August 26, 2024

EP. 257 — RayGun & Olympic Games Grifts w/ Kimia Behpoornia & Patrick McDonald

It’s the Scam Goddess Olympic Games Grifting special! Kimia Behpoornia (Abbott Elementary) & Patrick McDonald (Radio Margaritaville) join the Con-gregation to discuss over a century of Olympics fraud—from cheating runners in the first modern marathon to Australian viral breakdancer RayGun at the 2024 Paris Games. Did RayGun cheat her way to the Olympics? Or was she actually a victim of a scam smear campaign? Tune in to find out! Oh yeah, and stay schemin’ fam!

 

Pre-Order Laci’s book “Scam Goddess: Lessons from a Life of Cons, Grifts and Schemes”: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/laci-mosley/scam-goddess/9780762484652/?lens=running-press

 

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Research by Kaelyn Brandt.

 

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SOURCES:

https://sports.yahoo.com/olympics-2021-scandals-spain-paralympics-2000-sydney-games-051520629.html

https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/margaret-ives-abbott

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-first-american-woman-to-win-an-olympic-championship-didnt-even-know-it

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/30/sports/plus-paralympics-paralympic-group-orders-suspensions.html

https://www.eonline.com/news/1406009/2024-olympics-australian-breakdancer-raygun-reacts-to-criticism-after-controversial-debut

The Greatest Paralympic Scandal of All Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5F_ha7d-PI

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