H&R Block Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, the most humiliating, unfortunate and regrettable things on the internet that simply will not come down. Also: the father who scours the internet for lost memories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 quest to get into college in Canada. See the tweet here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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's Responsible Disclosure to report any vulnerabilities on their app Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Tech Support takes on one of its strangest cases — Roman Mars versus a 2016 Mazda sedan. LISTEN TO 99 % Invisible! Roman Mars' 99% Invisible podcast Podcasts featured in this episode iTunes: ^space^ - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/space/id1458545673 <~> - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/less-than-approximately-greater-than/id1458541805 100% Related? - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/100-related/id1458542752 88% Parentheticals - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/88-parentheticals/id1458545680 BONUS PODCAST!: {Blank} + {Blank} = FUN - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blank-blank-fun/id1458544361 RSS: ^space^ - https://feeds.megaphone.fm/carrotspacecarrot <~> - https://feeds.megaphone.fm/greaterless 100% Related? - https://feeds.megaphone.fm/100pr 88% Parentheticals - https://feeds.megaphone.fm/88pr BONUS PODCAST!: {Blank} + {Blank} = FUN - https://feeds.megaphone.fm/blankblankfun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Institute of International Education PEER Michael Bazzel's workbook to remove your personal information online Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 internet. And we answer the question of how robocallers are able to fake your telephone number when they call you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 of. Also, basketball. See the tweet here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 on Paul Le Roux, The Mastermind, here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

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

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 the episodes we referenced, check out our website reply.soy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A small town in Wisconsin becomes the site of a completely unprecedented experiment. A Better Mount Pleasant Let's Make A Better Mount Pleasant Journalist Larry Tabak's Series on Foxconn in Wisconsin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 Podcast The complete Security and Privacy Podcast Steps Michael Bazzell Gave Alex to Protect Himself How to port your phone number Password Manager Google Authenticator Yubikey Michael's workbook to freeze your credit and remove yourself from public records websites Sudo Stories about Sim Swapping and OGUsers by Vice/Motherboard By Lorenzo Francheschi-Bicchierai The SIM Hijackers How to Protect Yourself From SIM Swapping Hacks ‘TELL YOUR DAD TO GIVE US BITCOIN:’ How a Hacker Allegedly Stole Millions by Hijacking Phone Numbers How Criminals Recruit Telecom Employees to Help Them Hijack SIM Cards Alleged 19-Year-Old SIM Swapper Used Stolen Bitcoin to Buy Luxury Cars Cops Arrest Infamous SIM Swapper Who Allegedly Stole $14 Million in Cryptocurrency By Joseph Cox 'I Could Ruin Your Business Right Now': Listen to a SIM-Jacking, Account-Stealing Ransom The Organization that Lizzie Donated To Byte Back Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 decision. Episodes of The Nod you should check out:Cowboy of the West Village Peak Reality The Paradise Garage Knuck if you Buck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 who refuse to engage in racist, corrupt policing. The story of their fight, and the story of the grouchy idealist who originally built the machine they’re fighting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 who refuse to engage in racist, corrupt policing. The story of their fight, and the story of the grouchy idealist who originally built the machine they’re fighting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We're back this week with a Yes Yes No. Alex takes PJ and Alex Blumberg through Alex Jones's visit to the Senate. And producer Anna Foley helps us unpack the scandal that's engulfed Beauty YouTube. Alex Jones tweet Beautube tweet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Taylor Nicole Dean was a self-described shut-in, a teenager who lived in her parent's home, surrounded by exotic pets. And then she started making videos on YouTube. Taylor's Youtube Channel Vote for your favorite reply all episodes - we'll run the winners in August! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sruthi asks a question “why does it seem like Amazon has suddenly gotten a lot sketchier?