Hey Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing

Author and sobriety coach Paulson (Highlight Real: Finding Honesty & Recovery Beyond the Filtered Life) offers a candid and compelling glimpse beyond the shroud of secrecy surrounding multilevel marketing (MLM), a deceptive system that can lead to financial, emotional, and moral bankruptcy for all involved. With a business model where the odds of turning a profit are lower than the odds of winning roulette, how do so many companies continue to inspire cult-like devotion among their distributors? As a former MLM top-earner, Paulson is the perfect person to expose the racism, classism, and incessant greed behind #girlboss culture. Narrated by the author, this tale of addiction, indoctrination, and exploitation takes on a reflective, relatable air. Listeners will likely connect with Paulson’s journey, including her struggles with self-worth and sobriety. Other parts of her story, such as when she used her cancer diagnosis to boost sales, are shocking. Paulson also analyzes how the rampant misinformation associated with the COVID pandemic allowed MLMs to prey on people in different, disturbing ways.