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Network Marketing Insider

Shawn Ziem, the Connection Machine aka Insurance Doctor

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This podcast brings newbie, seasoned and top network marketers to share their struggles, successes and provide tips, tricks & strategies to help one get started in this amazing business model. This inside look into network marketing allows us to hear about how it transformed them and allowed them to achieve success. It also shows real life examples of how they failed and overcame those failures.
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Fraudsters

The Last Podcast Network

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Fraudsters is a true-crime comedy docuseries. Comedians Seena Ghaznavi, JD, Justin Williams, PhD, and Ariel Leaty bring you the scams you love from the fraudsters we hate. Our show merges the chat-cast and the deep-dive to take a humorous look at fraudsters that abuse trust, distort reality, and take advantage of vulnerable people financially.
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Ponzinomics 101

Melissa Milner and Robert FitzPatrick

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Ponzinomics 101 is a monthly educational podcast for anyone interested in learning more about multi-level marketing (aka MLMs), and why it should be avoided. Hosts Melissa Milner and Robert FitzPatrick want this podcast to be a helpful resource for teachers and parents and will provide valuable information that is not currently being taught in our public schools, colleges, and universities about MLMs and similar dangerous schemes.
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Opportunity Cost

Jill | Bloww Studio

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How did multi-level marketing become a $186B industry? What does it mean to lose your identity and find it somewhere else? Are distributors who build teams of hundreds underneath them victims? Or are they villains? Maybe the answer to these questions is somewhere in the middle. Who we are determines what motivates us, how we make decisions, and who we trust. This includes when someone we know or don’t know tells us we can have everything we’ve ever wanted…by joining their network marketing c ...
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The road to riches for Dan McCormick was, and is, paved with principles. His journey began at the age of nineteen as a young man focused on building a secure financial future. Armed with only his personal convictions and an intense desire to improve his chances of success, Dan was determined to beat the odds. Having grown up in a humble, single parent home and facing a world where a college degree was the ticket required for financial success, Dan McCormick took the road less traveled. A sel ...
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Welcome to Deception Detection, hosted by Alanda Carter aka The Recovering Hunbot. This is the place to learn about the perils of deceptive business opportunities, what they are, why they are harmful, and how to avoid falling for them. If you, a friend, or family member been approached by someone that offers a work from home opportunity claiming it has an unlimited earnings opportunity, and requires those who join to purchase products in order to sell the product, that should be a HUGE red f ...
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Potternaught

Potternaught

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A podcast about authorship, fandom, messy feelings and critical explorations of the Harry Potter books and franchise. For fans in crisis, critics, and those who have only absorbed the phenomenon through cultural osmosis and are curious enough to dive in (to the good and the bad).
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Cult Following

Metacortex Publishing

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Cult Following is a podcast that studies the personalities and common traits of cult leaders and their followers. This in-depth look at some of the most notorious cults in the world is hosted by Todd Fischer, Dr. Katie Mooney and Lisa Thomas. Get the real story behind these infamous and often times tragic cults from a new perspective through exhaustive research and from interviews with people that were there. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cultfollowing/support
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Scamtime

