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You're listening to Imperfect Paradise from L.A. Studios.

I'm your host, Antonia Serejito.

This is the final part of our four-part series, People versus Karen.

In the last episode, Katie Sorensen's criminal case headed to trial.

Somebody's going to learn from this.

If it's not her, it'll be somebody else.

Somebody will see this and say, hey, you know, think twice before you post some crazy lies online.

And Katie was found guilty.

As part of his legal strategy, the prosecutor had argued that Katie was a, quote, mom fluencer gone wrong.

In this episode, we explore what exactly is a mom influencer, and how do some women go from using their social media following to make money to then spreading lies?

I think it's really easy for mothers to disseminate these messages in ways that, like, screaming men on 4chan cannot.

That's coming up on Imperfect Paradise from L.A. Studios.

The idea of what a good mother is is really central to this story.

When Katie Sorensen calls the police to report an attempted kidnapping, she believes she's being a good mother.

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