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
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PATREON PREVIEW: The Feed is Fake: The Social Engineering of Social Media
6d 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
2w ago01:03:15Tap 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
4w ago00:55:42Tap 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!
Transcribe →The Danbury Trashers
Mar 1201:02:46Tap to summarizePat tells Kath about the real life inspiration for Tony and AJ Soprano, who's short-lived, mob-connected Connecticut hockey team has become the stuff of legend.
Transcribe →PATREON PREVIEW: What Happened on Swamp Camp Road
Mar 500:10:02Tap to summarizePat tells Kath about a wrongful death case in his beloved Myrtle Beach involving a complicated stand your ground law, corrupt cops, a child custody battle, and more hallmarks of the Southern USA. To hear the rest of this episode, sign up at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!
Transcribe →Why Keanu Reeves is DMing Your Mom
Feb 2600:57:53Tap to summarizeKath returns to the main podcast feed with a story about celebrity impersonators running romance scams on older women, and the efforts being made to stop them. Much of the info in this episode comes from Rebecca Keegan's Hollywood Reporter Article, "Not Keanu, Not Costner: Inside the Billion Dollar Celebrity Impersonation Bitcoin Scam", published in July 2025.
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