Ep. - 1264 - BAD INFLUENCE: THE DARK SIDE OF KIDFLUENCING
Reality Life with Kate Casey
Kate Casey
4.4 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing is a three-part investigative docuseries, which peels back the curtain to reveal Piper Rockelle’s former Squad-mates’ disturbing stories of alleged exploitation, cult-like manipulation, and abuse at the hands of momager Tiffany.
Kate’s guests are executive producer Nile Cappello, and the co-directors Jenna Rosher and Kief Davidson
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| 0:00.0 | When Luigi Mangione was arrested for allegedly shooting the CEO of United Healthcare, |
| 0:05.4 | he didn't just spark outrage. He ignited a cultural firestorm. Is the system working? |
| 0:12.2 | Or is it time for a reckoning? I'm Jesse Weber. Listen to Law and Crimes Luigi exclusively on Wondery Plus. |
| 0:19.8 | When a young woman named Desire vanishes without a trace, the trail leads to Kat Torres, |
| 0:25.5 | a charismatic influencer with millions of followers. |
| 0:28.5 | But behind the glamorous posts and inspirational quotes, a sinister through unravels. |
| 0:35.4 | Binge all episodes of Don't Crosscat |
| 0:37.5 | early and ad-free on Wondery Plus. |
| 0:40.3 | The amazing Kate Casey! |
| 0:44.3 | Welcome back for another episode of Reality Life with Kate Casey. |
| 0:47.9 | Today's episode is about bad influence, |
| 0:50.7 | the dark side of kid fluency on Netflix. |
| 0:57.2 | This story begins in 2017 when 8-year-old Piper Raquel began posting videos. They featured pranks and challenges to her popular YouTube |
| 1:02.8 | channel, which amassed over 12 million subscribers. The videos included a rotating cast of tween |
| 1:09.1 | friends that became known as the squad. |
| 1:12.1 | Collectively, they would create content and then cross-promote one another's personal media |
| 1:16.7 | channels. Virtually every step of Piper Raquel's success was engineered by her mother |
| 1:23.2 | Tiffany Smith, who invited a number of aspiring child stars to join her daughter on the YouTube |
| 1:28.9 | channel. Over time, some members of the squad moved in with Piper and Tiffany in order to increase |
| 1:35.4 | their content output. Tiffany's questionable behavior and manipulation tactics eventually led Tiffany to |
| 1:42.2 | oust some of the children from the group. Several felt that they |
| 1:45.7 | were put into inappropriate situations and claimed Tiffany had a tendency to retaliate against |
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