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Sebastian Maniscalco came out with his wife and two children for the world premiere of Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story at the Tribeca Festival at the OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC last night. Maniscalco spoke to us about how he and the family were spending the week, Father's Day, and balancing being a dad with work life. The comedian/actor serves as the executive producer and voices Charles Ponzi, in the docudrama podcast, which was created by Will Malnati and hosted by journalist Maya Lau. Sopranos star Jamie-Lynn Sigler joined the three to moderate a panel conversation for the Apple Original podcast. Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story is a new docudrama podcast that explores the rise and fall of Charles Ponzi, a broke immigrant who became one of America's richest, most infamous men--practically overnight. He swindled the modern equivalent of a quarter billion dollars, etching his name into history as the mastermind behind one of the most notorious scams ever: the Ponzi scheme. Easy Money: The Charles Ponzi Story premieres June 16 on Apple Podcasts. Apple TV+ subscribers can connect their subscription in the Apple Podcasts app to access all eight episodes on day one. Non-subscribers can listen to the first two episodes for free on June 16, with new episodes released weekly through the July 28 finale.
Transcript
00:00Hey, what's up?
00:01Sebastian Masconco, and I'm watching Life Minute TV,
00:05and so should you.
00:12Feeling sorry for this guy is going to be tough.
00:15It's a love-hate relationship.
00:16I think he didn't come out to the United States to steal.
00:19I think he came to make it.
00:22You know, immigrant story, wanted to do his mother proud,
00:24fell in love, and next thing you know,
00:26he's in a hole that he can't dig out of.
00:28I'm so happy to be here.
00:29I've never done anything like this before.
00:31I've never moderated a panel.
00:33I think they wanted a female moderator.
00:34I have a connection to people with Italian-Americans,
00:40but I have a deep interest in the subject.
00:42I got to listen to all eight episodes,
00:44so I'm really excited to talk to everybody tonight.
00:47We wanted to really break down financial fraud
00:49by looking at the human behind it
00:51and by learning about Charles Ponzi.
00:53Sebastian is so dynamic.
00:56He can play all the different types of person that we wanted.
01:00He can really turn on and off humility and sensitivity
01:04and things that you want any good character to have.
01:09I took the whole summer off to be with my family.
01:12I love being a dad, a husband, and you know,
01:15I don't want to be one of these guys that, what was I doing in Montana
01:18performing when my daughter was having a recital?
01:21So there's a nice balance.
01:23It's just got to be conscious of it.
01:25But we're on like a little vacation,
01:26so it's nice to have the family.
01:27The kids just got out of school.
01:29My son's celebrating his sixth birthday on Sunday.
01:31It's good Father's Day on Sunday.
01:33So it's nice to be in New York City.
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