100. The Side Door (Operation Varsity Blues)
Rick Singer is exposed as the leader of a widespread college admissions bribery conspiracy.
Prelude: A digital bank and Swiss asset manager work together to conceal dozens of illegal pump-and-dump stock schemes.
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Original music for Swindled is written and performed by Trevor Howard (Deformr).
Comments (22)
If this crook has enough money, he will be able to buy a pardon from the conman in the Oval Office!
“As long as people exist, expect the worst.” This is the shit right here which keeps me coming back. A concerned citizen gets it and shows it, and says it out loud. Love.
You don't know a story until it is given to you by one who is ACC
If you want a very detailed podcast on rick singer, head over to Gangster Capitalism. Entire season 1 is just on this topic.
100% agree - actually all 3 seasons of gangster capitalism are exceptional and a top recommendation for anyone who likes swindled and is interested in deeper dives
Great episode. Listening to these people who all won the socioeconomic lottery of life cynically explore angles for buying their generally vacuous and inane offspring entry to elite colleges made me truly want to throw up. And then the faux epiphany about their white privilege made me want to hurl all over again. Your best work.
The section with Lori Laughlin when she was talking with her daughter was particularly infuriating. The girl didn't even know "clout"was a real word, let alone how to spell it. Yet her rich and famous parents could game the system to send a shallow and spoiled brat who clearly had no academic or intellectual interests, to an elite college. Meanwhile, probably hundreds of other smart, motivated, earnest kids and their working-class or middle-class families were working hard to play by the rules to get their kids through "the front door" to no avail. But Laughlin's kid was interested only in whatever the college experience could teach her about "game days" and parties. Sick. 😠😤😡🤬
Great episode but damn, the music on this one was way loud in lots of spots -- it was drowning out your sexy voice, ACC. It needs to be more in the background as a supportive player, not as a competitor to the voice.
Happy 100th episode! Cheers to many more! 🥂
So good....❤️
Great episode!
Brilliant episode
The audacity of these fucking people. You have literally everything yet you still want more. Eat the rich
I would be happy if we just properly taxed the rich!
Finest work, ACC. This absolutely blew my mind, a literal conveyor belt of people who know nothing. Money (in excess) and brains apparently never go well together, generation to generation, an inherited con so to speak. Explains the essence of current society. If colleges are more like businesses than educational institutions--and they are--I'm floored at the depth of the scheme that this guy came up with. Incredible journey these years ACC, not just in the podcast itself but in the music (thanks deformr)! Music was so on point but I say that every episode. Every bit of this podcast is head and shoulders above everything else I listen to (I listen to about seven hours' worth a day). Swindled is still the only podcast I stop whatever else I'm listening to immediately when a new episode drops. Looking forward to every episode, congrats to passing mile marker 💯
Thank you Al
IMG is a straight up machine at almost 80k + sports High School.
Such a shame. So many kid deserved these spots, worked so hard, and robbed of it for someone who didn't deserve it.
Took you to the gym with me... perfect timing. Amazing episode. Congrats on 100!
Congrats on your 100th, podcast, ACC!
100! Congrats, man! Hope to see you around for another 100 and another after that! That's for the shocks and the laughs! I finally just got one person hooked after all these years of trying!
Man, this couldn’t have posted at a better time. I’m about to clean the house and needed something good to listen to