THE INSTASCAMMER - THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD

FULL SERIES - https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-instascammer--7247429

No one expected it to happen online.

This is where the story begins: how a wellness figure built a devoted following through juice cleanses, food protocols, and private groups full of encouragement and before-and-after photos. What started as health advice quietly became something people trusted with far more than their diets. In this opening episode we trace that rise — the language, the promises, and the community that formed around a single voice — and set out how the series approaches what came next.

Sources & credits:

Short third-party clips are used as brief excerpts for the purpose of criticism, comment and review under fair dealing (UK) / fair use (US). Each copyright holder is credited below.

• Archive from Liana Shanti, Deep Throat: And By That I Mean Throat Chakra

(“Episode One: Intro”), 2022.

• Archive from ABC News (WABC-TV), World News Now, 2016.

• Archive from Fox Business Network, Stossel, 2014.

• Archive from Joe Cross, Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead, 2010.

About this series:

THE INSTASCAMMER is an audio documentary based on interviews, recordings, documents and public records. The experiences you hear are the accounts of the people who lived them. Where possible we distinguish personal testimony from expert opinion and verified records. Some names and identifying details have been changed to protect contributors and third parties. Any ongoing legal matters referenced are just that — ongoing; we do not speculate on outcomes, and nothing in this series should be understood as a statement of criminal guilt. When we use the term  “InstaScammer” we are not alleging a criminal conviction.