June 14, 2021
EP. 90 — Flamin’ Hot Good Will Hunting with Dawn Richard
What’s poppin, con-gregation? Singer and Songwriter Dawn Richard, joins us to discuss the controversy surrounding who really invented the Flamin’ Hot Cheeto. Plus, a former FBI agent cons $800,000 out of a Texas woman. Stay schemin’!
Research by Kaeyln Brandt.
SOURCES:
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-05-16/flamin-hot-cheetos-richard-montanez
https://www.newsweek.com/flamin-hot-cheeto-movie-true-story-creator-richard-montanez-1456377
https://jezebel.com/turns-out-lying-about-inventing-flamin-hot-cheetos-is-a-1846922951
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/us/fbi-drug-scheme-charge.html?searchResultPosition=1
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