73: Fyre Fraud

True Crime Obsessed

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.2 • 34.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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The Fyre Festival was the defining scam of the millennial generation. Marketing for the 2017 music event went viral with the help of rapper Ja Rule, instagram stars, and models, but wound up being an epic failure as it stranded thousands of people in the Bahamas. Featuring an exclusive interview with Billy McFarland, the convicted con-man behind the festival, FYRE FRAUD is a true-crime comedy documentary bolstered by a cast of whistleblowers, victims, and insiders. And we have LOTS of feelings about it.

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0:45.9	Girl, before we get to anything else, you guys, every single show, live show we have coming
0:51.8	up is sold out. Get out of here. Except for the Pride Show. Our New York City shows in
0:56.1	February, our Chicago shows are sold out. New Orleans shows are sold out. You guys come
1:00.9	to our Pride Show on Saturday June 29th. At 7 p.m. 7 p.m. New York City. Just go to the
1:05.8	website. You can see the tickets there. I wanted to spell a rumor that I'm hearing.
1:09.8	What's a rumor? It's not just for the Gays. No, I'm going to be there. Of course, it's
1:14.0	on Pride weekend, the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. We're just like going to be full of pride.
1:18.6	I mean, everyone is welcome. That's the whole point, right? That everyone's welcome.
1:22.4	It's not just like Gay Centric, you guys. Come and hang out with us. It's going to be super
1:26.2	amazing. Well, we are going to be talking about Stonewall the whole time. And there will
1:29.7	be drag queens there. And you'll be there. And I'm not going to wear black. I'm going
1:32.8	to wear something rainbow. All right. It's going to be pretty gay. But straights by your
1:36.3	tickets. Come on, straighties. Come on. Let's go. You guys, first of all, I want to say
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