
This week, Laci welcomes co-hosts of the podcast, Best Friends, Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamata (Grand Crew, Agatha All Along ), to discuss the Enhanced Games, a proposed international sporting event set to take place in Las Vegas in 2026. The event is being organized by Aron D'Souza and backed by controversial billionaire Peter Thiel, with the goal of creating a 'science-forward' sporting event where humanity can reach its full potential. Stay schemin’! CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Did you miss out on a custom-signed Scam Goddess book? Look no more, nab your copy on PODSWAG Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com. Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Nicole Byer: @nicolebyer Sasheer Zamata: @thesheertruth Research by Kathryn Doyle SOURCES https://www.wired.com/story/enhanced-games-freestyle-record-las-vegas-steroids/ http...
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Together, these two icons host the hilarious podcast Best Friends, which just returned from a hiatus. So y' all better go subscribe right now. If you're not already subscribed. Why are you playing? You know which best friends I'm talking about. It's Nicole Byer and Sasheer Zamada. Hello, Queen. Hello. Hello. Thank you. Oh, we love a unison hello. Yes. We're getting claps in the booth and we're Claps in the booth. It's giving Best friends. We love that. Welcome back to the show. You are both two veterans. Thank you so much for passing around the collection plate. And please give that to me so I can put it in my purse. I mean, put it in the church safe. Sure, yeah. You know, my purse is the church safe, but that's just so. It's mobile. Well, it's your church, so technically, the collection plate is yours. Yeah. Cause I don't believe it is safe. Yeah, well, no, you don't even have to keep it safe. It's your church. So, like, by logic, that's your money and the money. That's not how that works. Yes, it is. No. If someone runs a church, the money supposed to go to the church. Yeah. And the community. Like, back to the community. Like, that's why people get arrested when it's like, priests buying cars with the community's money. Oh. Oh, Nicole, are you serious? Yeah, I'm serious. But the church I grew up in, he had a new car every couple of years. And I was like, that's probably on our dime. That's not okay. And then they had a house that I think we all paid for. That's not okay at all. Really. I hadn't even gotten to the question yet. And Nicole's already telling me, this is how I've been scammed. Actually, this is how I've been scammed. My whole family's been scammed. You were so sincere. I thought you were on the same wave as me. You're like, no, that's. No, it's taken home. I'm really shook. Like, I thought churches took money, and then the people of the church spent that money and then some. Like, I thought, okay, so I thought, say you give a dollar to the church, the pastor and his family keeps 25 cents of it, and then 25 cents goes to, like, the church's building, and then 25 cents goes to savings, and then 25 cents goes to helping the community in the church. No, I don't know. I actually don't know how that works. That actually, technically, pastors should pay themselves a salary. Yeah. Yeah. So you're not wrong about that. But. But. But saying that all the church money is my money is. That's a legal. Ish. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Just a little bit mindboarding. I see your relationship with scams here. It was like you were like, yeah, no, the pastor can. We did the offering. We handed him the money. He put it in his pocket. Yeah, he put it right in his pocket. And when he would walk in for the sermon, he would jingle jangle because it was full of quarters. Yeah, and that's fine. And that's, you know, jingle jangle for the Lord. Technically, he is an employee of the Lord, but the Lord does not pay his salary. We do. Yes. The Lord is not incorporated and thus cannot pay these things. Makes sense to me. Yeah, makes sense to me. But, I mean, look, I've said it many times on this podcast. Churches are tax exempt. So, you know, I may have to get involved at some point. I think. I think I could really do a good job. And really, I think so. The community. I think so. And I'm a part of the community, so I'm sort of the community. As a community member. Yes. Yeah. Well, we always ask on this podcast. And, Nicole, you kind of already had to jump the gun there, sincerely. But what is your relationship with scams? Do you love them? Do you hate them? Have you seen any recent scams? Have any been run on you? Have you run some that are past the statute of limitations? It could be anything. I get scammed. I. I'm too trusting. I recently got got because I was trying to book a hotel, which. That seems very simple. And I just. I had to call them to, like, rearrange dates or something like that. And then they're like, okay, and now we're going to transfer you. Like, everything was done. And I was like, transfer me. And they transferred me. Who else do you need to talk to? Exactly. I was like, who. Who was on the line? Transfer me. And then this lady was like, hey, do you like vacations? And I was like, I mean, yeah, why are you talking to me? And I was like, I knew it was wrong. I was doubting myself the whole time and asking questions. And she was like, I mean, where do you like to go? And I was like, I don't know, Vegas. Why are you asking these questions? And she's like, darling, hold my hand. She's like, kept me on for a long time. Yeah, yeah. Yes. And then by the end, she was like, you know, we have locations in all these places, and, you know, if you sign up for this package and blah, blah, blah, blah. And I was like, I don't want to. How much is it? And just kept going. And then by the end, I did sign up for it, and I told my girlfriend, and she was like, I'll call them. So she had, like, my mom, she had to call and cancel and be like, she didn't know. Sasheer told me this story. And at the Start of it, I was like, sasheer, because we went on vacation to Mexico. Do you remember? They were trying to sell us timeshares. And you were like, this is actually a good deal. And I was like, no, no, it's not. You're never going to go to this timeshare. I know, and I know in my heart it's wrong, but I'm just like, I mean, that sounds like a deal. That's. The shirt was like, nicole, they give you a free boombox. I was like, girl, no, you can. You can afford a boombox. We can get a towel, we get a water bottle. Yeah, but this is a free one. And this is a free one. If we had to sign up right now. It's so funny because it is easy to get you, but then it's not sometimes. Yeah. We were in Africa and we got off a train, and this man was like, we have a song for you. And I went, oh, okay. And I walked on over and I was like, sasheer, wait, this man has a song for us. And she was like, girl, stop it. He wants your money. And I was like, oh, yes. I can get scammed very easily in person. If you have a song on your heart, a dance in your soul. She supports the arts. Yes. I paid $500 for a pig painting in New Orleans that was, I would say, pretty poorly painted. And I said, how much? She said, $500. And I said, sold. And she went, what? And I went, yeah. She went, no. Okay. Like, even she was confused. She's