Inventing Anna and The Tinder Swindler: Unpacking Our Obsession with Grifters
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min
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Episode description
Between Netflix’s Inventing Anna and the popularity of The Tinder Swindler, our love of scammers is having a moment. What do we get out of these sensational stories of grift?
And: the Olympics are not lacking in drama, but they are not generating the same conversations they usually do. What’s with the lull? Are the Olympics losing their cultural relevance?
Segments
Warm Up Question (favourite scam movie) - 00:01:45
Inventing Anna/Tinder Swindler - 00:7:30
Olympics - 00:32:50
Drop It In The Group Chat - 00:53:00
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