The Untalented Mr. Ripley

ICYMI

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Entertainment News, News, Tech News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2023

⏱️ 38 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. Subscribe to Slate Plus at http://slate.com/icymiplus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.1	I'm Rebecca. I'm Josephine's mom.
0:03.8	I'm Elisa.
0:04.6	Can I go over to Josie's house to play?
0:06.4	She met a new friend and puff.
0:07.9	She's gone.
0:09.0	An ordinary play date.
0:10.5	The missing child is Lucia Blix.
0:12.4	Nine years old.
0:13.4	Is about to become every parent's nightmare.
0:16.3	The people who took Lucia plund it meticulously.
0:19.9	She's hiding something, I know it.
0:21.6	The Stolen Girl, a new original series, streaming April 16 exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.6	18 plus subscription required. T's and C's apply. Please, these gays, they're trying to murder me.
0:40.3	Hi, I'm Daniel Schrader.
0:44.3	And I'm Alex Sabaz Santos and you're listening to I see why am I?
0:48.3	In case you missed it.
0:50.3	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:52.3	Hello, listeners, so happy to be here on mic today. Rachel is
0:56.7	still enjoying her time off, but don't worry, she will be back next week. In the meantime, I'm thrilled
1:01.6	to be joined by Box Senior correspondent Alex Abad Santos. Hi, Alex. Hi. Thank you so much for
1:07.6	going on. I mean, let's hope that there's something for Rachel to come back to because I don't want to mess this up for anyone.
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