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October is a big month for holiday hiring, with companies looking for temporary and part-time workers. But employment scams are common and not every job offer is a gift. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

October is a big month for holiday hiring, with companies looking for temporary and part-time workers. But employment scams are common and not every job offer is a gift. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

October is a big month for holiday hiring, with companies looking for temporary and part-time workers. But employment scams are common and not every job offer is a gift. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

October may be spooky season, but cybercrime is no trick-or-treat. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

October may be spooky season, but cybercrime is no trick-or-treat. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

October may be spooky season, but cybercrime is no trick-or-treat. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

For 150 years, the price tag made a simple and universal promise: the price you saw was the price everyone saw. Now, that promise is disappearing. This week, Lindsay Owens, President and CEO of the Groundwork Collaborative returns to discuss her new book, Gouged: The End of a Fair Price — And What That Means for Your Wallet. She explains how corporations are using algorithms, personal data, and AI to figure out not what something costs, but how much you personally are willing to pay. From Instacart's grocery experiments to the coming world of AI shopping agents, the conversation asks a basic question: If nobody knows what the real price is, can markets actually work the way we're told they do?  Lindsay Owens, PhD, is the President and CEO of Groundwork Collaborative, an economic policy think tank focused on corporate power, prices, and an economy that works for workers and families. She is also the author of Gouged: The End of a Fair Price — And What That Means for Your Wallet. Social Media: @lindsayowens.bsky.social @groundwork.bsky.social @lindsayowensphd  @groundworkcollab @owenslindsay1 @Groundwork Further reading:  Gouged: The End of a Fair Price—and What That Means for Your Wallet “Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart's Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout” When the Invisible Hand Becomes An Algorithm with Lindsay Owens How Outsized Corporate Profits Raised Prices with Lindsay Owens Website: http://pitchforkeconomics.com Facebook: Pitchfork Economics Podcast Bluesky: @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social Instagram: @pitchforkeconomics Threads: pitchforkeconomics TikTok: @pitchfork_econ YouTube: @pitchforkeconomics LinkedIn: Pitchfork Economics Twitter: @PitchforkEcon, @NickHanauer Substack: The Pitch Nick's Substack: NickHanauer.Substack.com 

As the Fed battles inflation and Americans bear the costs, Jon is joined by Lindsay Owens, President and CEO of the Groundwork Collaborative and author of the new book “Gouged: The End of a Fair Price—and What That Means for Your Wallet.” Together, they uncover how corporations collude to manipulate prices—and expose the new tools and technologies companies are using to track us, target us, and charge us more at checkout. Plus, Jon answers listeners' questions about whether there's any point in even asking Trump questions, the Supreme Court, and when to decorate for Halloween! This episode is brought to you by: QUINCE - Head to https://Quince.com/tws for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada and the UK, too. TREES.COM - Get 20% off at https://trees.com with code TWS. MINT MOBILE - Shop plans at https://MintMobile.com/TWS. UPWORK - : Visit https://Upwork.com/TWS right now and post your job for free. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more:  > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast  > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod   > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic  Producer – Gillian Spear Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Associate Producer - Rebecca Rottenberg Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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As another summer comes to a close, be sure you don't open the door to a common fall scam. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

As another summer comes to a close, be sure you don't open the door to a common fall scam. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

As another summer comes to a close, be sure you don't open the door to a common fall scam. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

