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How Do Con Artists Keep Fooling Us?

Part-Time Genius
Part-Time Genius
Episode • Aug 9, 2017 • 46m

America has a soft spot for scoundrels. From the (evil) genius who kept selling the Brooklyn Bridge to foreigners to the original snake oil salesman, we race through history's most legendary cons and discover why Denver was the Florence of the Con-Man Renaissance. Featuring Maria Konnikova and Patrick Hoffman.

 

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