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Life After MLM

Episode 79: The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 โ€ข 1K Ratings

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 19 December 2021

โฑ๏ธ 67 minutes

๐Ÿงพ๏ธ Download transcript

Summary

This weeks sponsors are BetterHelp, Smile Brilliant and Best Fiends! Listeners of the show receive 10% off their first month of online therapy by visiting betterhelp.com/mlm as well as as exclusive holiday deal at Smile Brilliant when you use code LIFE at checkout! Don't forget to download Best Fiends on the Apple App Store, or Google Play today! Welcome to DAY 5 of 9 DAYS OF HOLIDAY MAGIC in the month of December! Named after the spirit of the season AND the MLM that was shut down by the FTC in 1974 after being found to be operating as a pyramid scheme. Check out our Giveaway before it ends! I hope your season is filled with the embodiment of HOLIDAY MAGIC, as we count down to 2022! Have you seen The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe yet? I have, and I have some thoughts. Plus! I had the honor of chatting with Stephanie McNeal, the journalist whose 2020 expose of LuLaRoe, lead to the new documentary on Discovery+ about what it was like making the film, why she chose to make another LuLaRoe doc, and what she wanted to share that hadn't been shared before. Plus, we speak with Rise and Fall star, Heather Blevins and the creator of the infamous group Defective, Julie Dean, about the early days of exposing LuLaRoe, running a Facebook group full of 75k+ angry LuLaRoe victims and what they think about everything that's happened after a pair of black leggings ripped to shreds. Show Notes Watch The Rise and Fall of LuLaRoe now! FREE 7-day trial! - https://amzn.to/3DOBqsU LuLaRoe and BiPOC - https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/lularoe-mlm-documentary-discovery-black-people-of-color-1270766/ Stephanie's 2020 Expose - https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/lularoe-millennial-women-entrepreneurship-lawsuits LuLaRoe Retailer Issues Death Threat - https://lularoefail.com/2018/02/02/lularoe-retailer-issues-death-threat/ 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! ๐ŸŒฎ๐Ÿ’– - 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 *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

Hey Huns, housekeeping time.

0:24.0

Just letting you know winter has absolutely 100% arrived in San Diego.

0:30.0

We have a really crazy winter storm coming in today.

0:32.0

It's been raining.

0:33.8

Apparently we're gonna get snow.

0:36.4

I don't know if that's gonna happen.

0:37.3

We're at 2,000 feet, and I've heard rumors

0:39.8

that there's possibly snow to 1500 feet.

0:42.7

So if that's the case, like, I'll definitely

0:45.1

be sharing photos and videos of that.

0:47.2

So check my socials about this storm that's coming through

0:51.6

if you're interested.

0:53.6

So please forgive my extra raspy voice

0:57.5

because the cold weather does this to me when it shows up.

1:01.6

The main purpose of this entire thing is, so by now I'm sure you guys have seen the rise and fall of Lou

1:08.5

LaRelle on Discovery Plus. I have a link to a free trial in the show notes if you haven't seen it so you can watch it.

1:14.4

It is about an hour and 45 minutes long and it's a week long trial.

1:19.4

So first I want to start off by saying that I really enjoyed this.

1:25.0

It was a different look into Lula Roe.

1:29.0

I know there have been a lot of exposies.

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