Fakers, Fraudsters and Phonies: Everything's A Lie Now!

About this episode

Zaron and Elizabeth discuss various recent stories of fakers and fraudsters, exploring themes of deception and trust.

In this round-up of recent tales of fakers, fraudsters, and phonies, Zaron shares with Elizabeth a smorgasbord of stories of fake bears, phony medical emergencies on Mount Everest, and a fraudulent influencer abduction to get at the truth of why we can't trust anything any more. And get this: no AI was involved in this episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Zaron

Guest: Elizabeth

Topics covered

• fraud
• deception
• true crime
• influencers
• medical emergencies
• Mount Everest
• trust issues

Keywords

• fraudsters
• fakers
• phony
• influencer
• Mount Everest
• medical emergencies
• trust
• deception

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Organizations: iHeartPodcasts

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