This is Truish, your weekly soft news bulletin where broadcaster Daisy Maskell unpack the weird and wonderful headlines, moments, and curiosities of the week with hilarious guests. New episodes every Monday.

From conspiracy theories to just pure embezzlement - we've got it all on this episode! Daisy is joined by Richard Stott on this episode of Truish!

Richard is a comedian, actor and writer, best known for his appearances on Comedy Central and ITV2’s Stand Up Sketch Show. He has won critical acclaim for his razer sharp one liners, which has seen his jokes named in the Top 10 Jokes Of The Fringe 2019 (Dave TV), 2022 (The Times), 2023 (The Guardian) and he came runner-up in the Leicester Square Not So New Comedian of The Year Contest 2024.

On this episode of Truish, Daisy and Richard talk about the unique landscape of children's TV in Britain, a South Korean banker who embezzled over $40,000 by replacing bills with Monopoly money and the phenomenon of secret shoppers.

Richard introduces "communication accommodation theory" - people shifting accents to fit in or avoid conflict - whilst Daisy brings a study claiming chimpanzees identify each other as accurately from photos of backsides as from faces.

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