Scams seem to surround us lately: the college-admissions scheme, the Fyre Festival, the fake heiress swindling New Yorkers, the confusing Jussie Smollett case in Chicago, Elizabeth Holmes and the empty promise of her blood-testing company Theranos, to name a few.
Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks with Megan Garber (@megangarber), staff writer for The Atlantic, about why we’re so captivated by scams and why they seem to be so prevalent.
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