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Tearin' Up My Charts: How MTV's "Total Request Live" Got Rigged (PTFO Vault)
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The "TRL" countdown was America's high-school cafeteria — a daily election of cool. Until one fateful day, when a chain letter set off a movement to hack the vote. Correspondent Yourgo Artsitas helps us investigate whether MTV's shadow government was protecting the sanctity of our culture... with a lie.
(This episode originally aired on March 12, 2024.)
• TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, Total Request Live and The Chain Letter That Changed the Internet
• Pablo Torre Finds Out Substack
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3295 episodes
Manage episode 491833153 series 2502111
The "TRL" countdown was America's high-school cafeteria — a daily election of cool. Until one fateful day, when a chain letter set off a movement to hack the vote. Correspondent Yourgo Artsitas helps us investigate whether MTV's shadow government was protecting the sanctity of our culture... with a lie.
(This episode originally aired on March 12, 2024.)
• TR(ol)L: New Kids on the Block, Total Request Live and The Chain Letter That Changed the Internet
• Pablo Torre Finds Out Substack
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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