like, you don't wanna haggle? Yeah, you wanna try? Take me down a little bit. But I still have it. It' first piece of art. There's glitter on it. It's wild. It's one of the wildest things I own. But let's see. Yeah, I'll run a scam. The scam I'm trying to run with this year is. So have you been to the Delta One Lounge? Of course. Lovely. Delightful. Yeah. Get a meal. Yeah, you get a meal. Now that they. They're starting to be stingy with the black people coming in. But. But I always seem to make it. Well, if you have a Delta One ticket, you get in. Well, yeah, but. But, you know, sometimes they want to. Really? Well, I guess not in Delta 1. I'm thinking of Delta last. But Delta 1. No, they said no. No, you have. I bought a bed, bitch, you better let me in. They'll let you in. Yeah, but I do love Delta 1. No lined. Why don't we hang out there one day? Just spend a full day at the Delta Lounge, get a massage. We buy a ticket. Oh, the massages are so good. I fell asleep. Exactly. I want to do this because it's technically free if we buy a refundable Delta plane ticket, one way. Go to the Delta Lounge, cancel the ticket before the flight takes off. We are now in the lounge to enjoy all the amenities. Oh, and I would like to do this because I've done it before, but just not at the Delta Lounge. I bought a Delta ticket for me and this dude I was seeing so we could eat at the Guy Fieri restaurant in the Burbank Airport. Wow. So I bought us a refundable ticket. We went through security. We were dressed in flames. We had a burger. They said our names over the loudspeaker. I called up Delta, and I was like, oh, no, we missed our flight. Can I just have that refunded back to my account? Not only was it refunded, it wasn't refunded back to my account. They gave me my money back. So it wasn't even, like, a credit. They just gave me my money back. Wow. Scams. I'm doing it. I'm doing it, and I can't wait. I love this scam one. I love that it was for Guy Fieri, because the last time I had one of his burgers with the Don Quixels, I was definitely on a Carnival cruise. Or like, what's the bougie version of Carnival? Royal Caribbean. And then they got some other bougie ones. My family loves to cruise, and it was something that I really had to, like, fight them about. Like, I was on set one day and I got upset. I think I was in Atlanta shooting something, and I was hanging out with Lil Rel. And he. I was like, oh, my God, Are you fucking kidding me? And he was like, what's wrong? And I was like, my parents are trying to book another fucking cruise, and they're telling me I gotta go on it. And then he was like, your family's trying to take you on a free vacation, and you're angry. And I was like, no, you don't understand. You're trapped in the ocean with a bunch of Trump supporters eating the saltiest food until your ankles swell. It is torture. Yeah. Okay. I feel like a cruise is like Titanic. It's like they're taking. What is the quote from Rose is how I think of it. I'm being taken back on. I don't know. Whatever. I can't even think of the quote. But she's Mad about getting on that boat and rightfully so. Rightfully so. As she should have been. Yeah. I do want to be able to leave. Yeah. And you have to wait till you get to port and then you can miss the boat. But then you're on your own. Yeah. And they will leave you. I almost got left one time, like literally. We were at Senor Frog's right next to the boat and they were like, oh, Senorita Tavien. Like the boat is gonna be here, like all of this. And we were like, I don't know. They're like, no, we work with the crews. We work with the crews. No, they sure don't give me a scam. Talk about a scam. I was sprinting and it used to be like a bit that me and my family would like watch over the deck whenever we were about to leave a port because people always get left and then you just see them running towards the ship and you laugh and laugh and then that's how they were laughing at me. They were laughing at me. Here's another scam. I like stealing. That's a crime. I mean scams could technically be crime. A light crime. Oh yes. At the self checkout. Cuz I don't work there. No, that's your wages. Buy one, take one. That's. Yeah, that's my deal for myself. I proudly hold what I've stolen. And I dare you to say something because I lost my. I don't, I don't know where the receipt went. Yeah. And nobody's gonna go over to where I was to try to find it because I've stuffed it in a crevice and no one cares about hourly employment enough to do that anyway. Like every now and then you'll meet a hater who wants to be like Robocop of the, of the pavilions of the Walmart. Like they, they really like here to fight crime. Yeah. But most part they're just be like, hey. Or they're like hitting on you. They stop you to be like, you look so beautiful. I'm like holding up my seat. They're like, oh yeah, yeah, yeah. No, you good. We live different lives. Please, you're gorgeous. I am sure they'd stopping you too. But you're just walking away. The confidence. Yeah. Maybe my head is just held high and I'm like, I dare you. I dare you to stop me with my Maybelline mascara. Those are called wages in my opinion. Like I don't work there now. I'm an employee. No, no, no, no, no. Like I'M leaving with something. As Denzel famously said, no, I follow the rules. That scares me. You do love rules. Yeah. And I steal all around you. I know, And I don't like it. It stresses me out. I try to distance myself. I'm like, I don't want to be associated with this. I'm not going down with you. You were going down like you're an accomplice. Exactly. They're like, you knew. And I'm like, I did. Nicole lifts a chapstick and you're like, I saw her do it. I'll tell you something. I made my sister an accomplice once. I made her take a chapstick, and then we used it in the car. My mother was like, where did you get that? And I was like, the store so bad, she made us go back and apologize. You think I'd learned my lesson? Yeah. But I said, I'll never apologize again. That's what you took. The last time I ever apologize, I will steal. Maybe that's where I learned fear. Because I. It was. I was. When I was a child, someone had opened, like, put a little hole in, like a cookie box at the grocery store. And I was like, to take a cookie. And I was like, I want a cookie, too. And so I took a cookie out of there, and my mom saw me eating it, and she's like, where'd that come from? And I was like, right here. And then she was like, you can't do that now. I had to buy the bag. And then, like, I feel like a clerk or like someone. Like someone who worked there in the aisle. She was like, you have to apologize to him. And I'm just apologizing. Some, like, 17 year old who doesn't care, they're like, okay. I was like, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to take the cookie. And then he's like, fine. That's. It's okay. That's so funny how punishment affects people differently. Yeah. Some people go, I'll follow the rules. And others are like, no, no, I'll get better. I'll get better at this. So I never have to apologize. Yeah, same. Like, sometimes you just need reform. Like, a lot of people go to prison, they become better criminals. You know what I mean? They get in there, they study, they meet other criminals. That's like that man who's still on the loose from New