Tell Me a Hoax

Jul 03 2024 32 ep. 39 mins 160
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Telling you about the hoaxes, humbugs, and pranks that capture our imagination.

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Rom Con - Online Dating Scams

Jul 03 2024 46 mins  
Send us a textThe Rom Con goes very, very much like you expect, except you get to hear us discuss our own online dating or lack thereof, the horrors of Match.com, and why we recommend poetry readings. Let us know your own experiences!Support the showYou can now support us by joining Tell Me a Hoax + and help grow the podcast! Our WebsiteThanks to poet and songwriter Morri Creech fo

The Monogamy Humbug

Jun 19 2024 19 mins  
Send us a textJoin us to talk about whether a stat Sarah found through extensive research about marriage satisfaction is just another humbug. Also Craig annoys her with a quiz. Did you settle in your relationship? Send us a text and let us know. Support the showYou can now support us by joining Tell Me a Hoax + and help grow the podcast! Our WebsiteThanks to poet and songwriter Mor

Barbie Liberation Organization

Dec 19 2023 36 mins  
Send us a textIt's the holidays so naturally thoughts turn to microplastics and the Barbie Liberation Organization! We discuss their latest hoax where they spoof Mattel, announce EcoWarrior Barbie, and fool the press. We also, of course, talk about the Barbie movie. Support the showYou can now support us by joining Tell Me a Hoax + and help grow the podcast! Our WebsiteThanks to po

Ghostwatch

Oct 31 2023 44 mins  
Send us a textDid the BBC broadcast a real ghost haunting on Halloween 1992? Nope, it was a hoax. Before The Blair Witch Project, there was Ghostwatch. We discuss horror films, mockumentaries, BBC personalities, the found footage genre, and ghosts. Support the showYou can now support us by joining Tell Me a Hoax + and help grow the podcast! Our WebsiteThanks to poet and songwriter

BS High Roy Johnson Called Us

Oct 03 2023 45 mins  
Send us a textDid Roy Johnson, the coach at the center of HBO's documentary BS High, call us after our Bishop Sycamore episode? Yep. That's not a hoax. Support the showYou can now support us by joining Tell Me a Hoax + and help grow the podcast! Our WebsiteThanks to poet and songwriter Morri Creech for our theme music!Thanks to Mel Clayton for our art!

Balloon Boy

Aug 08 2023 48 mins  
Send us a textIt's a bird...it's a plane...it's a hoax! Did the Heene's think they had accidentally launched their son in a UFO-shaped balloon into the sky, which turned into a more than an hour chase involving the police and National Guard helicopters? Or was this a publicity stunt to launch their upcoming Wife Swap episode and their reality TV ambitions? SourcesSupport the showYo

AI Co-Hoax

Jul 25 2023 44 mins  
Send us a textCraig created new co-hosts using AI, and Sarah is not happy about it. Join us as we discuss stock voices, AI information, James Frey, authenticity, and whether Sarah will take a vow of silence. Support the showYou can now support us by joining Tell Me a Hoax + and help grow the podcast! Our WebsiteThanks to poet and songwriter Morri Creech for our theme music!Thanks t

Milli Vanilli

Jul 11 2023 31 mins  
Send us a textLove or hate those biker shorts, Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus got the short end of the lip-syncing scandal. Join us to talk pop star authenticity, grunge, Frank Farian, the MTV reveal, the press conference, and how big a fan girl Sarah is. SourcesSupport the showYou can now support us by joining Tell Me a Hoax + and help grow the podcast! Our WebsiteThanks to poet and s

AI Killed the Podcast Star

Jun 27 2023 33 mins  
Send us a textWe let AI take the wheel. We asked ChatGPT to create an episode on AI generated hoaxes. Instead, it lured us into an audio drama full of twists and turns. We talk about the AI threat, real or imagined. Also discussed: the identity of the Code Master and bunny suits. Tell Me a Hoax, where truth is just a riddle away.Support the showYou can now support us by joining Tel

Great Moon Hoax

Jun 13 2023 34 mins  
Send us a textDid people in 1835 think there were bipedal beavers on the moon? I mean, some of them might have, but that was thanks to the Great Moon Hoax pulled off by Richard Adams Locke. And boy was Edgar Allan Poe mad about it, thinking Locke had copied his earlier moon hoax. We get into it. But it's not all fun and games as we also look at Kevin Young's reading of the hoax's r