Lawfare Daily: Why We Fall for Charlatans, with Quico Toro

30/10/2025 30 min
Lawfare Daily: Why We Fall for Charlatans, with Quico Toro

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On today’s episode, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Quico Toro, global opinion columnist at the Washington Post and Director of Climate Repair at the Anthropocene Institute, to talk about his new book, “Charlatans: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Hucksters Bamboozle the Media, the Markets, and the Masses,” which he wrote with his co-author, Moisés Naím.They discuss what defines a charlatan, the cognitive biases they exploit to take people in, and how technological and societal changes have made charlatanism one of today’s most urgent crises. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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