The Importance of Being Native

Edgar left Coney Island to take his act on the road. He said, Coney is too small for me, bitch. I can pretend to be a native person everywhere. So he traveled out to out west to Arizona. And by the time he arrived, he had taken the identity of Tom Longboat. That sounds like a fake name. How you gonna steal a fake name for somebody who sound like they got a fake name? "I love that there's petty people on the internet who are like, I will Google everything about you," she says.

Transcript

Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.