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How to move forward after being betrayed — in a relationship or not… A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Abby Ellin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Lightning doesn’t strike twice… does it?A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Abby Ellin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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How one woman brought The Commander down during the last days of her life.A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Abby Ellin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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The Commander’s lies stretched further than anyone imagined.A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Abby Ellin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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He was everything she thought she wanted. Until she learned the truth. A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Abby Ellin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Meet the other woman. A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Abby Ellin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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What if Mr. Right turns out to be Mr. So Wrong? On season 2 of Impostors, Abby Ellin tells the story of one conman who entangled his lovers, friends, family, and coworkers in an identity fraud scheme that stretched all the way to the Pentagon. A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Abby Ellin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Alex is now convinced Wayne Simmons was a conman who fabricated his CIA past. But two questions remain: Why did Wayne lie? And if he invented a life running covert operations, what was he really doing all those years?A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Alex French. Full Credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Alex begins to trace just how far Wayne was able to ride the power of his connections. What he discovers reveals cracks in the systems meant to keep us safe. And he hits the jackpot—a stack of documents that paint a new picture of who Wayne really is.A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Alex French. Full Credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Alex knows Wayne has some very powerful friends vouching for him—top military brass, media personalities, and political commentators. What do they know about Wayne that Alex doesn’t? Alex talks to some of Wayne’s supporters, and finds out Wayne was part of a group that was much more influential than he ever thought possible. A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Alex French. Full Credits. Website URL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Alex realizes he doesn’t know enough about the CIA to judge how credible Wayne’s stories are. So he finds some CIA insiders, and they think Wayne is lying. But can they be trusted?A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Alex French. Full Credits. Website URL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Journalist Alex French has been obsessed with Wayne Simmons for three years. Wayne’s tales of international espionage are captivating. But now he’s going to prison for fraud. Alex is determined to find out if Wayne was really a spy… or if he’s just a conman. Because if Wayne’s telling the truth, there’s been a massive miscarriage of justice. And if he’s lying, he’s been misleading the American people for years.A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Alex French. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Before Wayne goes to prison, Alex spends a few days at Wayne’s house in Annapolis, Maryland. Wayne shows Alex a big black binder filled with proof of his CIA career, from his recruitment to his retirement.A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Alex French. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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An ex-CIA military analyst and cable news star is accused of being a fraud. Hosted by the reporter who broke the story, Impostors follows the investigation into who Wayne Simmons really is — hero, or conman? Listen to the trailer, then follow Impostors for a new episode every week. A Spotify Original from Parcast. Produced by Topic Studios and Transmitter Media. Hosted by Alex French. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices