Name: Telemarketers
Released: 2023-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sam Lipman-Stern, Pat Pespas, Brian Goetz

TV Show · Documentary

The unexpected 20-year journey of two unlikely office buddies, who stumble upon the truth behind the work they've been doing at a seedy call centre, persuading people to give money to charities, and vow to expose the American telemarketing industry.

2023 · 56m

Starring Sam Lipman-Stern, Pat Pespas, Brian Goetz

Director Adam Bhala Lough, Sam Lipman-Stern

EPISODE 1

Part 1

Sam joins Civic Development Group in 2001 as a telemarketer raising money for charity; Sam and his colleague Pat closely examine their dubious fundraising practises and the players behind this seemingly large-scale fraud.
EPISODE 2

Part 2

In the wake of the FTC shutting down CDG, other copy-cat telemarketing companies pop up and evade regulation by taking advantage of loopholes; Sam and Pat learn that the industry's corrupt ways run much deeper than just CDG; Pat disappears suddenly.
EPISODE 3

Part 3

Sam and Pat reunite in present day to continue their investigation only to learn that telemarketing schemes are now even more opportunistic with robocalling, PACs and AI; they travel across the country, gathering evidence to bring to Capitol Hill.