“ Alex investigates. Further Reading: Elizabeth Dwoskin on Amazon Buzzfeed's Nicole Nguyen on Amazon Fake Reviewers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Matt’s wife died a decade ago. Now, everywhere he goes on the internet, he can’t escape advertisements for clickbait sites with her picture on it. This week, Super Tech Support tries to help out. Matt's non-profit, the Liz Logelin Foundation Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, to celebrate Alex Goldman’s return from paternity leave, a Yes Yes No extravaganza. Alex takes PJ and Alex Blumberg through the internet’s most encompassing conspiracy theory to date, and then Gene Demby joins us to help unpack a very different kind of conspiracy. Paris Martineau's Qanon explainer in New York Magazine Paris Martineau's Reporting on Roseanne and QAnon for The Outline Ben Detrick on Bryan Colangelo The Yes Yes No Blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who was Wayne? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An ambitious plan to help people goes off the rails, and a man from Florida tries to fix things the only way he knows how: with prank phone calls. Further reading: Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part I Cat Ferguson's reporting on Google and Rehab (The Verge) - Part II David Segal's series on the business around addiction (New York Times) Ryan Hampton's American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis Palm Beach Post's Reporting on the Sober Home Crisis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How a shy, queer Canadian woman accidentally invented one of the internet’s most toxic male communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Last month, the government shut down backpage.com, a site where people advertised sex with children. We talk to a group of people who say that was a huge mistake. Trigger warning: sexual assault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One day, Cayden received an email from their internet provider that said "stop pirating TV shows or we'll cut off your internet!" Cayden had no idea what they were talking about. So Alex decided to investigate. Further Reading Vulture's recap of "Old Loves" (Girls Season 5, Episode 4) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, the story of a man who made the extremely dubious decision to order a watch that he found in an Instagram ad. We explore the strange world that watch came from. Further Reading Jenny ODell's "There's No Such Thing As A Free Watch" Alexis Madrigal's dropshipping article Apply here for the Reply All summer internship! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we meet a dominatrix who dominates computers, instead of just people. Plus, the story of a man who hatches a plot to destroy a beloved NBA team, using the best advantage he has — the fact that he’s their general manager. Further Reading: Mistress Harley's Website (very NSFW) The Yes Yes Nos tumblr The tweet in question The Code Switch blog The Code Switch podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Writer Jia Tolentino has a new case for Super Tech Support: where are all those bitcoin she bought six years ago? Further Reading Planet Money's bitcoin story Stories by Jia Tolentino Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week: Yes Yes No returns and takes us to the brink of apocalypse. Further Reading replyall.fyi The yes yes nos tumblr The tweet in question Tide Pod Pizza Tweet Uganda Knuckles in VR Chat Who Killed Captain Alex trailer Logan Paul "Why 2017 was the best year of my life" video "Somebody touch my spaghett!" tweet Smashmouth spaghett Kirby spaghett Full Metal Jacket Spaghett PewDiePie's "Youtube Touched My Spaget[sic]" video Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our finale for the year! We solve some unsolved mysteries, call up some of our favorite people, and answer questions about stories listeners are still wondering about. Plus many weird surprises. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After Andrea is attacked by a stranger in Mexico City, she just wants to figure out who the guy was. Investigating this question drops her right into the middle of one of Mexico’s biggest conspiracies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After a secret breaks in the news, Reply All re-examines how Alex Blumberg's Uber account was hacked. This episode is a follow up to #91 The Russian Passenger and #93 Beware All. Further reading: The Best Password Managers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The return of YYN: The horrifying specter of November 4th and a very disturbing ice cream recipe. Further Reading Rich Kyanka's Tweet Refuse Fascism announces the November 4 protests An article by Krang T. Nelson about getting banned from twitter for his tweet. Jordan Peltz' video Alex Jones warns of the Antifa uprising Brian Feldman's Tweet Ryan Broderick's "vore" theory Feldman's follow up article Constable Frozen Our Yes Yes No blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This year we’ve gotten one question more than any other from listeners: is Facebook eavesdropping on my conversations and showing me ads based on the things that I say? This week, Alex investigates. Further Reading Our guide to keep Facebook from following you around the internet can be found at http://replyall.limo/donttrackme . Facebook's official statement that it is not listening to users. Facebook's Rob Goldman (no relation) denying the same thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices