EP. 174 — The Captain of Collision w/ Nava Kavelin & Sophie Ansari

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari join the show to discuss William Mize, who created a family business of staging car accidents. Plus, a California Tiktoker is alleged to have broken the state’s cottage law for selling homemade pickled goods. Stay Schemin!

SOURCES:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/staged-car-crashes-insurance-fraud.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/tiktok-creator-homemade-pickled-products-spark-online-conversation-rcna63406

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