Frauds and hoaxes, showmen and liars, myth makers and nondescripts. What drives the hearts of lifetime cryptozoologists and bridge-sellers? On this episode, Kris and I talk about tolerating your own absurdity, the renaissance men who dabbled in the occult and science, living a mythical life, and the quantum importance of fakery.
Further reading:
Baudelaire
Charles Fort & Damned Facts
Baron de Lahontan
Leibniz
PT Barnum
The Piltdown Man
The Dreadnought Hoax
Louis de Rougemont
Arthur Furguson
Charles Waterton
Aleister Crowley
Cagliostro
Daniel Dennett
Rupert Sheldrake
James Randi
"The Man Who Destroyed Skepticism"
Music & Mixing by ous/li
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