In this candid Wellness Pro Hotline episode, Cate Stillman sits down with Ally Watters — Wellness Pro Academy member, longtime bodyworker, and founder of Thrive Mode — for a real-time coaching session on the two hardest transitions most wellness pros face: migrating platforms and repositioning their business identity. Ally has been running her coaching offer on Hey Marvelous for years alongside a busy bodywork practice, weekly Thursday group calls, and email campaigns in MailChimp. The engagement she wants is there in her live sessions, but not in the forum — because her current platform simply doesn't foster it. As she considers migrating to SKOOL, she's also facing a bigger identity shift: moving from "bodyworker who coaches on the side" to "coach who does bodywork on the side." Cate walks her through both moves in real time — including how to migrate without rebuilding everything, why community engagement is the true multiplier of member success, and how to reposition existing clients into the new structure without losing them. Together, Cate and Ally explore: Why "Personal Netflix" platforms are quietly dying: The war for attention is now a battle between well-funded platforms, and if your LMS isn't investing in engagement features, you're losing every day you stay on it Rip Off the Bandaid Migration: Why waiting until "next season" to migrate is often a mistake — and how to move the 20% of content that actually matters instead of trying to port your entire library Why SKOOL Beats Facebook Groups and Hey Marvelous: The specific engineering choices (DMs, leaderboards, forum-first UX) that make SKOOL the current gold standard for wellness club engagement Community Is the Health Intervention: Why habit change requires other people also standing in the kitchen struggling — and why lone-wolf clients almost always regress The 20-Member Business Model: How Cate reframes Ally's mental math from "I need 300 customers" to "I need 20 members" — and how that changes every tech decision Manual Beats Fancy at Small Scale: Why enrolling 20 members a year doesn't require Zapier automations, complex funnels, or expensive integrations — a 10-minute onboarding checklist works better Repositioning as Service: How to move existing bodywork clients into your coaching container without them feeling upsold — by anchoring the change in their desired results, not your business needs The Daily 10-Minute Club Habit: What Cate does (and should do more of) inside SKOOL each day to keep engagement compounding — including shoutouts, message replies, and polls Gaming the Behavior You Want: Incentives like "$10 at Whole Foods" or "an ace in your back pocket for a 20-minute critical issue call" as low-cost ways to shift member behavior into the new platform This episode is a working example of what a Wellness Pro Hotline session looks like — no theory, no fluff, just direct coaching on the exact obstacles wellness pros hit as they scale from transactional to transformational. Notable Quote: "Some people are self-employed. There's a lifestyle cost that goes with that. Part of it for us is we have so much agency, we have so many choices, that it's easy to get caught up. But rarely do we have 300 customers. We usually have 20 to 35. So it doesn't need to be that fancy." Connect with Ally Watters: Thrive Mode Coaching Program Wellness Pro Academy Member Connect with Cate Stillman: Website: wellnesspro.academy Podcast: Wellness Pro Show + Wellness Pro Hotline Books: Body Thrive, Master of You, Primal Habits, Uninflamed Referenced in this episode: SKOOL (community platform) Hey Marvelous (legacy LMS) MailChimp + Stripe integrations Alex Hormozi teachings If you're a wellness pro considering a platform migration, repositioning your business, or wondering whether community engagement is really worth the effort — this real-time coaching session is your working example.

Grandparents Day is coming up this Sunday. Hear how you can stay safe from scams with Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio.

Grandparents Day is coming up this Sunday. Hear how you can stay safe from scams with Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio.

Grandparents Day is coming up this Sunday. Hear how you can stay safe from scams with Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio.

If you feel like you're receiving more text scam attempts, you would be right, and in a major way! Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has more on the story.

If you feel like you're receiving more text scam attempts, you would be right, and in a major way! Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has more on the story.

If you feel like you're receiving more text scam attempts, you would be right, and in a major way! Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has more on the story.

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Looking for a free blockbuster online? Before you press play, make sure you're not starring in a scam. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

Looking for a free blockbuster online? Before you press play, make sure you're not starring in a scam. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

Looking for a free blockbuster online? Before you press play, make sure you're not starring in a scam. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

For our final film of Animal Attack August, we chose the 1978 Joe Dante film Piranha which asked the question "what if instead of one big Jaws there were lots of little Jaws?" Tune in next week when our movie will be... The Guyver.  ----- Subscribe to Emily's new YouTube Channel The Anti-Craft, coming soon! Matt Lieb will be in Seattle Sept 4-5 at Laughs Comedy Club! Matt Lieb will also be in Portland, Oregon Sept 7-8 at Helium Comedy Club! On August 30th, Jordan Morris will be at Cape and Cowl Con in Alameda, CA. On Sept 3- Sept 7, come to Atlanta for DragonCon. Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinfreewithads

