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The Ripple Effect Podcast

Episode 583: The Ripple Effect Podcast (Mel K | AMERICA BETRAYED: Infiltration Instead of Invasion)

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Ricky Varandas

Dave, Society & Culture, Bryan, Philosophy, Carlin, Callen, Bill, 6

4.6603 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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VIDEO LINK: https://youtu.be/lQ_sY0WzaW4

Mel K. is an author, actress, writer, producer, researcher, Hollywood refugee, a regular on The Union of The Unwanted, and the host of the very popular podcast, The Mel K Show. Mel joins the show to discuss her new book, Infiltration Instead of Invasion: America Betrayed.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

believe in the ripple effect.

0:25.6

The ripple fact. I'm I'm I'm

0:38.3

I'm

0:39.3

I'm

0:40.3

I'm a Thanks for having me on. I appreciate it. It's been a long time, but I've been insanely busy, so I'm excited to see you. Thank you.

1:17.0

Well, thanks for taking time. I mean, you have been insanely busy. I've been seeing you pop up on so many amazing shows and you've done so many amazing.

1:23.6

It all started with Union of the Unwanted. And then I forget every week.

1:28.1

And then I'm like,

1:28.6

oh my God,

1:29.0

it's Monday.

1:29.9

It's all right.

1:30.5

I'd like to treat it almost like it's a local bar that all the... Yeah, it's the best. Me too. I love it. You know who's going to walk in. Like, hey, look, Bell showed up. Yeah, I know. it's the best. I love it.

1:41.8

We actually went down and we saw,

1:44.2

we were staying with Mickey Willis and we saw

1:46.4

Sam at the, uh, know it's the best i love it we actually went down and we saw um we were staying with micky willis

1:45.7

and we saw sam at the uh mothership when he was uh headlining there it was really fun we hung

1:52.1

out with him after it was so great he's hilarious he's such a nice dude and i've got to hang on

1:58.5

quite a few times because he comes on to a couple places in

2:01.8

Connecticut and then him and Eddie Bravo will do some shows so I'll go hang and jump on stage

2:08.1

with them sometimes and it's always nice to meet people and you're like they're just as cool

2:14.5

as like kind of a you know that's how I felt too too. Yeah, totally. And, you know, he's a, he's, I watched him since he got sober to now. And I mean, what a transformation in every area of his life. It's truly amazing. So happy for him. Yeah. He works hard. I was just going to say that. He's a workaholic. He's always traveling. People don't realize that he's obviously become very successful and

2:36.6

rightfully so, But he puts in a lot of time. I mean, he's always all over the country. He's doing interviews all over the country. He's doing shows all over the country. He's hosting 28 podcasts. I mean, it's nonstop. I always say hard work and luck will cross paths eventually. If you just got to keep working hard, I forget which YouTuber said it. He's like, you're never going to have a viral video if you stop putting out videos. You just got to keep putting out. And then hopefully one of them will. Yeah, believe me. I know. Oh, I know. Yeah, exactly. I still fight the censorship. I'm still not on YouTube.

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