A podcast about liars, frauds, thieves, and bullshitters. Subscribe to our bonus feed for two more episodes a month! patreon.com/liecheatandsteal
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Comedians Patrick Monahan (@ pattymo), Kath Barbadoro (@ kathbarbadoro) and Eli Yudin (@ eliyudin) count down the things every week that make you say the thing that's the title of the podcast.
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about why boneless wings are allowed to have bones, how a broken salsa jar led to $20k in damages at a pool, how an endangered bird was killed on a reality show, how a picture of Perry Como was mistaken for Jeffrey Epstein, and why the T Rex may have been 70% larger than we thought Become a patron for weekly bo…
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Kath tells Pat about airbnb scams, and we explore a former real estate broker's illegal airbnb empire in New York City that netted tens of millions of dollars before getting busted.
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about South Korean airport authorities cracking down on everything bagel seasoning, a meteor that caused a loud boom in NYC, the cave found on the moon, why Hello Kitty is apparently not a cat, and the rescue of a dog with a jug on it's head Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.patreon.com/…
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Pat tells Kath about Carl Rinsch, a rookie director hired by netflix during the peak of the streaming wars to make a sci fi blockbuster series. What happened next is a wild ride involving cryptocurrency, vyvanse, Keanu Reeves, and 60 million dollars down the drain.
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about scientists breeding the most human mice yet, why people keep hacking the KFC website for deals, a llama that escaped a farm to avoid the dentist, a man who collected a full set of Wawa order slips, and how ants can perform surgery on each other Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.pat…
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We're back! Pat brings us the rise and fall of a proposed libertarian, bitcoin-run, agrarian utopia in Chile called Galt's Gulch.
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Folks, Dan Yang joins us on this week's episode we hear about a Tour de France rider was fined for kissing his wife, the missing French excalibur sword, a man who received zero votes in a Canadian election, why Donkey Kong was almost called Kong Dong, and a Japanese robot that killed itself Follow Dan @realdanyang Get tickets for Eli's stand up sho…
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about a lawsuit over giving the bird to a cop, how a lost civilization's alphabet was found on a social media post, why a guy was banned from a flight for a pillowcase travel hack, why Oklahoma was locked out of their department of education website for two years, and the donkey that went to live with a group o…
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Kath tells Pat the strange tale of Arlan Galbraith, a Canadian farmer and pigeon racer who enlisted the Amish and Mennonite communities in a pigeon breeding ponzi scheme that resulted not just in exorbitant sums of money, but also in tens of thousands of pigeons.
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Folks, we're off this week to attend Patty's wedding but we've compiled our favorite dog related stories from the podcast with appearances by Nick Turner, Rob Delaney, and Luke Mones! Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.patreon.com/whatatimepod Check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/whatatimetobealive Get one…
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PATREON PREVIEW: Bill Benter and Horse Racing
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Kath tells Pat about Bill Benter, the man who used math to successfully bet on a game that was previously considered to be impossible to statistically predict: horse racing. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!
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#342 Hot Dog Plate (w/ Carolyn Page)
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Folks, Carolyn Page joins us on this week's episode we hear about how a guy accidentally purchased Chinese military secrets. the twenty three sets of twins that graduated from a high school, the German town trying to get rid of pigeons, Denmark recalling ramen for being too spicy, and Joey Chestnut being banned from the Nathan's Hot Dog eating cont…
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Pat tells Kath the frustrating saga of Red Lobster, the universally beloved seafood franchise restaurant that fell prey to venture capital and is suffering the consequences.
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about why it's rat guy summer, China being caught having a fake waterfall, people getting clean by swimming in a pool, sharks vs whales on Cape Cod, and the ancient goos that was as big as a cow Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.patreon.com/whatatimepod Check out our YouTube channel: htt…
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Pat tells Kath about the world of counterfeit currency, and brings us a historical counterfeiting case that ensnared Sir Isaac Newton. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about a woman who shops in her sleep, the french mayor under fire for going to a fortune teller, the hole discovered on the surface of Mars, why the UK is running out of ghosts, and scientists figuring out how to grow teeth Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.patreon.com/whatatimepod Check…
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Matthew Bergwall and Refunding Scams
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Pat and Kath discuss The Cut's recent article about Matthew Bergwall, a Miami college student who briefly became an incredibly prolific refund scammer - a brand new form of scamming enabled by internet retailers' lax return policies.
