The King of Discount Electronics w/ Allison Raskin
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Allison Raskin joins the show to discuss Crazy Eddie, a businessman who became popular during the 1970’s and 80’s for his outlandish commercials selling discount electronics. Eventually, he was exposed as the King of Fraud. Plus, a popular social media photographer recently confesses to using AI technology to gain followers. Stay Schemin’! Research by Kaelyn Brandt SOURCES: https://petapixel.com/2023/02/21/popular-instagram-photographer-revealed-as-ai-fraud/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/viral-instagram-photographer-has-a-confession-his-photos-are-ai-generated/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/remembering-crazy-eddie-his-prices-were-insane https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/retail-king-crazy-eddie-antar-led-an-even-crazier-real-life/ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/books/review-retail-gangster-gary-weiss.html
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Show Notes
What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Allison Raskin joins the show to discuss Crazy Eddie, a businessman who became popular during the 1970’s and 80’s for his outlandish commercials selling discount electronics. Eventually, he was exposed as the King of Fraud. Plus, a popular social media photographer recently confesses to using AI technology to gain followers. Stay Schemin’!
Research by Kaelyn Brandt
SOURCES:
https://petapixel.com/2023/02/21/popular-instagram-photographer-revealed-as-ai-fraud/
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/remembering-crazy-eddie-his-prices-were-insane
https://nypost.com/2022/09/10/retail-king-crazy-eddie-antar-led-an-even-crazier-real-life/
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/09/books/review-retail-gangster-gary-weiss.html
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