#55 Swap-Cast w/ "The Ripple Effect" Podcast & Patrick Lovell the Producer of "The Con"

Ricky Varandas and I teamed up to do a swap-cast which is 1 recording 2 podcasts. We both release it as an episode on our shows. I was pretty excited to be a part of this whole process leading up to the release of "The Con" a true crime documentary series releasing on virtual cinemas 8/7/20. Catch the 1st episode for free on 8/5/20 @ 8pm EST links are below. Great conversation and series. Don't forget to check out "The Ripple Effect" Podcast links are below as well. . I did a pretty lengthy intro I went off on a rant. So if you want to skip all that and get to the point skip to 19:23 in the show. Thanks for listening!! . #CANCELCORRUPTION . Episode YouTube video: https://youtu.be/yDndqxZ3JD8 . The Con Description: . The 2008 financial crisis seemed to hit the American landscape out of nowhere. But in reality, it was both the inevitable conclusion to 40 years of Wall Street misconduct, and a warning for the meltdown that threatens to engulf us now. In the gripping original five-part docuseries THE CON, filmmaker Patrick Lovell investigates what happened, beginning with personal stories — including the foreclosure of his own Utah home, and the suicide of a 91-year-old African American widow in Akron, Ohio — before zooming out to examine the corrupt systems that doomed the United States to government funded bailouts that would only perpetuate a predatory system. Lovell also looks back to when the government properly functioned for the people it represented by holding banks accountable during the Great Depression and rescuing the country from the S&L Crisis of the late 1980s. Through interviews with those inside the 2008 crisis — regulators, former officials, foreclosure victims, industry whistleblowers, and journalists — Lovell and writer-director Eric Vaughan connect the dots to what America used to be, and most crucially, where we’re going in 2020, as nearly 40 million Americans are claiming unemployment by summer 2020. Amongst the many heartbreaks and horrors of the COVID-19 pandemic, the cracks that it exposed in the fragile financial tapestry of the world’s biggest economy are more evidence that THE CON is still on. . You can watch the 1st episode of this 5 part series free on 8/5/20 @ 8pm EST follow the link below. . https://www.thecon.tv/event… . The Ripple Effect Podcast Trailer: . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypGv7y501YY . You can find Ricky here: . Website: https://rvtheory6.podomatic.com/ . instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rvtheory6/ . Twitter: https://twitter.com/RvTheory6 . Here is where you can find me: . Linktree: . https://linktr.ee/Nowheretogobutup