Karen Johnson-Diamond and Stephanie Wolfe

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Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond gasp and giggle over the topic of frauds and phonies, Ponzis and pyramids plus hoaxes and hilarity.Got a scam you want to tell us about? Email us: Thebroadgap@gmail.com
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Send us a Text Message. Learn from a Network Marketing Legend, Candone Saucedo Bio I got into products first from co- worker. And later learned about the income and time freedom potential. Connect with Candone https://www.facebook.com/candone.saucedo?mibextid=ZbWKwL https://app.elify.com/vbc/fl32rxcc00 http://www.getdonsapp.com/ To help all people …
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Send us a Text Message. Learn from a Network Marketing Legend Matt Gunnufson I got started in digital marketing because I needed a way to supplement my income. My other business wasn't cutting it by itself and so I needed to figure out a way to make extra money and I enjoy sharing something with people I believe will help them. Social Media Links h…
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Send us a Text Message. To help all people & professionals by utilizing connections to grow their business while developing video marketing collaborations, teaching ways to generate leads & creating their personal brand with Facebook, Learn with Legends, and YouTube. (((Check out what Shawn Ziem has to offer))): In the sponsor area below with hyper…
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Send us a Text Message. Learn from a Network Marketing Legend Jasmine Eaton CEO of JE Financial Enterprise. a native from Paterson NJ. She has a passion for helping others achieve their full potential, heal through life experiences and change their financial situation with over 6 yrs of experience in the personal and now business credit industry. S…
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Send us a Text Message. Learn from a Network Marketing Legend Carlos Hernandez In this episode Carlos shares his past experiences and builds on them from successes to failures in network marketing. He has found one individual who literally changed his trajectory of his life through network marketing. Contact & check out all that Carlos offers: http…
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Send us a Text Message. Learn from a Network Marketing Legend with Andy Smith I have been a teacher for 24 years. I was able to teach in the UAE for 5 years where I began to see that teachers needed to have ways to earn more revenue to offset the pay they get. I have been involved in many different companies that need little to no money to be part …
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Send us a Text Message. How network marketing helps with personal development? Jon Casillas In this video, Jon shares all his beginnings in network marketing, his skills he learned in network marketing, the trials & tribulations of network marketing and gives his tips to become successful in network marketing. My goal is To help all people & profes…
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It has gone by many names. It’s ruined countless lives. It credits popular musicians and actors as its former members. On today’s Cult Following, Todd, Lisa and Dr. Katie discuss the Children of God. Cult Following @jointhecultfollowing Hosted by: Todd Fischer @metatomic_todd To find more podcasts from Metacortex Publishing visit: metacortexpublish…
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On today’s episode of Cult Following, Dr. Katie, Todd and Lisa dig into the fascinating practices of multilevel marketing and how those techniques could be used in a cult environment. Cult Following @jointhecultfollowing Hosted by: Todd Fischer @metatomic_todd To find more podcasts from Metacortex Publishing visit: metacortexpublishing.com @metacor…
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On today’s episode of Cult Following, Dr. Katie and Todd examine the Process Church of the Final Judgement. A controversial church that may have influenced Charles Manson and the Son of Sam. Cult Following @jointhecultfollowing Hosted by: Todd Fischer @metatomic_todd To find more podcasts from Metacortex Publishing visit: metacortexpublishing.com @…
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On today's episode of Cult Following - Todd and Lisa discuss the destructive cult of Angel's Landing. The story of Daniel Perez, a cult leader who convinced parents he had to rape their daughters in order to stay alive, shocked the world when it surfaced back in 2015. Perez, also known as Lou Castro, received multiple life sentences for over 20 cri…
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We’re back! Welcome to season 3 of Cult Following. Dr. Katie Mooney and Todd Fischer are back and with a new team member, Lisa Thomas. On today’s episode we cover The Apostles of Infinite Love. Cult Following @jointhecultfollowing Hosted by: Todd Fischer @metatomic_todd To find more podcasts from Metacortex Publishing visit: metacortexpublishing.co…
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When Julie signed up as a distributor for Arbonne, she found early success and rapidly rose to the top of the ranks. What she didn't expect was her faith, finances, self-worth, and diet culture to be entangled with her business. When doubts began to creep in about her ability to stay in leadership at Arbonne, all it took was one thread for an entir…
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Anna thought that she had found a home among the spiritually-minded community in Enagic and their Kangen ionizers, what she found instead were empty promises, debt and culty practices. I sit down with Anna 1:1 to talk about her experience in Enagic. Thanks for listening. Email us at bloww.studio@gmail.com and follow us at @oppcostpod on Instagram &…
