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Listen Now: Pull the Thread: The Wild Life
02:45|In the corrupt and deadly world of the illegal wildlife trade, criminals are responsible for the wholesale slaughter of animals, and the suffering of people, too. Justice is rarely found. Undeterred, one man set out to bring down one of the biggest wildlife trafficking syndicates on the African continent. His name is Wolf. And he’s a spy. Investigative journalist Runako Celina takes us through the bizarre and far-reaching web of the global illegal wildlife trade and those trying to dismantle it. From Luminary, Drake's DreamCrew Entertainment, Novel, and Thread Studios, this is Pull The Thread, Season 1: The Wild Life.
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9. The Ethics of Lying: A Conversation with Sam Harris
01:30:13||Season 1, Ep. 9When Alex Gibney began investigating the idea of this series, he turned to Sam Harris for insight. Host of the Making Sense with Sam Harris podcast, Sam is a best-selling author, philosopher and neuroscientist. He is also the author of the book Lying.Originally published in April, 2020.8. Truth on Trial
48:18||Season 1, Ep. 8A suspicious death. A letter from the grave. A murder trial. Over two decades of legal battles. A look at the complicated case of a poisoned woman, and the lie of believing we can ever tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”7. Self-Deception
01:03:29||Season 1, Ep. 7When a school aide tried out a new communication technique with a non-verbal autistic girl, everyone involved had only the best intentions. This is the story of one woman’s journey to make amends for the damage she caused by coming to terms with her own self-deception.6. Freedom to Lie
21:49||Season 1, Ep. 6After two men lied, pretending to have served in the military to get out of jail, a Montana judge sentenced them to carry signs announcing “I am a liar” in some very unusual and detailed parole conditions. We examine the war between American values in cases of Stolen Valor.5. Artis Proficio
37:31||Season 1, Ep. 5Syed Arbab starts a frat house hedge fund that begins to spiral out of control and brings his life crashing down. Why do hundreds around him buy into the lie, and how in his own heart does Syed deceive himself?4. Race Investigator
36:08||Season 1, Ep. 4When one man’s obsession to hold long distance race cheaters to public account goes viral, there are tragic human consequences. Sometimes bringing the truth to light has profound implications.