This week marks a milestone for Here's a Guy. Or, more specifically, for our platform. Or, even more specifically, for the site we use to upload the show. See, what used to happen is that you uploaded the file and all the episode information to a site called anchor dot fm. Then, it got bought out by Spotify, and it became "Spotify for Podcasters." Functionally, that changed nothing of note. Then, this month, they made it so that you have to log in using your Spotify account rather than the old login for the site. What difference does that make? I can only assume, again, nothing, other than making it annoying for a very brief period of time as you try to remember a password you haven't had to use in forever. It does not look or work any differently. And the cool part is that that's basically what the economy is now. Just various websites and apps and social media platforms shifting around deck chairs to annoy you briefly and changing nothing of substance. Somehow, this makes money, I'm just not sure. Anyway, that's what this is now, and I just have to take it like the little piggy I am. Presumably nothing is going to be done about the genuinely dangerous conspiracy podcasts allowed to exist on this platform though. Hell world!
In stark contrast to that grouchiness, this episode was a lot of fun. It's a two man show this week with Alex and Jack, as Cody is out on "vacation." We'll get an update in the intro, plus discuss our favorite types of vacations and tell some more college stories. Then it's two tales of Guys, featuring a prolific counterfeiter who drew the ire of a famous scientist, and the Lincoln co-conspirator who was too chicken to hold up his end of the deal (although it may have been better if he had).
William Chaloner- 23:22
George Atzerodt- 51:40