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We kick off a round of bonus full interview episodes with the lovely Chrystal. When she joined Amway on an invitation from her coworker, Chrystal had no idea how much of her life would eventually be consumed by it. Through ever-growing fees paid and conferences attended, Chrystal never entirely lost her ability to see clearly through the merry-go-r…
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Insurance MLMs have given rise to a new wave of super bros, who are convinced that selling supplemental insurance is how they will make it big. American Income Life is famous among the MLM world, or maybe…infamous. American Income Life reached out to me to see if I would be interested in talking about their life-changing opportunity, so I took them…
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Mary Kay Ash spun a tale of female empowerment, and today, is hailed as a feminist icon. Their cream, goop, and makeup has been a fixture in pop culture Americana for decades, but the model it uses to sell products and Mary Kay's culty corporate culture is worth a second glance. Sources: Mary Kay Mary Kay Income Disclosure Pink Truth KRTV Mary Kay …
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Arbonne boasts that their products are vegan, non-GMO, and tout their B Corp certification as an extension of their clean ingredient mission. Consultants rave about Arbonne’s healthy living products - while toxic diet culture reigns supreme. I also sat down with Julie to talk about her climb up the ranks in Arbonne and what happened when her vantag…
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Bomb Party's surprise reveal jewelry has taken TikTok by storm. Thousands of people tune in live every day to watch reps unfurl rings, bracelets, and necklaces that Bomb Party claims are worth up to $1,500. Peering through the haze of bath bomb fizz and glitter, things at Bomb Party may not be so sparkly after all. Sources: Bomb Party Dopamine Rewa…
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Seekers looking for community outside of traditional religion might find themselves in the New Age movement. These groups are not free from the grip of MLMs and the wild health claims made about their products. Enagic distributors claim to have the secret to long-lasting health in their Kangen water ionizers. I also speak with Anna about her time i…
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In the premiere episode, we start at the logical place: the beginning. After Jay Van Andel and Richard DeVos founded Amway, the world - and our political sphere - was never the same. The jury is out on whether that’s for the better…or worse. I also speak with Chrystal, a former Independent Business Owner with Amway and member of the motivational or…
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How did multi-level marketing become a $186B industry? What does it mean to lose your identity and find it somewhere else? Are distributors who build teams of hundreds underneath them victims? Or are they villains? Maybe the answer to these questions is somewhere in the middle. Who we are determines what motivates us, how we make decisions, and who…
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Join us for our last episode of season four as we close out the story of Milli Vanilli! We pick up right where we left off last week with the infamous track slip during Milli Vanilli’s live show that actually ended up making them MORE popular. Pretty soon after that, it became public knowledge that Rob and Fab were never the voices behind Milli Van…
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Girl you know it’s - girl you know it’s - girl you know it’s all about Milli Vanilli this week!!! We dive deep into the tragic story of the band and the producer behind it all, Frank Farian. Sure, Frank set himself up for success, but Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan, the faces of the group… eh, not so much. Those two were famously just the faces of Mill…
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This week, our journey with the former governor of Illinois comes to an end. Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened!! In this episode, we dive into our favorite crimes he committed and interview Rod’s attorney, Sam Adam Jr. We can all agree Rod’s accomplished quite a lot throughout his life. We wrap up his story by hitting some of t…
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MEET THE YOUNGEST KISUMU MUSIC DISTRIBUTOR!!! KISUMU LIQUOR NICCUR.*Are you an artist or an upcoming artist and would like to distribute your songs to all digital platform like boomplay apple music Instagram Spotify Facebook TikTok sound Cloud Audiomark Amazon Pandora Tidal Itunes n many more**Worry no More coz we've got you covered at a cheaper pr…
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This week we’re back with more Blago, baby!! Rod Blagojevich is just the gift that keeps on giving– from Elvis impersonations to leaked angry phone calls to many, many, many talk show appearances. Rod’s given us a lot to work with, and for that we’re grateful!! In this episode, we not only talk Rod, but we try to untangle the web of corruption that…
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Welcome back to our scattered schedule of scams! We are your hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond and we'll bring you the scams that our tickling our fraud fancies at the moment. This episode: Karen talks about almost falling for a Facebook Marketplace scam, and Stephanie brings us a bank heist to beat all bank heists! Bots! No Guns! Flo…
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This week we begin our journey covering the one and only, Rod Blagojevich. Rod is the epitome of the American Dream– the son of Yugoslavian immigrants, he came from humble beginnings, shining shoes, delivering pizza, working as a… bookie. He worked himself all the way up to Congress and the story does not stop there! He ran for Governor of Illinois…
