Q as in Cucumber Podcast

Hey Q Crew!

We have been waiting for years!  So of course we had to record a quick reaction to the Elizabeth Holmes sentencing. Plus, we should have seen it coming but didn't...she had one more surprise for us, of course! Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaraMackPodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

      https://www.instagram.com/qaic_tanya/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/qaic_lara

 https://twitter.com/qaic_tanya

Podbean: https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

Links from the episode:

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/elizabeth-holmes-sentencing-theranos-trial

 

Theranos Part 1

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q8s49-b987da

Theranos Part 2

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2nics-ba77f3

Theranos Part 3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dzpt4-bbd87f

Updates

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vg6gd-ff1067

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-247ei-104edbc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ghjpb-1088877

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9uaqi-10d1b20

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rx9bte/Cornfuzzled.mp3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tiq9t-10f51c8

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bfdnb-10feaec

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cqnnd-1107f3a

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dptav-1112012

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-p9ze6-1132ebc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gkj58-114c701

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bsiyx-1157f4b

#elizabethholmes #theranos #scandal #comedypodcast #johncarreyrou #wallstreetjournal #trialrecap #trialupdate

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Also follow us on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Thank you to the amazing DVS NME for the use of his music in our intro and outro! Check him out here!

https://dvsnme.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/dvsnme

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#sunnybalwani

#thedropout

#commentary

#podcast

#comedypodcast

#entertainment

#scandal

Hey Q Crew!

We finally got together to chat about Sunny Balwani’s conviction and what happens next!

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaraMackPodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

      https://www.instagram.com/qaic_tanya/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/qaic_lara

 https://twitter.com/qaic_tanya

Podbean: https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

Links from the episode:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/theranos-trials-led-outcomes-elizabeth-holmes-sunny-balwani/story?id=86442467

 

Theranos Part 1

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q8s49-b987da

Theranos Part 2

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2nics-ba77f3

Theranos Part 3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dzpt4-bbd87f

Updates

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vg6gd-ff1067

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-247ei-104edbc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ghjpb-1088877

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9uaqi-10d1b20

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rx9bte/Cornfuzzled.mp3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tiq9t-10f51c8

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bfdnb-10feaec

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cqnnd-1107f3a

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dptav-1112012

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-p9ze6-1132ebc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gkj58-114c701

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bsiyx-1157f4b

#elizabethholmes #theranos #scandal #comedypodcast #johncarreyrou #wallstreetjournal #trialrecap #trialupdate

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Also follow us on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Thank you to the amazing DVS NME for the use of his music in our intro and outro! Check him out here!

https://dvsnme.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/dvsnme

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#sunnybalwani

#thedropout

#commentary

#podcast

#comedypodcast

#entertainment

#scandal

Hey Q Crew!

Sorry We’ve been AWOL for so long! We are plotting a return, but Tanya and I just HAD to record our recap of the January 6th House Committee hearings SO FAR. I am managing to get this out minutes before the primetime finale on 7/21. We will have another episode to recap that so stay tuned!

I didn’t do much cleaning up on this. I just let us rant. If you are a MAGA supporter that happens to listen to our show, this episode is not for you. Hopefully we will see you back for our normal episodes.

WARNING: We can’t help but curse even more than normal. Since we are talking about the attempted illegal overthrow of our government, it seems justified.

Enjoy!

Links referenced in episode:

Who is Cassidy Hutchinson?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/10/us/politics/cassidy-hutchinson-jan-6-testimony.html

 

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaraMackPodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

      https://www.instagram.com/qaic_tanya/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/qaic_lara

 https://twitter.com/qaic_tanya

Hey Q Crew!

This week we conclude our deep dive into the company called “Worse Than Theranos” by New York Magazine. Insys Therapeutics. Our main sources are the fabulous book by Evan Hughes called “The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup” and The New York Magazine article linked below.

