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The Grift

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... Read more

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Introducing Empire on Blood

Introducing Empire on Blood

From the Producers of The Grift and Revisionist History, Empire on Blood is a new podcast from Panoply that chronicles a... Read more

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The Grift Presents: Family Ghosts

The Grift Presents: Family Ghosts

The Grift presents an episode of another Panoply podcast we think our listeners will love: Family Ghosts.When Nick's gra... Read more

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