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Pyramid Scheme with Tom and Justin

Sauropod: Podcasting the 21st Century

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Professors Tom McCartan and Justin Zeppa take you inside one of history's most mysterious structures, the Great Pyramid of Giza. How was it constructed? What purpose did it serve? Who are the characters hellbent on unlocking its mysteries with gunpowder blasts and fun robot cameras? And why is it such a magnet for international litterbugs? Explore the secrets of ancient Egypt from the safety and comfort of this verrry authoritative podcast. Get your notebooks ready: mystery school is now in ...
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A sparkling 8-part comedic, musical, radio drama series, original and unique, Grace Under Pressure follows “the simple story of a woman alone in New York in the ‘90s, an age of diminished expectations.” Inappropriate affairs, office sexual politics, pyramid scheme fraud, cynical art-world pay-to-play, sweatshop fashion, even the AIDS crisis, dealt with the light touch, suggestive humor and speedy delivery of screwball comedy. Grace under Pressure began as an Off-Off Broadway project in 1992, ...
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Ponzinomics 101

Melissa Milner and Robert FitzPatrick

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Ponzinomics 101 is a monthly educational podcast for anyone interested in learning more about multi-level marketing (aka MLMs), and why it should be avoided. Hosts Melissa Milner and Robert FitzPatrick want this podcast to be a helpful resource for teachers and parents and will provide valuable information that is not currently being taught in our public schools, colleges, and universities about MLMs and similar dangerous schemes.
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Gravy Baby

Drew Morgan

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You've heard of toxic positivity, right? Well Gravy Baby is a podcast that practices positive toxicity. Drew Morgan, Carmen Morales, and DJ Lewis bring you toxic views with positive thoughts. Gravy Baby is Good Vibes for Trash People. Come on in
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iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

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Welcome to iilluminaughtii, the podcast that is all about debunking bad business. Whether it's a pyramid scheme or a charity stealing money, everything (and anything) business-related is on the table. Blair Zoń is ready to dig into the underbelly of the business world to find out where your money and time really goes. Subscribe now to make sure you don't miss any of episodes delivered fresh every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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Your Favorite Band Sucks

Your Favorite Band Sucks

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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/yfbspod/subscribe Let’s review: there’s no good art and it’s a red flag for adults to have a favorite band. Naturally, most of you will disagree. That's fine. Just pretend it's a drinking game. An algorithm randomly assigns the band Mark & Tyler destroy in every episode. Start on one everybody knows is trash, like The Beatles. But soon you'll realize culture is a pyramid scheme and your favorite band is just the soundtrack to a fake vintage t-shirt ...
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The only podcast dedicated to discussing the predatory & dangerous business practices behind Multi Level Marketing - MLM, the sugarcoated term for "pyramid scheme." We'll be bringing you quality snark, expert guest hosts, & damning evidence that will only make you say YIKES. New episodes each Monday. Subscribe on the platform of your choice - and don't worry, we won't harass you to join our team, call you "hun," or imply you need to lose that baby weight. #antimlmmovement 🚫🔺 Listen, laugh, a ...
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In 2015, thousands of hopeful retailers bought into LuLaRoe, one of the largest MLM clothing companies, only to have their dreams dashed. Before long, lawsuits and allegations that LuLaRoe was operating a pyramid scheme started filing in from retailers, many of them women and stay-at-home moms who had risked their homes, their bank accounts, and their relationships with close family and friends in an effort to be their own boss by selling LuLaRoe leggings.Join BuzzFeed News reporter Stephani ...
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Words With Wista is my not-so-personal diary. I talk pop culture, politics, internet chaos, money messes, and whatever else is living rent-free in my head. Sometimes it’s funny, sometimes it’s messy, sometimes it’s serious. Either way, you’re hearing my thoughts out loud.
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Historical Blindness

Nathaniel Lloyd

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Historical Blindness is a podcast about history’s myths, mysteries, and misconceptions. By examining cases of outrageous hoaxes, pernicious conspiracy theory, mass delusion, baffling mysteries and unreliable historiography, host Nathaniel Lloyd searches for insights into modern religious belief and political culture.
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That's So Fcked Up

Ashley Love Richards

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That's So Fcked Up is a true crime lite podcast primarily about cults, but also murder and other generally awful things. TSFU brings you enthralling stories while looking at what causes them to happen. Join host Ashley Love Richards as she and her various co-hosts discuss what inspires people to do the awful things that they do. Nature? Nurture? Society? Let's investigate from our couches together!
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No Need For Apologies

GaS Digital Network

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Comedians and best friends, Dave Temple & Derek Gaines are two opinionated and hilarious dudes from Philly, who don't believe in apologizing...ever! Tune-in as we discuss various topics ranging from pop culture to what’s going on in their personal life and break them down in an unapologetic fashion...this is No Need for Apologies!
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Conspiracy Theories

