Dr. John Brinkley is a charlatan who scams his way to fame using fake medicine, populism, and radio. Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, begins a quest to take him down as Brinkley becomes more famous.

Inspired by “Why didn’t Chris and Dan get into Berghain?”, about two Americans who fly across an ocean to try to get into the most exclusive nightclub in the world.