There’s Something About Martin | Part II

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

After breaking a big story about Martin Shkreli for Bloomberg, journalist Christie Smith wants to dig deeper into the man who’s become the face of corporate greed. She begins following him everywhere, and she decides he’s not the villain the press has made him out to be. As Martin continues to come under fire for his unhinged antics, Christie’s admiration for him only seems to grow. When their relationship finally comes to light, the damage will already have been done.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to ScanFlancer's ad-free on Amazon Music.
0:04.6	Download the app today.
0:06.6	This is part two of our two-part series.
0:08.9	There's something about Martin.
0:10.6	Even if you think you already know the Martin Screly story, you're definitely going to want
0:14.4	to listen to part one before diving into this one.
0:16.9	Trust me, it'll be worth it.
0:19.5	Sarah, have you ever interviewed somebody and you have ended up like falling in love
0:29.8	with them?
0:30.8	Not like, oh, I respect them or I like them like, I'm in love with you.
0:35.3	Oh, absolutely not.
0:36.7	I mean, you're interviewing someone and there's a very clear purpose for it.
0:40.7	You're trying to get as close to the truth as possible in a very made-up scenario.
0:44.8	Yeah, I mean, as you know, I interview a lot of YouTubers and content creators and influencers,
0:50.5	so I feel like it is chemically impossible for me to fall in love with any of them.
0:54.8	That seems fair.
0:55.8	Yeah.
0:56.8	These are fatal asswords.
0:58.9	Well, I have a barn burner for you this week.
1:02.2	It's about the greatest scam of all.
1:04.7	Love.
1:05.7	Oh, brother.
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