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In Season 2 we look at a world just as shady and mysterious as MLMs, but one whose promises are at times even more bombastic and unfathomable: WELLNESS. What is it? Who sells it? And will it bring you eternal happiness…and, perhaps, eternal life? Hear more great stories about complicated people from Witness Docs at witnesspodcasts.com.
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1We’ve all got that friend or cousin who steadily hawks some overpriced miracle drink, leggings, or shampoo on social media. They aren’t just trying to sell you something, but would like to offer you the opportunity of a lifetime to achieve riches while working from home on your own terms. You’ve probably been too afraid, or too loving, or too reasonable to confront them. Not us. This season on The Dream we go inside the world of multi-level marketing to expose this pyramid-shaped business model for what it is. Join us on this bizarre journey filled with snake oil salesmen, shifty millionaires, struggling single moms, and a few sweet grandmas.
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What happened when LulaRoe tried to save their business by operating less like an MLM? Exactly what you think if you’ve been listening long enough. Although this time, there are people in power that are mad, like file-a-lawsuit mad.
This is 1 of 4 bonus episodes we’re releasing as additional reporting from season 1.
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The unbelievable origin story of LulaRoe.
This is 2 of 4 bonus episodes we’re releasing as additional reporting from season 1.
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There’s no better way to build a loyal downline than with a magnetic atmosphere and a magnetic leader. Creating devotion to the cause is one technique that keeps the recruits flowing and the pipeline growing.
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Leaving an MLM can be the hardest part of the business.
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Oils, crystals, juices and more have been said to bring us eternal happiness and health- but how much of that is based in truth? Who benefits and loses from the wellness industry as a whole? We’ll be talking to some familiar voices and new ones about broader questions like these in Season 2 of the Dream- premiering December 9th.
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Opportunity might still be knocking… we’ll be back with new episodes in January.
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Verified: Dust Up is a new investigative documentary podcast produced by Witness Docs that poses the question: Could a product so many of us have in our medicine cabinets be putting us at risk?
In the second season of Verified, Host Natasha Del Toro and the Verified team investigate whether a group of women developed ovarian cancer from dusting their bodies with Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder—an iconic brand associated with innocence and comfort since the 1800s. One woman's mysterious illness snowballs into thousands of court cases; a trusted brand fights to convince consumers and regulators that baby powder is safe while minimizing the work of the scientists who claim it is not.
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There’s nothing as intoxicating as piles of money, unless the Feds are watching you count it.
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When opportunity knocks, open the front door.
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The fortune you seek can be yours for just $169 down.
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If you dream it, you can (probably?) achieve it.
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Friends are the family you choose to add to your downline.
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Be careful what you wish for, unless it's debt.
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What’s holding you back from reaching your full potential?
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The road to success is paved with convention tickets.
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A wise woman once said, “You need to go.”
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The dream of our founders is alive.
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When a job becomes a hobby.
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Products and cures you can’t find at the doctor might just be the medicine you want.
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As an ICU nurse, listening to this entire episode and having to hear passages from that book made my eyes roll back so far into my head I think I detached my retinas. And I KNOW fellow nurses who sell Young Living and DoTerra. 🤦♀️
I knew it! I knew it! those vitamins and minerals and all that is a sham lol. can't wait to tell my wife that I was right
Oh I heard an episode on this on Dateline
This was an awesome episode! Listening to you describe growing up around your family members participating in various MLMs really hit home for my sister and I as we grew up. Our Mom and Grandma both did Avon, Mary Kay, Pampered Chef, the Tupperware crap, and the jewelry parties. Neither of them participate anymore and I hadn't thought much about it til listening to your podcast. I plan on getting the low down from my Mom next time we talk... I've never heard the details. I came across your podcast from an online news article listing the top podcasts of 2020... I then proceeded to spend the day "binge listening" to the entire season 😬 It's great that you guys are shedding light on these shady companies and unscrupulous "business" tactics--love your podcast!
"Eventually there will be a peasant in Bangladesh who can't come up with the money and then the game would die." This woman sounds fucking disgusting.
season 2 just kind of abruptly ended. I feel confused.
This show went from awesome to political commentary in half a season. unsubscribed.
I too was not impressed with the woman who was "at the top" and how she took a class on how people spent their money?
Season 1 was great, however season 2 does not particularly focus on MLM businesses; the episode about birth really had no relevance, apart from the vague discussion of "complimentary treatments". I enjoyed the episode about vitamins and dietary supplements despite you not relating this back to MLM companies, as it was still informative.
Love this show. I’ve learned so much!
Disagree about the adrenal fatigue being false. Both of my endocrinologists diagnosed me with a hormonal deficiency and they said as a side effect of it, that I have adrenal fatigue. They didn’t prescribe anything for it, but did for my overall hormonal issues.
Funny how Jane’s reporting of claims for Holiday Magic says “anyone who fails at Holiday Magic is lazy, stupid, greedy or dead.” But in season 2 the amount of times she tried to profile people who like alternative health was a lot. She was constantly saying how desperate they were 🧐
Wait.. she only makes $42K per year?!? And she’s at the top of the ladder?
To be fair, mindset work is a key part in almost all areas on entrepreneurship and it has been really helpful for me while growing my business, gaining confidence and overcoming self doubt.
So what this is all telling me is that being so skeptical isn’t really helping you because you miss out on the power of the mind with your placebo response. Also maybe we should stop relying on so many things outside ourselves, whether medication or wellness modalities and start learning our own natural power of healing.
I’ve been told not to touch receipts from my doctor. At my local health food store all the workers wear one glove and use that for receipts.
It doesn’t seem like journalism to say “I THINK people who go the natural route in fighting cancer are much more likely to die.” You think? Don’t make a claim unless you know. My dad died of cancer while using chemotherapy and since I’ve done my own research. I have a lot of friends who have fought and won their battle with cancer with a change of diet.
How am I supposed to take health advice from someone who still trusts eating Burger King in 2020? lol
sheesh. long winded
gets cut off at the end