P.T. Barnum Part Three- Failed Rebrand of The Mermaid Man

Yeet the Rich

Emily Walsh and Daniel Moss

True Crime, Comedy, History

5.0 • 39 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Week Three of the P.T. Barnum saga. This week we talk about Barnum's attempts to rehabilitate his relationship with his family and his reputation with the world. Though it seems like he did some real work on his marriage it seems like his reputation as a dishonest humbug man would be set in stone. We talk about the real relationship between him and Jenny Lind "The Swedish Nightingale" and Barnum's failed attempt to rebrand himself as a purveyor of high brow entertainment. Th...

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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 deck Rich people with big pack checks
0:24.0	Rich people they're having a ball
0:27.3	Rich people been
0:29.4	Fri's on
0:30.8	Hello everybody and welcome back
0:37.0	To another episode of Yeat the Rich.
0:42.0	I am Emily Walsh and I am here with my co-host and husband, Danny Moss.
0:47.1	Hello, hello, hello.
0:48.9	Coming in hot.
0:50.1	That's me.
0:51.7	Feeling hot.
1:12.2	As I said coming in hot, you're like, you know what I'm going to do to stay hot? Just pause. Go silent on an audio medium. I mean, I thought you were just going to pick it right back up again. I was trying to get my notes in order. You know me. Yeah, this guy. Classically ready to roll. This guy, another Monday night recording.
1:14.7	Ooh, buddy, can you believe it?
1:15.7	I can.
1:16.7	I can, death.
1:18.4	I have no trouble believing it.
1:18.9	I can.
1:25.7	And, yeah, he's still trying to change paragraphs into bullet points, but I said, you must stop.
1:27.2	You must stop.
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