David McRaney: Season two of the You Are Not So Smart podcast is coming out. He explains how you can support the show and help make it better. David shares his top tips for cleaning up after a con, including Clorox disinfecting bleach. Do you know more about ConCon? Share your stories with CNN iReport.
In this episode, we sit down with famed stage magician and infamous instructor of the school of scams, Brian Brushwood, whose new podcast explores the world's greatest con artists and con jobs from World War II to modern game shows.
We cover everything in this episode from why you can't con an honest person to the power of shame and fame to folk psychology to how the British conned Hitler using one of the oldest tricks in the book to how one man broke the code for Press Your Luck earning him the most money ever awarded in a single day on any program in the history of game shows.