Orleans, out of 10, one is still out there, and I'm rooting for him. I mean, stay out there, King. I couldn't believe it was him. That Made it. Because wasn't he the one with the face tats, or is he the other one? Did they catch face tat? Because it was two that were still on the large, and it was. One was light skin. He had face tats. And then the other one was kind of, like, skinnier and like. No, it's not skinnier one. It's not face tat. It's the other, the skinnier one. Yeah. Cause he had good sense. The rest of them was posted up on the block over here getting fresh. Yes. Like, why are you over here getting on Bourbon street taking a nap when he was found. That's really funny. Come on. Yeah, listen, they saw a hole in the wall. They did not have any plans. They were just like, I'm out. I'm out. It's like rum springa for prison. That's how they should phrase us to the judge. I just want to try it. I just want to try it and see if we liked outside. We don't like outside. I'm not. We love the jail, actually. We realize we love paying attendants. Yeah. So no harm, no foul. Yeah. No, I love that. Scams. What's popping, congregation? Okay, I'm coming at y' all hot because we need to debunk some things about plan B emergency contraception, right now. Listen, Plan B is not an abortion pill. It's safe, effective backup birth control. You take after unprotected sex to prevent pregnancy before it starts. And are y' all ready for the inside tea? It works by temporarily delaying ovulation, and it will not impact your future fertility, because some days, who knows, someday, you might want a little unemployed person in your house. Follow plan B on insta at Plan B. One step. Use as directed. 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Yeah, we didn't get any steroids in your system. You need to leave. Like, what? That's really funny. Like it? Yeah, that's fun also. I'm like, intrigued. Like, what can you do? Exactly. What can all these juiced up athletes do? Will we see a superhero be born? Yeah. Can you jump way higher than all the other Olympians? I would love to see this. How can someone file Simone? Ooh, I'm intrigued. So this has happened multiple times? No. Oh, this is the first time. That's why they're saying it's anticipatory. Next year's Enhanced Games. I also would love to see like the Olympics just have like in track, like there's two outer fields and one is just like a regular guy running and the other one is like someone on roids just so we can see like the non roided people in the middle, like, how good are they? That's a fun scale. Like this person tried so hard and they're on steroids. This person trained. And then this is Bridget from accounting. We're just gonna see if she can run right, and then we'll really know how impressive they are. Yeah, definitely. I think we need that litmus test for more sports. Cause people get on the Internet and start talking trash to athletes, and I'm like, you could not do anything that they do. Why are you commenting on their stats? Like, let's get you out there. My favorite is men who are like, oh, I could beat Serena or Venus Williams. And I'm like, how on earth do you look at these two women who are muscular, who. Who are so decorated and go, I can do that. It's so dumb. That's nuts. I actually just saw a video. I guess it was an old video of. Of these, like, dudes playing against Serena Williams. It was five of them against just Serena Williams. And she was kicking their ass. And it was. And she was just, like, laughing. She's like. And they're, like, falling, rolling over each other. I think I saw that, like, one ball hit a racket, and his wrist, like, went back, and he was like, oh, one ball hit a guy in the ass. He was like, oh, my God. Not. They getting injured. They're, like, playing against one of those ball shooters. Yeah. Oh, my goodness. Well, so the Olympics on steroids. Two years ago, Australian lawyer Aaron D'. Souza. And I wish I could say Aaron D'. Souza. I can't do an Australian accent other than LaserDisc. Aaron D'. Souza. Eh? Something. Nothing. Either of you. That sounds great. Sasheer, do you think you could do an Australian accent? No, I don't. Okay. All right. I won't press it. Fair enough. I also can't. It's very hard. It's one of the hardest. I don't know why. On my ear. It's just so hard. But. So Aaron came out and said he was creating a new sporting event called the Enhanced Games, which he said would be like the Olympics, but performance enhancing drugs and steroids were allowed and encouraged. Seems, like, demanded, but okay. Also, like, steroids are bad for your heart and your body. Yeah. It's bad for everything. Is there, like, regulation on just, like. Like, how much can a human have? Like, is there anyone being like, you are having too much? Like, I don't know. This is actually not. You can't compete. Like, we're actually worried you might. Your heart might. Yeah. You might die. Yeah. I don't think there'd be a lot for being overserved. It's not like, a bar. I don't think. And this is. The guy should be. He doesn't even look like he's on roids. Well, we don't know. Let's See that body? Yada, yada. Is that the lawyer? Yes. And then he's saying here, this is how you know he's a lawyer. He said, this is not a doping. A doping. It's many dopings. It's multiple dopings. It is the dopening. Yeah, not the dopening. Listen, he's using specific language because he's a lawyer, and so I'm not against that. He wants humanity to reach our full potential. And that's not gonna happen if organizations like the World Anti Doping Agency doesn't allow the world's greatest athletes to get roided out on dangerous drugs. That does sound like Thanos or like some super villain. I just want humanity to reach its full potential. And right now we're not reaching it because we're not taking the Roy. We're not on roids. Look, I have asthma, so technically I've taken some roids. You're enhanced. Oh, yeah. You're enhanced. I'm enhanced. Okay. I'm glad they weren't checking for that when I was running track. And I'd be like, it was for the asthma, though. I think it's such a small amount that it wouldn't act. It's not the way I do it for your lungs powers you up. You're like, I'm juice to run. I'm just hitting it like a vape can. They're like, I don't think you need that much. Like, no, no, no, no, I do. I'm having a flare. So the Enhanced Games are supposed to happen in 2026 and feature the 100 meter sprint, 100 meter hurdles, swimming events and weightlifting competitions where you really need the roid. In May, Aaron's company held an Apple style launch event to announce the date and venue of their first ever Enhanced Games. And it's going to be in Vegas. And it's going to be at the least sketchy hotel in Vegas, the Golden Nugget Resorts World. Oh, okay. Okay. And if you don't remember, Mr. Beast had a experience. Who is Mr. Beast? He is a man. I've heard so much about this person and I've seen his picture, but what does he do? Everything and nothing. Because he like, has a lot of money. So, yeah, he has the most followers on YouTube. The last time I saw he was at 414 million. I think he used to do stuff with animals. Um, because of the Beast? No, no. Like you said, do stuff with animals. Oh, my God. No, I mean, heard it here first on scam. God. Mr. Beast be fucking Dianimals. No, no, they call me