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> Faced with the right con, we’re all vulnerable. This This American Life episode (replayed this week) offers a slightly more benign version of this truism: h
by klenwell 7y ago
> Faced with the right con, we’re all vulnerable.
This This American Life episode (replayed this week) offers a slightly more benign version of this truism:
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/323/the-super/act-two https://www.thisamericanlife.org/323/the-super/act-two
I'm an aficionado of the genre (read Maria Konnikova's The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It Every Time recently) and I think this is my favorite con story ever.
It looks like audio isn't available at the moment but should be back online by tomorrow. If you listen, make sure you listen through to the end.
Transcript (it's Act Two): https://www.thisamericanlife.org/323/transcript https://www.thisamericanlife.org/323/transcript