Sara and Danny are back with a fascinating conversation with journalist Gabrielle Bluestone about her new book “HYPE: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet―and Why We're Following.” They go all into how social media has ushered in a new type of scams and grifts into our lives and what implications influencers can have on our wo ... Show More
Mar 2024
Willy's Chocolate Experience - AKA The Fyre Fest Of Chocolate Factories
Sara and Danny are back for the final time, to cover Willy's Chocolate Experience in Glasgow - an event organized by a company named House of Illuminati, that was giving more Fyre Fest than "Pure Imagination." Sara and Danny get into it all, from the AI generated, spelling error- ... Show More
29m 35s
Mar 2024
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist Ft. Josh Gondelman
This week, Sara is joined by writer and comedian Josh Gondelman to cover a story from his hometown of Boston: the still-unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. In 1990, two thieves dressed as policemen walked into the museum in the middle of the night, and carried out the ... Show More
44m 58s
Mar 2024
Steve Comisar: Serial Scammer
Sara and Danny are back to cover the self-proclaimed "Jeffrey Dahmer of fraud,” Steve Comisar. But first, Sara shares a self-imposed scam of her own, with a recent Uber Pool trip that went off the rails. Then, they get into the extensive grifting resume of Beverly Hills conman St ... Show More
48m 48s
Apr 2021
Episode 17 - The Business of Hype with Gabrielle Bluestone
Journalist and Emmy-nominated producer of the Netflix documentary Fyre, Gabrielle Bluestone, joins us to discuss her new book: "HYPE: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet - and Why We’re Following." In a time where social media hype, puffery and pr ... Show More
43m 34s
Apr 2021
Afternoon Tea With Gabrielle Bluestone
In this week’s Afternoon Tea, Sami is joined by Gabrielle Bluestone, journalist, Emmy-nominated executive producer of Fyre on Netflix, and author of Hype: How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet— and Why We’re Following. They start off with a conversa ... Show More
43m 45s
May 2022
True Crime Revolution: Sarah Turney Part 2
We continue our fascinating discussion on ethics in true crime with Sarah Turney, on topics ranging from leaks in the Delphi case, parasocial relationships in true crime, web sleuthing, family-member creator content, and the future she envisions for true-crime media. Sarah Turney ... Show More
37m 49s
Feb 2022
Presenting 'The Limits': Gabrielle Union stands up for herself
In this episode from our friends at NPR's newest podcast The Limits, host Jay Williams chats with Gabrielle Union — actress, activist, producer, entrepreneur and author of the books We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated, and True and You Got Anything ... Show More
47m 34s
Apr 2021
The Murder of Geraldine DeLoach, Part 3: Solve The Case
In the final episode of our three-part series on the 1991 murder of Geraldine DeLoach, we cover possible suspects, a surprising confession, and her family’s attempts to both process Geraldine’s death and to seek justice in her unsolved homicide. If you have any information regard ... Show More
36m 45s
Dec 2021
576: Kenny G Crush, Stranded Vacation, & Snapped Murders
Today we discuss our show now that another year has passed. Are we in a never-ending time warp?? We hear about a documentary on Kenny G that was surprisingly incredible. We learn why jazz purists hate him, Chinese people love him, & Sarah has a crush on him. Susie describes a new ... Show More
1h 25m