Pants on Fire
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.
Episodes
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 making a fool of you or the feeling of being deceived. Even the reality that someone has taken away your power of choice.
Betrayal hurt...
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 a child psychotherapist and a family counsellor.
Duncan Smith: As a child, I was a prodigious liar
"We lie because we are reinforced f...
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 decade, it's a good idea to be wary of who you trust online.
Imagine finding yourself fit, active but very much alone in your sixties or seve...
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 their characters. How does all that sit within our concept of lying?
For the most part society sees creating fiction as a positive activity whe...
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 lie?
Politicians, real estate agents and journalists seem an unlikely grouping but they do have at least one thing in common - they occupy ...
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