June 27, 2022
EP. 144 — The Rogue Runner of Princeton w/ Nimesh Patel
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week we have comedian Nimesh Patel on to discuss James Hogue, named one of Time’s Top 10 Imposters, this runner turned bike thief fooled an Ivy League school into thinking he was a student but was really a 31 year old con man. Plus, the Red Power Ranger has been arrested by the FBI because of COVID fraud. Stay Schemin’!
Sources:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/03/the-runner
https://www.aspentimes.com/news/famed-con-man-who-lived-in-ajax-shack-arrested-again-in-aspen/
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/strange-case-james-arthur-hogue
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