Judging History’s Greatest Scams

Judging History’s Greatest Scams

From Lemonade Stand by Vox Media Podcast Network

April 22, 2026 · 1h 52m

About this episode

The episode discusses various historical scams with comedic commentary.

On this week's show... Aiden strikes gold, Atrioc buys a few horses, and DougDoug sells bonds to Isaac Newton. We launched a Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/lemonadestand for bonus episodes, discord access, a book club, and many more ways to interact with the show! Episode: 059 Recorded on: April 21st, 2026 Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCurXaZAZPKtl8EgH1ymuZgg Follow us TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thelemonadecast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thelemonadecast/ Twitter - https://x.com/LemonadeCast The C-suite Aiden - https://x.com/aidencalvin Atrioc - https://x.com/Atrioc DougDoug - https://x.com/DougDougFood Edited by Aedish - https://x.com/aedishedits Thumbnail by Cheyenne DeWolf - https://x.com/cheyedewolf Produced by Perry - https://x.com/perry_jh Segments 0:00 Intro 1:05 VW 20:03 Queen of Crypto 33:47 Quo ad 34:53 Bernie Madoff 47:06 RSCDA 1:00:09 South Sea Company 1:08:09 Bre-X 1:15:19 Territory of Poyais 1:28:25 Theranos 1:39:46 Wirecard 1:48:42 Outro New takes on Business, Tech, and Politics. Squeezed fresh every Wednesday. #lemonadestand #dougdoug #atrioc #aiden Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Aiden, Atrioc, DougDoug

Topics covered

  • scams
  • history
  • finance
  • business
  • comedy

Keywords

  • scams
  • history
  • Aiden
  • Atrioc
  • DougDoug

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vox Media Podcast Network, Patreon, South Sea Company, Bre-X, Theranos, Wirecard

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