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All my friends are robocalls

Recode Daily

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Science, Technology, Society & Culture

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Why even answer the phone anymore? This episode of Today, Explained was hosted by Sean Rameswaram; produced by Noam Hassenfeld, and Luke Vander Ploeg; edited by Brigid McCarthy; and engineered by Efim Shapiro. Irene Noguchi was the executive producer. Recode Daily is hosted by Adam Clark Estes, produced by Alan Rodriguez Espinoza, and engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey. Support Recode Daily and Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.0

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0:36.0

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0:47.0

Hey, it's Adam. I don't know about you, but it seems like I'm getting more spam calls and texts than ever and it's super annoying.

0:56.0

More often than not I won't even pick up the phone these days if it's a call from a random number

1:00.0

and sometimes my phone says potential spam when it's actually someone I need to talk to.

1:05.0

So what's up with all these robo calls?

1:08.0

Today we have a classic episode from our friends that today explained where they explored this question.

1:13.0

We'll let them take it from here.

1:15.0

Hello?

1:19.0

Hello, Sean Ramisferum.

1:23.0

I'm contacting you today to let you know about some incredible news.

1:27.0

Recent polls indicate that today explained is the best podcast in the world.

1:31.0

No way!

1:32.0

To be perfectly honest with you, it's one of my favorites.

1:36.0

I listen every day.

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