Mr. Beast. Y' all are not gonna have me on TMZ again. I rebuke this. I rebuke this. No, no, but he, like, he raises money and then he builds stuff in Africa, in the villages. Yeah, I see him do good stuff. He does, like, pranks or, like. And he gives. He gives people money. Yeah, Sometimes he's like, for a million dollars or whatever, can you live in this grocery store for a month with no technology and alone? Yeah. Kind of in the dark, you know, he's like, put all this in a room and see what happens. So, like, social experiments and stuff, too. And he recently had the Beast Games, which performed really well on Amazon, where he got, like, thousands of people together and made them, like, compete for money, but they would, like, lose. And, like, it was almost like kind of squid game esque. Like, there was no violence, but it was like they played one game where they had to something with blocks. Like a kid's game that if you lost, the floor dropped out from you. We are really headed towards a real life Hunger Games, and I think that's really depressing. Yeah, we might already be there. Y' all gotta get y' all out. No, I'm not volunteering as tribute. No, absolutely not. No, I would be way in the back. They're gonna need comedians during the Hunger Games. So we be like, so. So y' all still hungry out there or what? The one thing that I hate about somebody from. You know, when you be from the Capitol, Capitol people are like, everybody in the District, like, y' all know what I'm saying? Hamburger. Starving. Not in District 12. Okay, okay. We know y' all ain't you. Okay? In District 7, we gotta crack on something. But y', all, y' all down bad. Not hamburger. Okay, look. Shout out, look. Y' all remember that come for us, okay? We'll be in the back doing uso, entertaining, valuable jokes, okay? Joy is important when we're in the wars, okay? Just remember that. Oh, boy. So the Las Vegas hotel and casino complex, Resorts World, previously the site of several scams, including the Mr. Beast experience, where people, like, people love Mr. Beast. That's why I'm like, Mr. The Beastie Girlies don't come for me, okay, y'? All? I don't got nothing bad to say about that man. I don't know him. But the Mr. Beast experience, basically, they had people come. They paid a more inflated rate for hotel tickets at Resorts World. And they were supposed to get immersive experiences, like ones that Mr. Beast creates. And there was supposed to be a Mr. Beast pool party. I think that some people were told that he was going to come and Beast, he was going to be there. He's supposed to have like exclusive merch for everybody in their hotel rooms. And all they ended up getting was like some chocolate. Because he has a chocolate out now. And I actually did pick it up once by accident because it's got a very like light blue teal label. And I was like, this looks new and fun. And then I was like, what? And I was like, it was like a jump scare when I read the package when I got home. But you know, I ate on it a little bit. It was good. He nibbled. It was a crunch bar. Okay. It's so wild when things happen and I just miss them. Like I have not even. Yeah. They're called feastables. Feastables. Yeah. He also had a lunchable that was healthy. But then the lunchable started to get rotten. But anyways, so like the, the Resorts Worlds hosts a lot of like kind of sketchy events. And so we keep finding Resorts Worlds at the center of scams in Las Vegas. Which is, which is curious. Maybe that has nothing to do with Resorts World. Maybe. So this is where the steroid games are going to be taking place in May of 2026. Sports and health experts alike say this is a bad idea. Yeah. You don't say. I was shocked when they said that because I thought it was a good idea. It was a perfect idea. Immediately I was like, great idea. Get people on drugs and make them do physical activities. But it is a drug for physical activities. This is true. It's not like the Crackhead games. Although I would like to see that. Okay. Cause the strength of crackheads and the life longevity. I really feel like you gotta have like a window washing competition, like all types of scaling ability. How quickly you can hook up this flat screen. Right. Or take it down. How many VCRs can you take? Can you carry? You know? Yes. These are things that could be done. So his villain origin story. Now we're going back to the Australian lawy. Aaron. In 2009, Aaron was a first year lawyer like law student at Oxford with nothing particularly exciting going on. He was just at Oxford, which is a great school. Then he met billionaire Peter Thiel, the co founder of PayPal and business partner of the one Elote Musk. Oh yeah, Peter Thiel. Notoriously good guy that everyone loves and everyone thinks he great for the country. Obviously I'm not being sincere. So Aaron And Theo became best friends quickly, partly because Aaron gave Peter a plan to take revenge on Gawker Media. So Peter hated Gawker because they outed him as gay in 2007. I'm on Peter's side with that one. The title says Peter Thiel is totally gay people. Honestly. Iconic. Iconic. Is that like from Mean Girls? It feels very. It's from Mean Girls. They use like a high school photo of this man. Why is the Gawker, like, headline all in, like in the rainbow? Why would they do that? That's a drive at home wild. They are very unserious for this. And. And also like, come on now, Gawker. This is. This is wild, but at the same time also hilarious. If you're gonna be outed, like, at least. I mean, it's in the funniest way. I don't support outing people, but this is the funniest way to be out. If I was outed that way, I would be like, well, I mean, that's funny. Yes. Totally gay people. I don't even know how mad I can be about that. Okay, but so obviously Peter does not fuck with Gawker. Then there was the Hulk Hogan sex tape. I do remember that. Yes. So Aaron outlined a plan to secretly fund wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker, which had published a sex tape without Hogan's consent. Gawker was in everybody's business that day. It really were. And I just know Hulk Hogan is looking up right now for a minute. Watching Hulk Hogan have sex in a canopy bed is not safe for work. But watch it anyway. They were sassy over there at Gawker. That's funny. They were wild. Look, they said gawk at it. They were giving us things to gawk at. So far I've been gawking. That room looks dirty. It was. Oh, no, that's Hulk Hogan. I thought that was clutter. No, no, that's really funny. That's a person. A person. Debatable. But yeah, that is him. Yeah. I don't. I would never even want to see Hulk Hogan do sex to someone that feels a punishment. That's disgusting. Also, I know he's dead and. But he was a terrible man. I don't really give a. No one does. I just. There's no amount of money that you could pay me to that. No, that man is very ugly to me. He's ugly inside and out. And he probably call you all types of river cones and stuff, cuz he's very racist. Very creative. Is that an honor? Isn't that. Was that the tape or was it a different tape where he like, like got. They found out he was saying like all these slurs and stuff. Yeah, it was a different tape where he was talking about his daughter Brooke Hogan, who at this time was trying to make a pop career. And. And he was talking about, well, if she's