Lie, Cheat, & Steal

• Stéphane Bourgoin, true crime criminal

  This week, Pat tells Kath about a big name in the world of true crime that turned out to be a fraud himself.

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• Pageturner Press and the World of "Author Services"

  Kath tells Pat about Pageturner Press and Media, one of many fraudulent "author services" companies based in the Philippines and targeting self published authors.Most of the info in this episode comes from the July 2025 Bloomberg article by Brent Crane titled "Pageturner's 44 million dollar fraud casts a spotlight on author services". You can read it here.

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• "Chatfishing": Chat GPT use on dating apps

  Kath and Pat discuss "Chatfishing", the name The Guardian has coined for people who use Chat GPT to help with (deceive?) their matches on dating apps. The information in this episode comes from the Guardian article on Chatfishing, by Alexandra Jones, which you can read here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps

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• The Secret History of IQ

  Pat tells Kath about the pseudoscientific history of the IQ test, and how eugenicists used the idea of innate genius to justify their racist aims.

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• Rod Blagojevich

  Kath tells Pat about a political corruption story from a simpler time: Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich follows in a long line of Illinois politicians in his efforts to enrich himself off the spoils of his political office, including his ability to appoint Obama's successor in the senate.

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