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EPISODE · Dec 20, 2025 · 18 MIN

Numbers That Never Were: WorldCom

from The Skillful Art Of Manipulation | Mastering Psychology & Influence · host Joe & Ryan

Numbers That Never Were: WorldCom is a gritty investigative account of how one of America’s largest telecom companies turned ordinary accounting decisions into a machine for deception. Set against the pressure cooker of Wall Street expectations and the collapse of the telecom boom, the story follows how routine expenses were quietly reclassified, how silence became policy inside the company, and how inflated earnings convinced investors that growth was still real. What unfolds is not a tale of flashy fraud, but of methodical manipulation, institutional fear, and the devastating cost of letting numbers replace truth.

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