When Frank Farian first laid eyes on Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, he saw everything he wasn’t. They were handsome, young, and Black. But Frank had something they didn’t. He had power. So, Frank offered them a devil’s bargain. Almost overnight, Milli Vanilli’s debut album went five times platinum and scored a Grammy nomination. But when the lie at the center of their success started to unravel, Rob and Fab would discover the hard way the difference between star power and real power. From Wondery, Blame It on the Fame is a story about the lie that shot to #1 and what it cost to tell the truth. Hosted by Amanda Seales. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Blame it on the Fame: Milli Vanilli ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? This is the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the greatest con artists of all time. Host and award-winning journalist Evan Ratliff investigates how Chikli duped some of the world’s most powerful people into handing over their fortunes. He explores how Chikli evaded the law for years and became a Robin Hood-like hero. More than just a tale of criminal genius, this is a show about the moment we’re living in right now — the golden age of scammers — and the power of seduction. But what happens when the fantasy we’ve been lured into finally crumbles away? Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Persona: The French Deception ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacation house. But one summer, Joe discovered that Ike was gone and everything he’d thought he’d known about his neighbor -- and the house next door -- was wrong. From Wondery, the company behind Dirty John and Dr. Death, and Bloomberg, “The Shrink Next Door” is a story about power, control and turning to the wrong person for help for three decades. Written and hosted by Joe Nocera, a columnist for Bloomberg. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of The Shrink Next Door ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. The Shrink Next Door is now an Apple Original series, starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd. Watch now only on Apple TV+ http://apple.co/-TheShrinkNextDoor
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A luxury hotel pool attendant in Miami meets a married couple. The wife starts flirting with the young man...and pretty soon he is caught up in a love triangle, one that will have far-reaching results. The husband is Jerry Falwell Jr., member of one of the most famous evangelical families in America and president of a Christian university with a strict code of conduct. The affair is part of a pattern of questionable behavior that will threaten the Falwell family dynasty. From Wondery, the makers of The Shrink Next Door and Bunga Bunga, comes IN GOD WE LUST, a six part series about what the tabloids called “the pool boy” scandal. Co-hosted by Brooke Siffrinn and Aricia Skidmore-Williams, the duo brings their humor and distinctive style of their hit series EVEN THE RICH to a reported miniseries for the very first time. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of In God We Lust ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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Silvio Berlusconi was a charismatic multi-millionaire real-estate mogul who upended the Italian political order and hypnotized an entire nation. He was one of the longest-serving prime ministers of one of the world’s wealthiest countries, until he was brought down by three powerful women - and two words: “Bunga Bunga.” From Wondery, the makers of Dirty John and The Shrink Next Door, and hosted by comedian Whitney Cummings, “Bunga Bunga” is an eight part series on the incredible true story of the rise and fall of Silvio Berlusconi, told with Whitney’s signature wit and style. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Bunga Bunga ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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Tenoch Huerta (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) y Stephanie Sigman (Spectre, Narcos) dan vida a este drama transfronterizo de familias divididas, lealtad y hogar. La agente Abigail Smith siempre se ha enfrentado a dos mundos: su herencia mexicana y su identidad como oficial de inmigración estadounidense. De pequeña se burlaban de ella al decirle "potato": café por fuera y blanca por dentro. Un vigilante fronterizo le dispara a un migrante que cruza la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México, Abi tiene que tomar una decisión difícil que la pone en desacuerdo con su hermano indocumentado Pedro. Tenoch Huerta (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever) and Stephanie Sigman (Spectre, Narcos) bring to life this electrifying story of divided families, loyalty, and home in this fictional cross-border drama. ICE Agent Abigail Smith has always straddled two worlds: her Mexican heritage and her identity as an American immigration officer. And as a kid, she was teased as a “potato”: brown on the outside and white on the inside. When a border vigilante shoots down a migrant crossing the US-Mexico border, Abi has a difficult choice to make that puts her at odds with her undocumented brother Pedro. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Potato ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.
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