gonna fuck nword, like, then you need to be rich than an 8 foot tall basketball player. You know, I hate the n. Everybody's a little bit racist. Like, it was very. Yeah, that's tough. I mean, he lived in Clearwater, Florida till he died. And shout out to Clearwater, Florida, we know what you are. But that's the lady in the sex Y. And like, why. At least I gave her a better photo when they posted. But. But also, you shouldn't be posting people's sex tapes and you really shouldn't be posting Hulk Hogan's like, because why would you do that to the community? Why would you do that to all of us? We're hurt. I'm more hurt than him. I also would like some 10 million. Yes. But for all my writer friends who write for Gawker. Like, I'm so sorry to see y' all have to go down like this. It was. It took multiple years and $10 million of secretly funding the lawsuit, but Peter Thiel and won and Gawker folded in 2016. So they did get rid of Gawker. They sued him under the ground. They sued. Well, I mean, not to like victim blame, but if you're going after someone with that who created PayPal, who has that much money. Yeah. I mean, that's kind of wild. Yeah. I feel like they would have got away with totally gay. But Aaron was the one who was like, oh, if we get Hulk Hogan involved with this, like, legal case of the explicit sex tape, which is illegal, then we really have a case. I feel like totally gay wasn't enough. The judge was like, get out of here. Are looking at you. So what's the argument? What did they lie? Now the judges judged Judy. He's like, did they lie, though? Did they lie? And so, yeah, no. They needed the strength of Hulk's creepy tape that haunts the Internet, I'm sure somewhere. So in the sex tape, Hulk Hogan is doing it with his friend and radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge's wife, Heather Cole. But Bubba, I'm sorry, what? That was like Bubba the Mad Libs. Bubba the Love Sponge's wife and Heather Cole. That was that lady. Is that Bubba the Love Sponge? You know, I'm not surprised. That's Bubba the Love Sponge. And look, it says Playboy TV in the back. So he's at a love event or a sex event. Yeah. There's no love there. A love Sponge. He's there to sopping up the cum. No. Yeah. Oh, he's got the love. He's not giving love. Taking it. He's not a giver. He's not gonna eat nobody out. No. He's just sopping. It was Bubba the Love Sponge's wife, Heather Cole, who was featured in the Hulk tape, but Bubba was the one who actually directed the video of his wife with that man. Like, oh, brother. The whole time he's just like, oh, brother, brother, brother. No, that's terrible. Interesting. This is awful. Yeah, just. I came here for a nice time. Yeah. I. I was told we were gonna talk about I feel Dirty. The Ultimate Steroid Games. And you said, let's talk about this nasty, shriveled, now dead raisin looking man. We're moving forward. Fucking Bubba the Love Sponge's wife going, oh, brother. That's nasty. It's just a part of the lore I started today. Really nice. I had some eggs. I'm kidding. Try. I had a lavender Frappuccino from Steerbucks. Ooh, crazy. It's purple. That's the only reason why I ordered it. Started my day now. Nice with egg sou bites. A lavender Frappuccino. Didn't drink at all. Wanted to save some for later, but it's not in the refrigerator, so I can't drink it. 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After the Hulk Hogan sex tape lawsuit, he worked as a diplomat, venture capitalist, philanthropist, and etc until 2022, when he got the idea for the enhanced game. So you know how you go from, like, being a diplomat to being a VC to beat a philanthropist, to them making steroids games and babies. Cause it's our natural segue, Natural progression. Yes. He dabbles. He dabbles, okay? He's a serial entrepreneur. That's what I call some scammers. So he didn't get the idea. Out of nowhere. He actually stole it. Oh, that's wild. That more than one person had this thought. It would never cross my mind to be like, let's juice everybody and make them run. I feel like watching the Olympics, I would be like, what if they were all, no, my thing is, I wanna see normal people try to do the same thing. Same. I wanna see normal people try to get their butt over the pole, you know what I mean? And just see it fail categorically. That's what I need to see. So he actually stole it from a 2004 issue of Wired magazine called Steroids for Everyone that outlined the case for enhanced Olympics using almost exactly the same argument. Is this, like, people are gonna use steroids anyway. Let's just give steroids out for everyone. You get a roid. You get a roid. So the article said public attitudes towards steroids were starting to shift after years of stigma. Okay, so following their muses by athletes and state sponsorship regimes in the 80s and 90s, people might now be open to doping. They were like, you know what? Give them the dope and let's see what's going to happen. Like you said earlier, Nicole, like, I know that you're not proponent of the steroids, but it would be interesting to see what happens. Yeah, let's see what happens. So Aaron was spending every New Year's Eve with Peter Thiel and friend group I'm calling Theo. That's how it reads. I know it's teal, but I don't care about that, man. So on New Year's, he mentioned this new idea and Peter liked it. I mean, Peter has PayPal money. What else is he gonna do? Yeah, truly have a nice. I'll throw this. Throw my money at this thing, Right? Why not? I feel like once you're that rich, it's like you're at the casino when it comes to, like, startups. Like, here, pull it here. Put something on you. So Aaron tried pitching it to investors, including notable sports cheater and testicular cancer survivor Lance Armstrong. Oh, but. But don't bring him in this. Why not? He was on steroids, winning with his Livestrong bracelet. Ko. We all had a Livestrong bracelet. That was fun. That was a fun. He had a piece of plastic on everybody's wrist. Yes. While he was secretly doping. But how did he, like, keep it hidden for so long? That's the wildest part. I think maybe the cancer a little bit because he was a cancer survivor. I feel like. Of testicular cancer. Maybe he was getting tested and they were like, oh, we're seeing some ro and we're like, oh, no, that was. That was residual chemo. Yeah. That's interesting. Or it might have been that he was, like, in remission. He's Lance Armstrong, so maybe he could find a way to get the pee in and it's not his. I'm sure when you're that famous and rich, they can put something warm on your leg and you just like, push it or something. Maybe, maybe. Probably. And then some clean pee comes out. I think there are things that you can use to pee clean. Yeah. He gets like. He puts in a catheter real quick or something. I don't know. Lord. I mean, for that amount of money, you know? Yeah. Do know you so. But I hate that his now name is like notable sports cheater. I know. You do one wrong thing. You do one. You do one roid. One little roid. Ruins my whole career. Now I'm noticing. Was he stripped from all his, like, medals and titles and stuff? Well, he won the Tour de France seven consecutive times and he was stripped of all the titles after an investigation found that he had been using illegal performance enhancing that increased red blood cell production. He is