In this final episode we cover the “whales” that double, triple, and quadruple dipped in this whole scheme, the downfall of the company, and the arrogance of its leadership.

Links referenced in this episode:

New York Magazine: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/worse-than-theranos.html

Theranos Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_q6cCrV0AEdl3IQuybQafKU2WIwwNql

Enron Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_q6cCrV0AEhGk-GqyMytEcwNpFHQ6_k

Money & Murder w/ Lara Mack-Downfall: The Case Against Boeing: https://youtu.be/_bt2vs3tmfI

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaraMackPodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

      https://www.instagram.com/qaic_tanya/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/qaic_lara

 https://twitter.com/qaic_tanya

Podbean: https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

#insys

#fentanyl

#subsys

#thehardsell

#evanhughes

#audible

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#sunnybalwani

#thedropout

#commentary

#podcast

#comedypodcast

#entertainment

#scandal

 

 

Theranos Part 1

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q8s49-b987da

Theranos Part 2

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2nics-ba77f3

Theranos Part 3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dzpt4-bbd87f

Updates

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vg6gd-ff1067

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-247ei-104edbc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ghjpb-1088877

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9uaqi-10d1b20

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rx9bte/Cornfuzzled.mp3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tiq9t-10f51c8

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bfdnb-10feaec

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cqnnd-1107f3a

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dptav-1112012

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-p9ze6-1132ebc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gkj58-114c701

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bsiyx-1157f4b

Hey Q Crew!

This week we continue with our deep dive into the company called “Worse Than Theranos” by New York Magazine. Insys Therapeutics. Our main sources are the fabulous book by Evan Hughes called “The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup” and The New York Magazine article linked below.

In this second episode we cover how the 4 Horseman finally come together and begin their criminal journey. They launched Subsys into the market and created addicts by bribing doctors and scamming insurance companies.

Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss the conclusion!

Links referenced in this episode:

New York Magazine: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/worse-than-theranos.html

Theranos Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_q6cCrV0AEdl3IQuybQafKU2WIwwNql

Money & Murder w/ Lara Mack-Downfall: The Case Against Boeing: https://youtu.be/_bt2vs3tmfI

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaraMackPodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

      https://www.instagram.com/qaic_tanya/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/qaic_lara

 https://twitter.com/qaic_tanya

Podbean: https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

#insys

#fentanyl

#subsys

#thehardsell

#evanhughes

#audible

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#sunnybalwani

#thedropout

#commentary

#podcast

#comedypodcast

#entertainment

#scandal

Hey Q Crew!

This week we start our deep dive into the company called “Worse Than Theranos” by New York Magazine. Insys Therapeutics. Our main sources are the fabulous book by Evan Hughes called “The Hard Sell: Crime and Punishment at an Opioid Startup” and The New York Magazine article linked below.

In this first episode we cover a little history of the drug at the center of all this- Subsys. Which is an under the tongue fentanyl spray designed for “break through cancer pain”. However, it was mostly used by pain management doctors who were bribed by Insys to push it to their patients and turn them into addicts.

We close out by getting to know the main players: John Kapoor, Michael Babich, Matthew Napoletano, and Alec Burlakoff. The 4 Horseman of the Apocalypse.

Make sure to subscribe so you don’t miss parts 2 and 3!

Links referenced in this episode:

New York Magazine: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/01/worse-than-theranos.html

Theranos Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_q6cCrV0AEdl3IQuybQafKU2WIwwNql

Money & Murder w/ Lara Mack-Downfall: The Case Against Boeing: https://youtu.be/_bt2vs3tmfI

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaraMackPodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

      https://www.instagram.com/qaic_tanya/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/qaic_lara

 https://twitter.com/qaic_tanya

Podbean: https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

#insys

#fentanyl

#subsys

#thehardsell

#evanhughes

#audible

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#sunnybalwani

#thedropout

#commentary

#podcast

#comedypodcast

#entertainment

#scandal

Hey Q Crew!

