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Stuff You Should Know

Short Stuff: Selling the Brooklyn Bridge

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

You've heard the phrase "If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you." But did you know it's based in truth?

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:34.3

Hey and welcome to the short stuff I'm Josh and that's Chuck and we're flying solo today

0:39.0

and that's okay because we've got something to say.

0:43.2

Mostly this is short stuff.

0:46.4

You're really bailed on that one didn't you?

0:50.2

This is about selling the Brooklyn Bridge which I think I'd heard that this was a thing

0:55.1

in history at some point but big thanks to The New York Times, Howstuffworks.com and

1:01.0

NYCWOKES.com to bring it's the story of George C. Parker, a man who sold the Brooklyn

1:10.5

bridge many times over as well as some other notable New York places.

1:16.8

You know Yitzi would be okay with leaving Manor.

1:19.0

Oh man Yitzi's going to become a regular part of the show I think.

1:23.3

So yeah George C. Parker was like a con man extraordinaire.

1:27.3

Like this guy supposedly he at least he claimed to have sold the Brooklyn Bridge multiple

1:32.6

times a week every week for years.

1:35.2

That's how good he was.

1:36.4

Which is probably not true.

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