Join WIRED Book Club’s First Live Stream Event with Carlos Barragán
For our very WIRED Book Club’s first live stream, Kate Knibbs will be joined by author of The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria’s Romance Scammers, Carlos Barragán.
Unveiling the World of Online Romance Scams
Barragán, a journalist and researcher at the New York Times, flew to Lagos to join a group of desperate young crooks. His story is a funny, sad, and infuriating read about how the internet can fuel grief.
Meet the Panel
- Kate Knibbs: senior writer at WIRED, covering prediction markets, the future of media, and how AI is changing the Internet. She also runs the WIRED Book Club.
- Carlos Barragán: journalist and researcher for the New York Times based in Madrid. He was previously a journalist at El Confidencial before receiving his MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. The Yahoo Boys is his first book.
Engage with the Authors
Submit your burning questions about the book in the comments section below. The event will be streamed here, so bookmark this page and mark your calendar to come back. July 16 at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT.
Watching the Live Stream
This livestream is reserved as a subscriber benefit. For subscribers who are unable to participate, a replay of the livestream will be available after the event. Not yet subscribed? Subscribe now to get access to this livestream, plus full access to WIRED.
Join the WIRED Book Club
If you’d like to start following along, you can catch up on previous weeks’ discussions and sign up for the WIRED Book Club here.
In the meantime, check out previous live streams on how AI is changing work, big tech and the military, and much more.
For more information on this event, visit the official announcement here.
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