currently banned for life from all bicycles. He can't ride any bicycles. He used to go to Santa Monica and ride a bike. Bitch. The city bike. Declining. He swiped the car. They like, Lance isn't you. Sorry. Lance, wait a minute. You can never be on two wheels again, Lance. But that is so depressing for the people who were second those seven times because they never got like a ceremony. They should have had a ceremony and been like, gather round. He stripped. You're number one. You're number number two. And now guy that no one talked about, you're number three. Yeah, they should have done that. I mean, they still lost technically in my eyes. What? He has some extra red blood. Like what? Yeah, he was cheating. So you love the enhanced games. Yes, you're pro. Enhanced games. I'm just pro. Lance Armstrong winning seven Tour de France's back to back and us just believing the lore. Okay. What good does it do for us to know that Bobby Wuss's face actually was third? We don't give a fuck about Bobby. But Bobby's at home. If only people knew. And we know now. And we still don't give a fuck about Bobby. Nobody called Bobby. I want to know what Bobby. Want to know what Bobby's doing. Yeah. Okay. So even Lance said no to Aaron's ideas, even though he did steroids. But he was like, no, but it was an opportunity for him to rebrand. He could have owned it. But like that's not a good rebrand. I'm a bad guy. I feel like anytime that happens to. It's like, ew. Yeah. Yeah. But that's cuz they go to 4chan. He's. He would just be rebranded to like I did steroids. They were delicious. Yum, yum, yum. Mine were cherry flavored. Yeah. So maybe not so bad. I like that he didn't. I like that he was like, you know, I'mma sit this one out. He took his lumps and I kind of appreciate. Yeah, he stood in his business. I hope they didn't take his money away. I'm sure they didn't. Do you think he like rides around like a bike on his estate? Do you think he still rides a bike around where he opens a door to a room with just one bike in it, cries cobwebs on it. Sometimes it's just next to it with a bottle of bourbon, just spinning the window. How do we get to Lance Armstrong? I'd like to know. So because Lance was gonna be an investor in the Steroid Games, but Lance said absolutely not. So that's how we got to him. So we're back on track. So Lance said no to Aaron's idea. That's the lawyer. So Aaron launched a website for the Enhanced Games by himself, posting a 31st second stock footage clip of a sprinter in the blocks with a voiceover declaring that he was the fastest man in the world and a proud enhanced athlete. Now they got a brand. They're Enhanced Athletes. He's a proud enhanced athlete that got investors interested. Investors love a video. Including Christian. I cannot say this name. Christian on Mayer, Christian on Guermayer. There we go. A German on Gurmaer. There we go. A German biotech billionaire who came on board as a co founder. We know Germany's gonna get involved. Y' all said steroids? Oh, Towson. Yes. There are thousand. Yeah. So neither Peter Thiel, Aaron nor Christian are huge sports fans. They were like, we're three gay guys. Aaron says, but they're all focused on being rich, so they have that in common. Wait, that was said by one of them. On the record. Yeah. We three gays are interested in making the money. We're three gay guys and we're interested in making money making money. Well, you know what, that's honesty for you, right? Yeah, yeah. Enhance Games at pride. I hope not. I mean, cringe, cringe, cringe. Why not a Pride Enhanced Games? Sure. I think that's what we already have in WeHo. So enhance games also got millions of dollars in investment from Donald Trump Jr's 19. Donald Trump Jr's 1789 capital. That's what his company's called. And they got praise from. From thought leader Joe Rogan. Sure, I can see that. So these endorsements sound really good. We got the Trumps involved. We got Joe Rogan who famously told people to take Ivermectin. So he definitely knows what to put in your body. Yeah. So this is all seeming legit. So the pros of the Enhanced Games are pretty limited. But they will pay athletes, which is a problem in the regular Olympics. That's true. They don't get paid and. But they do, don't they, don't they? Stipends or something? 59% of U.S. olympians make less than $25,000 in an Olympic year. Yeah. Dang. And the Enhanced Games offer athletes an appearance fee and rank based prize money. Athletes who break the official world records are also in line to claim $250,000 or higher if it's a Worthwhile publicity stunt. You make it exciting. Don't die jumping off this building. You can stand to a big old chunk of cherry if your thighs don't explode in front of our eyes. If your thighs don't explode, if your bones stay in your body, you can make money. And obviously these are not good ideas, right? Doctors, definitely not for it. The worry about premature aging that might happen to people when they come off drugs. And others think that the event might cause steroid use to spread for. Throughout the sport, then through society at large. Because, you know, like, the kids are on the Internet and they don't got no media literacy, so they might start, you know, and that's exactly what we need. Illiterate people with anger management problems who think they're entitled to everything on steroids. I think this is the pipeline to a utopia. No, no, no. The side is going to be great. Yeah. That's scarier. I feel safe. Yeah, you feel safe? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. But. But, Nicole, what if they come up to you and they say, like, will you? Do we want to do a little lift for you? We have a lift for you. A lift? Yeah. Like. Like, like they had a song for you in Africa. Like, these people have, like, a lift that they show you a lift. They're going to show you a lift. Oh, I was like, a lift. A ski lift. Am I being taken? I was like, they just pick you up? Depends on where I'm going. Sure. I mean, I'm not being taken. It depends on where I am. If I'm on the streets of Las Vegas. Vegas. And someone's like, do you want to see me lift a bunch of weight? I'd probably be like, okay, yes, sure. But then if I was like, I'm on steroids, I'd be like, maybe I'm not into this. I don't know. I don't know. They may not tell you, though. They may not be like, I'm on steroids. Hello. That's the opening to the bitch. Yeah. So this was all kind of, you know, up in the air because obviously this is not like, a good thing to do. The Enhanced Games have no official sponsors. No. Shocking. Wow. Gatorade doesn't want to get in on that. No. Right now they don't like Gatorade. Now with a little bit of Roy Gatorade, this would be a perfect opportunity for Powerade power. Yeah. You know, we're roid. Sounds like more of a prime thing to me. What's prime? What's prime? That's Logan Paul's prime. For those of you who know that, who that little man is. The little man. So US Swimming even sent a letter to athletes warning them against competing. The Worldwide Aquatics athletes would still be banned for joining the Enhanced Games even if they competed without taking drugs. So they said, don't you take your ass over there. Yeah. Don't even. Yeah. Don't even be tempted. Don't be associated. Don't think about it. Yeah. So currently, let's see some notable athletes. Currently, only