Yeet the Rich
If a billionaire donates money to a good cause, does that make them a good person? Hosts Emily Walsh and Daniel Moss are two married millennials who learned about financial crises by living through them, and now they’re diving into the wild world of the uber rich. They discuss financial crimes, the breakdown of the American dream, and why funding a museum doesn’t necessarily make you a good person. They get into the old timey rich, like the Rockafeller family, and current events, like why you might not want to shop at Walmart. Each week they’ll dive into a...
Halloween Mini and Teaser
Hey Everyone! We have a quick but fun episode this week were we recount some terrible costume choices, some corporate stupidity, and some Halloween popup based espionage!.
We also tease out our plan for our next two series. Hope you enjoy!!
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You Can See (and Hear) Everything - Our Review Billy The Villy And Hologram Parenting
It’s a brand new episode and this week we are reviewing Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything, the documentary about Elizabeth Holmes (which is 2 hours and 54 minutes long. It’s crazy.)
We hear Emily’s thoughts and Danny’s speculations (he hasn’t seen it yet.)
And if you need more Elizabeth Holmes content, we did a 4 episode series about her! Check it out!!
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Cassie Chadwick the Imposter Heiress Part Three- The Duchess Of Diamonds
This week we wrap up our story on Cassie Chadwick. The walls are closing in on ole Cassie, and she's running out of ways to ask people for money. Her bankers are being arrested, her husband is overseas, and there's only a few more times she can say the check is in the mail
But she's finally in the same room as her alleged father Andrew Carnegie; that room just happens to be a courtroom, which isn't great for her.
Enjoy the conclusion of our story of the Dutchess of Diamonds!
Sources: T...
Cassie Chadwick the Imposter Heiress Part Two- Fools, Jewels, and No Rules!
This week we continue our story of the gilded age grifter, Cassie Chadwick. She's got herself a wealthy husband and as many gems as a person could want, but she still wanted more. Inventing a new story for herself as the illegitimate daughter of tycoon Andrew Carnegie, she weaves an incredibly complicated web of lies and manages to borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars before the walls start closing in.
And she gets as far as she did because no one believed a woman could possibly forge paperwork.
Cassie Chadwick the Imposter Heiress- You Gotta Have Money to Steal Money
This week we start our story with Cassie Chadwick! Aka Madame Devere, aka Lydia Hoover, aka a fraudster who stole money because people couldn't believe women could commit complicated crimes! She forged promissory notes, threw other people under the bus, and told fortunes?
This is a nice silly mess around, without too much righteous indignation! Enjoy!
Sources: The Imposter Heiress- Cassie Chadwick The Greatest Grifter of the Gilded Age- byAnnie Reed
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McDonald's Hot Coffee Part Two: Open Mics for Evil
This week we are wrapping up the hot coffee case and the crazy push for tort reform starting in the mid 80s. Last week we talked specifically about one case but this week we get into the insidious and ultimately successful plan to make it as hard as possible for the everyday American to use the US Court system.
We discussed the formation of ATRA, the American Tort Reform Association, a collection of likeminded business interests that were very interested in spending lots of money to shift public opinion on the topic of tort reform from Pro-Consumer t...
McDonalds Hot Coffee Part One: Nothing Like the Taste of Hot Lava in the Morning
This week we are talking about Stella Liebeck and the Mcdonald's Hot Coffee Lawsuit. Almost everyone in America knows about the woman who received Millions after she was burned by a cup of Mcdonalds Coffee. But much of what we think is true about the case is exaggerated and misleading.
In this episode we talk about the actual circumstances of Stella's injury and her recovery after receiving third degree burns from the spilt coffee. We get into her attempt to reach out to McDonalds for help with her medical bills attempting to come to some sort of s...
The Irish Potato Famine Part Five: It’s Bad!
We are finally wrapping up our series on the Irish Potato Famine! We get into the third year of crop failures and the mass exodus of the Irish to ports unknown. People were desperate enough to leave on ships without shoes, without food or water sometimes, to Liverpool, North America and beyond.
