For starters, it's illegal to record a phonecall without giving prior warning to the other person. It's also illegal to publish that recording without the other person's consent.
The U.S. federal law allows recording of phone calls and other electronic communications with the consent of at least one party to the call. A majority of the states and territories have adopted wiretapping statutes based on the federal law, although most have also extended the law to cover in-person conversations. 38 states and the D.C. permit recording telephone conversations to which they are a party without informing the other parties that they are doing so.
Where is the snowblower?
That makes my butt cheeks clench.