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about some postmen that were caught racing, robots that shoot tequila, a 70 year old flamingo that laid an egg, a gathering of people named Kyle, and the Italian resort ad with a fake view of the sea Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.patreon.com/whatatimepod Check out our YouTube channel…
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Kath tells Pat about the rise and fall of moviepass - a company that began with modest aims made an investment deal with the devil that eventually led to disaster - but not before we all got some free movie tickets out of it. To hear the rest of this episode as well as ad-free versions of our free episodes, check out our patreon at patreon.com/liec…
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about what the vatican considers to be supernatural, a man's fake one star reviews against a restaurant in Thailand, an Australian billionaire's war against a bad portrait of her, pizza box sized recycling bins in NYC, and why one man had 7,400 tabs open in Firefox Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more …
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Pat tells Kath about the history of Boeing's shady practices that led to the grounding of their 737 Max planes and the Alaska airlines incident earlier this year.
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about a '666' winning lottery number, why the T Rex was as smart as a crocodile, why a vegan croissant pissed off some French people, a restaurant that posted a woman's credit card online, and people breaking their fingers on their new Cybertruck Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.patreon…
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PATREON PREVIEW: William Woods and Matthew Kierans
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Kath tells Pat about a recent case of identity theft that spanned over 30 years, and in which law enforcement prosecuted the victim as the perpetrator. Listen to the full version of this episode, as well as 100+ other bonus episodes and ad free versions of our show on our patreon! www.patreon.com/liecheatandsteal…
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about a priest that spent $40k on Candy Crush, Dave & Buster's allowing gambling, a human jawbone found imbedded in a homes foundation, an orangutan that learned to use medicine, and thousands of bee's that were found in a girls roomBecome a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff! :www.patreon.com/whatatime…
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Secrets of the Carnival ft. 'The Lizardman' Erik Sprague
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Our special guest, professional freak and carnival performer Erik Sprague (aka The Lizardman), tells Pat and Kath all about the scams and tricks the carnival uses to take our money and keep us entertained, from an insider's point of view.
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#335 Nice Sheen (w/ Josh Gondelman)
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Folks, Josh Gondelman joins us on this week's episode where we hear about an AI priest gone bad, a city in Japan that lost everyones personal data, a healthy person who accidentally ingested an assisted suicide cocktail, a volcano that is spewing gold chunks, and people bringing snakes tha bit them to the E.R. Get tickets for Eli's stand up show 'S…
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While researching cash heists, Pat stumbles across the long legacy of lying, fraud, thievery and bullshit at GardaWorld, a company to which many American banks have outsourced their securities storage. Listen to the full version of this episode, as well as 100+ other bonus episodes and ad free versions of our show on our patreon! www.patreon.com/li…
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about Travis Kelce losing his Super Bowl ring in a vat of chilli, an NBA player winning everyone free Chick-fil-A, a baseball coach under investigation for being in a planes cockpit, an ancient discover in a 700 year old home, and a solicitor who divorced the wrong coupleGet tickets for Eli's stand up show 'Sic…
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Kath tells Pat about the various scandals of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including its connections to art thieves and traffickers, and its history of displaying counterfeit artifacts.
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Folks, on this week's episode we hear about eye injuries caused by the eclipse, $800k being stolen from a comedy festival, a museum worker who hung up some of their own paintings, french spies being immune to honey pots, and Chechnya banning music that is too fast or too slow Become a patron for weekly bonus eps and more stuff!:www.patreon.com/what…
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Kath tells Pat about social media self help superstar Jay Shetty, who's amazing life story took him from an ashram to the white house.... maybe.
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#332 Show Your Hairline (w/ Lizzy Cassidy)
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Folks, Lizzy Cassidy joins us on this week's episode we hear about the guy who was getting a vasectomy during the NYC earthquake, a guy who didn't want a discount at Burger King, a fugitive that was mad about his receding hairline, an Italian island overrun by six goats, and what time zone the moon has Follow Lizzy on Instagram @lizzycassidy Become…
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Kath tells Pat about Brian Molony, on whom the Philip Seymour Hoffman movie Owning Mahowny is based. Brian is a Canadian gambling addict who lost so much money he managed to get the biggest casino in Atlantic City shut down for a day.
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