We got caught in a lie: cheating, Survivor 50, and the psychology of liars
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🗓️ 4 March 2026
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Summary
We got caught in a lie. So today we are going to explain the ways we have lied, why Greg can't stop exaggerating and how to spot if someone is cheating. We will also relate it to Mitch's time on Big Brother and to Survivor 50 + The Traitors. These shows use lying and manipulation in unique ways so we will explain that today as well. This episode is all about the science of lying.
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| 0:00.0 | controversial subjects with the facts can be tense, but we are a sub-science here to make things make sense. |
| 0:06.4 | Today we are talking about lying and cheating. We're going to be sharing some of our vulnerable |
| 0:11.5 | stories of lying and cheating. We're going to talk about how you can spot if someone is in fact |
| 0:17.3 | cheating on you. And we're also going to get into the psychology of some reality shows like Survivor and |
| 0:22.4 | traitors that Mitch loves that involve lying and some of the infamous liars on it and like how |
| 0:27.1 | you can kind of tell who's good and bad at it. |
| 0:29.3 | Yeah. |
| 0:29.7 | The psychology behind those kind of shows, I mean, I have famously been on one of them called |
| 0:33.3 | Big Brother. |
| 0:34.6 | And so it's interesting to think about how to be a good liar on a show like that. |
| 0:41.5 | Also, this isn't me lying. It's me telling the truth. And this is for everyone in Toronto. |
| 0:46.1 | March 19th. I have a show opening. Okay, how do I call it? What do I'm like always about? |
| 0:50.9 | I'm like show opening. Sure. He's, but I'm a painter. |
| 0:54.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:55.8 | So it's like a painting. Art show. |
| 0:56.6 | Art show. |
| 0:57.1 | Oh my God. March 19th, I have an art show at Okad University. You guys can come out from 6 to 9 p.m. You're going to see the paintings I've been looking on based on my thesis for my MFA. I'm graduating in a month, I guess. |
| 1:10.9 | And then I'm just going to existentially figure out what it happens after that. School's so fun, but then, yeah, that's not a lie. You've posted these on your Instagram so people can find the dates, the locations, and all that there, but definitely come because that day will be like an opening. I'll be there. There'll be drinks and stuff, right? Yeah. |
| 1:27.6 | Like it'll be a bit of a party. |
| 1:28.7 | But we will have someone with smart surf. |
| 1:30.3 | So if you're underage, you're going to get ID'd, y'all. All right. Let's talk about lying. Okay. So lying, it's really interesting because when you look it up, that there's a lot of different definitions. So lying has been defined as deliberate behaviors meant to mislead people to gain benefits |
| 1:47.8 | and avoid losses. |
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