Sesquipedalian

Everything Is Stories

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 606 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Charles Farrell could be labeled a number of things: pianist, writer, boxing manager, and hustler. As a teenager, Farrell lived in the streets of Boston, playing piano in mafia-owned clubs. With a love for boxing, he started gambling on high-profile matches while also managing fighters. He fixed an array of professional fights by using code-talk with trainers, foolproof matchmaking, and buying referees and judges. In this story, the highs and lows of gangster culture are explored as Charles Farrell describes the ease of taking advantage of society’s vulnerable parts. Sesquipedalian is a collaboration between Everything Is Stories and Love and Radio. Produced by Brendan Baker, Nick Van Der Kolk, Garrett Crowe, Mike Martinez, and Tyler Wray. Music by Dan Svizeny. Transcripts are available at everythingisstories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The truth of matter was, stories were everything and everything was stories.
0:06.8	Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their
0:12.0	understanding of themselves.
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0:52.1	The biggest bet I ever made in my life would have been a life-changing bet.
0:56.9	I made a bet of $425,000.
1:00.9	The win would be $1,250,000.
1:05.6	I was sort of trying to get out of being a gangster, which I'd been at that point in a number of different ways.
1:11.6	And I thought that was the thing that was going to be able to make me be legit for the rest of my life.
1:16.6	I could stop being a gangster.
1:18.6	I flew into Santo Domingo in a private plane that was arranged for me and landed on a cane field.
1:28.3	I had my bodyguard, and they had these two enormous Samoan guys.
1:34.3	And they had their money, and I had my money.
1:37.3	So I made the bet.
1:42.3	It was for a middleweight championship, a guy named Stevie Collins and a guy named Reggie Johnson, both good fighters.
1:49.0	Both guys who didn't punch very hard and both guys who were never knocked out their entire career.
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