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Scam Goddess

Zadeh Kicks: The Greatest Sneakerhead Swindle LIVE! w/ Wayne Brady, Carl Tart, & Oscar Montoya

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

On this very special 300th episode, Laci welcomes Wayne Brady (Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Let’s Make a Deal), Carl Tart (Grand Crew, SNL), and Oscar Montoya (Minx, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place) for a hilarious chat about all things sneakers. Wayne, Carl, and Oscar share their personal experiences with scams, including some of their first jobs. Laci regales the crew with what's hot in fraud, from folks saying nah to Klarna payments, to rival turkey hut explosions, and the long-overdue call for justice for Blade. Plus, they break down the biggest sneaker swindle in history: the wild story of Zadeh Kicks. Stay schemin’! Wayne Brady and Jonathan Mangum are improv nerds! Listen to Wayne Brady's What If?! with Jonathan Mangum wherever you get your podcasts. Did you miss out on a custom signed Scam Goddess book? Look no more, nab your copy on PODSWAG Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at [email protected]. CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Wayne Brady: @mrbradybaby Carl Tart: @dammitcarl Oscar Montoya: @ozzymo Research by Kathryn Doyle SOURCES https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-300-million-sneaker-king-comes-undone-11667570874 https://www.justice.gov/usao-or/pr/zadeh-kicks-owner-and-chief-financial-officer-plead-guilty-80-million-wire-fraud-and https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/22/zadeh-kicks-pleads-guilty-fraud-eugene/ https://www.nicekicks.com/the-rise-fall-and-implosion-of-zadeh-kicks-and-why-it-matters-beyond-the-sneaker-world/ https://www.klcc.org/economy-business/2022-08-08/eugene-sneaker-business-charged-in-fraud-scheme https://www.klcc.org/crime-law-justice/2023-07-16/19m-in-back-taxes-85m-in-fraud-and-two-arrests-the-case-of-zadeh-kicks

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, welcome to my Tiny Desk concert.

0:06.3

Scams comes robberies and frauds.

0:17.5

Scams. Come on.

0:24.6

Robbery at front.

0:28.6

I'm going to eat that one again because y'all was shy.

0:34.6

I'm going to get an entail.

0:35.6

Robbery

0:38.0

at fraud

0:40.3

scam gardens.

0:43.2

There we go.

0:44.0

Come on.

0:44.4

It's only like 58 y'allet.

0:45.9

We got a, we got a filled aroma.

0:48.8

Thank you.

0:52.9

So tonight we'll be joined by some very special guests that I adore.

0:57.7

The first one, you might recognize him as Richie in the series Minks, Dropout TV, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, and Dix the musical.

1:09.2

Or you might recognize him from my podcast in a very viral New York Times episode about

1:15.1

Ilaria Baldwin.

1:17.3

Please give it up for Oscar Montaia!

1:20.2

Thank you. Next up.

1:33.3

You might know him from the hilarious show,

1:35.6

Grand 2, History of the World Part 2, Brooklyn 9-9,

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