The famine didn't end with a big resolution or solution, it unfortunately faded out over time and many people continued to suffer for years. And while the English may not have intentionally killed 1.2 million Irish people, they certainly made choices that caused needless death.
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Irish Potato Famine Part Four- High Tide For Death
This week we continue our series on the Irish Potato Famine. And it's getting rough here folks. We're coping with the subject matter with a Irish whiskey tasting along with some rough information!
We're into a second year of crop failure, and the British government is finally realizing it might be helpful to just feed people? They replace their commissioner and decide to close the public worksites and open a network of soup kitchens but its much too little much too late.
Sources: The Graves are Walking: The Great Famine and the Sa...
Irish Potato Famine Part Three- Exporting a Surplus of Sadness
This week we continue our series on the Irish Potato Famine. We are really getting into the thick of it. This episode starts in 1846, when the harsh reality of a second year with so much crop failure catches up to everyone.
The new prime minister John Russell has a tough time filling his predecessor's shoes and Trevelyan is still there, mailing people books about scarcity and talking about the plans in generalities while ignoring true human suffering. The UK government continued to believe they didn't want to create a dependency on government, while the Irish struggled to s...
Irish Potato Famine Part Two- Ground Shrouds at the Ground Round
This week we continue our series on the Irish Potato Famine of 1845. We start to dive into the committee relief programs that Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel instated. He wanted the Irish to work for wages to buy subsidized food, instead of bartering or getting food donated to them. London also expected the middle class of Ireland to donate to the cause, but they were very hesitant because they feared for their own prosperity.
Most of the country survives the 1845 harvest, although the prosperous Irish have started to leave the country in hopes of finding greener pastures. An...
The Irish Potato Famine Part One- A Real "Let Them Eat Grass" Situation
This week we start our series on the potato famine that struck Ireland in 1845. Between 1845-1855 Ireland would lose a third of its population, 1.1 million to death and 2 million leaving the country because of the dire situation.
In this episode we discuss how the Irish had become incredibly dependent on the potato in the years leading up to the famine and the UK's government inability to organize any real strategy to help. Terrible weather, a lack of distribution systems, and a real misunderstanding of what was actually hurting the crop would delay any real help from getting to...
Henrietta Lacks Episode Five: Get Ready Girl!
This week we are wrapping up the Henrietta Lacks Story! We will talk about the increased attention on the Lacks family including a BBC Documentary team, A con artist who called himself Doctor Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield, and Rebecca Skloot, the author of our source material.
We will actually get into the trail of breadcrumbs that Skloot used to meet Deborah Lacks for the first time and then talk about there relationship as they uncover more and more about Henrietta's life together over a nearly 10 year long process to write "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
...Hiatus is... Great-us!
Hey all,
We're taking two weeks off to regroup and catch up on life stuff and try to get our baby to sleep again. We will back July 7th and hit the group running! In the meantime, enjoy some of our old series or just enjoy the warm weather! See you in July!
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Henrietta Lacks Pt Four- Spleen on Me, When You're Not Strong
This episode we get a bit more into how the family was effected by the news that part of their mother was still alive.
We talk about the founding of John Hopkins and the pretty warranted fears that the black community had for night doctors and scientists looking to use black bodies for experiments.
Then we get into the beginning of a legal debate determining whether we should retain property rights to parts of our body once they are disguarded. We talk about Ted Slaven who set up his own deal with the pharmaceutical companies to...
Henrietta Lacks Pt Three- Mouse Men and the HeLa Bomb
This week we get into how doctors at John Hopkins purposefully gave misleading information to the public about the HeLa strain. They gave a false name to obscure Henrietta Lack's true name, successfully hiding her identity for about 20 years.
