This year we’ve gotten one question more than any other from listeners: is Facebook eavesdropping on my conversations and showing me ads based on the things that I say? This week, Alex investigates.

Further Reading
Our guide to keep Facebook from following you around the internet can be found at http://replyall.limo/donttrackme .
Facebook's official statement that it is not listening to users.
Facebook's Rob Goldman (no relation) denying the same thing.
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#109 Is Facebook Spying on You?

"'A podcast about the internet' that is actually an unfailingly original exploration of modern life and how to survive it." - The Guardian. Hosted by Alex Goldman and Emmanuel Dzotsi from Gimlet.

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PJ Vogt introduces his new show, Search Engine, where he digs into all kinds of questions, big and small. On this episode: why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything? 

You can find the concluding episode of the story here. 

To find more episodes of Search Engine or to submit a question to the show, go here.
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Search Engine with PJ Vogt

One last thing before we go.
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#189 Goodbye All

Inspired by @depthsofwikipedia, this week we dive deeper into three of our favorite weird Wikipedia pages.
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#188 Into the Depths

We'll be back in a few weeks, in the meantime we're introducing a new show from Gimlet called Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's
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Introducing: Stolen - Surviving St. Michael's

Some news: Emmanuel and Alex will be stepping away from making the show. And this iteration of Reply All will be ending in late June.
This isn’t a decision that was made by any one person. Reply All has always been a super collaborative project which is what we’ve loved so much about making it. Ultimately, staff who have been working on this show for a long time – in some cases five, six, seven years at this point – are ready to pursue other things.
Making this show has been an incredible pleasure. Thank you all so much for listening.
We hope you join us for our remaining episodes, including our last one, on June 23rd.
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#109 Is Facebook Spying on You?

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