Previous Episode: 14 - Wonder Strikes Back

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"


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