We also talk about Chester Southam and some incredibly unethical uses of the Hela cells. He injected over 600 patients with live cancer cells to see if cancer was communicable. Other than a small study with prisoners, he never told the patients about what he was doing, just telling them it was an innocuous immunity test. Though Southam was o...
Henrietta Lacks Pt Two- Blue Apron For Body Parts
This week we talk about the darker side of cell culturing history including a man named Alexis Carrell and his not so "Immortal Chicken Heart". Also unfortunately more about eugenics...
We also get into the final months of Henrietta's life. Her cancer was incredibly aggressive and in the end there was nothing that doctors could do to stop it. However they also could have treated her with much more kindness and dignity in her final days.
After that we look into all of the fast medical advancements and breakthroughs that happened because of Henrietta's cells. We...
Henrietta Lacks Pt One- Nonconsensual Science
This week we are talking about Henrietta Lacks, a young black woman born in the 1920’s and her cells that would change the face of modern medicine. Scientists would call Henrietta's cells HeLa cells.
The First HeLa cells were removed from her cervix in 1951 at Johns Hopkins hospital only a few months before her death caused by cervical cancer. Henrietta was 31 when she died. These cells however would live on long after their owners death.
The HeLa cells would become one of the most medically significant breakthroughs in science over the next half a century. The...
American Rascal Jay Gould-Part Four Too Big Bird To Fail
This week we are wrapping up the Jay Gould story! After tanking the Gold exchange, Jay got right back to work messing up the train industry.
He had a dream of connecting a transcontinental rail path, and he got to work purchasing any train companies he could get his rascally little hands on. By WHATEVER means necessary.
All the while, perpetrating some stunning examples of price fixing, insider trading, and pump and dump schemes leaving most of his business partners in his wake. All activities that are highly illegal today but were just part of do...
American Rascal Jay Gould-Part Three All That Glitters is not Gould
We are back with another installment of the Jay Gould story. This week we have moved on from leather and firmly landed in the world of trains.
Gould thought he saw a prime opportunity in the Erie Railroad. however he wasn't the only one. In order to gain control of these tracks and trains, Gould would have to pick a fight with the already infamous Cornelius Vanderbilt. Both men were willing to stop at no cost to get control including but not limited to tanking the entire economy to do it.
Eventually Gould and his p...
American Rascal Jay Gould- Part Two All Aboard The Stock Manipulation Express!
We are back with another installment of the Jay Gould story. This week we have moved on from leather and firmly landed in the world of trains.
Gould thought he saw a prime opportunity in the Erie Railroad, however he wasn't the only one. In order to gain control of these tracks and trains, Gould would have to pick a fight with the already infamous Cornelius Vanderbilt. Both men were willing to stop at no cost to get control including, but not limited to, tanking the entire economy to do it.
Eventually Gould and his p...
American Rascal Jay Gould- Part One Leather Daddys and Financial Saddies
This week we start a new series on Jay Gould, one of the richest men in America in the 1800s. He isn't one of the most well known titans of the time, but he was one of the richest men in America and was one of the pioneers of taking advantage of the stock market.
He manipulated the money markets in innovative, possibly criminal ways, and was the catalyst for a lot of market regulation on Wall Street and the railroads.
For the start of our series we talk about his beginnings in map surveying an...
Floreana Island-A Paradise Murder Mystery-Final Episode Galapa-Ghost Stories
This week we are wrapping up our series on Floreana Island in the Galapagos. The Baroness and Robert have been missing for weeks, Rudolph is no better off, and Friedrich has forgotten that poison is bad for you.
Thankfully the drought is finally over, and the Wittmers just keep working away and trying to mind their own business.
Sources:
Eden Undone- A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War 2 by Abbott Kahler
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
<...Floreana Island: A Paradise Murder Mystery- Episode Three
This week things are getting spicy on Floreana Island. Tensions are rising in a drought that will never seem to end, and the desperation is causing everyone to act a little out of character. People are starting to suffer, animals are dying, and a few folks even disappear!
