Episode 554: Yepoka Yeebo
b"Yepoka Yeebo has written for\\xa0The Guardian,\\xa0Bloomberg Businessweek, and\\xa0Quartz. Her new book is\\xa0Anansi\\u2019s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World.\\n\\u201cInitially it was like,\\xa0Why are you writing about a con man? He makes Ghana look bad. Nobody needs another crime story about an African person.\\xa0I found that irritating, because isn't the whole point of being a complete person, complete people, is we contain multitudes? We too can be epic, world-leading con men! Also, it's a great story. Everybody should revel in the insanity of what happened.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\n@yepoka\\n\\nyepokayeebo.com\\n\\nYeebo on Longform\\n\\nAnansi\\u2019s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World\\n\\n16:00\\xa0\\u201cThe True Story of the Fake U.S. Embassy in Ghana\\u201d\\xa0(The Guardian \\u2022 Nov 2017)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"