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Billy Mitchell became the king of arcade games when he achieved a perfect Pac Man score, and held the highest score in Donkey Kong. But in the early 2000s, a documentary about an upstart trying to be the best at Donkey Kong leads fans to examine how Billy actually achieved those ...  Show more

When news broke that Milli Vanilli were lip-syncing frauds, it was a defining moment in pop-culture. Forty years later, their name is still synonymous with fakery. But Rob and Fab weren’t the masterminds. Behind them was a Svengali producer named Frank Farian, who’d built his ent ...  Show more

Steve Madden is an American fashion designer, businessman, and convicted felon. You may have seen him portrayed in The Wolf of Wall Street, or perhaps your sister has a pair of his world famous shoes... in this episode, Steve speaks on his notorious relationship with Jordan Belfo ...  Show more

Steve Madden is an American fashion designer, businessman, and convicted felon. You may have seen him portrayed in The Wolf of Wall Street, or perhaps your sister has a pair of his world famous shoes... in this episode, Steve speaks on his notorious relationship with Jordan Belfo ...  Show more

Buy Steve's new book here - The Cobbler: How I Disrupted an Industry, Fell from Grace, and Came Back Stronger Than Ever: https://www.amazon.com/Cobbler-Disrupted-Industry-Grace-Stronger/dp/B0BLC2BT86Steve Madden is a world-renowned shoe designer, entrepreneur, and convicted felon ...  Show more

Steve Madden fell in love with the shoe business in the 1970's, when he sold platform shoes at a neighborhood store in Long Island, New York; that was in high school. About 15 years later, he struck out on his own, designing and selling shoes with a high-end look at affordable pr ...  Show more