Ha, good question, it was not easy. I’ve just been picking over at other content in the true crime genre trying to chase that dragon - I tried a couple of other podcasts that were recommended (Beyond All Repair and Death On The Ice), but what really ended up grabbing me next was “Who TF Did I Marry,” which is a woman’s 7-hour recounting on TikTok of her experience being married to a pathological liar, and how it feels as it slowly dawns on her. She’s an amazing storyteller, strongly recommended

Bone Valley, eight-episode, superb quality true crime podcast by Pulitzer prize winner Gilbert King.

The person you’re replying to is describing (without giving proper context except for “game theory”) an algorithm that’s fairly successful at the “iterated prisoners dilemma”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tit_for_tat