MLM Mayhem- Ep. 1: WTF is an MLM?
That's So Fcked Up
Ashley Love Richards
4.5 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In their first episode, the gals talk about just exactly what an MLM is... hint: it stands for multi-level marketing and it's a fancy term for a pyramid scheme. They also chat about some of the OG MLMs, pitfalls of being in one, scandals and true crime connections, and how MLMs are suuuper culty.
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-Audio editing by Gaytrice Perdue.
-Research assistance by Fallon Morey.
-Sources:
- https://pureromance.com/pages/income-disclosure
- https://www.ecosecretariat.org/younique-mlm-review/
- file:///C:/Users/fallo/Downloads/J2007079-eStart30-Flier-en-US.pdf
- https://einsteinshrugged-92813.medium.com/mlm-true-crime-three-murders-from-the-world-of-mlms-7265eb94fbe6
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/holiday-magic-pyramid-scheme
- https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/multi-level-marketing-friendships
- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-mind/202201/multi-level-marketing-groups-operate-much-cults
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_schemes_in_Albania
- https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2000/03/jarvis.htm
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6MwGeOm8iI
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | And the hotel personnel would be like, why is everyone in that ballroom screaming so loud? |
| 0:06.5 | Well, because when they got there, he would have people lock themselves in coffins. |
| 0:11.2 | And he would tie people to crosses and whip them and have people urinate on them as part of his leadership institute. |
| 0:19.0 | Stop it. |
| 0:20.0 | Shut. |
| 0:21.7 | Stop it. That's so fucked up presents. Hey, let's do it. |
| 0:41.2 | This is, you know what this is. |
| 0:43.7 | Line. |
| 0:44.6 | This is That's So Fooked Up Presents. |
| 0:47.1 | That's So Fucked Up is a podcast about cult murder and other fucked up stuff. |
| 0:51.1 | You guys know that. |
| 0:51.9 | That So Fucked Up Presents is my little corner of the |
| 0:55.3 | week where I get to dive into whatever weirdness I'm into that month with sometimes one host |
| 1:04.7 | for the month, sometimes with several hosts, just depending on what's going on. Sometimes we have one topic with multiple stories. |
| 1:14.1 | Sometimes we dive deep into one case over a month. |
| 1:18.5 | But this month, we are doing one topic, several stories. |
| 1:24.4 | We're going to blow your mind. |
| 1:26.3 | We're going to educate, entertain, and excel. |
| 1:31.2 | That was impressive. Did you do that without a script? Yes. That was pretty good. You sounded like a |
| 1:36.7 | speaker at an MLM convention. That's funny that you should mention that, Fallon, because this season is MLM Mayhem. |
| 1:46.7 | It is Mayhem. |
| 1:49.6 | I'm your host, Ashley Richards. |
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