four swimmers have signed up publicly to compete in the Enhanced Games. Australian swimmer James Magnuson, who's retired from swimming in 2019. But on a sports podcast, he said, if they put up a million dollars for the free meter freestyle world record, I come on board as their first athlete. I'll juice to the grills and break the world record within six. Oh, God. Yep. Juice to the gills. Juice to the gills. I like to the grills. Yeah. That's what I really liked. I was like, oh, okay. He said he gonna juice so hard at swimming, he gonna become a fish. It's really funny. All the pictures of the people you've shown. No one has surprised me. I believe that man said that. He looks like a guy who would say that his hair. Like, how do you have. Like, he must have got to be glued to that. Cause how are you just swimming and your hair is still standing up straight? Like, what is happening? Like a Backstreet Boy. Yes, very that. What kind of pomade do you have in there, sir? It's got to be. It has to be, Got to be. It's got to be, got to be, got to be, got to be. So that was a free ad for you. Got to be. So Aaron agreed to the million dollar prize, and James started the protocol of training slash injecting. So James is on the protocol. He's getting ready for 2026. Yeah. Hey. So he's taking testosterone to boost muscle mass and bone density. Peptides. I feel like I shouldn't be. Be reading out what these things are so that y' all can go Google them and get on them. But I don't know. I heard some celebrities take a certain like. Like GHB or. No, that's. That's the. That's. They do take that. But that's not the thing I'm talking about. You're talking about human growth. Human growth hormone. There we go. The. The other thing is not what I'm talking about. Hgb, hg. Human growth. Hg. I just really shut down. Hg. Hgg. Hgtv. No, we're all there. We're all struggling. Right there with you. I thought a little too hard and almost died. Well, yes. So they, you know, some people take a little enhancement. So the Australian man who notoriously is gay must let us know. Aaron, he moved to LA to do it because Australian pools banned him from trying to raining. So he moved James to LA. James put on 30 pounds of muscle, which was actually not helpful for a swimmer. No. It turns out he sank to the bottom. Funny. Here's him before and after. So we have before he started. Oh. Oh no. Oh my God. Oh. Oh. He's a little lollipop. His muscles have muscles. This is like a reverse bbl. Like you got a BBL on his upper back. I am blown away. How can I see the back of your chest from sir. It's like a Stretch Armstrong. Yes. And he probably has a hard time moving his arms to fucking swim. Look at that neck. It's just straight, just straight down. He looks like a thumb. Yes. Yeah. Looks like he has titties on his back. Yes. Like a lot of them. Yeah. He's got back press and. Oh no. Wow. I'm blown away. I did not think I could be as shocked as I am. So we will put that on the Instagram because it is a jump scare this man. He does not. He looks like the Hulk. He looks like he's gonna be like hulk smash. Not like water smash. Like how is he gonna be swimming? He won't. By the time he gets to the end of the pool, all the water gonna be out. Truly just pounding. Every stroke is a cannonball. What? He also looks dumber. Mouth open. Yeah, he went from closed mouth, eye contact to mouth. Like is your mouth too that can close lips? Is he married? I'm worried about his partner. Oh yeah, I hope not. I really hope not. I would also really like to see what the bottom of him looks like. Yeah, he looks the same. The middle legs. Yeah, this middle part looks normal. Yeah, it really does look like his waist is still snatched like the original photo. It's just all up top. It was never leg day. And do we have a time for him? Has it improved? Improved? Oh, we don't know if his time is improved. We just know that his body has drastically changed. And there's another former Olympic swimming third swimmer. 31 year old Greek Bulgeron. He finished fifth in the 50 meter freestyle event in Paris Olympus in 2024. Did break the record, but he was on a better cocktail of drugs. And his new world record won't be officially Registered due to those drugs. So this is somebody who did beat the record, but now he's disgraced because of enhanced. So now he signed up for a million. I mean, what. He looks so sad though. He's like, was it worth it? I don't think it was. So wrapping this up here. Wow. At the end of 2024, Aaron held a conference in Oxford on human enhancement. So he took it back to the uk. He's held, he's holding conferences, went to his alma mater, Apple events. So the speakers and supporters at the meeting signed the. The first declaration on human enhancement. So you heard of John Hancock? We're taking it further. And look, this is such a enhancement looking photo. That's technology. They've as ascended. Yeah, I guess so. To their peak performance. Doesn't that feel very technological to you? Sure, yeah, yeah. Or like enlightened. Yeah. He's like using his matrix human potential. It's kind of giving me like advert for. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure. I think I know what I'm walking into. Yeah. So the 39 people who signed this, they got 39 people at the conference. I feel like I get more emails outside of Walmart. But the 39 people who signed it, including Brian Johnson, the tech millionaire who is trying to never die. I love him. Oh yes, he's fun. He looks sicker and sicker every time I see see him. Like, I just don't understand how trying to never die made you look like a day walker. I don't know. I don't know. I feel like you might be making yourself die, sir. Probably. Yeah. Almost like, why do you want to live forever? It's not getting better. It's not. It's really not great. I'm out. I'm out. Oh my God. Bring it on. Take me. Somebody was talking about NASA sing some unidentified, maybe like aggressive alien, like life forces in the universe. And everybody was like, well, tell them to hurry up. Yes. Take me. Damn. Yeah. Beam me up. Where are we going? I feel like Erykah Badu sometimes. She like has a video where she's like, I've been so weird because I want them to take me. I don't know what more I need to do for them to come take me. And that's how I feel. I feel like I'm like kind of weird. Come take me. I also. I'll make you laugh up there. Yes. We take the Hunger Games routine right up to them. And Jake, will they understand it? No. Okay. Like aliens from segment seven be like, boop boop, blah, Blah, blah. Okay, no, but. So there were longevity doctors who signed it enhanced staff members. Now if I work there, why I gotta sign it? That don't count? No, that doesn't count at all. It's like a birthday card. They're like, sign in the breakthrough. That's so funny. You have to sign it and you can have a picture. Don't worry about it. What it's for. Yeah, you only get the cake when you sign it. And the cake has steroids. Oh, goodness. So he also got bodybuilding influencer, Mr. Virago. Steve. I think we have a photo of Virago. So Steve, that's him and he signed it because he definitely is not on any enhancements. Those grapefruits that he's smuggling in his legs are definitely his calves and nothing else. But. Yeah. So these people who look very smart and sane and with it, they all