Introducing: Coining It with Lewis Goodall | Ep 1 - Unmissables: Explosive Lies
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2025
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Here's a new podcast you might like - this is episode 1 of Coining It. All episodes are available now, on Global Player or search for 'Coining It' wherever you get your podcasts.
In a damp Blackpool flat, James Parker is broke, restless, and stuck in a life going nowhere - until he discovers a glitch in a Bitcoin trading platform that begins pouring millions into his account.
Most people would keep it quiet. James doesn’t.
He starts handing out money, buying cars for mates, throwing lavish parties in a town where fortunes are rare. To some he’s a hero, a modern-day Robin Hood. But as the spending spirals and the police start asking questions, cracks begin to show. Deals get darker, loyalties shift, and James is left chasing the very people he once made rich.
How far would you go if the money felt endless?
And what would it cost when it finally ran out?
From Global and Free Turn, Lewis Goodall uncovers the true story of a man who found a crack in the system and pulled his whole world through it.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a Global Player Original podcast. |
| 0:05.8 | Hello, it's Lewis. |
| 0:06.9 | Now, we don't usually do this, bring you the latest of our individual projects, |
| 0:11.5 | apart from, of course, every single time that John Sopel has got a book out. |
| 0:15.3 | But what you're about to hear is a story we couldn't ignore. |
| 0:18.4 | It's a show that I've been making about money, mystery and a modern |
| 0:22.4 | day Robin Hood who found a glitch in a Bitcoin platform and used it to turn his life and his |
| 0:28.7 | town upside down. It's called coining it. I've been following the trail to find out how far |
| 0:35.0 | one man went when the money felt endless and what happened to him |
| 0:39.5 | and all those caught in its wake when it all came crashing down. |
| 0:44.9 | So this is episode one of coining it and if you want to hear more, all the episodes are available |
| 0:50.0 | now on Global Player or wherever you get your podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | Follow the link in the description of this episode or of course you can just search for coining it. |
| 0:58.9 | I really hope you enjoy it. |
| 1:04.6 | In the faded glamour of a British seaside town, a man sits alone in a shabby bedroom. |
| 1:13.6 | It's cold and damp. |
| 1:15.6 | Almost every house around here has black mould. |
| 1:20.6 | The only light comes from his computer screen. |
| 1:24.6 | This is where we find James Parker. Mid-50s, wispy grey beard living on benefits. |
| 1:33.8 | Hour after hour, day after day, he sits here, clicking through websites, solving tedious little |
| 1:41.2 | puzzles because he thinks he'll win a reward. |
| 1:45.2 | The smoke from another rolled cigarette hangs in the air. |
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