We’re talking about our first diet MLM and IT’S A REAL DOOZY! Support us: Hear bonus episodes on PatreonWatch Aubrey's documentaryBuy Aubrey's bookListen to Mike's other podcastGet Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more Links! Herbalife: Weighty Profits and Government Probes Herbalife Exec's Death Prompts Bizarre FalloutAutopsy on Herbalife founder fi ... Show More
Apr 2024
Can WeightWatchers survive the Wegovy era?
<p>WeightWatchers is struggling. Launched in the early 1960s, the brand grew by helping members shed pounds through behavioural change programmes. Then, GLP-1 anti-obesity drugs hit the market, long-time spokesperson and board member Oprah Winfrey announced her departure, and the ... Show More
17m 23s
Mar 2021
002: From Two Failed Dropshipping Businesses to Ecommerce SUCCESS | ACV Keto Gummies Founder Maurah Ruiz
Pageant queen, professional model, and international entrepreneur Maurah Ruiz sits down to speak with Foundr about her journey to launching Acv Gummi. Working as a model, Ruiz knew the struggle of maintaining a healthy diet and a strong immune system. Unable to stand the taste of ... Show More
36m 11s
Jun 2021
Episode 36: Rebecca - Once Upon a Biz - Part 2
<p>In the conclusion of Rebecca's story, we get a bit deeper into the cult aspects and what she started to see and experience. While her new life as a mom was keeping her busy, and her husband's new career kept him away from the weekly team meetings, things with Amway began to un ... Show More
1 h
Jun 2025
Multi-Level Marketing: Your Product is You | 162
<p>Multi-level marketing businesses like Mary Kay, HerbaLife, and Amway are so ubiquitous, it's almost hard to imagine where they started or how deep their influence goes. In this special episode of Scamfluencers, Sarah Hagi talks with Bridget Read about her new book, Little Boss ... Show More
50m 3s
Nov 2024
Metabolic Health, a New Era of Wellness with Dr. Alexandra Sowa, founder of SoWell
Dr. Alexandra Sowa, a dual board-certified physician in internal and obesity medicine and founder of SoWell Health, has dedicated over a decade to transforming her patients' metabolic health, now sharing her expertise with everyone through SoWell’s innovative GLP-1 Support System ... Show More
51m 44s
Jun 2024
This is not a pyramid scheme: Is 'master resell rights' the new MLM?
<p>Every year, thousands of Americans lose money participating in multi-level marketing (MLM). So, last year, when a new business idea that promised to correct MLM's sins bubbled up on Instagram and TikTok, a lot of people hopped off the MLM train, and onto this new one, lured by ... Show More
37m 40s
Sep 2020
Don Lapre: “King of Infomercials”
In the 1990s, Don Lapre made a fortune by convincing people they could get rich by operating 900 numbers. In the early aughts, he marketed a nutritional supplement dubbed “the Greatest Vitamin in the World.” It was a pyramid scheme, and it helped Lapre swindle millions. Learn mor ... Show More
45m 24s
Mar 2021
Episode 10: Ryan McKnight - Mormonism and Multi-Level Marketing Part 2
<p>After tackling topics like cultural moray, the role of women in the LDS faith, and why Utah is rife with MLM's in part one, Ryan and I dive into "Big Pyramid", Mitt Romney's connections to MLM, the affinity fraud of Tahitian Noni Juice, the obsession of outrageous health claim ... Show More
1h 10m
Jul 2025
Bridget Read (on multilevel marketing)
<p>Bridget Read (Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America) is a features writer, journalist, and author. Bridget joins the Armchair Expert to discuss working as a young writer at Vogue during the blog boom, how door-to-door salesmen evolved into multi-level ... Show More
2h 7m