Episode 72: Brian

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This weeks sponsor is BetterHelp. Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm. This month we are teaming up with igotout.org, a consortium of cult survivors supporting the #igotout movement of activism, and education, to help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as Multi Level Marketing. Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories and ways you can join in on the movement. Visit igotout.org to share your MLM experience and share your #igotout selfie using the hashtags #igotout and #igotoutofanmlm on social media. Freedom of thought is a universal human right. Brian reached out to me and sent me a copy of Merchants of Deception after an Amway episode, and I asked him if he would be interested in sharing his story on the show. Although MLM's generally go after women, around 26% of men are also victims, so sharing the ways they are targeted and indoctrinated is just as important. Brian was worried his story wasn't sensational enough to make an impact, but I disagree! The tactics and practices are the same today as they were 25 years ago! Show Notes Merchants of Deception - https://archive.org/details/MerchantsOfDeception Dr. Amen - https://www.amenclinics.com/ Pyramid Scheme Bar IG - https://www.instagram.com/pyramidschemegr/ AntiMLM Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/antiMLM/ 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 me a note! 🌮💖 - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/robertablevins Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM content, education, and humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa & https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa2.0 Follow us on Instagram for visual show notes, FAQ, and updates! - https://www.instagram.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast/ Like us on Facebook and join our show fan page to jump in on the conversation! - https://www.facebook.com/lifeaftermlmpodcast Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins *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 Roberta Blovins, and this is life after M.L.M.
0:11.2	A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:17.0	This month we are teaming up with I got out.org, a consortium of cult survivor supporting the I got out movement of activism and education.
0:30.0	To help shine light on the commercial cults more commonly known as multi-level marketing.
0:35.1	Throughout the month of November, follow along with us on social media
0:38.7	as we share MLM statistics, cult education, survivor stories, and ways that you can join in on the movement. Visit I-Got-Out.org to share your EmileM experience and share your I-Got-Out selfie using the hashtags I-Got-Out and I- out selfie using the hashtags I got out and I got out of an
0:55.1	MLM on social media. Freedom of thought is a universal human right.
1:00.0	Hey, hon. Just popping in here with a little housekeeping to let you know what's coming up in this episode.
1:08.0	First and foremost, we had some audio technical difficulties. Brian's mic is a lot quieter than mine and my new mic is really, really loud and really sensitive.
1:18.0	And so there was some discrepancies in the differences.
1:22.0	I tried to edit it as best as I could. I tried to equalize the sound as best as I could.
1:26.8	But again, it's just me and I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.
1:32.0	So, please bear with me.
1:36.0	I know each episode gets a little bit better each time
1:39.0	as I learn new tricks and tips,
1:42.0	but right now I'm still learning the editing stuff.
1:47.0	So please show a little bit of grace and bear with me as I learn.
1:51.0	I'm hoping that in 2022 I really get this thing down.
1:56.8	Secondly, I've been so unbelievably busy with Colt Month
2:02.2	and the episodes and the bonus episodes that I completely forgot to make a video and a post to let you all know that we hit 1 million downloads this past week. My daughter and I found out right before we left for Harry
2:17.5	Styles and that was a wild entire week. So there really was no time to make a video there was no time to make a post and so this is my
2:28.0	announcement yay we hit a million downloads it's crazy and we did it in less than a year. So from me to you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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