Podcast
Lie, Cheat, & Steal
Hosted by Kath Barbadoro, Pat Sirois · EN
A podcast about liars, frauds, thieves, and bullshitters. Subscribe to our bonus feed for two more episodes a month! patreon.com/liecheatandsteal
16episodes
Episodes
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy
1w ago01:07:31Tap to summarizeAre you feeling old, sad, tired, less horny than you'd like? RFK and manosphere podcasters say testosterone might make you feel better. Or maybe it'll render you infertile. Who's to say?Most of the info in this episode comes from a NYT article by Azeen Ghorayshi. You can read it here.
Transcribe →PATREON PREVIEW: Water Crimes
2w ago00:10:21Tap to summarizeWater scarcity has shaped everything about life in the Western US, including its criminal activities. Pat tells Kath about the lengths some people are willing to go to profit off of the American West's most valuable commodity: water. To hear the rest of this episode, check out our patreon! patreon.com/liecheatandsteal
Transcribe →Gas Crimes
3w ago01:12:16Tap to summarizeWith gas prices reaching all time highs, Pat tells Kath about the creative methods gas thieves employ to obtain the blood of American life.
Transcribe →PATREON PREVIEW: The Feed is Fake: The Social Engineering of Social Media
4w ago00:08:48Tap to summarizeKath tells Pat about the world of clipping, narrative campaigns, and other discursive manipulations that affect our algorithms, taste in music, and culture at large. This episode is primarily a discussion of the Vulture article "The Feed is Fake" by Lane Brown. Read it here: https://www.vulture.com/article/social-media-feeds-chaotic-good-projects-clipping.htmlWe also discuss and quote from Eliza McLamb's article "Fake Fans", which kicked off this discussion a few weeks ago: https://substack.com/@elizamclamb/p-192801490To hear the rest of this episode, check out our patreon at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!
Transcribe →AI MAGA girls
May 1601:03:15Tap to summarizeKath tells Pat about one of the easiest and most lucrative scams on the internet: Using AI to thirst trap MAGA men.
Transcribe →Lost Boy Larry
Apr 3000:55:42Tap to summarizePat tells Kath about Lost Boy Larry, a hoax (maybe?) that spawned the most expensive search and rescue mission in New Mexico history.
Transcribe →Emma Perrier's Catfish
Apr 1600:54:46Tap to summarizeKath tells Pat the story of a French woman living in England who's tale of being catfished has some surprising twists and turns.The information in this episode comes from Jeff Maysh's article "A Catfishing With A Happy Ending", published October 2017 in The Atlantic. You can read it here.
Transcribe →PATREON PREVIEW: Loopholes
Apr 900:10:51Tap to summarizePat tells Kath some stories involving enterprising individuals exploiting various loopholes - through gambling, insurance fraud, and even the KFC app. Subscribe to our patreon to hear the rest of this episode! www.patreon.com/liecheatandsteal :)
Transcribe →The Price of Groceries
Mar 2601:03:50Tap to summarizeWe all know grocery prices are going up. But is it all just "inflation"? Or are mega-corporations dictating the price of our pepsis? Take a guess (hint: Ronald Reagan is involved)! Pat tells Kath about some shady dealings that affect the cost of groceries.
Transcribe →PATREON PREVIEW: Chuck Seidman and the Sweepstakes Scam
Mar 1900:10:06Tap to summarizeKath tells Pat the story of a scam from the height of America's sweepstakes craze, featuring a cast of unusual characters and a cameo by Donald Trump himself. The reporting in this episode comes from Jeff Maysh, an incredible documenter of scams, who wrote about Chuck Seidman and CBS in the New Yorker in 2022. You can read his reporting here.For the rest of this episode, check out our Patreon at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!
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