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Bonus Episode - Ponzi Empires, Thieving Saints, and Skin Grafts
Feb 03, 2026In this Bonus Episode Sebastian takes questions from listeners about the series on the original Ponzi Scheme. The host investigates the history of the expression "robbing Peter to pay Paul", locates e...
Episode #243 - What Was Ponzi's Scheme? (Part II)
Jan 27, 2026Charles Ponzi's remarkable rise and fall played out over the course of a wild eight month period. He went from being a failed importer-exporter mired in debt to Boston's most talked about self-made mi...
Episode #242 - What Was Ponzi's Scheme? (Part I)
Jan 13, 2026The name Charles Ponzi has become synonymous with financial frauds. In 1920 the formerly obscure Italian immigrant suddenly became one of the most famous men in Boston when his Securities Exchange Com...
Bonus Episode - Grisly Trophies, Evil Cowboys, and Questionable Mascots
Dec 30, 2025In this Bonus Episode Sebastian takes questions about the recent series on Buffalo Bill and the Wild West Show. He unpacks Bill's influence on the cowboy hero archetype, dives into the contentious his...
Episode #241 - Who Invented the Wild West? (Part II)
Dec 16, 2025Buffalo Bill's Wild West first started touring outdoor arenas in 1883. What started as a western themed circus soon grew in ambition. In the quest to appeal to respectable middle-class family audience...
Episode #240 - Who Invented the Wild West? (Part I)
Dec 02, 2025Buffalo Bill Cody was one of America's great mythmakers. The man born William Cody reinvented himself as the west's greatest rider, scout, and buffalo hunter before taking his schtick to the American ...
Bonus Episode - Messy Duels, Welsh Pride, and Famous Firsts
Nov 25, 2025In this bonus episode Sebastian takes questions about the recent episodes on Thailand's legendary elephant duels and the seafaring Welsh Prince Madoc. The host does his best to pinpoint the "real" las...
Episode #239 - Did a Welsh Prince Beat Columbus to the New World?
Nov 18, 2025There's a story that in the year 1170 a Prince from Wales, named Madoc, led a group of Welsh colonists over the Atlantic to North America. This group allegedly mingled with the local indigenous people...
Episode #238 - What Was the Last Elephant Duel?
Nov 04, 2025One of the most pivotal moments in the history of Thailand was the Battle of Nong Sarai in 1593. This confrontation between the Burmese Tuangoo Dynasty and the proto-Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya is remem...
Bonus Episode - Rabid Vampires, Drunk Witches, and Werewolf Psychopomps
Oct 28, 2025In this Bonus Episode Sebastian takes questions from listeners about the recent episodes on Werewolves and Witches. Sebastian explores the connection between rabies outbreaks and vampire/werewolf myth...