Dore and Margret's accounts of 1933 continue to diverge, as the story gets more complicated and we work on keeping it together.
Sources:
Eden Undone- A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of World War 2 by Abbott Kahler
<...Floreana Island: A Paradise Murder Mystery Part Two- Babies Born and Teeth Worn...
This week we are back on Floreana Island for more flawed Utopian hijinks. The Baronese with her two sexy male "assistants" have fully moved onto the island. She very quickly begins playing political games all while stealing everyone's rice. They begin work on a "luxury" hotel but do not get very far before it all starts to fall apart.
Meanwhile the young family living farther into the island successfully gives birth to a healthy baby named Rolf. *Trigger Warning for a section on a complicated pregnancy* Though the birth is incredibly harrowing both the mother a...
Floreana Island: A Paradise Murder Mystery- Episode One
This week we journey to Floreana Island, in the heart of the Galapagos Islands. Millionaires from all over had started visiting the Galapagos Islands after Charles Darwin did, for the exotic animals and uncharted territory and to bring back plenty of critters and carcasses. Foreign businessmen were also visiting with the intent of figuring out how to profit there, and how to buy the islands for their governments.
Then, three different groups: an odd couple, a family, and a pretend baroness with her two young lovers came to the island separately to all create their own version o...
Ma Mandelbaum Part Four- A Thousand Lies and Aggressive PI's
We are Wrapping up the Ma Mandelbaum Story this week and boy is she going out with a bang. We have The SHADIEST of lawyers, wild court cases, Running from the law, vigilantly Private Investigators.
We talk more about Howe and Hummel her silly and corrupt lawyers, The Pinkerton National Detective Agencies. and how ma continued to evade Justice.
Enjoy!
Sources:
“The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized-Crime Boss” by Margalit Fox (2025)
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Ma Mandelbaum Part Three- Take a Peak at Our Sneak!!!
This week we continue our journey through the life of Frederika Mandelbaum notorious gilded age crime boss. Ma is getting into not only the illegal silk trade but also the bank robbing business!. Funding and planning multiple bank robberies including the Oceans National Bank Heist and the Manhattan Savings Institute heist, with the help of some new criminal masterminds and partners.
We also discuss her connection with Tammany Hall and her suspiciously good ability to avoid suspicion by the police and other political figures.
We finish the episode with a bank heist gone wrong, the lo...
Ma Mandelbaum Part Two- DANGER! Pitfalls and Pickpockets
Week two of our Ma Mandelbaum Series. This week Ma is starting her own shop and really working to train an army of thieves. We talk about tricky diamond heists, and a how too handbook she created to teach new thieves how to steal. Then we get into how she constructed her shop to help her do all of her clandestine activities. Hope you enjoy!
We did have a few technical difficulties this week and lost a little bit of data. Sorry for the glitchiness working to fix!
Sources:
“The Ta...
Ma Mandelbaum Part One- Women Be Shopliftin
This week our story is set in Gilded Age New York City. the Rising center of wealth and crime during an era with one of the worst examples of wealth inequality until maybe now? Huge amounts of money made from industrialization and the consolidation of industries by America's robber barons.
And the Subject of this series is a woman named Frederika Mandelbaum aka Marm Mandelbaum. She became one of NYC first and most infamous crime bosses and ruled over the theft and sale of stolen luxury goods for over 20 years from the 1860’s to her downfall in 1884.
<...A Play and Pray Rerelease: Thomas Halloway and Opium for Babies
We're going back in time to one of our first episodes to learn all about Thomas Holloway in the 1800s and all the fake medicines of the day. We talk about his history, legal lying in advertising, and what people will resort to when they cant afford a proper doctor.
This story has everything! Opium, asylums, Charles Dickens, and even college for women!
Source Material: The Mighty Healer: Thomas Holloway's Victorian Patent Medicine Empire- Verity Holloway
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Movie Night!! Sister Aimee
Join us on an absolutely unhinged ride through the 2019 movie Sister Aimee! Starring our favorite pretend kidnap victim, Sister Aimee Semple McPherson.
