Part 1: The Cult of LuLaRoe w/ Roberta Blevins

The Survivor Squad

Collier Landry

True Crime, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Mental Health

2.9 • 956 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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** For Ad-Free Episodes, Join Our Patreon! ** https://www.patreon.com/thesurvivorsquad This is Part 1 of a two-part interview with Roberta Blevins. Roberta Blevins is a former "Hun" who left the MLM world in 2017 and began publicly speaking out against it. She educates on the systemic structure of the business model, the psychological manipulation, the seedy underbelly and governmental ties, the cult indoctrination, and the insidious history. Roberta's work has been featured on Amazon Prime Video, Vice Media, Bloomberg News, Split, and Business Insider, among others. Her podcast, Life After MLM, educates on the dangers of cults, frauds, scams, and MLMs through the eyes of the victims and survivors. In the Fall of 2020, Roberta took the stand in the Washington State vs. LuLaRoe Pyramid Scheme lawsuit as a witness against them. The case was settled in February 2021 for $4.75M. Roberta Blevins, Anti-MLM Advocate www.robertablevins.com ***Join our Survivor Squad True Crime Podcasting Course!*** https://coaching.terranewellsurvival.com/ethical-true-crime-podcasting/ Survivor Squad Podcast links: https://linktr.ee/thesurvivorsqaud Join our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thesurvivorsquad • Terra’s links: https://linktr.ee/terranewell • Collier’s links: https://collierlandry.com/links • Collier's Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-collier-landry-show/id1551076031 • Book a 1-on-1 with Terra for trauma/ toxic relationship coaching: https://calendly.com/terranewell91/15-minute-coaching-consult?month=2023-06 • Join Terra’s Complementary Trauma Support Group: Every 1st and 3rd Monday 5:00 PM PT mailto: Terranewellcoaching@gmail.com It's important to consider seeking support from a licensed mental health professional or support group. Talking to a trusted friend/family member can also be beneficial in overcoming trauma and its aftermath. •Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/ •Trauma-Recovery.org: https://trauma-recovery.org/ •American Psychological Association: https://www.apa.org/ •National Institute of Mental Health: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml •National SA Hotline 1-800-656-4673 https://www.rainn.org/ •National Domestic Violence Hotline 800-799-7233 https://www.thehotline.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Trigger warning. This podcast discusses themes centered around emotional, physical, and sexual violence.
0:07.0	While the stories of the survivors are meant to be inspiring and informative, listener discretion is advised. If you are struggling with any of the
0:13.8	aforementioned issues, links to resources can be found in the show notes of today's
0:18.4	episode. You'd post that you were having parties, these home parties, and you could ask your
0:24.4	host like, do you mind if I post it public? Because people would literally show up because
0:28.6	they're looking for certain things. So my host was like, yeah, it's fine, like I live in an apartment complex, it's safe, like you can post it's public.
0:35.0	So we had a couple random people that showed up specifically with a list looking for specific prints that they knew they could trade for other prints they wanted online
0:46.0	because there was like a whole Lularo trading environment.
0:51.0	Oh wow!
0:52.0	So we're like, I've got the diamonds. I'm looking for Sasquatch and people like I'll trade Sasquatch for diamonds
0:57.8	Even if they didn't want the diamonds because they knew the diamonds were popular enough that they could trade them. Like it was wild. So total strangers
1:04.1	coming into parties and buying things, not even in their size because they knew
1:09.2	the print was popular enough that they could trade it for things they wanted.
1:11.7	Like Beanie Babies. enough that they could trade it for things they wanted like beanie babies.
1:14.0	Hi survivors I'm Tara Newell and I'm Collier Landry and this is the Survivor Squad
1:20.3	podcast. Yay another Another episode! Another episode. And what a week it has been, right Tara? Oh yes, we went to horror nights. That was so much fun. It was. We went to Horror Nights. That was so much fun.
1:33.6	It was. We went to Halloween Horror Nights
1:35.3	at Universal Studios here in LA,
1:37.8	and it was amazing.
1:40.2	Oh yes, we did The Last of Us.
1:42.2	That was one of my favorite mazes.
1:44.4	Yeah the last of us the HBO series yeah I mean and you know the evil dead one that was
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