The Golden Lure - Snap Classic
Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
4.7 • 11.5K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
A fisherman down on his luck finds gold at the bottom of the sea. It’s only after his treasure hunt is underway that he discovers what is truly valuable deep down.
BIG thanks to Joe Pennisi for sharing your story with Snap.
This story would not have been possible if not for the amazing, on-the-ground reporting work of Tara Duggan, Jason Fagone, and Santiago Mejia who first told this incredible story for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Produced by Nikka Singh, original score by Renzo Gorrio, artwork by Teo Ducot.
Snap Classic - Season 16 – Episode 53
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| 0:00.0 | Snap Studios. |
| 0:08.2 | Hey, it's Christopher Kimball from Mill Street Radio. |
| 0:10.4 | Sounds like I'm bragging, and I am, we're the number one most downloaded food podcast in America. |
| 0:15.9 | You know, Milstere Radio travels the world in search of the very best food stories. |
| 0:20.4 | You'll hear about smuggling eels on the |
| 0:22.2 | black market, the secret intelligence of plants, and insider tips to eating in Paris. And every |
| 0:28.2 | week, listeners call in with their toughest culinary mysteries. Discover a world of food stories |
| 0:32.9 | by searching your podcast app for Mill Street Radio. |
| 0:40.6 | Okay, so I tell my mama, |
| 0:43.6 | mama, I'm dropping out of high school. |
| 0:47.1 | My mama's like, what, Lord, Jesus, Savior, pass a dick, but she doesn't need to worry. |
| 0:49.6 | My buddy stumbled on the foolproof plan. |
| 0:53.2 | See, you can get lists from the government for free of people, individuals, corporations, |
| 0:59.9 | organizations the government owes money to. |
| 1:02.6 | Most of the time, people don't even know they have cash coming. |
| 1:06.4 | You take that list, find that person, call them, and tell them, hey, I've got a proposition for you. |
| 1:13.5 | Free money. No strings attached. I'll tell you the amount. I'll tell you how to get it. All I ask is 10%. |
| 1:21.6 | My buddy says people are owed hundreds of thousands, millions to make one million dollar deal with one person, and 10% of that million dollars is a hundred thousand clams, baby. |
| 1:34.1 | That's a lot of scratch. |
| 1:36.1 | All yours for five minutes work. |
| 1:40.0 | I can't wait to pull up to East Kingwood High School in my new Porsche 9-11 and tell the principal to kiss my... |
| 1:46.0 | Anyway, it takes a little while, but I do in fact get my list of names to call. |
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