Spotify Studios

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The world’s most controversial events, and the complex beliefs behind them. From Bigfoot sightings to bitcoin takeovers, alien landings to assassinations, who’s shaping the narrative — and why? Conspiracy Theories is a Spotify Podcast. New episodes Wednesdays. Watch episodes and more on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@ConspiracyTheoriesPodcast
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The Newmann Show

luiggi newmann

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This podcast isn't just about growing up in the greatest city in the world; it's about experiencing the chaotic beauty, the unexpected adventures, and the friendships that define a true New Yorker's journey. From navigating the vibrant streets as kids to living through some truly unbelievable times, you'll hear firsthand accounts of wild conversations from childhood memories to aliens and everyday topics we can all relate to with some good laughs.
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Jambalaya Grade School is exactly how you remember life at your own school—the school mascot died sort of tragically, and then so did the next mascot, and the next; 4th grade recess devolved into a gang war, fulfilling an ancient prophecy etched into the bottom of the playground slide; the kindergarten classroom caught fire, marking the 8th year-in-a-row—the usual stuff you repressed from your chilhood. We sure get some wacky sponsors, too. Oh, and the Vice Principal plays a parody song each ...
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The End of Sport

The End of Sport

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Become a Paid Subscriber for EARLY access to episodes and EXTRA content: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/endofsport/subscribe In The End of Sport, academics Derek Silva, Johanna Mellis, and Nathan Kalman-Lamb provide critical commentary, analysis, and interviews on sport and society. The End of Sport Podcast raises questions about the role of sport in our daily lives and whether or not we can reimagine sport and sporting cultures in the future.
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Renew Church NZ

Renew Church NZ

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Renew Church NZ podcast Renew Church NZ is a New Zealand based church founded in 1977 in Whangarei. Led by Senior Pastors Symon and Kristy Drake, Renew Church NZ aims to present the gospel in a contemporary manner to every generation. Renew Church NZ and Renew Music are joint in their aim of being a family of believers celebrating God’s goodness, demonstrating His love and equipping His people to change the world.
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The Handstandcast

Handstand Factory

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A podcast on all things handbalancing and more by Emmet Louis and Mikael Kristiansen. We go into why we teach handbalancing the way we do, chat with notable handbalancers and explore all corners of the handbalance universe. You can support us through purchasing our programs at handstandfactory.com/programs Produced by Motion Impulse.
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Gonz Podcast

Andres Gonzalez

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Motivation. Current Topics. Fashion. Comedy. Music. Sports. Entrepreneurship. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andres-gonzalez/support
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This is Your 20s

Meredith Breda & Elyse Naoma

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The Wellbeing Podcast for Young Go-Getters ✨ Radically honest convos about mental, physical and spiritual health for 20-somethings ✨ Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thisisyour20s/support
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WolfsCampFire

WolfsCampFire

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Im a horror narrator on YouTube, and love all things spooky. So.. whether you're sitting around the campfire, on the night shift, or even laying in bed... let my voice soothe your nightmares. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wolfscampfire/support
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The Chase

Dan Mitchell

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I'm an entrepreneur who is obsessed with fulfilling my potential. I want to make it my mission that my audience doesn't make the same mistakes that I did. I'll be conducting interviews, talking about relevant topics, but most importantly, inspiring everyone to fucking believe in themselves
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Nick, Katie and friends shoot the shit about social justice issues, politics and pop culture. We discuss current events and political issues from a progressive perspective that is pro-animal liberation, anti-racist, pro-feminist, pro-queer, pro-environment and anti-capitalist. Our podcast gives a voice to Left, progressive and anarchist voices and ideas that are neglected in the mainstream media.
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Deception Detection

