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Marathon Investigation Podcast
Has anyone listened to it yet? I'm assuming you all familiar with the Marathon Investigation (MI) blog/articles.
The MI articles/blog are juicy like a celebrity tabloid. But the third podcast episode was straight up a Jerry Springer show. They talk to one of the friends of a lady that fudged some strava data to cover up a missed loop. The friend was completely belligerent. This was the lady that threatened the MI guy with statements like they understand now why a mass shooter would shoot up a place. I think the lady was a teacher.
Still, there is some redeeming philosophical discussions. The 2nd episode was a debate between the MI guy and the current cohost. The cohost disagrees with how the MI guy is going about his Investigations. His reasoning is these investigations leads to viral public shaming for which could lead to a ruined life or career of the cheater. He asks the questions, if the MI guy exposes a cheater and they are shamed to the point that the cheater takes their own life, would the blood be on the MI guy's hands?
The MI articles/blog are juicy like a celebrity tabloid. But the third podcast episode was straight up a Jerry Springer show. They talk to one of the friends of a lady that fudged some strava data to cover up a missed loop. The friend was completely belligerent. This was the lady that threatened the MI guy with statements like they understand now why a mass shooter would shoot up a place. I think the lady was a teacher.
Still, there is some redeeming philosophical discussions. The 2nd episode was a debate between the MI guy and the current cohost. The cohost disagrees with how the MI guy is going about his Investigations. His reasoning is these investigations leads to viral public shaming for which could lead to a ruined life or career of the cheater. He asks the questions, if the MI guy exposes a cheater and they are shamed to the point that the cheater takes their own life, would the blood be on the MI guy's hands?
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The premise was, you would call the radio show if you expected your significant other was cheating on you. The radio show would call your significant other posing as a flower shop that's sending a free dozen of romantic roses. Youre on the line listening quietly. The cheater then asks to have the roses sent to their mistress. You yell surprise mofo, who the hell is Natasha!
These calls were unbelievable. So unbelievable that I googled it. Turns out the whole segment was staged. The cheaters were other radio show hosts pretending to be in relationships. These radio shows held their own fake flowers/cheaters segments. Despite the sham, it was fucking hilarious though.
That's a heck of a good dilemma they discuss @NHetro , anyone that initiates any sort of public shaming is always at risk of the negative downstream consequences. Even if not legal risk, then personal risk from the psych effects if something happens (unless they are a psychopath/sociopath)
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Interesting discussion here about the ramifications of calling out a cheat. I'm certain they never expect to get caught. They are certainly bold enough to make the attempt, but I wonder if they even consider the fallout if they're exposed. I wonder if their arrogance is such that they believe they can get away with it and either no one is smart enough to catch them or they present such an aura that no one would question them. I'll give it a listen as I'm sure there will be some interesting insights presented.
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