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Only If You Get Caught
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts | Castbox |
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| Oct 31 | #194 | #189 | — |
| Oct 30 | #185 | #180 | — |
| Oct 29 | #167 | #161 | — |
| Oct 28 | #164 | #158 | — |
| Oct 27 | #144 | #138 | — |
| Oct 26 | #194 | #188 | — |
| Oct 24 | #174 | #167 | — |
| Oct 23 | #146 | #139 | — |
| Oct 22 | #110 | #107 | #89 |
| Oct 21 | #94 | #85 | #83 |
| Oct 20 | #90 | #81 | #87 |
| Oct 19 | #87 | #80 | #79 |
| Oct 18 | #87 | #80 | #70 |
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About the show
Only If You Get Caught is about how we can better understand sports and culture by appreciating the ways humans cheat in ways big and small.
Hosted by Patrick Redford and produced by Alex Sujong Laughlin, each episode will dive into the history and methodologies behind cheating scandals to explore what bending or breaking the rules tells us about ourselves.
Created by Patrick Redford, Alex Sujong Laughlin, and Defector Media.