A Star Wasn't Born w/ Justin Halpern
· 1 h 08 min
Episode A Star Wasn't Born w/ Justin Halpern
CONgregation, Laci is joined today by producer and writing genius Justin Halpern (Abbott Elementary, Harley Quinn). Together, they listen to the music and dig into the story of this week's scammer, Mike Smith, a suburban dad and aspiring musician who made $10 million by creating thousands of fake listeners to stream his (also fake) music so he could rake in the royalties.
Plus, in this dad-centric episode, Laci asks: Are love, credit, and tax accountants a scam, a scheme, or the real thing? Stay schemin’!
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Research by Kathryn Doyle
SOURCES
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/streaming-fraud-fake-streams-mike-smith-1235500686/
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-musician-charged-music-streaming-fraud-aided-artificial-intelligence
https://www.wired.com/story/ai-bots-streaming-music/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RpxiEuGuUw
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- https://www.instagram.com/divalaci/
- https://www.instagram.com/justinshalpern?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/streaming-fraud-fake-streams-mike-smith-1235500686/
- https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/north-carolina-musician-charged-music-streaming-fraud-aided-artificial-intelligence
- https://www.wired.com/story/ai-bots-streaming-music/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RpxiEuGuUw
- https://omnystudio.com/listener
Transcript
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