The Traitors and the science of sneaky lies

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  For Scientific American, science quickly.

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  I'm Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feldman.

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  The global reality TV show franchise The Traders has a simple premise.

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  Among a cast of, say, 23 people, roughly 20 are faithfuls and about three are traders.

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  The job of the traders is to lie, so they remain undetected.

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  The job of the faithfuls is to suss them out.

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  All of that led science breaking news reporter Jackie Flynn-Mogenson to wonder,

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  what does science have to tell us about how to spot liars?

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  And what can it tell us about how to be more effective liars?

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  She recently wrote about all this and is here to spill the deeps.

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  But before we get started,

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  if you're interested in the current US season of the traders and haven't seen it,

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  be warned, there will be spoilers.

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  Hi, Jackie, thanks for joining us today.

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  Thank you for having me.

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  I'm so excited to be here.

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  So for those who haven't seen the show, can you tell us a little bit about what Traders is?

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  Yes.

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  So Traders is essentially a reality TV game show that is a lot like the party game mafia,

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  if you've ever played it,

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