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( 0:55 ): Welcome back to TSC HIM & HER Show. #623 Today, we’re sitting down with the infamous Billy McFarland. Billy McFarland is best known for organizing Fyre Festival, the VIP party that became infamous when hundreds of attendees were left stranded in the Bahamas with half-built huts to sleep in and cold cheese sandwiches to eat. McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison for wire fraud charges in relation to Fyre Festival. Now, McFarland is free and has mentioned that a possible follow-up to Fyre Festival is ‘finally happening.’ Today, Billy joins us for a conversation about Fyre Fest, how it got started, what went wrong, and everything there is to know about his experience in jail. He also dives into what he’s learned since Fyre Fest and how he’s approaching Fyre Fest #2. being of your mind.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WITH
( 3:41 ): Lauryn asks, “When you were a little boy, were you entrepreneurial?”
( 4:18 ): Lauryn asks, “So what are you doing online when you’re 10 years old?”
( 5:58 ): Lauryn asks, “What were these other bread crumbs that you remember looking back on your childhood like that?”
( 7:08 ): Michael asks, “At what point do you realize that using this tool you can start making a substantial income?”
( 7:49 ): Lauryn asks, “Is this something that you’re just naturally good at?”
( 9:58 ): Michael asks, “How do you even begin to start approaching these people and get them to sign on with lack of experience?”
( 12:02 ): Michael asks, “At what point when you’re planning all of this do you start to think, ‘Hey, maybe this will go astray.’”
( 13:22 ): Lauryn asks, “How do you even start planning?”
( 14:01 ): Lauryn asks, “How much is it to rent an island?”
( 15:47 ): Lauryn asks, “When people start arriving, are you freaking out as they arrive?”
( 18:27 ): Lauryn asks, “Why were the sandwiches such a thing?”
( 18:59 ): Lauryn asks, “When you’re actually in it, and how you’ve seen it portrayed it on social media, were there a lot of things that were inaccurate?”
( 19:40 ): Michael asks, “What were you actually charged and convicted of?”
( 21:06 ): Lauryn asks, “How much money did you raise?”
( 22:37 ): Lauryn asks, “What were they all telling you? Like what was some of the direction?”
( 29:11 ): Michael asks, “How quickly after do you get charged?”
( 29:20 ): Lauryn asks, “Do you have a girlfriend or a partner or anyone at this time helping you through this?”
( 30:20 ): Lauryn asks, “When you say you’re scared of the government, do you mean you’re scared because you went to jail and saw a different side? Like what do you mean?”
( 31:03 ): Michael asks, “How are you managing your stress levels?”
( 32:23 ): Michael asks, “Why did you have to go into solitary?”
( 36:17 ): Michael asks, “So how do you stay out of all of that?”
( 37:12 ): Lauryn asks, “Who was the most interesting person you met in jail?”
( 38:07 ): Lauryn asks, “Because you’re famous for all of this, and you’re in jail, was there a Scarlett letter on your back for all of that? Or was it like glitzy and glam to be famous in prison?”
( 40:54 ): Lauryn asks, “So when you get out of jail what is that day like?”
( 44:30 ): Michael asks, “Why go back to this again, after everything?”
( 50:33 ): Michael asks, “How do you even start approaching people with, ‘Hey, I’m doing this thing again,’ after the first experience?”
( 53:15 ): Michael asks, “How do you get back on the horse, persay?”
( 54:07 ): Michael asks, “How do you block out noise from the naysayers?”
( 57:48 ): Lauryn asks, “Have you had good experience going out in New York City and being in public?”
( 58:09 ): Lauryn asks, “When do you think you’re going to do Fyre 2?”
( 58:17 ): Michael asks, “What are you doing differently this time?”
( 59:16 ): Lauryn asks, “How many people have already bought tickets?”
( 59:27 ): Lauryn asks, “And do you know where it’s going to be?”
( 59:31 ): Lauryn asks, “Is it going to be on an island?”
( 1:00:36 ): Lauryn asks, “Is that your job? Fyre Festival 2?”
( 1:03:02 ): Lauryn asks, “Why did you never watch the documentary?”
( 1:04:20 ): Lauryn asks, “Why did that older man get so famous, I forgot?”
( 1:05:57 ): Lauryn asks, “What’s your Instagram? Pimp yourself out.”
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