Leslie Golden was a pole dancer in small town, Texas, with a teeny Instagram following

until a whirlwind weekend in LA where she blew up online.

From there, she entered a new world.

One where partying in LA mansions, jet-setting to Thailand and getting glammed up for brand campaigns was all part of a day's work.

Leslie is just one of many influencers who got famous on the internet and then tried to flip that cloud into a whole new life.

On this blew up, I'm going to show you how social media start and is made, in the spawn con to the contact houses,

and how it all adds up to a new kind of fame that's not always as glamorous as it looks.

When attention is the ultimate currency, what links will you go to to get it?

And who's going to want a piece of your success?

From the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Alyssa Burresna.

This blew up premieres on July 5th on the Ringer dish feed.

Listen on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

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My name is Chris Ryan.

I am an editor at theRinger.com and joining me on the other line, the Lula of Podcasting!

He's back! It's Andy Greenwald!

We had some time in the wilderness.

But now we're back.

Andy Greenwald back on the West Coast where he belongs, soaking up the sun,

considering doing half-marathons, talking about how much he loves the consistent weather of Los Angeles.

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