Sarah Treleaven on The Con

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Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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The second series of the CBC/BBC podcast The Con focuses on Kaitlyn Braun, who hoodwinked many doulas into believing she was pregnant. Hannah's talking to the writer, producer and host of Kaitlyn's Baby, Sarah Treleaven, about the hows and why of this extraordinary case, the harm it's done, and why it's often harder to persuade people they've been conned than it is to con them. You can listen to Kaitlyn's Baby on BBC Sounds here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvq7 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.7	Hello, Hammer here and welcome to the last podcast of the week. And a week it has been too come on i hear you say you always say that which i do because it's always true by way of an example next week we've got loads of great stuff coming up there's the usual the bush telegraph and jen Jenny of the Blocks, plus rated or dated,
0:55.5	in which we're going to be watching do, do, do, do, do, do, Beverly Hills Cop,
1:00.5	do, do, do, do do, do, do, do. And there's the semi-usual, in this case, flicking,
1:06.9	in which Mickey, Yosra, and I will be watching Anora. And then there's the totally one-off, the interviews.
1:13.6	On Monday, I'm going to be talking to actor Philippa Dunn about playing Anne again in Motherland's spin-off Amandaland.
1:20.5	And on Tuesday, Jen is going to be chatting to writer Diane Samuel about her new play as long as we're breathing.
1:30.0	But what about this podcast? Well,
1:38.1	this one is really interesting if I do say so myself. The con is a CBC and BBC podcast exploring you've guessed it cons. Something that regular listeners all know I am fascinated by. as is Sarah Treleven, the host, writer and producer of the second series of the con, Caitlin's Baby.
1:52.3	It tells the story of Caitlin Braun, a young woman who scammed many, many dolers into thinking that she was pregnant.
2:00.1	I had a great time chatting to Sarah about the effects Caitlin's con had on her victims,
2:05.3	how punishment should work with a crime like this,
2:08.5	and how hard it can be for people to accept that they've been had.
2:13.1	I'm going to let you just get on with listening with that,
2:15.3	so all that's left to say is, have a nice weekend.
2:19.7	Welcome to Standard Issue, Sarah Treleven. Thank you very much for joining us.
2:24.7	Thank you for having me. From Toronto. No, I'm actually in Nova Scotia. It's always a surprise to
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