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Telemarketers

Season 1
This three-part documentary follows the darkly comedic journey of two unlikely office buddies who work at a seedy New Jersey call center -- persuading people to give money to charities -- and vow to expose the crooked telemarketing industry from within.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Part 1
    August 12, 2023
    58min
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    A 14-year-old high school dropout and his colleague at a telemarketing firm raising money for various charities examine the company's dubious fundraising practices and the players behind their seemingly large-scale fraud.
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  2. S1 E2 - Part 2
    August 12, 2023
    54min
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    In the wake of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) shutting down CDG in 2009, other copy-cat telemarketing companies pop up and evade regulation by taking advantage of loopholes. Undeterred, Sam and Pat continue down a wild and twisted path.
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  3. S1 E3 - Part 3
    August 12, 2023
    1 h 3 min
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    Sam and Pat reunite in the present day to continue their investigation, only to learn that telemarketing schemes are now even more brazenly opportunistic with the advent of robocalling, PACs and new technologies such as AI.
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Subtitles
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Directors
Adam LoughSam Lipman-Stern
Producers
Benny SafdieJosh SafdieDani BernfeldDavid GreenJody Hill
Cast
Patrick PespasBilly FedorTom WhiteBrian GoetzSabrina RossLarry Lazar
Studio
Discovery Global Adventure & Documentaries
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