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Mar 2021
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What happened when Laura Pullman met the newly released Anna Delvey (AKA Sorokin) for The Sunday Times? Anna is a modern day Gatsby who scammed New York’s high society and ended up in prison.

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Guest: Laura Pullman, New York correspondent for The Sunday Times.

Host: Manveen Rana.

Laura's piece for The Sunday Times is available here.

Clips used: ABC, Vanity Fair, EuroNews.


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