Carrie Jade Does Not Exist

I love Sue Perkins and need more Sue in my life!

I really wanted to like this podcast, but really disliked the way the story was told. For some reason they hired a comedian to interject constantly, and then cut up the narrative between the journalist and people who experienced it first hand and it’s just a disorienting experience. It sounds like 5 different people trying to tell one sentence and then a comedian commenting to add nothing informative. I constantly felt like I wasn’t following the story because of how many different directions it was pulling me in.

I enjoyed this podcast as it is well produced. Keep up the good work!

I love podcasts about scammers and this is a great one. Sue and Katherine balance each other really well as hosts and the story is riveting. Please continue to do updates as you find more information!

The story was a little too speculative at the end for me though, where the hosts tried to guess at her motivations. I wanted this story to be a little more innovative than it was though. There are so many stories/podcasts about people catfishing others, or just generally faking who they are, and this one seemed the least of all of them. This woman is definitely ethically in the wrong, but her crimes are smaller than others’. Perhaps more of a focus on the specific negative effects on the people around her would’ve been a better aim for this show, than just a summary of her actions.