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Swindled

Rerun: The Messenger (Kevin Trudeau)

Swindled

A Concerned Citizen

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.79.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Originally published April 30, 2023. A series of infomercials lands a TV pitchman in federal prison. Prelude: The founder of Hooked on Phonics is criticized over dubious advertising claims before he settles a sexual assault lawsuit with his corporate attorney, who then purchases a ranch from a phony French noblewoman who faked her own death. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ ⁠Spotify⁠ ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠ ⁠Patreon⁠ –––-–---------------------------------------- DONATE: ⁠SwindledPodcast.com/Support⁠ CONSUME: ⁠SwindledPodcast.com/Shop⁠ WATCH: ⁠SwindledVideo.com⁠ –––-–---------------------------------------- MUSIC: ⁠Deformr⁠ –––-–---------------------------------------- FOLLOW: ⁠SwindledPodcast.com⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Twitter.com⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠ Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, it's that time again to revisit a classic swindled episode. This one is a fan favorite

0:36.9

about Kevin Trudeau, the well-known infomercial pitchman, an author

0:40.9

who a U.S. District Judge once described as deceitful to the core.

0:45.6

We're digging this one out of the vault, not because we are contractually obligated to publish

0:50.0

an occasional rerun, and not because I'm buying myself more time for the next episode, which

0:55.1

will be released in a few days.

0:57.2

And definitely not because the multi-level marketing organization mentioned in this episode

1:01.7

filed a copyright strike against us on YouTube to hide their nefarious activities,

1:05.8

and this is our petty response.

1:08.0

No, but rather because the health misinformation peddled here seems timely and

1:13.5

relevant. That's all. So enjoy. Oh, and also, if for some reason you find yourself annoyed by

1:21.6

seeing these completely free reruns of content pop into your feeds, first of all, get some real

1:27.3

problems, but secondly, and more importantly, you can get rid of them by of content pop into your feeds. First of all, get some real problems.

1:28.2

But secondly, and more importantly, you can get rid of them by becoming a valued listener

1:33.2

at valued listener.com.

1:35.2

You know the spill.

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