Sounds like MLM but ok

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How Boomer the Tabby's Purr-a-Mid Scheme Exposed Gary Young - TAKE 2 Oct 08, 2018

Show notes

Unless you were an early adopter of the ill-fated original Boomer episode, many of you thought you missed it. You didn't! We re-recorded it because we realized it just wasn't up to par with what we usually produce. So here's the reincarnation of Boomer! Boomer 2: Electric Boomarlo

How is a 20lb tabby cat our new anti-MLM hero and mascot? What did he pull on Gary Young, founder of Young Living Essential Oils, to expose him for the fraud he is? Katie explains it all to Sasha and gets into the nitty gritty of Young's priors which is absolutely astounding. (And by Young we mean Gary, not Katie.)

CONTENT WARNING: INFANT/CHILD LOSS IS DISCUSSED FROM TIMESTAMPS 14:55 - 19:22

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders & Ashleigh Walls

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Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @ScamBamTYMaam

Intro: Ryan Little - "Kick Push" Bumper 1: Stray Cats - "Stray Cat Strut" Bumper 2: Inner Circle - "Bad Boys" Outro: Burt Bacharach Soundtrack Instrumental - "What's New Pussycat?" leading into Tom Jones - "What's New Pussycat?""

MLM: Mormons Losing Money? An Interview with Ryan McKnight Sep 20, 2018

Show notes

Have you ever wondered about the correlation between MLM and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? Of course you have! Most of us have. But is there really a correlation? Are they really connected? In this episode, we talk with former church member and founder of MormonLeaks, Ryan McKnight, about the relationship between MLM, the church, and its members. You don't want to miss this!

Ryan's website, MormonLeaks: MormonLeaks.io

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders & Ashleigh Walls

Our NEW website! Donate to our Patreon (we've got great rewards!) or buy some merch. This is our new hub - you can find all of our social media here, too: slmlmbutok.com

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @ScamBamTYMaam

Intro & Outro: Ryan Little - "Kick Push"

Aw Shucks! A Trip Around the MLM Pearl World Sep 12, 2018

Show notes

We are BACK with our NEW WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE! Katie Young and Sasha Zazzi dive right into the calm blue sea to look at oysters - wait, where do they come from? We talk Vantel in this episode, the crazy phenomenon of pearl parties on FB Live, and how to not be an asshole. Sasha also explains her FB social experiment when she posed as an MLM pearl shucker for a night - she had to watch a lot of Nathan Fielder's "Nathan For You" to prepare to not break character and stay cool and collected in the biz world.

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Article Reference (God Bless Buzzfeed): https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/leticiamiranda/pearl-parties-are-taking-over-facebook-live-but-buyer-beware

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders, Ashleigh Walls, Janelle Ireland

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @ScamBamTYMaam (Damn it should've been Clam Bam TY Maam just for this episode)

Intro: Ryan Little - "Kick Push" First Bumper: ZZ Top - "Pearl Necklace" Second Bumper: The Cramps - "Hot Pearl Snatch" Outro: Tiny Topsy - "Aw Shucks!"

Not Such a "Smooth Character": Why We "Wouldn't Walk a Mile for a Camel" MLM Aug 29, 2018

Show notes

For those interested in skipping ahead to the video after listening to the audio portion, skip to 41:06 on the episode on our Youtube Channel.

Katie and Sasha discuss a very strange and mysterious, supposed MLM, per the press releases released a few months ago. However, there isn't a way to contact anyone, even if you call their "Hump Day" number. The mystery starts with a baby camel, and ends with Katie and Sasha trying freeze dried camel milk, recorded on video and uploaded to youtube. (Your earholes can get it as a regular podcast episode, but we recommend you head over to youtube to see the video - it's worth it.)

SLMLMBUTOK - NOW DIRECT TO VIDEO! We will have Youtube Exclusive Content, so make sure to subscribe!

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders, Ashleigh Walls, Janelle Ireland

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @SlamBamTYMaam (I'm lonely, please laugh at my jokes. I live tweeted my experience re-watching "Scott's Tots" recently)

Intro Music: Ryan Little - "Kick Push" Outro Music: Fannypack - "Camel Toe"

THE FTC WON'T LET ME BE: How a Dumpster Fire Was Actually a BurnLounge Aug 20, 2018

Show notes

On this week's 'pode, Katie and Sasha get into the failed MLM "BurnLounge" that was branded as a pyramid scheme several years ago, only looking to start "BurnLounge 3.0" up soon. (Maybe. And maybe we can milk another episode out of this disaster.) "BurnLounge" was like owning an iTunes franchise - except you got paid in "burn points" instead of cash, until you paid to go up to the highest level, "Mogul" at $430. (Even then, for each 99 song that was downloaded off your website, reps would only receive 5c.) This ambitious MLM said it would combine "iTunes, Ebay, Myspace, and Netflix." It's no surprise it was illegal af. Give it a listen and let us know what you think, 'cause this is one of the worst ones we've discovered.

We are the first and only anti-MLM podcast. We are completely against the predatory nature of multi-level-marketing schemes, and we are part of the Anti MLM Coalition and the #AntiMLMmovement. Things may be portrayed in a humorous light, but we take consumer advocacy very seriously. If you are in an MLM, there are ways to get out. We promise.

