Story of the Week Queen of the Phone Hackers

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One of the first computer hackers was a woman. She pulled some of the most elaborate computer hacks of the ’80s and yet no one knows her name.

Host Joel Stein speaks to Claire L. Evans about her article in the Verge, “Searching for Susy Thunder.”

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The Host

Joel Stein

Joel Stein, host of the Story of the Week podcast, has been a journalist for 25 years, including 20 at Time magazine where he wrote 22 cover stories. Stein has…