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Madder than a Wet Hen

6/8/202634 min

Sergeant Ben Finley is as analog as they come. But when a swatting wreaks havoc on his beat, he starts chasing an anonymous and ruthless digital criminal.

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Clips

Parents’ Nightmare Broadcast Live
Realizing It’s Swatting
Terrified Children Discovered
Teens Explain Swatter Tactics
Looky-Loos And French Bulldogs
Thumb-Forehead Bomb Doubt

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Speaker 10:00

    When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands.

  2. Speaker 20:08

    I vowed I will be his last target.

  3. Speaker 30:11

    He is not gonna get away with this.

  4. Leigh Alexander· Host0:13

    He's gonna get what he deserves.

  5. Speaker 30:15

    We always say that, [laughs] "Trust your girlfriends."

  6. Speaker 10:18

    Listen to The Girlfriends: Trust Me, Bae on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

  7. Leigh Alexander· Host0:26

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  8. Jeremy Schwartz0:55

    The Binge.

  9. Leigh Alexander· Host0:58

    [gentle music] Sergeant Ben Finley has always been kind of an analog guy. He definitely wasn't what you'd call an early adopter of the internet.

  10. Ben Finley· Guest1:13

    I think I kinda resisted it for a while. Other people was like, "Oh, man, you gotta get on Google and look this up," and I'm like, "What the hell is a Google?"

  11. Leigh Alexander· Host1:21

    Ben's digital prowess has improved a lot since he said that, which to be fair wouldn't be hard, but he still never saw

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