Cons, Scams, and Adventures in Podcasting with Roberta Blevins and Terra Newell

Nobody Should Believe Me

True Story Media

Personal Journals, Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On this week's episode, Andrea is joined by Roberta Blevins, creator and host of the Life After MLM podcast, and Terra Newell, who was featured in mega-hit Dirty John podcast and has since created and hosts Terra's Baddy Club. The audience gets to listen in as these three women talk about about the pros and cons of having a personal connection to the topics of their podcasts, how that affects their coverage of the topic, and the intersection between Munchausen by proxy, MLMs, and domestic violence. *Special thanks for Spotify, who provided recording support for this episode! * * * Listen to Life After MLM. Follow Roberta on Instagram. Listen to Dirty John. Listen to Terra's Baddy Club. Follow Terra on Instagram. Follow Andrea on Instagram for behind-the-scenes photos: @andreadunlop Buy Andrea's books here. To support the show, go to Patreon.com/NobodyShouldBelieveMe or subscribe on Apple Podcasts where you can get all episodes early and ad-free and access exclusive bonus content. For more information and resources on Munchausen by Proxy, please visit MunchausenSupport.com The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children’s MBP Practice Guidelines can be downloaded here. To learn more about Dr. Marc Feldman, visit Munchausen.com * * * Click here to view our sponsors. Remember that using our codes helps advertisers know you’re listening and helps us keep making the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, it's Andrea Dunlop. I have a fun little treat for your ears today, which is a crossover
0:08.2	episode that I recorded while I was down in LA at Podcast Evolution's a few weeks ago with two of my true crime
0:16.7	podcaster friends, Roberta Blevins and Tara Newell. So I know some of you will need no introduction to Roberta because you may have
0:26.2	originally found this show nobody should believe me because I was on her
0:30.7	podcast Life After MLM.
0:33.4	But for those that don't know,
0:34.8	Roberta was the whistleblower on the infamous Lula Row
0:39.8	MLM pyramid scheme, cult, however you want to frame it, and she appeared in the documentary
0:46.5	Lula Rich.
0:48.1	Roberta has since become a huge anti-MLM advocate and she educates people on her excellent podcast life after
0:55.0	MLM where she talks about MLMs but also all kinds of other scams, cons and
1:00.4	schemes.
1:01.4	Roberta is also a very fun follow on social media.
1:04.8	She's just an absolute hoot.
1:06.3	My other conversation partner in this episode, Tara Newell, you may recognize from a little
1:12.4	bitty podcast called Dirty John.
1:14.5	Tara is the daughter of Deborah, who's the woman at the center of that story,
1:18.3	and Tara ended up killing John Mehan in self-defense when he attacked her. She has since become a
1:25.4	passionate advocate for survivors of domestic abuse. She has many projects in the
1:30.2	works of the moment but her newest venture is the podcast, Tara's Batty Club, where she shares
1:36.0	insights into her personal healing journey, daily experiences, and she interviews experts and
1:41.0	fellow trauma survivors.
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