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders, Janelle Ireland, Ashleigh Walls

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot (make this woman a cool anti-MLM, punk, anti-capitalist ringtone) Sasha: @ScamBamTYMaam (follow her for the sake of her own vanity and loneliness)

Music featured: Ryan Little - Kick Push [name redacted] - Gettin' Really High, Gettin' Really Drunk (opener for Afroman concert) Let's All Go to the Lobby HEYAYAYAYAYAYAYA The Original Keyboard Cat (press F to pay respects) Desired - Sayonara

Video Promo Clip

Other Suggested Media Chromeo album, "Head Over Heels" (Dave1 winked and smiled at Sasha at a show once.) Van Morrison - And it Stoned Me Midnight Pulp : cheesy horror and exploitation films

And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like Jelly Roll And it stoned me And it stoned me to my soul Stoned me just like goin' home And it stoned me

Lie, Cheat, and Steal Podcast

REMEMBER, ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT AND DON'T GET SCAMMED!

What's New Pussycat? NO NO NO NO Aug 13, 2018

Show notes

These are MLMs that reps are encouraging people to join immediately to get it on the "ground floor" for 2018. If being successful in an MLM is all about working hard and educating people about why your product is the best, why should it matter if you get in on the ground floor? I thought hard work and dedication is all it took!

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders and Ashleigh Walls

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @ScamBamTYMaam

Music featured:

All music featured is Ryan Little

Remember, always read the fine print and don't get scammed!

A Decade in Scamway, er, Amway Aug 06, 2018

Show notes

On this week's episode, Sasha and Katie sit down with very busy mother Allison Briner Kraft, as she shares the harrowing details about the 10 years she spent in Amway. Based on her account, Amway is, without a doubt, a cult that is difficult to break away from. As one of the oldest MLMs, the company has fine-tuned itself to be one of the most predatory of its kind in the network marketing industry.

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders and Ashleigh Walls

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @ScamBamTYMaam

Music featured:

"Kick Push," Ryan Little

"Broken," Jorm

Remember, always read the fine print and don't get scammed!

Invasion of the Hunbots: Their Tactics, and How You Can Politely Decline Their Offers Aug 01, 2018

Show notes

Two days late, but we are here! We believe this is a keynote episode for season 2 - everyone who has been approached by a "hunbot" (which we define in the episode for those new to the movement) needs to have a few responses in their arsenal of replies so no one feels obligated to engage in their sales pitches. Sasha and Katie discuss some of the more common manipulative approaches MLM reps may use to guilt you into a sale or joining their team, but they also ensure that the responses they suggest you can use are RESPECTFUL to the rep. It should never be our intention to bully them or go out of our way to hurt them. Most of them are victims of the MLM structure themselves.

Please rate, subscribe, and share with your friends - spread the #antimlmmovement!

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders and Ashleigh Walls

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @SlamBamTYMaam

Mar-CATing 101: The Basics of Channeling Your Inner Feline for Marketing Success Before You Vomit on the Carpet (inspired by Donn Mason's 1961 vinyl record "How to Overcome Sales Objections") Pearls Gone Wild - Come Join the Sashas in the Freaky Tiki on Saturday, August 4, 6PM PST, for some clams, sass, and satire in the best damn pearl party you've ever seen

Music featured:

"Kick Push," Ryan Little "Urban Hip Hop Stinger," Pond5 Standard Commercial License "リサフランク420 / 現代のコンピュー" (Lisa Frank 420 / Modern Computing)", Macintosh Plus, Floral Shoppe Harry Owens Remote 1940s Radio Gilligan's Island Instrumental "Martinis On Mars," Pond5 Standard Commercial License

Remember to always read the fine print, and don't get scammed!

Sounds like MLM but Okily Dokily! Pop Culture Critiques in Media Jul 23, 2018

Show notes

SOUNDS LIKE MLM BUT OKILY DOKILY!

Hi diddly ho, anti-MLMerinos! We're back with SEASON TWO! Come listen to our podcast's "glow up" which includes... BETTER AUDIO!! To kick off our new beginning, Sasha and Katie got to binge watch a lot of television to bring you this special, educational episode explaining MLM satire in comedic sitcoms or black comedy movies. We will bring you some classic, nostalgic clips that will make you laugh out loud while still focusing on how utterly ridiculous multi-level-marketing is.

Bonuses: Sasha and Katie (yet again) promote the Target Wine Cube without sponsorship, Sasha obsesses over the first 8 seasons of "The Simpsons" (the best episodes) several times throughout the episode, and a little tribute to Boomer, the 20 lb, healthy, tabby cat who exposed the Young Living Cancun Clinic as a scam through a simple blood test, and we end with a lil' Mel Brooks music number. If you're a Simpsons fan, I recommend listening to the very end of the episode past the outro music.

Produced by Sasha Zazzi IT and Technical Development provided by PodcastDaddy Advisory Members: Summer Sanders and Ashleigh Walls

Reach out to us: podcast@slmlmbutok.com

Find us on social media: Facebook group - Sounds like MLM but ok (-ay) Facebook page - Sounds like MLM but ok podcast Twitter: @SLMLMbutok Instagram: @SLMLMbutok Youtube: soundslikemlmbutok

Follow our Twitters! Katie: @MLMRiot Sasha: @SlamBamTYMaam (I'm lonely, please laugh at my jokes. I live tweeted my experience re-watching "Scott's Tots" recently)

Intro and Outro Music: Ryan Little - "Kick Push" Bumper Music: Teen Titans - Pyramid Scheme

REMEMBER TO ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT, AND DON'T GET SCAMMED! (And only watch the first 8 seasons of The Simpons.)

Sounds like MLM but ok After Dark Jun 04, 2018

Show notes

Sasha and Katie take a look at some of the more interesting products of MLMs in the bedroom (and some of weird methods of using them). Don't forget your Wine Cube from Target!

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