The Lying Game (Summary)

Introduced by Steel-Drum player and House Band Abbey Sevel, Paula and Adam interview

## 'The Lying Game'

### Air date

September 2018

* While musing about the abundance of used mattresses on Miranda Street, Paula Poundstone reveals that famous Swiss Tennis player Roger Federer has opened an appliance store on said Street, and has presumably had his mattress stolen. Adam Felber somehow doubts the veracity of this claim.
* Paula and Adam give listeners an update on their ongoing search for missing survivalist Thomas Coine. Paula reveals she has continued to look for Coine, specifically in her hotel room in Omaha, Nebraska. Adam, on his part, searched for Thomas Coine near the desert table during a show in a theatre in Milwaukee. Neither of them have found any hint of Thomas Coine's presence. The cast comes to suspect Thomas Coine may be disguised as a bear, and advises their listeners to ignore their previous bear survival tips, and instead attempt to pull on the face of any bears they encounter.
* Paula decides partway through the introduction to make a balloon-animal for Thomas Coine in the shape of a Baby Rhinoceros Eating a Banana; and, subsequently, a phenomenally detailed balloon sculpture of the Santa Monica Skyline. Adam Felber expresses bewilderment, and, in spite of this display of talent, seems unconvinced that Paula is actually capable of making Balloon Animals.
* Paula again interrupts Adam while introducing their first expert guest by making a balloon sculpture of a Carmax. Adam again insists she is incapable of making balloon animals, potential acting as an inciting incident for what will grow to become an ongoing dillema.

Paula and Adam interview Expert Guest (and returning champion) Professor John Bowman, whom they interview on the topic of lying. Paula summarizes Professor Bowman's advice as follows:

> *"Lots of us believe that liars can't look you in the eye. Liars know that too, so they* do *look you in the eye! They often have tells, like they-they- stammer or they do something they don't normally do, while they're lying, like the cha-cha, or intermittent gargling. All kids lie as they develop cognitive complexity; they also learn that our society feels lying to be immoral, (or used to.) There are two types of liars, the kind who have an internal urge but for no particular reason, that's a pathological liar. Then there's the kind that lie because it makes their life easier, and they avoid the consequences of previous behaviors. I have no deals in Russia!"*
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Subsequently, Paula and Adam interview Giovani Garbit, a combat medic and Emergency Medical Responder on the topic of car accidents. Paula summarizes his advice as follows:

> *"So when you're the first to pull up at a car accident,* *call 911! If the person is spurting blood, you can make a torniquet, (although they're probably going to lose the limb). If it's just oozing blood, like a normal wound, you put pressure on it. If they've lost a tooth, put it in that fresh glass of milk you carry in your car! If they've lost a finger, or a limb, put it in a bag, and then put it on ice, and make sure to give it to the ambulance techs, you can't use it. Only lift their legs to 6-12 inches if you suspect shock, not just* because. *If someone's having a heart attack, you can give them an aspirin to chew. And women have different heart attack symptoms then men. Their* abdomen *hurts, which is going to f--k up country music!"*
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* At the conclusion of the episode, Adam reveals he has spent the entirety of the past week researching the purported Tripoly Blend Paula claims to make her T-shirts out of, and suggests, (firstly), that he was somehow incapable of finding any information on the material. Demonstrating his lack of knowledge on the matter, Adam claims without evidence that Paula is in fact reffering to a Tri-Blend, which Paula vehemently denies.