Calling Out Hollywood’s Crypto Frontmen (with Ben McKenzie)

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Teen heartthrob turned anti-crypto crusader? It may seem an unlikely path, but Ben McKenzie, the former star of "The O.C.," didn’t take the easy path to wealth promised by bitcoin that many of his peers did. Instead, he looked beyond the big paychecks and risked his career to call out the scammers and liars behind crypto investing and his contemporaries in Hollywood who took their money to help sell it. Ben tells Andy about his decision to risk everything and expose the truth behind cryptocurrencies and the people who shill them in his new book, "Easy Money".

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0:00.0	Hi, in the Bubble listeners, it's Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
0:07.0	I love learning new things and talking to interesting people just like Andy does here
0:11.2	on in the Bubble.
0:12.7	In my new podcast, Wiser than Me, I'm sitting down with the wisest women I could find.
0:17.7	Women like Carol Burnett, Jane Fonda, Darlene Love, Isabelle Ianday, just to see what
0:23.5	they have to teach me about how to live a full and meaningful life.
0:27.8	Tune in to get wise.
0:30.0	Wiser than Me from Lemonade Media is out now, listen wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.8	Hi, I'm Elise Myers, I'm a content creator and comedian.
0:47.5	You might know me from TikTok.
0:49.2	Why am I in your ears right now?
0:50.8	Well, that's a great question I would love to tell you.
0:53.8	I have a new podcast called Funny because it's true.
0:56.4	In my show, I'll be interviewing comedians, pop culture icons, and also just people I find
1:01.0	really funny.
1:02.0	We'll be talking about the awkward moments that keep you awake at night, because if you
1:05.7	don't laugh, you cry, right?
1:07.5	Okay, funny case is true.
1:09.4	Out now wherever you get your podcasts.
1:15.6	Lemonade.
1:26.4	This is in the bubble with Andy Slavitt.
1:40.5	Welcome to the show.
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