Techdirt Podcast Episode 133: These Scammers Picked The Wrong Guy

from the quite-a-story dept

If you're a fan of the Reply All podcast, then you're probably still processing the story they told in a recent two-part episode about the insane lengths that host Alex Goldman went to track down a phone scammer. If you haven't heard the story, and you think you've seen all there is to see on the "messing with scammers" front... well, you're in for a surprise. We strongly suggest you listen to the Reply All story first — then listen to our conversation with Alex about the whole saga on this week's episode of the Techdirt Podcast.

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Filed Under: alex goldman, podcast, reply all, scammers


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    keithzg (profile), 8 Aug 2017 @ 6:16pm

    I'm only halfway through the second part, so not quite yet at listening to this episode, but awesome to see a "crossover" between probably the two best tech podcasts out there! (Albeit in very different ways.)

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    mermaldad (profile), 9 Aug 2017 @ 4:45am

    Good balance

    Kudos to Mike for maintaining a good balance between explaining the subject episodes to those who had not listened to them and giving those who had listened a more in-depth look at the story. Mike's and Alex's comments solidified some impressions that I had while listening to the episodes, but had not yet put together. Good job!

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    Anonymous Coward, 10 Aug 2017 @ 6:03am

    Gimletmedia website wasn't working but found both parts of podcast here: https://cms.megaphone.fm/channel/replyall?selected=GLT1346255265

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