S2: Basia Cummings - "The skill of a good editor and journalist is to imagine the reader and hold them in your mind"
For episode 2 we were joined by Basia Cummings, Deputy Editor of the Observer. Basia is an award-winning journalist, who has sensitively investigated topics from the ethics and dangers of freelance war journalism to the presence of Russian mercenaries in Ukraine and parts of Africa. At Tortoise, ...
Daily: Inside ‘Sweet Bobby’ – The most bizarre catfishing story in podcasting
Warning! Major spoilers! DO NOT listen unless you’ve already finished Sweet Bobby. How well do you know the person you love? The huge hit podcast Sweet Bobby charts a barely believable story of catfishing and psychological manipulation, in which a British woman called Kirat Assi discovers that he...
'Would you not just go and steal a baby?'
On this week's LuAnna: We do a proper deep dive on Sweet Bobby and Maternal Instinct! It's Anna's 45th birthday week, she's off to Sicily, and Lu immediately hijacks the chat to crowdsource a theme for her 40th next June (let us know if you can beat Rivals). Imo delivers the most satisfyingly per...
Introducing...West Cork
Introducing...West Cork. If you loved Sweet Bobby, we know you’re going to be hooked on West Cork so we made episode one available for you right here - enjoy!
This is part of Acast Classics 2026: four exceptional limited series hand-picked for their journalism, craft, and storytelling.
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Introducing: Sweet Bobby
Welcome to Acast Classics 2026: four exceptional limited series hand-picked for their journalism, craft, and storytelling. If you loved our podcast, we know you’re going to be hooked on Sweet Bobby so we made episode one available for you right here - enjoy!
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Psycho Murder Mashup
In this special Best of Pod Candy episode, Stacey and Dori revisit some of their most unforgettable psychological deep dives, with forensic psychologist Dr. John Mayer helping unpack the minds, motives and behaviors behind the stories.
From the astonishing nine-year catfishing deception at the ce...
Episode 8 - Sweet Bobby with Kirat Assi
Today’s Peer is Kirat Assi. She’s a survivor of a 10 year long catfish scam orchestrated by a member of her own family. Imagine thinking you’re in a long-term, long-distance relationship and none of it’s true!
Tune in to hear her story.
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DOCUFILES: Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
What started as an online romance turned into one of the most elaborate catfishing schemes imaginable. We break down Netflix’s Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, the years of manipulation Kirat Assi endured, and the shocking person behind “Bobby.”
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401: Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
Gird your loins for one of the most elaborate and sophisticated--AND TRULY SHOCKING--scams you'll ever hear. Kirat, a successful marketing executive and radio personality, is contacted online by a man named Bobby--he's a friend of friends. Slowly a friendship develops and then a romantic relation...
Life Hacks 209 - #529
Jonny & Yusef from Propane Fitness join me for another Life Hacks episode. Sit back & enjoy as we run through our favourite tools, apps, websites, strategies & resources for a productive and efficient life. Expect to learn why I've become fully obsessed with my new desk bike, Jonny's solution f...
