The King of Discount Electronics w/ Allison Raskin

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Allison Raskin joins the show to discuss Crazy Eddie, a businessman who became popular during the 1970’s and 80’s for his outlandish commercials selling discount electronics. Eventually, he was exposed as the King of Fraud. Plus, a popular social media photographer recently confesses to using AI technology to gain followers. Stay Schemin’! Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES: https://petapixel.com/2023/02/21/popular-instagram-photographer-revealed-as-ai-fraud/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/viral-instagram-photographer-has-a-confession-his-photos-are-ai-generated/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/remembering-crazy-eddie-his-prices-were-insane https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/retail-king-crazy-eddie-antar-led-an-even-crazier-real-life/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/books/review-retail-gangster-gary-weiss.html

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0:00.0	Scam, come, rob a free, and frog, scam, come, rob a free, and frog, scam, gotis.
0:19.2	What's poppin' congregation itch your girl Lacey Moseley aka scam, gotis coming back
0:23.6	with another installment of the podcast, scam, gotis, all about fraud, robbery, and those
0:28.4	who practiced it, sometimes we love them, sometimes we hate them, y'all know the vibes?
0:32.6	Alright, pair of social girls, how y'all doing out there?
0:36.0	For real?
0:37.0	That's crazy.
0:39.1	You can respond with that's crazy to anything and it works, okay?
0:41.8	You can be like, oh I got hit by a car, that's crazy.
0:44.0	Oh I'm getting married, that's crazy.
0:46.0	I guess that's kind of rude though, y'all go with it though.
0:48.4	Anyways, I'm very what?
0:50.0	Yes, excited, elated, thrilled for today's guest.
0:53.2	Today we have on an amazing writer, mental health activist, and comedian who I met many
0:59.0	months ago doing a scam, Buzzfeed.
1:02.9	Check out her long running podcast just between us which I have been on with her co-hosts
1:08.0	Gabe Dunn.
1:09.0	She and Gabe authored The New York Times best-selling book, I hate everyone but you, a novel about best
1:14.3	friends.
1:15.3	Now she has a new book out entitled, Overthinking About You, Navigating Romantic Relationships
1:19.5	when you have anxiety, OCD, and or depression, I will be picking this up and manifesting
1:24.5	a relationship to have anxiety and congregation.
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