Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Things go off the rails quick and never really recover in this episode about lifestyles of the rich, featuring R.E.M's Michael Stipe.

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This is the fifth episode of our new podcast "Brian Wants to Do a Podcast." You can listen to all 10+ episodes available now for free wherever you listen to stuff! hyperurl.co/fdspodcast
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0:00 - Intro
4:03 - What’s a Yacht?
7:40 - How to Play Polo
14:03 - Forgotten Terrible Scientists of History
17:55 - Patreon
19:24 - Eating Cigars
21:29 - Ben’s Heavily Medicated Venice Story
24:21 - The Finerer Things
25:36 - Pros and Cons (Cones and Prawns)

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