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We’re back to finish off the story of Jen Shah. In this episode, comedian and Emmy-nominated TV writer, Rae Sanni, serves as our Real Housewives expert helping us dig into Jen’s time on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Jen Shah is nothing if not ambitious, she chose to be on national TV while actively running a telemarketing scheme that targe…
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What’s the one place riddled with fraud that we just don’t talk about enough? That’s right, it’s reality TV baby!!! This week we’re talking all about Jen Shah from the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. And there’s a lot to talk about. From her very Mormon childhood growing up in Utah to meeting her husband and converting to Islam, to when she star…
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This week we’re back with more on Elijah Muhammad and the NOI! But of course, we can’t talk about the NOI without at least mentioning Malcolm X and his influence and then ultimately his breaking away from the group. What led to this you ask? Well, it maybe had something to do with Elijah Muhammad’s complicated relationships, financial improprieties…
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Well Stephanie and Karen went away, but scams sure didn't. We're always going to tell you about them, but probably not as frequently as before. Join us for our first episode in...forever. It's Season FOUR of SCAMTIME! A podcast where your hosts Stephanie Wolfe and Karen Johnson-Diamond share stories of liars, cheaters, hoodwinkers and swindlers, no…
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Our Fraudster du jour is none other than the honorable Elijah Muhammad paired with the Nation of Islam. As always we are setting up the fraud with some good ole fashioned background info. We go from Elijah’s turbulent childhood and upbringing to his days as an alcoholic, to the moment he found God… or Wallace Fard, who interestingly enough claimed …
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This week we’re back with more Jim Traficant tales to tell with some help from Senator Bob Hagan. Traficant was a complicated man, a hero to some, and a fraudster to… everyone else. We take a walk down memory lane (CSPAN) to look at some of Traficant’s most memorable one-minute speeches AND his frauds from his time in Congress. Eventually, an FBI-l…
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We’re traveling all the way to Youngstown, Ohio this week to bring you all the hot goss on Fraudster, Jim Traficant. But context is everything, so before we get to the complicated Ohio Congressman, Seena goes over some history and how the rust belt got RUSTY, with the help of our guest, Senator Bob Hagan. Jim Traficant aka Jimbo, was a star college…
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We are back with the last installment of our series on the Fugees to talk about the other guy… Pras Michel. As we learned in our last episode, dealing with money was Pras’s “niche” and it all makes sense now! We untangle the web of Pras’s finance fraud in this episode walking through his relationship with billionaire, Jho Low, the 1MDB scandal (a m…
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The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill? More like the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill filing her taxes! [cough] SO the joke here is that Lauryn Hill, the only truly talented member of the Fugees, intentionally did not file taxes for FIVE years, which is bad. On the bright side, she got to go to the famous prison from Orange Is the New Black. Tax evasion isn’t…
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Musicians can be Fraudsters too! In this episode, we focus on Haitian-American Wyclef Jean of the Fugees and dive into his many frauds… many many… many many…. you get it. We start off with how the band came to be and the significance of their success, before the trio’s inevitable downfall. But most importantly, we talk the twists and turns of Wycle…
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George Santos has no shame and he will not be stopped. After diving into his origin story and legal crimes we finish this wild ride with his moral crimes. Which crime is worse? Posing as a puppy charity and stealing money from both veterans and Amish people?! But the Amish make such nice furniture! Then he skims ATMs. Is this another dark art taugh…
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Welcome to Part 2 of George Santos! We deep dive into the recent indictment of Anthony George Devolder Califragilistic Expeala Santos and his merry band of frauds. We uncover the 13 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and false statements he's been charged with. From fraudulent political contribution schemes to unemployme…
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Welcome to Season 4! From outrageous lies to check fraud and even a stint as a drag queen, we delve into the jaw-dropping tales of this larger-than-life Congressman who's done more with the delete key than anyone in history: George Santos. This rollercoaster begins with George of the Bungle's origin story starting in Queens NY, to a sudden move to …
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Welcome to our pre-Season 4 Red Flag Bonus episode! We got friends like Lamont King and Erin and Jason Saenz telling us their personal stories of not seein' red flags and gettin' scammed. It'll leave you givin some side eye to gift cards and plane tickets. We also talk to Kelly Richmond Pope, author of "Fool Me Once", about the red flags to spot an…
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