signed. The 39 people we're gonna. In the future, we'll call them the 39. The 39 who started it all. Yeah. And so Aaron is also announcing the launch of enhanced performance products, which sounds to me like penis pills, but in this case it's trt. It's a new line of supplements inspired by the ones athletes will be taking to prepare for the games. Inspired. I don't know if I want a drug inspired. So what, it's a pill that you take that's not a steroid, but you. It's like. It feels like a steroid placebo. Yeah, that's. Y'. All. I never got some. Some drug but was inspired by Botox. It gives you the feel. But what if it's like inspirational where it's like. It's. It's actually like. It is a place. And they're like full of sugar or something, but not actually steroids. But. And then when you do improve, it's like, see, See? It was the power of you. It was the power of you. Yeah. When you. At the bottom of the bottle, it says it was the power of you all along. And look, they'd be going to the gym more regularly because they're taking it out. They're like, it's working, it's working. It's like you didn't actually need it. All you needed was yourself. This whole thing is to inspire. Now we're. Have we done a 180 and we're back now. I love it now. We love it. We love it now. Yes. I don't. I don't know about these inform performance enhancing products. I don't know about any of This. I don't know. How do you guys feel about this guy? Before we leave, Aaron and. And his. And what he's done for the community. Community. I don't mean. I don't mean the queer community. I was wondering also respond. It is interesting that there's like. They're like, we're three gay men who aren't doing this for our gay. Our community. But we just. The money. But it feels like maybe they were all bullied by these kind of people when they were younger. They're trying to kill them. Yeah. Maybe they're like, yeah, Roy, up. Go for it. Go the distance. We'll give you. Give you all the drugs. Go for it. See what happens. And they're like, that's plotting and planning. I mean, it's wild. What rich people will do, like, feed people, build homes. Yeah. Do philanthropy. Like. Yeah. And then do entertainment later. But also, this is not. This is so. What? You're fucking with people's lives. Yeah. I think that's just the most wildest part. But, like, I guess I'll go. That being said. That being said, I will be there if it happens. May 26th. I probably go here. You were the headliner for Happening. I will be doing stand up in between people having roid rages and breaking bones. Yeah. They said that was gonna, like, help keep the vibes up. Yeah. You're standing in a puddle of blood. I'm not even doing standup. I've pivoted. I'm gonna launch my musical career. I will be singing at the enhancement. Yeah. That's the place to do it. May as well. No rules. No rules. No rules. No shame either. What is happening? Right? Everything. That question is, what is happening to everything? So that is the perfect match. Mariah Carey will also be there. She'll be shooting glitter, too. Like, we're just gonna, like, turn it. Turn the world on its head. We're gonna do anything. And I love that. Okay. Thank you both. So thank you for having you. This is very informative. I do feel like we learned a lot. I really did learn a lot. I didn't want to know any of it, but now I know it. Now you know it. We always ask on this podcast, where would you like to be found? So anything you want to plug Social media, obviously in a ditch in my house, Honestly, in a bed, surrounded by loved ones. There's always a certain person who comes in here. Like, Nathan Kress was like, the little dude. But, like, there was no. There was no break. I was like, where would you like to be found. He was like the La Brea Tar Pits. That was too fast. That is wild. I don't want to be found outside because that means there was no care with my death. Yeah, that's true. I wasn't care enough to, like, guide me. Yeah. Either natural causes, surrounded by friends and family, or after a nationwide search off the coast of a very opulent, beautiful location. Yes. That sounds nice. That sounds really, really nice. And in that case, like, if I was, like, missing and I went missing for too long, I don't know if I would come back, because that would kind of be a bummer, you know? Yeah. If Amelia Earhart came back, everyone's moved on. Yeah, that's true. They stopped looking for. Did she get. Oh, okay. All right. Yeah. She's like, I've been. I've been living a quaint life on an island. We're like, that's not as inspiring. Would you mind going back? Yeah, go back. Go back over there. Where do you want to be found? Next to you. Oh, my God. Yeah. I do hope we die at similar times. That'd be nice. Yeah. I don't want to live without you. I almost just burst into tears. Oh, my God. That's really beautiful. Oh, it would be so sad we didn't have tissues. That's really beautiful. Oh, my God. Who would I text at 1am about an idea that's already been done? This is beautiful. Oh, this friendship is not a scam, y'. All. We know it, we see it, we love it. But, yes, you can listen to our podcast. Best Friends comes out every Wednesday starting on July 30th. 31st. Oh, fuck, yeah. So it is out now. So get into it. And there are 20. Is the 30th. Yes. Huh? Yes. 30th. Yes. Hell, yeah. Yes. I want y' all to have that win. Regardless, it's out now. It's out now. 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Host: Laci Mosley
Guests: Nicole Byer & Sasheer Zamata
Date: August 19, 2025
This episode dives into a truly wild scam: the rising "Enhanced Games," pitched as the Olympics for athletes on steroids, and the bonkers cast of characters behind it. Laci Mosley, Nicole Byer, and Sasheer Zamata break down the scammy roots of this "performance-enhanced" sporting event, riff on the latest frauds and schemes in their own lives, and get real about what drives people to pursue—and sometimes profit from—questionable ambitions.
From personal scam confessions and the seductive power of "free" boomboxes to an exploration of billionaire egos and fake enhancement supplements, the trio delivers comedy, shade, and sharp insight. The episode's central con: Can you create a new Olympics where all the athletes are juiced to the gills? And who stands to actually benefit from that?
The episode is irreverent, playful, sharply observant, and unafraid to shade billionaires, mock the ridiculousness of the Enhanced Games, and lovingly roast each other. It balances comedic riffing (on bodybuilders, con artists, and “juiced up” swimmers) with real insight about scams in everyday life.
In “The Steroid Olympics,” Laci, Nicole, and Sasheer unravel the grift-laden heart of the Enhanced Games—a spectacle built on billionaire ambition, scammer logic, and the American impulse to turn even clear red flags into glitzy, dangerous opportunities. The episode is packed with riotous personal anecdotes, sharp scam analysis, and friendship you can feel through the mic. Ultimately, it exposes the Enhanced Games as perhaps the wildest scheme yet: where even “inspiration” pills are for sale, morality is fuzzy, and spectacle always wins.
Notable Quip:
"If your thighs don't explode, if your bones stay in your body, you can make money." —Laci Mosley (01:10:32)
Moral:
Stay enhanced... but maybe don’t try this at home.
Stay schemin’!