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And now for something different... "Anatomy of a Rug Pull: Crypto-Resistance or Jailbreak Hoax?" is the first podcast interview with internet prankster William Banks following his massively viral Free William Banks "Jail Saga" and the fake prison break that broke the web.

Intro - 02:00

Interview begins - 41:30

In which Klonny hangs up his deep history hat and switches into undercover journo mode.

We embark on a brief history of Banks' "White Moses" alternate reality game / running bit that's composed of a series of vignettes purporting to show his "life behind bars" following his "arraignment" on charges of 6th degree larceny in the state of Connecticut for stealing pro-Israel lawn signs.

For clarification: he did in fact steal the yard signs and a warrant was issued for his arrest, but Banks was never imprisoned. He turned himself in in February of last year and bonded out of detainment after mere hours. He appears to have rented a former prison in the state of Florida, possibly with financing help from his roommate Peter McIndoe (fellow internet prankster behind the somewhat comparable "Birds Aren't Real" conspiracy hoax), in order to produce the series of videos that he's been releasing to create the illusion of his incarceration over recent months at a steady drip. Since his charges were filed, his case appears to have concluded in December of last year and it was statutorily sealed (likely meaning it was dismissed on a technicality, he was acquitted, or... I'm not quite sure).

We will seek to disambiguate some of reality from William Banks's fictions; see if we can catch him out in any narrative contradictions; ask him point blank about his stand up set posing as a Marine at the West Point Masonic Lodge on Apr. 1st of '22 to see if we can verify my contention that it actually happened contrary to it being a hoax; hear his response to some basic ideological & political questions re Israel, the resistance, & the genocide; provide him with an opportunity to respond to critiques from Calla Walsh, a communist & anti-Zion°ist saboteur who recently endured a 2 month prison sentence for damages caused to the Israeli-owned arms manufacturer El*bit Systems; and also politely press Banks on the finances of his crypto rug pulls and merch sales to see whether we can get definitive, comprehensive receipts re exactly how much of his earnings were donated to Gaza and whether he's lived up to his guarantees.

A note re my interviewing methodology: I decided to try and meet Banks at his level by acting as if I'd returned to believing in the jailbreak to see if I could get him to be a little more forthcoming that way.

Along the way, I think we may just manage to capture the most authentic glimpse of the real William Banks—glimpsed between the lines of his looping personification & self-mythologizing.

All in all, one of the more fascinating episodes & interviews I've embarked on.

A possible postmortem analysis of the interview may follow depending on developments.

Songs & clips:

| Various William Banks vids |

| Tom T Hall - "A Week in Country Jail" |

| Fetty Wap - "Trap Queen" |