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Re-Release: Santa Claus Con w/ Larry Owens
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Length:
67 minutes
Released:
Dec 26, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
What's poppin' con-gregation? This week, we have Larry Owens discussing John Duval Gluck, the conman who popularized writing letters to Santa Claus in the beginning of the 20th century. Plus, investors involved in the "Evolving Apes" NFT project learned that scams are very fungible. Stay Schemin'! Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCEShttps://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dyem/investors-spent-millions-on-evolved-apes-nfts-then-they-got-scammedhttps://nypost.com/2015/09/20/meet-the-con-artist-who-popularized-writing-to-santa-claus/https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/the-con-man-who-saved-christmas/https://ny.curbed.com/2015/11/30/9895926/the-strange-story-of-nycs-santa-claus-building-that-never-was
Released:
Dec 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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