Billy McFarland: The Man Behind The Infamous Fyre Festival Disaster | E202

The co-creator of the infamous Fyre festival, Billy McFarland spent 4 years behind bars for lying to investors and using the mythical tropical island festival as a way to pay off his debts. You have probably heard of him from the 2 massively popular documentaries that blew up on social media.

Topics:
0:00 Intro
02:01 Early Context
05:53 A desire to prove yourself
16:08 Your entrepreneurial journey
21:28 Magnises
26:20 The start of Fyre
33:34 Are you a pathological liar?
37:32 Not wanting watch the documentary
41:53 Your skills sets that enabled all of this
45:10 The ‘urgent payment sheet/‘
50:29 The mental health implications of all of this
54:42 Your insecurities
57:12 When you realised everything had gone wrong
59:47 Did you ask Andy king to such a penis?
01:01:39 People losing their life savings
01:02:39 The FBI coming for you
01:04:55 Carrying on with the scams
01:08:01 Your relationship with lying now
01:10:09 What was it like when the FBI came knocking?
01:11:57 Ja rule
01:13:17 Going to jail
01:19:45 The worst thing the happened in jail
01:26:07 Your mental health journey now
01:29:11 What was your plan when you got out?
01:37:38 How are you doing?
01:43:17 The last guest question


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