Blank on Blank — Season 1, Episode 36: Maya Angelou on Con Men

Episode synopsis

"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you're greedy, you're set up." - Maya Angelou, as told to Studs Terkel in 1970

About Blank on Blank

Vintage interview tapes. New animations. The mission is simple: curate and transform journalists' unheard interviews with American icons. The future of journalism is remixing the past.

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