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Pants on Fire

by RNZ

Lies pervade our lives - in business, personal relationships, cyber-space, courting, kids, politics and more… We talk to New Zealanders whose lives were upended by lies and experts about why we do it.

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Episodes

  1. The Tangled Web

    Do our politicians lie to us? What are the lies that really matter in politics? Should we be worried, or do we just like to think all politicians lie? Do our politicians lie to us? What are the lies that really matter in politics? Should we be worried, or do we just like to think all politicians...

  2. The Truth About Lies in Fiction

    In the arts there is much made of the notion of truth: writers search for the truth in a story; visual artists, no matter what form they work in, are all aiming to reveal or discover some form of the truth; scriptwriters want their work to resonate and to ring true; actors want to be true to…

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  3. Sweet-Talking Ernest Dickens and the Spanish Prisoner

    Sweetheart scams and the booming cyber-fraud industry are fueled by the human drive to trust people. Sweetheart scams and the booming cyber-fraud industry are fueled by the human drive to trust people. With cyber-fraud predicted to be the big growth area for criminal activity in the coming…

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  4. Natural-Born Fibbers

    We take a journey from the trainer-wheels fibs of toddlers through to our peak period of dishonesty - the teen years - with a child psychotherapist and a family counsellor. We take a journey from the trainer-wheels fibs of toddlers through to our peak period of dishonesty - the teen years - with…

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  5. The Lies That Hurt

    Nothing stings like the discovery that we have been lied to. Betrayal hurts and some of the most painful lies are those around infidelity. where betrayal is compounded by a powerful sense of rejection. Nothing stings like the discovery that we have been lied to. Whether it's the sense someone is...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Lies pervade our lives - in business, personal relationships, cyber-space, courting, kids, politics and more… We talk to New Zealanders whose lives were upended by lies and experts about why we do it.

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Lies pervade our lives - in business, personal relationships, cyber-space, courting, kids, politics and more… We talk to New Zealanders whose lives were upended by lies and experts about why we do it.

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Pants on Fire has 5 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Pants on Fire is created and hosted by RNZ.
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