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The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller

2026-02-11 · 129 min · 13 entities

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    The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller
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    Feed author/publisher: Mariana van Zeller
  • → discusses Society & Culture concept
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  • → references MARIANA website
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    Link in episode "The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller": http://selectquote.com/mariana
  • → references @Mariana Vanzeller website
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    Link in episode "The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller": https://tiktok.com/@mariana_vanzeller

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  • mentioned MARIANA website
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    Link in episode "The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller": http://selectquote.com/mariana
  • mentioned @Mariana Vanzeller website
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    Link in episode "The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller": https://tiktok.com/@mariana_vanzeller
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    Link in episode "The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller": http://selectquote.com/mariana
  • references @Mariana Vanzeller website
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    Link in episode "The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller": https://tiktok.com/@mariana_vanzeller

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  • appeared on The Hidden Third podcast
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    The Hipster Grifter | The Hidden Third with Mariana van Zeller
  • mentioned True Crime podcast
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    Feed category: True Crime
  • discusses True Crime podcast
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    Feed category: True Crime

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  • mentioned Mariana van Zeller person
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    Feed author/publisher: Mariana van Zeller
  • hosted by Mariana van Zeller person
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    Feed author/publisher: Mariana van Zeller
Episode description as stored
Go to http://selectquote.com/mariana to save more than 50% on term life insurance. Kari Ferrell became known as “The Hipster Grifter” after her cons went viral. In this episode of The Hidden Third, Kari joins me to talk about how her scams worked — from bad checks to stealing from friends and lying about being a cancer survivor — and how things escalated after she moved from Salt Lake City to New York City, where she landed a job at VICE. We dig into what was driving her at the time, how easy it can be to manipulate trust, and what it’s like to become a public villain on the early internet. Kari walks us through the consequences, the fallout, and what accountability and rebuilding look like when your name becomes synonymous with a grift. Subscribe for more conversations from the underworld. ABOUT THE HIDDEN THIRD: From Emmy and Peabody Award–winning journalist Mariana van Zeller comes THE HIDDEN THIRD, a weekly dive into the underground markets that quietly power a third of the global economy. Every episode, Mariana sits down with people who know these worlds firsthand - the hustlers, smugglers, scammers, kingpins, and those trying to shut them down. The series reveals how they function, why they endure, and the profound ways they impact us all. THE HIDDEN THIRD: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoCiI8nJacn8gDiHxr6aQGA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehiddenthirdpodcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hidden-third/id1845989117 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3n1BBoj3BgVuEYaiZ6SotF MARIANA: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mariana_vanzeller Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianavz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices