For our first-ever WIRED Book Club livestream, Kate Knibbs will be accompanied by the author of *The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria\u2019s Romance Scammers*, Carlos Barrag\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
Barrag\u00e1n, a journalist and researcher at *The New York Times*, journeyed to Lagos to connect with young, desperate con artists. His narrative is a witty, touching, and maddening exploration of how the internet can lead to emotional turmoil.<\/p>\n
On the Panel<\/p>\n
– **Kate Knibbs:** Senior writer at WIRED, concentrating on prediction markets, the future of media, and the influence of AI on the internet. She oversees the WIRED Book Club.
\n– **Carlos Barrag\u00e1n:** Journalist and researcher for *The New York Times* based in Madrid. Previously a reporter at El Confidencial, he holds an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University. *The Yahoo Boys* marks his debut book.<\/p>\n
Ask a Question<\/p>\n
Feel free to send your inquiries about the book in the comments. The event will be streamed here, so save this page for July 16 at 12pm ET \/ 9am PT.<\/p>\n
How to Watch<\/p>\n
This livestream is a perk for subscribers. A replay will be offered for subscribers who cannot attend live. **Not a subscriber yet?** [Subscribe now](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/v2\/offers\/wira01026?source=Site_0_HCL_WIR_EDIT_HARDCODED_0_LIVESTREAM_2025_ZZ) to gain access to this livestream and complete WIRED content.<\/p>\n
Join WIRED Book Club<\/p>\n
Begin following along by [reviewing previous discussions](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/wired-book-club\/), and enroll in the WIRED Book Club [here](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/newsletter\/bookclub).<\/p>\n
In the meantime, [check out past livestreams](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/webinar\/) on [how AI is transforming work](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/livestream-ai-is-changing-your-job-now-what\/), [big tech and the military](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/livestream-the-war-machine\/), and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For our first-ever WIRED Book Club livestream, Kate Knibbs will be accompanied by the author of *The Yahoo Boys: Love, Deception, and the Real Lives of Nigeria\u2019s Romance Scammers*, Carlos Barrag\u00e1n.<\/p>\n
Barrag\u00e1n, a journalist and researcher at *The New York Times*, journeyed to Lagos to connect with young, desperate con artists. His narrative is a witty, touching, and maddening exploration of how the internet can lead to emotional turmoil.<\/p>\n
On the Panel<\/p>\n
– **Kate Knibbs:** Senior writer at WIRED, concentrating on prediction markets, the future of media, and the influence of AI on the internet. She oversees the WIRED Book Club.
\n– **Carlos Barrag\u00e1n:** Journalist and researcher for *The New York Times* based in Madrid. Previously a reporter at El Confidencial, he holds an MFA in nonfiction from Columbia University. *The Yahoo Boys* marks his debut book.<\/p>\n
Ask a Question<\/p>\n
Feel free to send your inquiries about the book in the comments. The event will be streamed here, so save this page for July 16 at 12pm ET \/ 9am PT.<\/p>\n
How to Watch<\/p>\n
This livestream is a perk for subscribers. A replay will be offered for subscribers who cannot attend live. **Not a subscriber yet?** [Subscribe now](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/v2\/offers\/wira01026?source=Site_0_HCL_WIR_EDIT_HARDCODED_0_LIVESTREAM_2025_ZZ) to gain access to this livestream and complete WIRED content.<\/p>\n
Join WIRED Book Club<\/p>\n
Begin following along by [reviewing previous discussions](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/wired-book-club\/), and enroll in the WIRED Book Club [here](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/newsletter\/bookclub).<\/p>\n
In the meantime, [check out past livestreams](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/webinar\/) on [how AI is transforming work](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/livestream-ai-is-changing-your-job-now-what\/), [big tech and the military](https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/livestream-the-war-machine\/), and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3490687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[440,159,438,439,441,2,442],"class_list":["post-3490686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-a","tag-books","tag-livestreams","tag-q","tag-scams","tag-tech","tag-wired-book-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3490687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}