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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