Six Is Optimized, and Eight Isn't

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I was actually wondering, in the episode where you go into all the copy cats, i was like, is this going to come back and matter at all? Cause i'm not sure i care. And then, oh, yes, no, it actually does matter a lot. But could see how you can start going off on some side streets that are interesting, but do not, like, re merge with the main artery here. I would agree with you that six is optimized, and eight is, like, no one's really going to notice if we tack a couple of episodes on the end of this here. Each one will be about a different scam or what not. Ill just be

Evan Ratliff, a co-host of the Longform Podcast, is host of the new podcast Persona: The French Deception.

“One of these big scams is like a story. And in the story, what they're doing is they're manipulating you to be a participant in the story, and they're getting you so hooked that you will not just do anything they say, but you will invest yourself in bringing the story to its conclusion. And like, isn't that what you're doing if you're trying to get someone to listen to eight episodes, spend that much of their life listening to your voice? … The idea that every story has this person pulling the strings... I like revisiting that in everything that I do."

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