Episode 1: Breaking and Entering with Penny Smith 

Available Friday 24 July. Penny, co-host of the Pains, Stains and Automobiles podcast, has had her home burgled twice, and she shares her memories of these incidents with Alfie. 

Episode 2: Pig butchering with Andy Bush

Available Friday 31 July. Alfie Moore meets the radio and podcast host Andy to find out about his parents’ experiences as victims of a horrific and sophisticated scam that cost them their savings. 

Episode 3: Coercive control with Ruth Dodsworth

Available Friday 7 August. The broadcaster and weather presenter Ruth Dodsworth speaks to former police officer turned comedian Alfie Moore about her experience as a survivor of coercive control.  Her former husband was jailed after he pleaded guilty to charges of stalking, coercive and controlling behaviour after subjecting the ITV Wales presenter to a nine-year campaign of abuse
 
This podcast discusses coercive control and includes references to emotional abuse, manipulation, and other sensitive experiences that some listeners may find distressing.
 

Episode 4: Squares with Kaf Okpattah

Available Friday 14 August. Alfie Moore meets investigative journalist Kaf Okpattah to learn more about cybercrime and the new generation of fraudsters.

Episode 5: Sticky fingers with Bobby Seagull

Available Friday 21 August.  Alfie Moore meets the broadcaster, quizzer, maths teacher and proud Londoner Bobby Seagull MBE. He shares why he loves the the East Ham library and talks about his experiences of street crime, including mugging and attempted phone snatching.

Episode 6: Catfishing with Becky Holmes

Available Friday 28 August. Alfie Moore meets Becky Holmes, the author of Keanu Reeves is Not in Love with You, tells Alfie how she started interacting with – and ultimately exposing – hundreds of romance fraudsters on social media, accidentally becoming a viral phenomenon in the process.

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