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

TV Show · Documentary

This three-part documentary chronicles 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.

2023 · 58m

Starring Sam Lipman-Stern, Pat Pespas, Brian Goetz

Director Adam Bhala Lough, Sam Lipman-Stern

EPISODE 1

Part 1

In 2001, Sam and Pat set out to expose dubious telemarketing practices at a New Jersey firm raising money for various charities.

55m
EPISODE 2

Part 2

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.

51m
EPISODE 3

Part 3

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.

1h 1m