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Oct 30, 2026
Alex GoldmanHOST
Hi, this is Alex Goldman, the host of Hyperfixed.
Alex GoldmanHOST
So when we were first starting our show, we were trying to decide what our premium episode feed would be like.
Alex GoldmanHOST
And we decided that we would just use it as kind of a sandbox to try things that might not completely fit with the mandate of the show, but still interested us.
26 MINS LATER
Alex GoldmanHOST
Take care.
Alex GoldmanHOST
Hey, this is Alex.
Alex GoldmanHOST
And this is Hyperfixed bonus episode.
Alex GoldmanHOST
This week, a follow-up with a familiar face or I guess voice.
Alex GoldmanHOST
I've got my camera off just because of, you know, since your Wi-Fi is spotty, I figured it would just be better to send as little information down the feed as possible.
James CridlandHOST
Now, RSS, I think, have done a really good job here.
James CridlandHOST
They were sort of alerted to this problem by Hyperfixed, which is an excellent podcast.
James CridlandHOST
And they ended up, firstly, getting the podcast back to Acast, but also, secondly, giving $1,300, which was the amount that it earned in terms of total ad revenue, to Sanderson Jones, to the guy whose podcast it was originally.
James CridlandHOST
And Sanderson Jones, I think, said, this is the first money that I've earned from this podcast, and thank you very much.
Javier LeivaGUEST
Because remember, prisons are for-profit operations, OK? Yes.
Javier LeivaGUEST
And not only are prisons for profit, but if you listen, and I don't even know if this, I think this might have been a bonus episode on a podcast called Hyperfixed.
Javier LeivaGUEST
But right around the time that I was doing the prison call episodes for the Gypsy series, Alex Goldman from Reply All, he has a podcast called Hyperfixed.
Javier LeivaGUEST
And he interviewed a guy that was familiar with these prison iPad systems, okay? And Securus is one of them, right? There's like two major companies, but Securus is one of them.
Javier LeivaGUEST
And you could even hear it in the prison calls that there was a day that they just started handing out in Gypsy's prison iPads, okay? So every prisoner got an iPad.
Tony DoeHOST
Today's story comes from the podcast Hyperfixed, hosted by Alex Goldman.
Tony DoeHOST
A recent episode, Sin vs. Inequity and Other Holy Topics, dug into one of the strangest podcast thefts I've heard about in a while.
Tony DoeHOST
A dormant podcast gets stolen, the host's voice gets cloned with AI, and the person who took it turns a proudly atheist show into a Christian one, and somehow makes money doing it.
Tony DoeHOST
The hijacked feed earned around £1,300 in ad revenue.
Tony DoeHOST
Money the real Sanderson had never made from the show.
Tony DoeHOST
Eventually, Hyperfixed got involved, the platforms coordinated, and Sanderson got his feedback.
Tony DoeHOST
RSS.com even paid him the ad money the scammer had generated.
Tony DoeHOST
Shout out to the homie Greg Wasserman, heard him speak on it on the pod.
Skyler HanrathHOST
Ezra, Bodhi.
Alice WetterlundHOST
You're gonna love Hyperfixed.
Alice WetterlundHOST
They listen to Hyperfixed while they're getting regular fixed.
Alice WetterlundHOST
That's right.
Skyler HanrathHOST
In the vet station, they're like, what do you want? Hyperfixed?
Alice WetterlundHOST
This is...
Alice WetterlundHOST
This is my problem with this episode is that Garrick, the first thing that happens to Garrick in the station is that he's like walking around exploring things.
Alex GoldmanHOST
Craig Silverman is an investigative journalist and the co-founder of Indicator, a newsletter that investigates digital deception.
Alex GoldmanHOST
The last time he was on Hyperfixed, we were looking into a scam involving AI-generated obituaries, and Craig helped us understand both why they exist and where they're coming from.
Alex GoldmanHOST
He also found the name and contact information for one of the scammers involved.
Alex GoldmanHOST
So I'm not going to lie, we had some pretty high hopes for this meeting with Craig.
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Sanderson JonesGUEST
Let's go and let's keep on running this.
Sanderson JonesGUEST
Whatever con you're doing to juice my listener stats.
Alex GoldmanHOST
When we followed up with Sanderson earlier this week, he was tickled by this idea that he was the first person in Hyperfixed history to make money from their participation in the show.
Alex GoldmanHOST
And in a funny way, he had this hacker to thank for it.
Azi GhaffariHOST
We've lived under authoritarian governments, studied conspiracy theories professionally, and spent years watching how intelligent, decent people sometimes end up defending ideas that ultimately make the world less free.
Azi GhaffariHOST
So that's why we call this podcast Griftie, because I don't think the defining story of the last decade is simply polarization.
Azi GhaffariHOST
That would be simple to think of it that way.
Azi GhaffariHOST
I think it's manipulation.
Azi GhaffariHOST
Identity became a business model, and an entire industry emerged around keeping us angry enough to keep clicking.
Julian WalkerHOST
Now, before anyone starts to type the angry comment, let's be clear.
Julian WalkerHOST
This is not one of those lazy both sides are equally bad podcasts.
Julian WalkerHOST
We don't believe that because that isn't true.
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Alex GoldmanHOST
Hi, I'm Alex Goldman, and this is Hyperfixed.
Alex GoldmanHOST
Each week on our show, listeners write in with their problems, big and small, and I solve them, or at least I try.
Alex GoldmanHOST
And if I don't, I at least give a good reason why I can't.
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SuzelleGUEST
Thanks, y'all.
SuzelleGUEST
[upbeat music]
Alex GoldmanHOST
As I mentioned before, the paradox of the popcorn button is one of the ultimate Hyperfixed questions.
Alex GoldmanHOST
It's one of those questions that we've received on multiple occasions, and it's also one of those questions we found ourselves wondering about from time to time.
Andrew ManganelliHOST
Nice.
Alex GoldmanGUEST
Um, the idea was to make things that weren't quite as intense of a project as sort of-
Andrew ManganelliHOST
Okay
Alex GoldmanGUEST
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