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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

Daily: The Secret Influencer Economy

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

For millions of people, social media isn’t a source of entertainment or information, but a way to reinvent themselves. So what if you could stop being a loser of our economic system by winning the internet’s attention? Channel 4 reporter Symeon Brown talks to Justin Quirk about his book Get Rich or Lie Trying, his gripping expose of fraud, exploitation, misogyny, environmental destruction, and the dodgy financial traders of Instagram. “Anyone promising guaranteed returns is almost certainly a scammer.” “The Wolf of Wall Street is just hip hop in a film.” “Influencer traders rule the platforms, and the platforms are almost unable to respond.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Justin Quirk. Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Jade Bailey. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/get-rich-or-lie-trying/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hello and welcome back to the bunker daily. For millions of people all over the world, social media isn't a source of entertainment or information, but potentially a way to reinvent themselves and completely change their existence.

1:19.6

A new book, Get Rich or Lie Trying, delves into the lives of these people and the schemes and

1:24.3

scams which offer them a way out.

1:26.7

What if you could stop being a loser of our economic system by winning the internet's

1:30.8

attention?

1:31.8

asked the book. What if you could turn that

1:33.4

attention and adoration of your social media followers into a lucrative

1:36.8

livelihood? What unfolds is a gripping exposure of fraud, exploitation,

1:40.7

misogyny and environmental destruction.

1:42.7

Its author, Simeon Brown, is a reporter at Channel 4 News.

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