The Grift
PanoplyWhen we hear about confidence games, we think, “never me.” Welcome to The Grift, a show about con artists and the lives they ruin. Best-selling author and New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova takes us to the darker side of human nature and deceit. Ten stories about card sharks, cult leaders, art forgers, impostors, and more. Why do we fall for them time and time again?
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 14 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Category | Society & Culture | ||||
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- Still hoping for season 2
I always enjoyed the stories of The Grift, and recently old episodes have been randomly popping back into my feed. Please bring more stories! Of course I’m giving the old shows are-listen when they come into my feed, but new shows would be much appreciated. Thanks!
Apple Podcasts5Sharon in Barcelona
United Statesa year ago - Terrible Narration
I really want to enjoy this podcast, but the narration is very strange and unnatural. There is no natuaral rhythm or flow to the narration. Each sentence is read in a different rhythm and its difficult to get in to it. THe voice seems forced but pretending to be natural. Just weird. I can't.
Apple Podcasts2BSharpe77United States2 years ago - Wonderful stories, incredible characters
This podcast lies at the intersection of what you hope isn’t true and what you want to believe. The tales of grifting are akin to what Da Vinci did for inventions. There are certainly parts that are fanciful, but everything is rooted in truth. The trouble is that you can never tell what is an elaboration and what is historic. Thus making the intrigue all the greater.
Apple Podcasts5Billy472747United States3 years ago - Don’t repeat my mistakes
I missed this one and consistently overlooked it. It is excellent and so is family ghosts.
Apple Podcasts5D-B-007United States4 years ago - Please make more/ why I love this podcast
I don’t know what everyone is talking about, I love her voice! I love that even though it’s a crime podcast it’s not horror story stuff. It gives enough information that you can see the harm done by these fascinating manipulators but not so much you lie awake thinking about it with terror. It helps you to see that things like this can happen to anyone, but I think that knowing how it’s done to you can help you to avoid it, even if that just means being more careful about what you believe or who ... more
Apple Podcasts5kayleekeystoneUnited States4 years ago
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