Alanda Carter

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Welcome to Deception Detection, hosted by Alanda Carter aka The Recovering Hunbot. This is the place to learn about the perils of deceptive business opportunities, what they are, why they are harmful, and how to avoid falling for them. If you, a friend, or family member been approached by someone that offers a work from home opportunity claiming it has an unlimited earnings opportunity, and requires those who join to purchase products in order to sell the product, that should be a HUGE red f ...
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A North Texas reality television husband and wife are now convicted felons after a federal jury found they ran a multi-million-dollar pyramid scheme that prosecutors say preyed on trust inside the Black community during the pandemic. A Georgia man saved his mother from a burning home, then lost his life after going back inside to rescue the family …
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This week on Words With Wista, the scams are scamming, and the timeline is spiraling. We break down a $25M pyramid scheme that took thousands for a ride, influencer divorce news that didn’t shock me but sent their followers into a tailspin, and the growing dangers of parasocial relationships when people confuse internet access with real life. On th…
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🎁 On the tenth day of Faves-Mas TSFU gave to me... TSFU: Ep. 139- MLM Madness: Holiday Magic- Homemaking and Felating Dildos (with Fallon, Dec 2023) Have you heard of Holiday Magic?! It's an MLM that successfully ran from 1964-1974, and was created by a dude (obviously) who saw a bunch of home products and cosmetics in someone's garage one day and …
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A long-delayed quadruple murder trial is now underway in New Jersey, with prosecutors and defense attorneys laying out starkly different versions of how an entire family was wiped out inside their own home. A North Texas reality television husband and wife are now convicted felons after a federal jury found they ran a multi-million-dollar pyramid s…
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Would you rather that your attention were a resource freely directed toward your interests, or a measure of how many ads can be propelled into your eyeballs in a single session? Our attention has been commodified, and an entire industry is trying to wring out every possible instance of it. D. Graham Burnett, a professor of history at Princeton, and…
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25,000 square miles. 2000 missing people and planes. Failures from the largest search and rescue missions in history. The arid region between Las Vegas, Reno, and Fresno sees roughly 3 disappearances a month. It’s called The Nevada Triangle, and Bermuda’s got nothing on this. Keep up with Conspiracy Theories! Instagram: @theconspiracypod TikTok: ⁠⁠…
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A former high-end chef, famous for his Italian cuisine is cuffed by cops; accused of hitting several banks. And this is not the first time the culinary king has traded his cutlery for robbery. A teen terror is behind bars after trying to incinerate his "friend" and family in a propane-fueled house fire...as part of a twisted assassination plot. Plu…
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A grandfather, is gunned down, shot in the back of his head while pulling weeds from his beloved garden by a random madman cops say. The hunt continues for the thug who opened fire on a car blinding an 11yo girl...in a broad daylight ambush. Plus, a skillet scandal with a side of assault. Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv…
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A son bludgeons his mom to death with an electronic skateboard, then he causally lights up his crackpipe while sitting next to her corpse. Parents leave their 14yo girl to fend for herself, FOR A YEAR, in feces-filled squalor before a good Samaritan spots her and calls the cops. Plus, a "Home Alone" actor busted trying to buy some 'company.' Jennif…
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A long-delayed quadruple murder trial is now underway in New Jersey, with prosecutors and defense attorneys laying out starkly different versions of how an entire family was wiped out inside their own home. A Minnesota man is accused of beating his elderly roommate to death after the roommate called his girlfriend a “fatso,” then hiding the body un…
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Shock ripples through a small North Carolina town after its police chief is jailed on child sex charges, with prosecutors detailing allegations involving secret photos taken while a child slept. A tight-knit Missouri community is mourning after a one-year-old boy died in a tragic accident involving a toy slide at an in-home daycare. Drew Nelson rep…
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Barry Morphew has once again entered a plea of not guilty in connection with the alleged murder of his wife, Suzanne Morphew, who was reported missing over three years ago. Suzanne's remains were discovered in September 2023, following her disappearance on Mother's Day in May 2020. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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A toddler’s fatal shooting inside an Alabama home is now a criminal case as prosecutors charge his mother, saying unsecured firearms turned a brief moment of inattention into a deadly outcome. A running car is stolen in Atlanta with a sleeping girl inside, a case officers call a parent’s worst nightmare. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/list…
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We are returning to regular programming as of January 2026! This week on The End of Sport, we are excited to cross-post a conversation we recently had with Miguel Garcia on his excellent podcast, Sports as a Weapon. With the 2025-26 College Football Playoff (CFP) cycle upon us, there is no better time to peel back the spectacle and examine the mach…
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A Michigan probate judge who called herself a “new racist” is now off the bench after more than a year on paid leave following secretly recorded calls. A Texas death row inmate convicted of a brutal double killing is now two weeks from execution after exhausting his appeals. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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During a court appearance in Clay County, Daricka M. Moore entered not guilty pleas to a total of 11 charges, which encompass capital murder, first-degree murder, attempted murder of a minor, attempted sexual assault, burglary, and vehicle theft, but told reporters he killed “13”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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• Seventy years later, an Alabama disappearance remains the state’s longest-running cold case • Mississippi authorities charge a suspect after six people are killed in a series of shootings • A former federal agent goes on trial in Virginia in the deaths of his wife and another man • Florida schedules its first execution of the year in a case datin…
