ICYMI - The Untalented Mr. Ripley
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2023
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
On today’s show, Daniel Schroeder is joined by Vox’s Alex Abad-Santos to talk about the gay scammers that emerged at the end of the year. First we answer a listener’s question about some gay drama on Twitter, then we discuss the wild rise of Congressman George Santos. We also cover the darker side of gay scams both on Grindr and in real life.
This podcast is produced by Daniel Schroeder, Rachelle Hampton, and Daisy Rosario.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking for a new podcast, might I recommend our podcast? |
| 0:09.4 | Hi, I'm Gabe Dunn, and I'm Allison Raskin. |
| 0:12.5 | We have a weekly show called Just Between Us where we explore every kind of topic out |
| 0:17.4 | there, from mental health to sexuality, to animal behavior, to science. |
| 0:24.7 | We love to interview fascinating people about their various expertise. |
| 0:29.0 | We also answer listener questions and play a very silly game called hypotheticals. |
| 0:34.4 | You're not going to want to miss it, it's unhinged. |
| 0:37.3 | And if you don't want to trust our word for it because it's our show, you should know |
| 0:40.7 | that the IHAR podcast awards nominated us for Best Ensemble for 2023. |
| 0:47.0 | That means that we are good at our jobs. |
| 0:49.6 | Or we have good chemistry? |
| 0:51.6 | So check out Just Between Us, Everyone's Day. |
| 0:58.6 | Please, disgaze, they're trying to murder me. |
| 1:10.6 | Hi, I'm Daniel Schrader, and I'm Alex Abastantos, and you're listening to High CYMI. |
| 1:16.6 | In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture. |
| 1:20.8 | Hello listeners, so happy to be here on Mike today. |
| 1:24.0 | Rachel is still enjoying her time off, but don't worry, she will be back next week. |
| 1:28.4 | In the meantime, I'm thrilled to be joined by Box Senior Correspondent, Alex Abastantos. |
| 1:32.4 | Hi, Alex. |
| 1:33.4 | Hi. |
| 1:34.4 | Thank you so much for coming on. |
| 1:35.9 | I mean, let's hope that there's something for Rachel to come back to because I don't |
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