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Would You Trust a Gangster Nanny? - Cautionary Questions with Rachel Botsman

Do we trust our fitness trackers too much? How do fraudsters gain our faith? Why do people trust podcasters? And would you trust a drug dealing nanny with a tambourine? Tim Harford is joined by trust expert Rachel Botsman to answer your questions. Rachel lectures in trust at Oxford University and her new audiobook How To Trust and Be Trusted is available via Pushkin.fm and wherever audiobooks are sold.We love hearing from you, so please keep your questions coming: tales@pushkin.fm. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  The Disappearance of Grace Oakeshott

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  Presenting Heavyweight: Etta

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  Kyoto: The Battle that Defined Climate Politics - with Joe Robertson

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  Presenting: Twenty Thousand Hertz

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  The Treasure Hunt that Broke America (Part 2)

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  The Treasure Hunt that Broke America (Part 1)

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  The Truth About Hansel and Gretel (Classic)

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  On Fire from the Inside - Lethal Injection Up Close with Malcolm Gladwell

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  Derek Bentley Must Hang

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  The Canal, the Crash and the Ketamine - Pushkin's Reign of Error

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  Schrödinger's Spy: Businessman, Fraud, or Russian Agent? - with Sam Jones

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  Missing Fish and Fatal Feasts: Ritual and Ruin at the Sun King’s Table