Billionaires Have Strange (and Dangerous) Hobbies

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

What does your average billionaire do for fun? In many ways, the world's wealthiest people are just like anyone else -- except, of course, that they can pour ungodly amounts of money into their hobbies. In tonight's solo episode, Ben Bowlin dives deep into the strange world of billionaire hobbies... and why these hobbies can be much, much more dangerous than we might assume.

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0:00.0	The cheerleaders at a gym in Buffalo have been recording themselves to make a new documentary.
0:07.0	We're the so hot news reporters.
0:09.0	Because one year ago, a mass shooting changed their lives.
0:13.0	You just walked around and shot all the black people.
0:15.0	The cheer squad, most of whom are black, had to figure out how to go on and how to compete.
0:21.0	I wanted to win for them more than anything this season.
0:24.0	Listen to the embedded podcast from NPR within the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.0	I'm Carol Fisher and I'm hosting a podcast called The Girl Friends.
0:35.0	It's Las Vegas, it's the 1990s, and it is time to find a husband.
0:41.0	There were four Jewish doctors who were felt to be eligible bachelors.
0:46.0	One of them was Bob Baramount.
0:49.0	On paper, he was perfect, but in reality...
0:53.0	This guy is a wacko.
0:55.0	He choked into the point shoot when I'm conscious.
0:58.0	I would call him and I would say, I know you killed my sister.
1:02.0	You can listen to The Girl Friends on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:09.0	On How Rude Tanner Redos, the Full House Rewatch Podcast,
1:13.0	Joined Characters, Stephanie Tanner and Kimmy Ghibler, also known as actresses,
1:17.0	Jody Sweeten and Andrea Barber, as they relive every episode of your favorite Friday Night Comfort Show.
1:22.0	We spent our entire childhoods on a little show called Full House,
1:26.0	playing frenemies, but becoming besties whenever the cameras weren't rolling.
1:30.0	And now, 35 years later, it's our biggest adventure yet.
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