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		<title>Billy, the Liquor Guy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2021 13:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>A blurred line between law enforcement and crime There are two sides to Billy. There&#8217;s Billy, who just wants to [&#8230;]</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A blurred line between law enforcement and crime</h2>



<p>There are two sides to Billy. There&#8217;s Billy, who just wants to do the right thing. And then there&#8217;s the criminal lurking from within.</p>



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<p>So which way did he go? Did Billy end up becoming a criminal? Or did he choose to be the good guy in his own story? Well, he decided to do both.</p>



<p>If you&#8217;ve listened to this show long enough, you know I go to great lengths to fact-check my episodes. But today is different because it&#8217;s tough to corroborate Billy&#8217;s stories. And that&#8217;s okay. One of my favorite movies is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0kiS4ROWkQ">Big Fish</a> with Ewan McGregor. It&#8217;s about a man who lived an extraordinary life. In the end, it turned out that most of his tall tales were true&#8211;but just a little skewed due to time.</p>



<p>And that&#8217;s how I feel about Billy. Some of these stories are too incredible to be real. But they might be. He&#8217;s always wrestled between being the good guy and the bad guy. And in the end, managed to be both a criminal and a cop.  Billy says he worked undercover for the <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjhrZnsvJ7wAhXUHM0KHV-1DVMQFjAAegQIBxAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNew_York_State_Office_of_Tax_Enforcement&amp;usg=AOvVaw0I01zLhoH3f3Wx8_gMHiu0">New York State Office of Tax Enforcement Petroleum, Alchohol and Tobacco Bureau</a>.    </p>



<p>So lean back, relax, and grab your adult beverage of choice. Because today we&#8217;re going to spend the next half hour or so chatting with Billy the Liquor Guy.</p>



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<h1 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Story idea?</strong></h1>



<p>If you have a story to share, email Javier at info [at] pretendradio [dot] org.</p>



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<p>Today&#8217;s episode was written and edited by Javier Leiva</p>



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