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Scammers are dialing up a new fraud, and they're literally phoning it in. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

Scammers are dialing up a new fraud, and they're literally phoning it in. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

School safety used to mean obeying the crossing guard, but in the digital age, scammers have graduated to high-tech tricks. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

School safety used to mean obeying the crossing guard, but in the digital age, scammers have graduated to high-tech tricks. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

School safety used to mean obeying the crossing guard, but in the digital age, scammers have graduated to high-tech tricks. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

Fresh off San Diego Comic-Con recovery, the crew lands back in the studio only to immediately spiral over technical jitters and a disastrous phone call to a local leather bar. Between Coral admitting she accidentally watched The Hobbit dubbed in Spanish and her hot take that Dune is just a cheap knockoff of Tremors, this episode plunges into maximum chaos, spy TV obsessions, and the ultimate search for an Ojai swimming hole. This Week's Insanity:The Eagle LA Phone Incident: Coral puts on her most polite phone voice to call Eagle LA and ask if "Avatar Night" is for the blue Na'vi people or the Netflix series, only to be informed it's actually a night for a local leather group. Iman Vellani & Hobbit Pre-Release: Gearing up for an exclusive Chachu signing with friend-of-the-shop Iman Vellani, alongside a massive Hobbit Magic: The Gathering pre-release weekend. Gay News & Spy TV: The gang breaks down season two of Lioness (specifically Nicole Kidman in a pantsuit), Hulu's Furious, and their ongoing obsession with Apple TV's Silo. Sexy Animated Airbenders: Coral enters her corner to obsess over the "prom sexy," hyper-ripped characters in the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender film. Dune vs. Tremors: Coral passionately argues that Dune is a complete rip-off of the 1990 classic Tremors, completely ignoring that Frank Herbert wrote the original book in 1965. Lesbian Swimming Holes: The crew plans Coral's upcoming trip to an Ojai "swimming hole" (not a watering hole), while Jeff breaks down why buying sea urchin (uni) out of the back of a truck and getting married in Solvang are peak lesbian activities. Loose, chaotic, and deeply queer, this episode is what happens when you hit “go live” and let the conversation do whatever it wants. New episodes every week. Only at Revenge Of — where the vibes are thick, and the audio tracks are in Spanish

When money is tight, a surprise offer for free gift cards or vouchers can sound appealing, but some deals are designed to empty your wallet, not fill it. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

When money is tight, a surprise offer for free gift cards or vouchers can sound appealing, but some deals are designed to empty your wallet, not fill it. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

When money is tight, a surprise offer for free gift cards or vouchers can sound appealing, but some deals are designed to empty your wallet, not fill it. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

QR codes are everywhere! Make sure you're not scanning your way into a scam. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

QR codes are everywhere! Make sure you're not scanning your way into a scam. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

QR codes are everywhere! Make sure you're not scanning your way into a scam. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

Jake and Gareth help a caller fart in front of her husband. Then, they get a pro wrestling ref back in the ring. Plus, the unexpected to conclusion to Ep 229 "Muffin Beef."Want to call in? Email your question to helpfulpod@gmail.com.PATREON: https://patreon.com/heretohelppodMERCH: heretohelppod.comINSTAGRAM: @HereToHelpPodIf you're enjoying the show, make sure to rate We're Here to Help 5-Stars on Apple Podcasts.Advertise on We're Here to Help via Gumball.fmSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today’s Phone Tap victim is very skeptical of car mechanics and NEVER wants to get ripped off or overcharged. So today we’re calling to do EXACTLY THAT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today’s Phone Tap victim is very skeptical of car mechanics and NEVER wants to get ripped off or overcharged. So today we’re calling to do EXACTLY THAT.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cea Weaver, director of the Mayor's Office to Protect Tenants, and Leila Borzog, deputy mayor for housing and planning, talk about the so-called "rental ripoff" report the administration put together and the policy recommendations that came out of it.  Photo: NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 11: An apartment building stands in the East Village neighborhood on May 11, 2026, in New York City. A New York City board that sets the rent for city-subsidized apartments voted last Thursday night to set a preliminary rent adjustment of 0% to 2% for one-year leases and 0% to 4% for two-year leases, angering many of the city's landlords. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, made reducing New York City's high housing costs a key campaign pledge. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)   Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

