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The Grift

The Grift

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When we hear about confidence games, we think, “never me.” Welcome to The Grift, a show about con artists and the lives they ruin. Best-selling author and New Yorker writer Maria Konnikova takes us to the darker side of human nature and deceit. Ten stories about card sharks, cult leaders, art forgers, impostors, and more. Why do we fall for them time and time again?

Recent Episodes

  • The Grift Presents: Family Ghosts

    7 years ago

  • The Greatest Impostor

    7 years ago

  • Crooked Carnival

    7 years ago

  • Psychic Faith

    7 years ago

  • For a Small Investment...

    8 years ago

  • The One Who Almost Got Away

    8 years ago

  • Loving a Lie

    8 years ago

  • The Religion of the Black Dog

    8 years ago

  • The Self-Made Heiress

    8 years ago

  • Genuine Fake

    8 years ago