Episode 127: Mike Rothschild

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com/MLM Happy October! All month long we will be sharing MLM Horror stories, from creepy cults to literal murder. Join us every Sunday with bonus episodes on Wednesday! When I got an email from Mike Rothschild, asking me if I would be open to making a QAnon + MLM episode, I jumped at the chance. After interviewing and chatting with several people who slid down that pipeline, I knew we had to dedicate an episode to the terrifying cult movement creeping out of the darkest corners of the web and into your social feeds with little difficulty. And surprisingly, not all conspiracy theorists come with tinfoil hats, some are hawking wellness supplements and fad diets at the PTA meeting. Show Notes: Have an MLM CULT STORY to share? Email me! | Send a voice message! | These stories will be used in anthology episodes in November for Commercial Cult Awareness Month with IGotOut.org! The Storm Is Upon Us: How QAnon Became a Movement, Cult, and Conspiracy Theory of Everything by Mike Rothschild - https://amzn.to/3MjAeDP Mike Rothschild on the Ongoing Influence of QAnon and Its Self-Made Mythologies - https://lithub.com/mike-rothschild-on-the-ongoing-influence-of-qanon-and-its-self-made-mythologies/ Parasocial Relationships - https://www.findapsychologist.org/parasocial-relationships-the-nature-of-celebrity-fascinations/ QAnon Anonymous - https://www.qanonanonymous.com/ Cultish by Amanda Montell - https://amzn.to/3Q7owx9 Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model - https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/ Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3q16oJb How can you help? Report false income and health claims here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/ Or go to: https://www.truthinadvertising.org You can also report to your state Attorney General's office! https://www.naag.org/find-my-ag/ Not in the U.S.? Go here: https://www.ftc.gov/policy/international/competition-consumer-protection-authorities-worldwide Support the Podcast! Buy me a Taco and leave a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Follow on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast *Some links may be affiliate links. When you purchase things from these links, I get a small commission that I use to buy us tacos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Robert of Lovins, and this is Life After Emolim, a podcast where we worked
0:10.0	and the stigma failure in an industry systemically designed for you to fail.
0:15.0	Join us as we dive into the real life stories of survivors, experts, and advocates
0:21.0	to debunk the common myths and fallacies of colts, scams, and multi-level marketing.
0:27.0	Hey, Hunbats and Hunbrows. A little bit of housekeeping before we get into this episode.
0:37.4	So much has happened in this past week. It's wild. If you follow me on social media, maybe you saw.
0:42.8	I woke up Sunday morning to a dog at my house, actually two dogs.
0:48.0	A friend of my roommate passed away unexpectedly, and she had a lot of dogs and we are the house of
0:56.0	misfit toys over here if you follow in social media you have seen it and you know
1:00.3	obviously it's it's hard to say no when there's adorable dogs that need a home and we have the space for them so we have two new Afghan hounds one is a nine month old puppy named Jaja and the other is an older
1:17.2	Afghan, she is 13, she's basically on palliative care and we are just keeping her nice and loved and
1:23.3	comfortable for the time being. So if you guys love dogs as much as I do, my
1:29.0	Instagram feed and my Tik-Tok page is like just flooded.
1:32.6	I apologize to those that follow me for anti-MLM content
1:36.0	because there's going to be a lot more dog content and you know what, I'm not sorry.
1:41.0	Secondly, I'm not sorry. Secondly I want to say thank you to all of our new Patreon
1:47.6	members you guys are amazing. Thank you to Ryan Scho Heidi Heidi Anderson, and Heather Hewitt.
1:54.7	And just a reminder that we have five and $10 Patreon tears,
1:58.6	and you get everything a couple days early, ad free,
2:01.5	and with a directors cut bonus content as well.
2:05.0	For the cost of one Starbucks a month,
2:08.0	you can help Roberta Bluffins pay her bills.
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