{"podcast":{"title":"The Russell Brunson Show","slug":"the-russell-brunson-show-743397","podcast_index_feed_id":743397,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/YAP7634977833","website_url":"https://marketingsecrets.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/eede8e0c-f048-11ee-bf7f-5fe8d12a8b74/image/7c3d06ab29be18694fabb789edfb1db3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Russell Brunson","episode_count":865,"summary":"Welcome to The Russell Brunson Show, a podcast that breaks free from the marketing \"box\" to explore the ideas, strategies, and stories shaping success in business and life. Building on the foundation of the Marketing Secrets Podcast, this new evolution dives into Russell’s passions and expertise beyond just marketing. In each episode, Russell shares insights on marketing, selling, personal development, and the lessons he’s learned from studying some of the most important figures in history. It’s a mix of practical strategies, timeless principles, and fascinating stories that will inspire and challenge you to think differently about business and life. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, creator, or someone striving to make an impact, The Russell Brunson Show is your go-to guide for thinking outside the box, achieving success, and leaving your mark on the world. 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The New York Times just profiled a guy who built a $1.8 billion company from a house in LA with two employees and a stack of AI tools. The internet lost its mind. Sam Altman said he wanted to meet him. Inc. ran a glowing follow-up. There was just one problem - the entire customer-acquisition machine was built on more than 800 AI-generated fake doctors selling real weight-loss drugs to real people on Facebook, and the FDA had already sent a warning letter six weeks before the article ran. In this episode, I walk you through what’s actually happening underneath the headlines - fake doctors with profiles claiming to be from Kiev with interests in Bronze Age archaeology, AI-generated before-and-after photos so sloppy that one “patient” has her fingers melted into her phone, FDA warning letters the Times never mentioned, and 1.6 million patient records exposed in a data breach at the clinical partner. Then I trace it back 100 years to Edward Bernays, who invented this exact technique - “manufactured third-party authority” - by getting real doctors to endorse cigarettes and bacon. Same playbook. Same psychology. Same manipulation. Except now AI made it infinitely scalable, infinitely cheaper, and the doctors don’t even have to exist. Key Highlights: ◼️The full $1.8B AI fraud breakdown - 800 fake doctor profiles (including a “Professor Albus Dumbledore”), AI-generated patient photos with fingers melted into phones, 5,000 active Facebook ads, an FDA warning letter the New York Times never mentioned, and a 1.6M-record data breach at the clinical partner ◼️Why Edward Bernays’ 100-year-old “Manufactured Third-Party Authority” technique - the same one that sold cig…","meta_description":"There’s a moment when the future shows up and the people writing about it forget to check who’s actually building it. 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