History's Greatest Con Man

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

News, Science, Society & Culture, Culture, Comedy, Internet, Pop, Games, Gadgets

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In the 19th century, Scottish scammer Gregor MacGregor made a fortune selling land in Poyais. The only problem? Poyais never existed. Jeff and Anthony step through the history of this nortious fraudster, and try to resist parallels to modern American liars.

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0:00.0	When you open up your phone now, all I want to see you opening up is a game with micro transactions.
0:20.3	This is, we have concerns.
0:21.8	Hi, Jeff Kanata.
0:23.1	Hi, Anthony Carboney.
0:24.3	Hello, concerned citizens.
0:26.7	Anthony, this week,
0:28.9	apropos of nothing in the world that's happening.
0:32.9	We wouldn't know about anything that's going on in the world.
0:34.8	We refuse.
0:36.4	Just, you know, just because it was somebody sent in an interesting story.
0:41.4	I'd like to talk about a notorious liar and the rubs that fell for it.
0:48.4	Well, here's what I'll tell you before you even say anything.
0:52.3	Yeah.
0:53.5	I have my lawyer on speed dial,
0:55.7	and I have an alibi for whatever it is you're about to bring up.
1:00.7	We're not going to name names.
1:02.4	No.
1:03.5	We're not going to name.
1:05.4	No, we're not going to name names.
1:06.9	And we don't need to name whether those names are connected to medical licenses or not.
1:11.7	Whether those medical licenses were real.
1:15.4	Listen, what is the nature of reality?
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