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Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

History Hit

Society, Sex, Scandal, Education, History

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Whether they are online scams or in person card tricks, confidence games - better known now as cons - have been around for as long as we have. But while humans remain fundamentally gullible, the tricks of the trade have changed.

Today, Kate is Betwixt the Sheets with writer and successful poker player Maria Konnikova, who tells us how confidence games have developed, what the most successful ones have been, and what makes the perfect victim.

*WARNING there are naughty words in this episode*

Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Anisha Deva.

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0:00.0	Everyone leaves a legacy.
0:02.2	But a legacy can change over time as new generations
0:05.6	re-examine old preputations.
0:07.6	From Wundery and Gohanger podcasts, I'm F4hersh.
0:11.0	I'm Peter Frankapan, and in a brand new series,
0:14.0	we're exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history,
0:17.4	from Napoleon to Picasso.
0:19.2	And asking, what does their past tell us about our present?
0:23.4	This is legacy.
0:24.8	Follow now wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Hello, my lovely betwixters.
0:34.2	It's Kate Lister jumping in to give you your fair dues warning.
0:37.7	Fair dues, we are talking about adult themes.
0:40.5	We're actually talking about con-artists in this episode.
0:44.1	So I don't think it's as rude as some of the other ones have been,
0:47.3	but I still don't want you getting any naughty ideas.
0:49.6	So fair dues, this is of an adult nature,
0:53.2	and you might well want to duck out now.
0:55.9	Picture the scene.
0:59.3	It's the 19th century, and you are walking around the street
1:02.0	just mining your own business.
1:03.4	When suddenly a stranger, someone you have never known before,
	...

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