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Amy and Ryan Green’s one-year-old son is diagnosed with cancer and begins an agonizing period of treatment. And then, one night in the hospital, Ryan has a strange epiphany: this whole terrible ordeal should be a video game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, updates on some of the stories we've done over the past year, some bonuses and surprises, and the most beautiful song ever written about ping pong balls and a clarinet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode, a new Yes Yes No, and we revisit our "Undo, Undo, Undo" segment to find out listeners most cringeworthy accidental messages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everybody has that one Facebook friend who just won't stop posting their political opinions. This week, we talk to one of those Facebook friends, someone whose opinions got her into an enormous mess. (ALSO, be sure to check out the Radio Ambulante story this-a-way: http://radioambulante.org/audio/renunciaya) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yik Yak is an app that allows users to communicate anonymously with anyone within a 10-mile radius. In the first part of this week's show, we revisit a story we did in January, about how the app brought out a particularly vicious strain of racism at Colgate University. And in the second half of the show - The past month has seen a flood of similar stories at colleges like University of Missouri, Yale, and Georgetown. So we go beyond Colgate and talk to Jamil Smith of the Intersection podcast to try to understand Colgate in the context of these recent events.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Jade Davis loses her dog on the internet, and we go looking for it. After you listen to the episode, here is a place to visit: http://rainbowpugs.limo  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A website for people who are way too high. Plus, could LSD unlock our better selves? Does PJ even have a better self? We investigate. You can find Tripsit here: http://tripsit.me. The floating orb lives here: http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a law. It's been on the books for almost 30 years. And it makes totally mundane online behavior illegal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hope is a photographer. One day her body begins to betray her. It starts with her eyes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jamie Keiles is a writer who decided to photograph something that’s practically invisible. Her story plus a new Yes Yes No. Read Jamie Keiles' article about Instagram here: https://medium.com/message/depressiongrams-7f22011d6113 Follow Jamie on Instagram here:  https://instagram.com/jamielaurenkeiles/ If you’re feeling depressed or want to talk to someone, here are some resources: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - 1800-273-8255 (1800-273-TALK) http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ The Crisis Text Line http://www.crisistextline.org/ 7 Cups of Tea www.7cupsoftea.com/ Depression Tribe http://www.depressiontribe.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ripoff Report is one of the original complaint websites. It’s basically the work of one person, a man whom the internet describes as a kind of mythical villain, a Keyser Söze who wields power from behind his janky website. Reply All producer Sruthi Pinnamaneni visits his bunker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, one of our favorite podcasts, Song Exploder, takes over Reply All. Host Hrishikesh Hirway interviews the mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder about coming up with our theme song. Then, we air one of our very favorite episodes of Song Exploder, an interview with Phil Elverum of the Microphones about his song "I Want Wind to Blow" You can find our theme song here: https://soundcloud.com/breakmaster-cylinder/reply-all-theme-song You can find Song Exploder here: http://songexploder.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode of Reply All, we do a Yes Yes No with Alix Spiegel and Lulu Miller of NPR's Invisibilia, and we discuss the one message you've sent across the internet you wish you could take back. Email us a voice memo about the things you wish you could most undo at undo@gimletmedia.com Subscribe to Invisibilia: www.npr.org/programs/invisibilia/ Watch us in Cast Party: www.castparty.org Follow Max Silvestri: www.twitter.com/maxsilvestri Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chris complained about his cable company on Twitter. He was surprised to get a phone call demanding he delete the tweets or else be banned from the service. PJ looks into the story, and things get much stranger. Plus, a new Yes Yes No. Duck Army (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHc288IPFzk) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On this week's episode of Reply All, PJ and Alex go outside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, 10 Minutes On Craigslist is back! Preston has posted the same ad to Craigslist over 300 times. He speaks to Sylvie Douglis about why he keeps posting. And in the second half of the show: Barry Crimmins is an influential comedian, and a survivor of sexual abuse. In the mid-90's he embarked on a one-man crusade to stop child pornographers who were operating with impunity on America Online. You can find tickets and showtimes for the Barry Crimmins documentary by going to http://www.callmeluckymovie.com Sponsors: Audible (http://www.audible.com/replyall) Slack (http://www.slack.com/replyall) Squarespace (http://www.squarespace.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Even though technology evolves at a rapid clip, US government agencies seem trapped about a decade in the past. PJ talks to technologist Clay Johnson about why the government is so unable to adapt, and what it would look like if it could keep pace with the rest of the world. If you want to become a gimlet member, you can go here: http://gimletmedia.com/join. A year membership will get you a t-shirt, early access to pilots, and much more. Also, this Monday, August 10th, we'll be doing a live chat for members only. If you're already a Gimlet member, you'll find information about it on the gimlet page in the next couple of days. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keith Calder is known in some circles for his work as an independent film producer. In other, much bigger circles, Keith’s known for having the same last name as Eleanor Calder. She’s a model who dates One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson. Hundreds of thousands of 1D fans maintain that Eleanor is a fake girlfriend, and that Louis is actually secretly dating his bandmate Harry. In today’s episode, we talk to Keith about what life’s like when you’re on the wrong end of a widely-held conspiracy theory, and we talk to some of the fans who believe it. Also - we give an update about the amazing hold music in last week's show (episode #33 @ISIS) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rukmini Callimachi covers Islamic terrorism for the NY Times, and she seems to have access that other reporters just don't have. Part of the way she gets that access is by communicating with Islamic extremists online. She talks to PJ about how she communicates with her sources. Also - we debut a new segment that we're calling "Super Tech Support." You can find Rukmini Callimachi on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/rcallimachi You can also listen to an interview with her on the Longform podcast here: http://longform.org/posts/longform-podcast-129-rukmini-callimachi-part-1 Don't forget! Next week you can see us live on stage performing a new story! Go to http://castparty.org for tickets and theater locations. Also, if you want to become a member of Gimlet and get a Reply All T-shirt, you can do so by going here: https://gimletmedia.com/join-gimlet/ Sponsors: Justworks (https://www.justworks.com/) Touch of Modern (https://www.touchofmodern.com/sales) Stamps.com (http://stamps.com) Learn more about your ad choic

On July 5th, a hacker leaked hundreds of gigabytes of information stolen from a company that sells surveillance software to some of the most oppressive regimes in the world. We look into what journalists have found so far. Also, a new Yes Yes No! Don't forget to go to your local movie theater and check out Cast Party! You can see Reply All, Invisibilia, Radiolab, and more, LIVE ON STAGE! www.castparty.org Sponsors: Hover www.hover.com (offer code "discrection") Stamps.com www.stamps.com (offer code "reply") Mailchimp www.mailchimp.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices