Episode 9: Ryan McKnight - Mormonism and Multi-Level Marketing Part 1

Life After MLM

Roberta Blevins

Society & Culture, Education

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

As the founder of Truth and Transparency, and a former member of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day Saints, Ryan McKnight has a unique perspective into the culture and atmosphere of the Mormon faith. Paired with his understanding of Multi Level Marketing and the scam it perpetuates, Ryan and I have an in depth discussion into some of the reasons why many LDS members fall victims to these cons, including cultural moray, gender roles within the church, "Magic Underwear", why MLM chose Utah and affinity fraud. This is part one. Show Notes Ryan's website, Truth and Transparency, a non-profit newsroom dedicated to religious accountability - https://www.truthandtransparency.org/ Follow the profit: How Mormon culture made Utah a hotbed for multi-level marketers - https://kutv.com/news/local/follow-the-profit-how-mormon-culture-made-utah-a-hotbed-for-multi-level-marketers 10 reasons Mormons dominate multi-level marketing companies - https://religionnews.com/2017/06/20/10-reasons-mormons-dominate-multi-level-marketing-companies/ Coffeezilla and Fake Gurus - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFQMnBA3CS502aghlcr0_aw Womanhood : The Highest Place of Honor by: James E Faust - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2000/04/womanhood-the-highest-place-of-honor?lang=eng Meet The Mormons - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS6PZh6tCC0 Ponzinomics by Robert L. FitzPatrick - https://amzn.to/3tWutRS 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 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 Follow me on TikTok for Anti MLM humor! - https://www.tiktok.com/@bertalikewhoa Find me on CLUBHOUSE at @therealrobertablevins Become a monthly supporter for as little as $.99! https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support *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.* --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/roberta-blevins/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi all how we doing afternoon afternoon let's get this meeting meeting meeting
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0:29.0	C EE. C EE.L. M. Lubbins, and this is life after M.
0:40.0	M. L. M. L. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. M. A podcast where we work to end the stigma of failure in an industry designed for you to fail.
0:47.0	You are about to hear the first part of my interview with my friend Ryan McKnight.
1:00.0	And this is going to be the first episode in a continuous two-parter.
1:07.0	So the first episode is going to be up today, and part two will be up tomorrow, so you don't have to wait a whole week.
1:13.2	I'm going to start doing that as more interviews are coming in and I have more content to post.
1:19.0	So get excited for that.
1:22.1	We're going to have a lot more episodes coming up. I think most of the interviews I've done recently have been two parters and I have a couple little things up my sleeve that I've been working on and those are just
1:35.3	going to be episodes with just me so get excited you guys are amazing. Enjoy. All right, you guys, I have an incredible person on the show today. I've actually interviewed this person before on the
2:06.5	podcast I used to do and the episode never came out because our hiatus and all of this stuff.
2:11.5	And so I knew that I needed to interview him again.
2:14.0	He is one of my friends.
2:15.1	We met in this anti-MLM movement.
2:18.1	He is an expert at what he does,
2:20.2	and his voice is incredibly valuable
2:22.4	and his knowledge is incredibly wonderful as well.
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