Pushkin.

Trust is at the centre of so many cautionary tales.

I've told you about the people who trusted a man in uniform

and allowed him to steal from the city coffers.

And the woman who drove into the desert

because she trusted the sat-nav ahead of her instincts. Then there was the celebrity author who

trusted photographs of fairies as proof of their existence. We've had people who trusted in technology

when they shouldn't, and those who didn't trust it when they should.

And that's before we get to the doctors, business leaders and scammers who abused the trust

put in them. I'm fascinated by questions of trust, and given that you're a loyal listener to

cautionary tales, I'm guessing you're quite interested in them too.

And that's why I've invited Rachel Botsman to join me for a special edition of cautionary

questions. Rachel is the author of the new audiobook, How to Trust and Be Trusted. So,

do better to answer your trust questions.

Maybe you'd like to know why we naturally trust some people but recoil from others.

Maybe you're curious about why so many people are taken in by particular historical figures.

There might be an episode of cautionary tales that makes you tear

your hair out at the gullibility of those involved. Are we right to be suspicious when ever a

politician says, trust me? Can being too distrustful be as dangerous as being too trusting. Whatever your query, you can trust

Rachel to have the answers. So send them to Tails at Pushkin.fm. That's T-A-L-E-S at Pushkin.fm.

58-year-old Jean Marshall Brown were sitting in the cabin of a Pan-American 747.

She ran a travel company in La Mesa, California.

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