The Smooth Talking Swindler of the 1920s w/ Michelle Buteau & Jordan Carlos

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

What’s Poppin’ Con-gregation? This week, comedians Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos join us to discuss Victor Lustig, a con artist of the 1920s who's notorious for selling the Eiffel Tower, twice. Plus, a German photographer has rejected an award from the Sony World Photography Awards after winning with an AI-generated “photograph.” Stay Schemin’! Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES: https://www.cnn.com/style/article/ai-photo-win-sony-scli-intl/index.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-smoothest-con-man-that-ever-lived-29861908/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/147064321/ https://www.casino.org/blog/lustigs-money-machine-scam/

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0:00.0	Scam, corn, robber free, and fraud Scam, corn, robber free, and fraud Scam, got it.
0:19.0	What's pop and congregation is your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam, got us back with another
0:23.5	installment of Scam, got us the podcast all about robbery fraud and those who practice it.
0:28.0	That was me practicing my NPR voice. Did y'all like that?
0:31.0	Which I think?
0:32.0	Y'all loved it. Oh, thank you so much. That's so sweet.
0:34.0	Well, y'all, you know, I'm very what?
0:36.0	Yes. Excited, elated.
0:38.0	Today we have two amazing guests on the show. The first guest is a comedian actor, host, author,
0:46.0	mother, wife, and self-proclaimed fraud.
0:49.0	You can check her out doing stand-up across the country hosting Netflix to the circle.
0:54.0	And soon you'll see her starring in a new comedy series entitled Survival of the Ficus on Netflix.
1:00.0	Our next, our next, we're not gonna say the name right now.
1:03.0	Okay, we go and give her the list again. I'm, I'm pretty sure y'all can piece it together for what I've seen.
1:07.0	Okay, we're playing a game right now. So our next guest is a writer, actor, and comedian.
1:11.0	You've seen him in the reboot of stars, party down. I love that show.
1:15.0	And in season three of Comedy Central's Aquafina is Nora from Queens.
1:19.0	And together, these two mystery people, they host a hilarious podcast called Adulting with Michelle Pouto and Jordan Carlos.
1:27.0	Listen everywhere you get your podcast. You don't need to get on that adulting congregation.
1:32.0	Please welcome Michelle Pouto and Jordan Carlos. Hey.
1:36.0	Hey.
1:38.0	Oh my god. Do I have all?
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