Steve Madden: The Cobbler Con | 109

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Steve Madden transforms from Long Island screw-up to fashion icon thanks to an eye for fashionable footwear and an addiction to work. But to get his shoe brand off the ground, Steve got entangled with one of the Wolf of Wall Street himself, Jordan Belfort. And Steve’s dealings with Jordan — including wild parties and stock manipulation — won’t stay secret forever. When Jordan’s scam spirals out of control, Steve’s left on his back foot.

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0:00.0	Hey, Scam Fluencers fans, Sarah here.
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0:24.7	Thank you. experience, sign up today. Sarah, do you remember being a preteen and like getting your mom to buy you an iconic
0:30.0	piece of clothing?
0:31.0	Like you just, you couldn't wait to wear it the next day to school.
0:34.2	Yes, and I will explain this for Americans as briefly as possible.
0:37.5	Okay.
0:38.1	There was a store called Northern Reflections that had a kid's section called Northern Getaway.
0:43.4	This store sold these t-shirts that said spice mice.
0:47.2	And it was the spice girls as mice, and I wanted a spice mice shirt so badly, even though it was dumb.
0:52.7	And I remember when I finally got one, I was so
0:55.1	happy. I hate that I know exactly what you're talking about. But for me, I think it was this pair
1:00.4	of like brown suede boots with a kitten heel from Steve Madden. Like truly hideous stuff. I begged
1:07.2	my mom to get them for me unsuccessfully. Oh my God. Steve Madden was for cool girls.
1:12.7	The ads with the big heads.
1:14.4	Ugh.
1:15.0	Well, Sarah, I'm bringing this up because today I want you to re-inhabit the fashion tastes you had, let's say, 20 years ago.
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