This movie states at the very beginning that only 5 1/2% was true, and that sounds about right! It focuses on the time Aimee disappears until the day she shows up in the desert, and the screenwriters certainly took some creative liberties. There’s gun smugglers, mustaches, possible lesbian love stories, and just enough eggs for one!
Join us on a silly romp through a movie that maybe could have been good if everything was comp...
Chappaquiddick Part Four- I've got some Inquestions...
Sources: Chappaquiddick: Power, Privilege, and the Ted Kennedy Coverup by Leo Damore
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Chappaquiddick Part Three- The Lobster Roll Index
The saga continues! This week we continue the discussion of Ted Kennedy and the accident/negligent homcide/scene from Succession that ended in the death of Mary Jo Kopechne.
Ted gets a foam collar to show off his injuries, they attend the funeral, investigators start doing a tiny bit of investigating, no one talks to anyone else at the party, and we have a seven minute court hearing, that feels like justice right?
Oh, and Emily tries to do a Boston accent again with very little success.
Sources: Chappaquiddick: Power, Pri...
Chappaquiddick Part Two- Cartoon Coverups
This week we continue the story of Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne, and the tragedy at Chappaquiddick. We are talking about what actually happened that night and the beginning of Teds schemes to avoid accountability.
The main Kennedy family finally gets notified of the accident and their political machine begins powering up to help Ted. Meanwhile Ted is doing everything he can to muddy the waters but ends up making things worse.
Next week we will talk about the actual coverup and the leadup to the court case.
Sources: Chappaquiddick: Power, Privilege, and th...
Chappaquiddick Part One- Second Hand Swim Trunks
This week we get into the story of Ted Kennedy, Mary Jo Kopechne, and the tragedy at Chappaquiddick. Ted Kennedy, the 9th of the Kennedy siblings, was able to be a senator for forty seven years after being responsible for the death of Mary Jo, in one of the most flagrant examples of rich white guys getting away with stuff.
These week we discuss the actual accident, how Ted left the scene, and the initial reactions. Next week we'll get into how he tried to make sure he wasn't held responsible in any way shape or form.
P.T. Barnum Part Four- It's The Dead Seal Of it All For Me
The Final installment of the P.T. Barnum Story!!! This week we are Finally talking about the Circus! Which means we are also talking about some very sad and abused elephants. Turns out American Elephant training was pretty horrible! Some trainers eventually learned that kindness was the key all along. But definitely too little too late.
We also get into Barnum's brief stint as Mayor of Bridgeport, CT. And the sad passing of his wife charity followed by an uncomfortably fast marriage to a much younger woman!
Prepare your self for heartbreak, carnies, and way t...
P.T. Barnum Part Three- Failed Rebrand of The Mermaid Man
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.
Then we get into Barnum as an investor with a spo...
P.T. Barnum Part Two- A Million Wonders and A Million Blunders
Week two of The P. T. Barnum Story and we get into some more racist shenanigans. We talk about more of Barnum's early acts and the use of blackface in his shows.
Then we get into the purchasing of The American Museum and some of the wild exhibits Barnum Put into it. Including one of Barnum's most famous living wonders "General Tom Thumb".
We talk about how Barnum met 5 year old Charles S. Stratton and worked with the boy to create the character of Tom Thumb. Tom Thumb quickly becomes one of Barnum's most successful...
P.T. Barnum Part One- Humbuggery At Its Finest
This week we are beginning the story of P.T. Barnum aka "The Greatest Showman". He was a showman, museum owner, international celebrity, Politician, and of course co-owner of the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
There is so much to get into in this story he was both a Con artist and a beloved entertainer, he maybe owned a slave woman for a short time but also became a big advocate for the abolitionist movement. He was a naturalist but also led to the deaths of SOOOO many elephants.
We will talk about his childhood and hi...
