314-914-6093: When Michelle Obama tweets your phone number

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A mysterious Tweet from one of the most famous people on Earth: A single phone number, zero context. What does it mean? Why was it posted? Would you call it to find out? For commercial director Duncan Wolfe, this hypothetical became a very real social experiment when his cell phone number was accidentally posted on a very public Twitter account—Former First Lady Michelle Obama! 20K is made out of the studios of Defacto Sound and hosted by Dallas Taylor. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Consider supporting the show at donate.20k.org Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/3149146093 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.4	Dunk, this is Pat. I'm sure you're not answering your phone right now. I read online that
0:35.8	Michelle Obama goofed and gave out your phone number
0:39.8	inadvertently. I'm so sorry to hear that. I can't imagine what kind of a mess it's going to make for you,
0:46.4	but I wanted to offer you my sympathy and wish there was something I could do to help, but obviously
0:53.1	there's not. I don't even know what you're doing now that you're out could do to help, but obviously there's not.
0:57.5	I don't even know what you're doing now that you're out of the White House,
1:01.1	but I'll try to talk to your mom and dad, and they'll fill me in.
1:06.2	But I just wish you my condolences, and I hope this thing passes over and doesn't create a big fiasco for you.
1:09.7	Love you, Dunk. Talk to you later.
1:12.9	You're rolling right now. In terms of a distance, is this like a good...
1:16.0	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz. I'm Dallas Taylor.
1:19.5	Give me a tap. Okay, cool. Hey, Dallas.
1:22.9	This is the story of what the internet sounds like when it comes to life.
1:26.7	I'm in the booth and we're recording.
1:28.3	That's my friend Duncan. He's a commercial film director. He and I randomly met through
1:33.4	a mutual friend in the industry. Side note, this might be a good time to mention that I'm
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