P.T. Barnum Part One- Humbuggery At Its Finest

Yeet the Rich

Emily Walsh and Daniel Moss

True Crime, Comedy, History

5.0 • 39 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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This week we are beginning the story of P.T. Barnum aka "The Greatest Showman". He was a showman, museum owner, international celebrity, Politician, and of course co-owner of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. There is so much to get into in this story he was both a Con artist and a beloved entertainer, he maybe owned a slave woman for a short time but also became a big advocate for the abolitionist movement. He was a naturalist but also led to the deaths of SOOOO many elephants. We wi...

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0:00.0	But don't be ashamed if you get confused when you talk to your friends or you watch the news.
0:10.0	They try to tell you where all went wrong.
0:13.0	Now you don't need to argue, just sing this song.
0:17.0	It was rich people stacking the dick, rich people with big pack checks.
0:24.7	Rich people, they're having a ball.
0:28.2	Rich people been f*** us on.
0:35.7	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to another episode of Yeat the Rich.
0:40.9	I am Emily Walsh, and I am here with my co-host and husband, Danny Moss.
0:46.1	Howdy, partner?
0:48.0	Wow, somebody poisoned a waterhole.
0:52.2	We've been listening to a lot of O'S, Susanna, won't you cry for me?
0:55.3	So it got me in the mood. Is that on the playlist? I don't even know what's on there. It is on the playlist. Yeah. Yeah. We've been listening to a lot of children's music. And some of it is classic. Here comes the fire truck. There's this one unhinged fire truck song. Here comes the fire truck now.
1:12.2	That one is actually the more Here comes the fire truck now.
1:12.2	That one is actually the more sane of the two fire truck songs that we now have in a life.
1:16.8	That's my favorite part.
1:18.1	There's somebody, the fire truck is coming and somebody's first reaction is to say, I hope there's not a fire.
1:24.8	Which, frankly, good reaction if you see a fire truck. Yes like, what else are they out for? I don't know. Cats and trees, hopefully. Yeah, there is a cat in the tree in the song. But yeah, there's, uh, it's on Spotify. Shout out to, I think it's baby music that is actually good. Yeah, I think that sounds right. I think if you look that up. If you have a child, they love a few of these songs.
1:47.7	Chee, chew.
1:47.0	Oh, Chee. that is actually good? Yeah, I think that's right. I think if you look that up, if you have a child, they love a few of these songs.
1:47.7	Choo-choo-choo.
1:49.0	Oh, Choo-choo-choo-choo is a banger.
1:50.8	Choo-choo-choo-choo-choo.
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