Enlightened Rigging of the Lottery + Wheezy Waiter (The BrainFood Show Episode 5)

The BrainFood Show

Cloud10

History, Education

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

In episode 5 of The BrainFood Show podcast, we discuss the shady, but clever, business dealings of famed enlightenment thinker Voltaire that ultimately allowed him to write with the impunity he is so famous for, where most others of his time and region of the world could not. Next up we talk to famed YouTuber Craig Benzine (better known online by his moniker Wheezy Waiter) about the changes in YouTuber over time, the types of things aspiring YouTubers should do differently today than in the early days of the platform, and just a general interesting chat on his thoughts on a variety of things. If you would like to follow Craig on the many things he works on, you can check out Story Not Story (a popular bedtime story podcast with his wife, Chyna), his main YouTube channel Wheezy Waiter, and The GoodStuff. You can also catch him on a variety of channels including Crash Course film history and more. We wrap up the podcast with some Q&A, Feedback, and Bonus Facts, including the origin of the story of Newton having an apple on fall on his head and whether there is any truth behind said story. Finally, if you could do us a huge favor and rate and review this show in whatever podcasting platform you’re using, we would be extremely grateful. Thanks! (You can also discuss this episode and view references on The BrainFood Show forum here.) Don’t miss future episodes of this podcast, subscribe here: iTunes | Spotify | Google Play Music | Stitcher | RSS/XML You can also find more episodes by going here: The BrainFood Show The post Enlightened Rigging of the Lottery + Wheezy Waiter (The BrainFood Show Episode 5) appeared first on Today I Found Out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I should stop by knowing where I'm going.
0:03.0	Voltaire, Wizzy Waiter, plugs.
0:06.0	You don't have to help me with some of these French pronunciation.
0:09.0	I'm going to have to make up. I kind of vaguely remember them from the article,
0:12.0	but... When you say French stuff, even though it still might be wrong, at least sounds convincing,
0:15.8	like to someone who doesn't know, but when I say it, it's very obvious I have no clue how to pronounce
0:20.1	it.
0:21.1	What I do is I just throw on French Jackson.
0:23.0	It works.
0:25.0	Welcome to episode 5.
0:26.0	This week we are talking all about Voltaire and how he became
0:30.0	super rich by essentially rigging the lottery.
0:32.0	This is actually one of my favorite.
0:34.3	I know I say that about a lot of them,
0:35.8	but this is a brilliant story, which I'm really
0:37.8	enjoying getting into a conversation about.
0:40.1	Before we get started, we should do our regular thing.
0:42.2	If you are watching this on YouTube, please, please stop.
0:45.0	I mean, don't stop if you're watching it on YouTube.
0:47.6	But go over to the podcast and get the podcast feed.
0:51.3	Because that helps us out.
0:52.0	This is a podcast we would love
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