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Am I the victim of an international sushi scam? (Part 1)

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PJ Vogt

Technology, Business

4.85K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We investigate unsettling rumors that fish purveyors may be mislabeling fish to save a buck. Our path leads us deep into the shadowy world of blackmarket fish sales, and sends us hot on the trail of the infamous ex-lax fish. Plus, we look back to antiquity for the first ever recorded emergency podcast.

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0:40.6

In each episode, reporter PJ Vote also tries to answer a question he has about the world.

0:45.4

No question too big, no question too small.

0:48.0

We're talking questions like, why are drug dealers putting fentanyl in everything even though it's killing their customers.

0:54.7

And is my local sushi restaurant a part of an international scam?

0:59.1

And did anyone ever figure out where Sam Bankman freed hid all that money.

1:04.0

Also, how sad are monkeys at the zoo?

1:07.8

It's a really good one.

1:09.0

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1:16.0

I think that you like this show.

1:18.0

Search Engine with PJ Vote and Odyssey Podcast on the Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts. And then. I used to have this sushi spot that I'd ordered from pretty constantly. I'm not going to name it for reasons

1:53.9

that'll become clear soon enough. One thing I need you to know about this

1:57.2

restaurant just to preemptively defend some of my own decision-making is that

2:00.8

they did have very good branding, which mattered because I'd never go in person.

2:05.1

I would only order online.

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