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A collection of Bob Sullivan’s various podcasts.

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How an email could cost you your home in a mortgage closing scam

February 16, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

Wire fraud scams during real estate transactions are perhaps the most believable kind of digital con I’ve ever seen. Buying or selling homes is already an incredibly stressful time. Consumers are classic “tourists” in the land of title companies and wire transfers, vulnerable because everything feels unfamiliar. Add to that [Keep reading]

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Pet scams during Covid are big business; listen to a couple of sad tales with happy endings

February 1, 2021 Bob Sullivan 2

As most readers know, I have a dog named Rusty.  I’m on my third rescue dog now. Lucky, Rusty’s older brother, played a big part in a lot of stories I’ve written, so I was really excited to talk with today’s guests in The Perfect Scam podcast, Danny and Alison, [Keep reading]

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Podcast: Families ripped apart by guardianship disputes

January 26, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

Former Florida guardian Rebecca Fierle was arrested last year and charged with aggravated abuse of an elderly person after she signed a do not resuscitate order on behalf of a 75-year-old man in her care — against his will — and he died when his feeding tube was capped. That’s [Keep reading]

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The Perfect Scam podcast: Jonathan confronts the ‘Irish heiress’

January 22, 2021 Bob Sullivan 0

  Jonathan Walton: So, unpleasant stuff. Mair Smyth: Okay. Jonathan Walton: You’ve been lying to us the whole time about everything Mair Smyth: About what? Jonathan Walton: The whole time. That was a lie. That last four grand you needed that came out of nowhere, that was a lie. You’ve [Keep reading]

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Personal news: I’m the new host of AARP’s The Perfect Scam podcast

January 13, 2021 Bob Sullivan 4

“So, the Hollywood Reporter received a tip from Jonathan himself in, I believe it was August 2019. And I believe the subject line was something like, “Reality Producer Conned Out of $100,000 by ‘Irish Heiress Con Artist.’” And that, I mean the email had me at Irish Heiress Con Artist [Keep reading]

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Podcast: ‘It’s very cheap to be a bad faith actor’ — why disinformation is an ‘infinite game’

October 6, 2020 Bob Sullivan 0

When you’re playing a game with someone who doesn’t play by the rules…who doesn’t play by any rules….who doesn’t even really want to win the game….who simply wants to game to go on and on…well, you can’t win. That’s how disinformation works, says today’s guest on the Red Tape Chronicles [Keep reading]

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Podcast — Dirty digital politics: ‘Brainwashing’ and a virus attacking democracy

September 11, 2020 Bob Sullivan 0

Dirty digital politics is a fact of life all over the world now. Democracies are going to have to learn how to live with it. One thing that could help US voters understand this murky world is to learn about the kinds of tactics being used in other countries. Fortunately, [Keep reading]

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Podcast: Why aren’t housing prices going down? Bargain hunters, beware

July 28, 2020 Bob Sullivan 0

 It seems crazy, but housing prices have actually hit record highs in many places, and the housing market is sweltering.  If you thought you might find a bargain during the pandemic, you are out of luck. How can this be? I wrote about this for CNBC’s Grow website recently. [Keep reading]

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Podcast: The birth of CNN and 24-hour news, with author Lisa Napoli

July 28, 2020 Bob Sullivan 0

Once upon a time, Americans waited until dinnertime to find out what happened in the world that day. Then, Ted Turner had a crazy itch to scratch and everything changed. Not for the better, I’d argue. For starters, people now tune to TV news — and to the Internet — [Keep reading]

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Podcast: How to Lose the Information War (Hint: Start playing Whack-A-Troll)

July 1, 2020 Bob Sullivan 0

The United States and many venerated European democracies are well on their way to becoming “a fact-free version of Democracy Lite,” warns today’s podcast guest, Nina Jankowicz. She’s the ‘disinformation fellow’ at the Wilson Center in Washington D.C., and she has a new book out called How to Lose the [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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