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She Built a Fraud Empire. Now Laci Mosley Is Taking Scam Goddess Everywhere.
Laci Mosley launched Scam Goddess in 2019 with a simple obsession: fraud. Seven years later she has a TV show on Freeform, a bestselling book, a national Live Nation tour, and brand-new video episodes. Here is why this week is the right time to pay attention.
Black Podcasting Helped Build This Industry. The Checks Haven't Caught Up.
Last week Forbes dropped its annual list of the highest-paid podcasters. Three Black creators made the cut out of 20 total slots. But the list also contained zero Black women, in a medium whose culture has been shaped by Black women more than almost any other group.
You Had to Be There: Black Podcasting's Live Moment Is Here
Atlanta is still drying out. It rained on Pullman Yards Saturday night during the 4th Annual Black Effect Podcast Festival, and nobody left. Here's what happened, the morning after.
The Quiet Rise of Niche Podcasts: A Look Back at 2025
While the industry chased scale, some of the most engaged podcast audiences in 2025 were built around remarkably specific topics. A retrospective on the year's niche success stories.
Why Local Stories Are Finding Global Audiences
A podcast about a neighborhood in Baltimore or a family in rural Mississippi can find listeners in Tokyo and Lagos. Specificity, it turns out, is universally resonant.
