March 18, 2024
EP. 234 — The Fraudulent Farmer w/ Chris Gethard
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, comedian and bishop to show, Chris Gethard joins us to discuss Oscar Hartzell, a farmer who rose to riches after using the story of a 16th century knight to scam the Midwest United States. Stay Schemin’!
This was recorded on Feb. 05, 2024.
Check out Chris’s ebook and audiobook titled Dad at Peace at https://www.everand.com/audiobook/701237001/Dad-at-Peace
Check out Chris’s non-profit, Laughing Together, an organization that help bring arts programming into schools. https://laughingtogether.org/
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Research by Kaelyn Brandt.
Sources:
https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2002-04-22/flipbook/160/
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