Phone-robots will fight telemarketers for you - feat. Roger Anderson, founder of Jolly Roger Telephone Co.

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Tonight on Techtonic: A conversation with Roger Anderson, founder of the Jolly Roger Telephone Company, whose phone-robots keep telemarketers in conversation as long as possible. Roger has posted to YouTube lots of recordings of notable calls.