July 1, 2022· 49 min

How to Spot a Fraud When Everyone's Against You

Dan McCrum Paul Murphy

Orality

Model

70%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostTracy Alloway(1,671 words)

M:29%

GuestDan McCrum(3,485 words)

M:28%

GuestPaul Murphy(1,561 words)

M:28%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic41%

literally, completely, absolutely

Engagement73%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, like

Repetition100%

know (140x), like (135x), what (60x)

Parallelism89%

And I'm Joe Weisenthal...., So I think Did it did no one r..., So the market can remain irrat...

Sound Patterns86%

78 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases7%

the fact of the matter, i mean, the thing is

Literate Indicators

Hedging8%

may, rather, could

Passive Voice5%

was supposed, be interested, was intrigued

Abstract Nouns18%

investment, recommendation, community

Subordination7%

because, though, until

Sentence Length36%

Avg: 14.0 words/sentence

Word Complexity46%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style27%

666 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style84%

literally, completely, apply

Description

'Markets can stay irrational for longer than you can stay solvent' is a classic maxim for investors, but it holds true for journalists too. In this episode, we speak with the Financial Times's Dan McCrum and Paul Murphy (Tracy's old boss) about their multi-year effort to expose fraud at Wirecard, a German payments giant that went spectacularly belly-up after billions of dollars were found to have gone missing. Dan, who's just written a book about his experience called "Money Men," explains how he first spotted problems at what was once described as "Europe's greatest fintech," and how hard it was to convince others of the truth. Rather than going after Wirecard itself, German authorities went after the journalists and short-sellers who were warning of the scheme. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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