Pyramid scheme
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Search complete. 16 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Pyramid scheme".
Oct 6, 2026
First Time on TV: Lanterns Ep. 8
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3:58JadoniHOST
Um, damn.
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4:00JadoniHOST
Pyramid schemes crazy.
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4:01JatavianPANELIST
Isn't Jon Stewart falling for Forex or any pyramid scheme?
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4:05JadoniHOST
No. No.
The Important Broadcast Module 452: Is He An Expansionist?
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35:43Danny WallaceHOST
Whatever this is, I am going to say, I will go door to door trying to sell this.
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35:50Danny WallaceHOST
And I will set up a pyramid scheme to support it.
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35:52Steve FerdinandoHOST
It's perfect for Pyramid Scheme.
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35:55Steve FerdinandoHOST
Go on.
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35:56Steve FerdinandoHOST
So, I'll give you the back end, the back story.
How to spot a pyramid scheme - Stacie Bosley
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3:22Addison AndersonNARRATOR
And in real life, many earlier joiners lose out too.
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3:27Addison AndersonNARRATOR
Pyramid schemes are illegal in most countries, but they can be difficult to detect.
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3:32Addison AndersonNARRATOR
They're presented as many different things, including gifting groups, investment clubs and multi-level marketing businesses.
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3:39Addison AndersonNARRATOR
The distinction between pyramid schemes and legitimate multi-level marketing can be particularly hazy.
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3:46Addison AndersonNARRATOR
In theory, the difference is that the members of the multi-level marketing companies primarily earn compensation from selling a particular product or a service to retail customers.
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3:56Addison AndersonNARRATOR
while pyramid schemes primarily compensate members for recruitment of new sellers.
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4:01Addison AndersonNARRATOR
In practice, though, many multi-level marketing companies make it all but impossible for members to profit purely through sales.
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4:08Addison AndersonNARRATOR
And many pyramid schemes, like Veeam and Nutrition, disguise themselves as legal multi-level marketing businesses, using a product or service to hide the pay-and-recruit structure.
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21:52JackHOST
... motivational thing.
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21:53JackHOST
Like, of course you don't understand why we're doing, uh, a pyramid scheme.
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21:56JackHOST
It's never been done before.
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21:58JackHOST
Uh-
Lauren Edwards & Xanthe Blaise
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11:16Lauren EdwardsGUEST
Multi-level.
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11:17Lauren EdwardsGUEST
Pyramid schemes, basically.
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11:18Lauren EdwardsGUEST
Or product-based pyramid schemes.
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11:20Lauren EdwardsGUEST
I'm
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11:20Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
almost positive a friend of mine, like kind of a distant friend, I see her far away.
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12:12Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
right.
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12:12Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
But that's cool, whatever.
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12:13Xanthe BlaiseGUEST
I feel like that goes to show that our psychology of... like joining pyramid schemes.
EPS 146 Kluckplug
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69:29BrodieAUDIENCE
Tell them they're fucking dreaming.
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69:32BrodieAUDIENCE
Anyway, so huge fuck off to Pyramid Scheme, door-to-door salesman.
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69:38BrodieAUDIENCE
So, yeah.
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69:40BrodieAUDIENCE
Get that up, y'all.
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71:03BarneyHOST
He didn't go the push.
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71:04BarneyHOST
But when, say, Brodie, someone would turn up there and Brodie was telling us about this.
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71:08BarneyHOST
And I said, what? He started talking about pyramid schemes.
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71:11BarneyHOST
I said, oh, cunt, was it a Kirby? And he went, yes, it was.