The Scientist and the Swindler

Troy: Since we're recommending podcasts on con men, I recommend cautionary tales with Tim Hartford. There's an episode specifically called the scientist and the swindler where this very established scientist got swindled into believing that he was in a long distant relationship with a supermodel. And of course, there was a suitcase traded and there were drugs in it. He has Maria Konikova on who was a professional poker player and writes these great nonfiction books, mostly about the mind. She's written them about con men and strong men and the allure of these people. Like Steve Jobs probably shares a lot of traits with some of these con men that they talk about.