One of the nation's largest music festivals hits Chicago next week, and scammers would love to turn your dream ticket into a backstage pass to disappointment. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

One of the nation's largest music festivals hits Chicago next week, and scammers would love to turn your dream ticket into a backstage pass to disappointment. Kayla Palmore with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

Being scammed is painful, but recovery scams are double trouble. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

I dive into another mini-chat on SyFy Channel's Aliens/Predator rip-off series Interceptor Force 1 & 2:   Why was the first film the highest rated SyFy Channel Original Movie for the longest time?   Where do they rank alongside other low-brow B-Movie/DTV franchises?   Why was Olivier Gruner not a bigger MMA Action movie star?   All that and why the superguns in this are a total knock-off of the BFG in the DOOM videogames!     MUSIC USED: "Jaracanda" by Apple Free to Use Music "Fast Moving," "Nasty Groove" and "Where Are You Now" by Soundscrate  

Keith Murphy and Andy Fales break down a controversial World Cup weekend, debate whether VAR is doing more harm than good, react to Conor McGregor's disastrous UFC return, discuss Caitlin Clark and the Fever's big win, and share stories about summer camp, old television memories, and much more! ⚽ World Cup Final Four The semifinals are set, but the biggest story isn't the teams. • England, Argentina, Spain and France advance • Norway's controversial exit • Why VAR continues to dominate the conversation • Is instant replay hurting soccer?

On today's episode, we're sharing our results from the Gregory VFD BBQ Competition, the best way to cook a pork tenderloin, AND revealing the biggest rip-off we've ever experienced...

Fake AI flowers are back, and they're blooming into a costly scam. Jordan Wright with the Better Business Bureau's Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.

Episode 421: On July 28, 1996, a fisherman hauling nets off the coast of Devon, England pulled up a body. The dead man had no wallet, no identification — nothing but a Rolex watch still ticking on his wrist. When British police traced the watch, it gave them a name: Ronald Joseph Platt, 51, of Essex. When they went looking for him, they found him — apparently alive. The trail led back across the Atlantic to Ayr, a small town in southwestern Ontario, where roughly seventy people had spent years trusting the wrong man with everything they had. By the time anyone understood what he'd done, he was already gone, and Ronald Platt was dead in the English Channel. Sources:Walker, Re, 1998 CanLII 14906 (ON SC)A Hand in the Water: The Many Lies of Albert Walker — Bill Schiller (HarperCollins, 1998)Nothing Sacred: The Many Lives and Betrayals of Albert Walker — Alan Cairns (McClelland-Bantam, 1998)Walker's Trail of Pain — Maclean's (July 6, 1998)Walker Money Hunt — Maclean's (July 20, 1998)Walker Faces Daughter at First Day of Trial — CBC News (June 1998)Mysterious Mr. Walker Sentenced for Fraud — The Globe and Mail (July 2007)Fugitive Financier Sentenced to Four Years for Fraud — CBC News (July 2007)Rolex Killer Denied Day Parole from B.C. Prison — Vancouver Sun (February 2024)Albert Johnson Walker — WikipediaThe Rolex Murder — therolexmurder.com (Elaine Boyes's site)The Rolex Killer - True CrimeExplore topics about albert-johnson-walker | Crime and Investigation UK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices