Teen heartthrob turned anti-crypto crusader? It may seem an unlikely path, but Ben McKenzie, the former star of "The O.C.," didn’t take the easy path to wealth promised by bitcoin that many of his peers did. Instead, he looked beyond the big paychecks and risked his career to call out the scammers and liars behind crypto investing and his contemporaries in Hollywood who took their money to help sell it. Ben tells Andy about his decision to risk everything and expose the truth behind cryptocurrencies and the people who shill them in his new book, "Easy Money".

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Teen heartthrob turned anti-crypto crusader? It may seem an unlikely path, but Ben McKenzie, the former star of "The O.C.," didn’t take the easy path to wealth promised by bitcoin that many of his peers did. Instead, he looked beyond the big paychecks and risked his career to call out the scammers and liars behind crypto investing and his contemporaries in Hollywood who took their money to help sell it. Ben tells Andy about his decision to risk everything and expose the truth behind cryptocurrencies and the people who shill them in his new book, "Easy Money".
Keep up with Andy on Post and Twitter and Post <a href="https://twitter.com/ASlavitt">@ASlavitt</a>.
Follow @<a href="https://twitter.com/ben_mckenzie">ben_mckenzie</a> on Twitter.
Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at <a href="http://bit.ly/lemonadapremium">bit.ly/lemonadapremium</a>. 
Support the show by checking out our sponsors!
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: <a href="https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/">https://lemonadamedia.com/sponsors/</a> </li>
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Check out these resources from today’s episode: 
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">“Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud” is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Easy-Money-Cryptocurrency-Casino-Capitalism/dp/1419766392/ref=asc_df_1419766392/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=598275089707&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=6656779044876936375&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9019538&amp;hvtargid=pla-1923113133992&amp;psc=1">on-sale now</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Find vaccines, masks, testing, treatments, and other resources in your community: <a href="https://www.covid.gov/">https://www.covid.gov/</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Order Andy’s book, “Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response”: <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165</a> </li>
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For additional resources, information, and a transcript of the episode, visit <a href="https://lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble/">lemonadamedia.com/show/inthebubble</a>.

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