Introducing: The Apology Line

The Apology Line

Wondery

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4.4 • 7.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know…what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, and the man at the other end who became consumed by his own creation. He was known as “Mr. Apology.” As thousands of callers flooded the line, confessing to everything from shoplifting to infidelity, drug dealing to murder, Mr. Apology realized he couldn’t just listen. He had to do something, even if it meant risking everything. From Wondery the makers of Dr Death and The Shrink Next Door, comes a story about empathy, deception and obsession. Marissa Bridge, who knew Mr. Apology better than anyone, hosts this six episode series.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to the apology line,
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0:07.0	Go on, go on.
0:09.0	Go on.
0:12.0	Imagine you're walking down the street in New York City.
0:16.0	As you walk, you start to notice these posters
0:19.0	was a picture of a drawing of a phone and a number
0:22.0	that said apology, you step into a phone booth and dial.
0:26.0	This is apology. Apology is not associated with the police
0:31.0	or any other organization, but rather is a way for you to tell people
0:34.0	what you've done wrong and how you feel about it.
0:36.0	Apology is as long as you want. Thank you.
0:40.0	What would you apologize for?
0:42.0	I'm a transit cop. I want to apologize.
0:44.0	It's the phone, all the phone, all my train.
0:47.0	Tom, that's a real thing.
0:49.0	I don't want to see it.
0:51.0	I'm sorry, I got my girlfriend present because I'm white,
0:54.0	female and rich.
0:56.0	This is the story of that phone line.
0:58.0	Sure, hitting my brother, not voting,
1:00.0	really not voting.
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