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We’re talking about our first diet MLM and IT’S A REAL DOOZY!
Support us:
• Hear bonus episodes on Patreon (patreon.com/maintenancephase)
• Watch Aubrey's documentary (yrfatfriendfilm.com)
• Buy Aubrey's book (bookshop.org/p/books/you-just-need-to-lose-wei…)
• Listen to Mike's other podcast (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-books-could-k…)
• Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more (tee.pub/lic/maintenancephase)
Links!
• Herbalife: Weighty Profits and Government Probes (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-04-mn-1957…)
• Herbalife Exec's Death Prompts Bizarre Fallout (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-20-fi-233…)
• Autopsy on Herbalife founder finds death caused by accidental overdose (edition.cnn.com/2000/US/06/17/hughes.death)
• The Uncertain Start of a Remarkable Life (latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-18-tm-267…)
• Nobel Prize Winner Didn't Disclose Herbalife Contract (web.archive.org/web/20050419135903/https://www…)
• Latinos crucial to Herbalife's financial health (latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-feb-15-la-fi-…)
• Latino Group Demands Herbalife Probe (abcnews.go.com/Blotter/latino-group-demands-he…)
• The Big Short War (vanityfair.com/news/2013/04/bill-ackman-dan-lo…)
• The Siege of Herbalife (fortune.com/2015/09/09/the-siege-of-herbalife)
• After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power (nytimes.com/2014/03/10/business/staking-1-bill…)
• Herbalife Will Restructure and Pay $200 Million to Settle FTC Charges (ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2016/0…)
• An inside look at the $200 million FTC settlement (ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2016/07/its-no-…)
• U.S. says Herbalife to pay $123.1 million to resolve China bribery case (cnbc.com/2020/08/28/herbalife-resolves-us-crim…)
• Herbalife announces new CEO to lead the L.A. nutrition company (latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-19/herbalif…)
Clips!
• Mark Hughes' origin story (youtu.be/FYr0jF3U8G4?si=qeuO71KNQgYBBuTs&t…)
• Senate committee hearing (youtu.be/1HuXW05fJeQ?si=GeBLKdL4F51FSNYn&t…)
• Celebrity endorsement (youtu.be/QV7JZbKWwWA?si=IGKyNkiAnonWEklP&t…)
• Former Herbalife Distributors Speak Out (youtu.be/kqmBh0r92yo?si=bQ5lr8BLMe52QAtW&t…)
Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip (freesound.org/people/Doctor_Dreamchip) for our lovely theme song!
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