Operator

A podcast by Wondery

Categories:

Society & Culture

49 Episodes

  1. Where to find Episodes 2-8 of Operator

    Published: 2/1/2024

  2. Listen Now: Dr. Death: Bad Magic

    Published: 1/22/2024

  3. Listen Now: Even the Royals

    Published: 1/8/2024

  4. Listen Now: MrBallen’s Medical Mysteries

    Published: 11/6/2023

  5. Listen Now: Ghost Story

    Published: 10/23/2023

  6. Listen Now: Hooked on Freddie

    Published: 9/18/2023

  7. Listen Now – Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University

    Published: 9/11/2023

  8. Listen Now – Over My Dead Body: Gone Hunting

    Published: 8/21/2023

  9. Listen Now - Think Twice: Michael Jackson

    Published: 7/31/2023

  10. Listen Now: Suspect "Five Shots in the Dark"

    Published: 7/17/2023

  11. Introducing: The Generation Why

    Published: 7/3/2023

  12. Wondery Presents: Diss and Tell

    Published: 6/19/2023

  13. Listen Now: Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried

    Published: 6/5/2023

  14. Wondery Presents - Flipping The Bird: Elon vs Twitter

    Published: 5/15/2023

  15. Introducing: Morbid

    Published: 5/5/2023

  16. Introducing Foretold: Can a fortuneteller change her future?

    Published: 4/11/2023

  17. Wondery Presents This Is Actually Happening: Point Blank

    Published: 3/14/2023

  18. Introducing COLD: The Search for Sheree

    Published: 2/20/2023

  19. Wondery Presents: Stolen Hearts

    Published: 2/6/2023

  20. Wondery Presents: Frozen Head

    Published: 1/23/2023

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During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself “The Telephone Pimp.” He ran the company “like General Motors” and got filthy rich doing it. But for the (mostly) women who answered the calls and delivered fantasies 24-7, it was a different story. The powerful stigma against sex work was always lurking just beneath the surface, until it threatened to tear apart the whole company. Hosted by Tina Horn (Why Are People Into That?), OPERATOR is an eight-part series about big ambitions, Shakespearean-level corporate backstabbing, men and women at the cutting edge of a technological revolution...and on the front lines of a sexual one.You can binge all episodes of Operator exclusively and ad-free on Wondery+. Find Wondery+ in the Wondery App or on Apple Podcasts.