# #381 Actors Were Duped To Play Zombies in a Pro-Landlord Rally (Patreon Excerpt)

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Podcast: [The Downside with Gianmarco Soresi](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-downside-with-gianmarco-soresi-3641096)
Published: 2026-06-20T09:00:00+00:00
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In this Patreon exclusive excerpt, Gianmarco and Russell discuss the downsides of greedy landlords who hired actors to play zombies in a protest against a proposed rent freeze in NYC. Watch the full episode exclusively on Patreon, and join for only $5 a month: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/downside⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Follow Gianmarco Soresi on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Russell Daniels on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow the show on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Produced by Paige Asachika & Gianmarco Soresi Studio engineering by Ty Colgate Edited by Dave Columbo Special Thanks Tovah Silbermann Original music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Douglas Goodhart⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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