133. The Fabulist (George Santos)
A newly elected congressman is expelled and prosecuted for financial crimes after his elaborate web of personal and professional lies unravels.
Prelude: JP Maroney's inventive "digital marketing arbitrage" is revealed to be a Ponzi scheme.
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Comments (44)
I’ve been saving this one until I could give it the attention it deserves. All I can say is…I quit smoking 5 years ago, but feel the urge to light a cigarette. Bravo, ACC! You did not disappoint.
Amazing episode, wonderfully researched and produced. That said, you crossed a line by exposing me to George's musical stylings
First episode to give my hives, tachycardia and a migraine all at the same time! In other words, it was a definitive account thanks ACC...
ACC, I sooo cannot wait for you to do your episode on the greatest conman of all time — Donald Trump! Better make it a 6-parter, at least!
Wow he is somehow even more of a piece of shit than I thought. Great episode! Had me yelling out loud on my walk to work today.
That singing makes Razzlekhan seem talented.
The Rich and Sapphire is one of the more egregious examples of the Santos walking horror story. The lies to attach himself to 9/11 and Pulse are sickening. That this monster was given his freedom is an outrage. And who was paying for his Cameos?! Thank you, ACC, for spending so much time giving a tour of Santos’ pathetic life and crimes. Well done.
WTF is it with grown-ass adults who are completely ENTHRALLED with Disney?? I know a few people who go to Disney World every chance they get. They go for a week every year or every other year and often go by themselves, leaving the kids with grandparents!! They rarely go anywhere else! Disney World is like a cult with these people!!! I went to Disney World with my grandkids in 2022. It was fun but hugely expensive; wall-to-wall crowds; excruciatingly life-sucking long lines; meal costs for a week that will rival your mortgage payment; and everything seems fake and staged. ONCE WAS ENOUGH! I really don’t get it!!! There are so many other places to visit and see in the world — why go to the same place over and over again???
Blows my mind how many lying, evil, manipulative narcissists there are in this country. But it really shocks me to see that the most vile and malignant of them all is now leader of the “free world”!
Well I guess the majority of Americans disagree with you… because, you know…popular vote means more Americans…majority. So now that we’ve established that you are part of the minority, do you think we don’t see all the things you see? Because we do. But it seems like your filter is set to sheep mode. Watch out, your leaders have been bought and are leading you to the slaughter sheepy pooh. At least the egotistical loud mouth is standing up against them who are in complete control and killing us and our country. Of course the real people in power will try to skew the narrative. Don’t buy it. Don’t be a sheep
Haven’t even finished the episode. Just came here to say that I’m in tears over Rich and Sapphire’s story. I hope all of the bad things happen to George Santos.
The Santos story is one of my favorites because I discovered early on that he was a fraud. Wait until you find out he's lying about his husband. Surprised you didn't mention that!
I can't believe you made us listen to him sing multiple times Great episode ACC
A punishment for us all, I feel. I’m not sure what we’ve done but it must have been bad
I think candidate Tina Forte used to beat me up on the regular in high school. 😬
Hands down funniest episode so far. What a gem
Poor Leonard Cohen 💔
I’m crying at work. Poor Sapphire 🥺😭
such a good episode. Also f#ck that guy
I knew he was a liar but I had NO idea it was like hus WHOLE life! How do people like this first come up with all the crazy lies then second keep up with all the lies? So he won a Biden district....based on LIES and it proves how susceptible that side is to falling for LIES....now hes pardoned so he can do some more lying and scamming with the rest of them!! 🙄🙄
Thanks, ACC. I know people think Disney adults are cringe but being a minority that supports people who hate them is way worse.
He sings like shit 😒
Justice for Sapphire!
Sapphire and her Daddy were the real victims 😔
What an episode, ACC. My eyes lit up at the topic, yes, but the *length*. So much more than I previously knew. Always worth the wait. Now at the end of episodes I'm just expecting to hear "...pardoned by the President..." What an intro story tie-in...
The signing. I will literally never recover 💀😆
Cheney dies, Mamdani wins, and then ACC drops THIS?!!??? Fuck yes.
Too soon ACC 🤣
George Santos is a fugly slut. **YAY MAMDANI**
JP Maroney sounds a lot like Dr Phil. I am envisioning them as the same person.
Said “oh shit” audibly when I saw this title
I literally did a dance
What the fuck is wrong with America. It doesn't even seem like a remotely real country.
We're a cartoon at this point
Cracking episode thanks!
Wake up babe, new Swindled just dropped
ACC thank you for your hard work. Great episode about a terrible person.
Nice
Fuck that’s bleak
Hell yeahhhhhhhh!!! Praise be to ACC
Excellent timing, ACC!
I was just wondering when he’d release again! This is a nice late night gift!
Haven’t listened yet obviously but I was immediately excited when I saw the name
GTFO haha