75: Con Me Once pt.3: Listener Episode

Grant & Maia
Oct 16, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Aug 5

On this whirlwind listener-powered installment of Con Me Once, Grant and Maia kick things off with fan mail from the one and only Reality Winner (yes, that Reality Winner), uncovering her Lincoln-Winner family lore and sharing a good-natured roast. From there, the duo weaves through parental podcast peeks, horror-film trauma, tech-support nightmares, and a classroom mic-drop that’ll have you rethinking how and why we communicate. Then, seven fearless listeners step up with their own “con” stories: a fake Aussie accent that led to ghosting with Mary, Alexis's couch-surfing vacuum-MLM survivor, Gina's globe-trotting quest for Queen’s-garden gin, Dawn's sixth-grade romantic panic, a celebrity DNA reunion, a breakup bingo board, and more. Through it all, they find humor (and sometimes heartbreak) in every twist and remind us that we’re all allowed mistakes…plural.

Key takeaways to listen for

[00:00:00] Reality Winner’s Lincoln Reveal: Why our famous listener is “literally in the same league” as Abraham Lincoln
[00:03:10] Catch-Up
[00:32:38] Mary's Australian Ghosting: A horrifying ghosting from "down under"
[00:47:28] Alexis’s MLM Vacuum Con: How “hosting” a homeless, door-to-door vacuum salesman cousin turned into the most expensive con of all
[00:57:39] Gina's Buckingham Palace Gin Odyssey: Globe-trotting quest from UK garden herbs to SoCal drop-offs
[01:09:02] Dawn's Sixth-Grade Crush Confession: The boy who asked her out, the prairie-dog panic, and years of apologies later
[01:17:40] "Jake's" Break-up Bingo: We maintain emotional clarity when we play games ... right?
[01:39:41] "Sam's" Magical Mastodon: A fragile male ego results in an iconic new nickname

Quotes:

"As soon as you accept that most technology updates are not convenient for you and are instead money savers for a company, it'll radicalize you." - Grant Thomas
“The most important relationship you’re going to develop in high school is with yourself.” - Grant Thomas
"Go hang out with your friends. Get your life right. Figure out your own interests and hobbies." - Maia Warner
"Oftentimes when we get into arguments, our biggest strategy will be like, ‘OK,’ but we're running in circles, and neither of us is listening to each other" - Maia Warner

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