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Aug 2023
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266 - Project Alpha - Brian Brushwood

YOU ARE NOT SO SMART
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We sit down with Brian Brushwood to discuss how he put together this most recent season of The World's Greatest Con, his podcast about incredible scams. This season is all about how two teenagers pulled off an incredible hoax called Project Alpha, a con job and a publicity stunt, meant to improve scientific rigor and methodology when it comes to studying the ... Show More
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