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In this year's season premiere, I return to my series on the myths and legends of the Indiana Jones franchise, this time examining the ideas underpinning the recent video game, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, leading me to all kinds of claims about ancient landmarks aligning and their origin in the concept of ley lines. Check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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A jealous ex-husband will be hauled back to Ohio to face charges, and the needle, for the Ohio execution death of a beloved dentist & his wife. A monster father is convicted for committing a decade of death, slaughtering his 5 infant children and then tossing them out like trash. One baby boy was found stuffed in a sunken cooler. Plus, a tyke's tel…
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A So Cal woman unleashed by a judge after killing a cyclist allegedly murders two more innocent people in a high-speed hit & run. A stalker ex-husband is indicted in the smothering chemical execution ambush - that melted a mom of threes insides. Plus, Cali cops on the hunt for a "less attractive" Jason Statham. Jennifer Gould reports. See omnystudi…
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An arrest warrant has been issued for an Emmy-winning actor/director & husband of a 'Little House on the Prairie" icon. He's wanted for alleged child sex abuse of two brothers on a TV set. A marriage fix turns into a sex assault horror when a patient is straddled & licked by her therapist. Plus, a Louisiana woman trades a mermaid tail for jail! Jen…
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An arrest ends a ten-day manhunt in the killings of an Ohio dentist and his wife, a case that left two young children alive inside the home where their parents were shot to death. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Crime Online
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A Florida sheriff is calling it a betrayal of trust after deputies say the executive director of an assisted living facility stole jewelry from elderly residents and sold it at pawn shops. At least three inmates are dead and more than a dozen others are injured after a violent disturbance at a medium-security prison near Augusta. Drew Nelson report…
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In a surprising turn of events on Monday, a federal judge announced plans to conduct an evidentiary hearing to assess whether the seizure and search of Luigi Mangione's backpack at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, during his arrest was conducted legally. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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A boy wakes up from a coma and tells his mother he was shot on purpose by his 10-year-old friend. A Florida man is behind bars after police say a woman was killed and her body was left on a popular South Florida beach. Drew Nelson reports. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Crime Online
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A four-year-old boy is recovering after being shot in the face during what police say was a violent breakup dispute in south Phoenix, Arizona. “Dad, why can’t I see?” are the last words an eleven-year-old girl spoke to her father after she was shot in the head while sitting in the front passenger seat of her family’s car in California. Drew Nelson …
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The 61-year-old actress deleted her account after the Albuquerque Police Department (APD) issued an arrest warrant accusing Busfield, 68, of engaging in illegal sexual behavior with two minors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Crime Online
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A fourteen-year-old is under arrest in Florida after deputies say he tried to kill his former friend’s whole family by setting their home on fire while they were asleep. A self-driving car turns a dangerous situation in Arizona after driving onto active rail tracks, forcing its passenger to flee as a train approaches. Drew Nelson reports. See omnys…
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A forty-year-old New Jersey man is under arrest after police say he threw a rock into a school bus on the New Jersey Turnpike, fracturing the skull of an eight-year-old girl. An arrest warrant is now active in New Mexico after police accuse West Wing actor Timothy Busfield of sexually abusing child actors on the set of a TV show. Drew Nelson report…
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A 24-year-old man from Mississippi has been charged with the murder of six individuals, including his father, brother, uncle, a 7-year-old cousin, a church pastor, and the pastor's brother, during a violent spree across three locations on Friday night, according to law enforcement officials. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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The 1st District Court of Appeal has decided to hold oral arguments in the case of Charlie Adelson, who is seeking a retrial after being convicted for his role in the 2014 murder-for-hire of law professor Dan Markel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Crime Online
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LISTEN TO PART I AND PART II FIRST! Sean Moon is the youngest son of Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church (aka the Moonies), and his wife Hak Ja Han. He's a far-right extremist, Trump-loving rapper, and leader of the Rod of Iron Ministries. Sean loves AR-15s and bullet crowns, and hates his mother, who he refers to as the Whore of Baby…
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This week on Words With Wista, we’re running through absolute whiplash as a tragedy in Minnesota sparks protests, Denmark makes it clear that invading Greenland would be a very bad idea, and global tensions continue to escalate. We also get into a missing Chicago teacher, a heartbreaking family tragedy in South Florida, pastors claiming God wants V…
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It kind of seems like political corruption should be illegal, doesn’t it? Whether it’s happening on the right or the left, the whole filthy ordeal has made our government more dysfunctional for everyone. How did we get to this place where corruption isn’t just allowed but expected? This week, Adam talks with investigative journalist David Sirota ab…
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In 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson vanished into the Pacific Ocean. It made national news; “Sister Aimee” was the founder of the Foursquare Church, with hundreds of thousands of members. After six weeks, Aimee returned, claiming she’d been kidnapped. But Los Angeles officials weren't so sure. Was it a miracle? Or a hoax? Keep up with Conspiracy Theori…
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We begin with a troubling and unresolved mystery from Huntsville, Alabama, where a high-profile murder remains unsolved three years after it occurred — leaving family members and investigators still searching for answers. Federal authorities say they disrupted a planned New Year’s Eve attack in North Carolina, allegedly inspired by the Islamic Stat…
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