Tanya’s back! This week we are joined by Jessica James from our sister show, The Parent Memoirs, to make us a throuple! First, we catch up on what Tanya has been up to. Then we chat about a bunch of shows we have been obsessing over. We chat Doctor Death, Joe vs Carole, Pam and Tommy, Inventing Anna, and The Dropout. Finally, before we get into or deep dive that will be coming out over the next few weeks, we discuss a listener email about a woman who mistook a pet store as a butcher shop. Buckle up!

Links referenced in this episode:

Theranos Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_q6cCrV0AEdl3IQuybQafKU2WIwwNql

Money & Murder w/ Lara Mack-Downfall: The Case Against Boeing: https://youtu.be/_bt2vs3tmfI

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Social Media Links:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LaraMackPodcasts

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

      https://www.instagram.com/qaic_tanya/?hl=en

Twitter: https://twitter.com/qaic_lara

 https://twitter.com/qaic_tanya

Podbean: https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

#joeexotic

#tigerking

#carolebaskin

#boeing

#737max

#netflix

#downfall

#downfallthecaseagainstboeing

#lionair

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#sunnybalwani

#thedropout

#joevscarole

#inventinganna

#pamandtommy

#hulu

#peacock

#drdeath

#doctordeath

#commentary

#podcast

#comedypodcast

#entertainment

#scandal

Hey Q Crew!

Tanya is still off on her new adventure, so the delightful Ms. Jessica James stepped in this week! We chat about my first YouTube video…with my face and everything. It’s about the Boeing Max 737 crashes from 2018 & 2019 and the documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing. I linked down below if you haven’t checked it out yet. We also chat about Elizabeth Holmes and her sentencing schedule along with the documentary series Dr Death on Peacock. Finally, we start catching up on emails from y’all! Thanks for patiently waiting during the Elizabeth Holmes / Theranos trial!  We have stories on stupid customer confessions, customers who just want to be angry, warning label confusion and more!

https://youtu.be/_bt2vs3tmfI

 

I refer to our Theranos coverage in this video, so if anyone has not checked those out, the playlist is here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_q6cCrV0AEdl3IQuybQafKU2WIwwNql

My Social Media Links:

https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

#boeing

#737max

#netflix

#downfall

#downfallthecaseagainstboeing

#lionair

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#tomgirardi

#erikajayne

#crash

#tragedy

#commentary

Hey Q Crew!

Tanya is still off on her new adventure! In the meantime, I’m trying new things, and I made my first Youtube video. I didn’t want to leave our podcast peeps hangin’ so here is the audio version! If you want to check out the video on Youtube the link is below:

https://youtu.be/_bt2vs3tmfI

This is another episode in my Money & Murder series. I deep dive on the Netflix documentary, Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, that covers the 737 Max plane crashes from 2018 and 2019.

I refer to our Theranos coverage in this video, so if anyone has not checked those out, the playlist is here https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx_q6cCrV0AEdl3IQuybQafKU2WIwwNql

I also have the playlist linked below to the queen that is Emily D Baker and her coverage on what happened to the settlement money and that ongoing saga.

@EmilyDBaker Erika Jayen & Tom Girardi playlist https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsbUyvZas7gIvaPnEfilr35PrLPfq01qz

My Social Media Links:

https://qasincucumber.podbean.com/

https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

https://www.instagram.com/qaic_lara/?hl=en

Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

#boeing

#737max

#netflix

#downfall

#downfallthecaseagainstboeing

#lionair

#theranos

#elizabethholmes

#tomgirardi

#erikajayne

#crash

#tragedy

#commentary

 

Theranos Part 1

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q8s49-b987da

Theranos Part 2

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2nics-ba77f3

Theranos Part 3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dzpt4-bbd87f

Updates

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vg6gd-ff1067

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-247ei-104edbc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ghjpb-1088877

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9uaqi-10d1b20

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rx9bte/Cornfuzzled.mp3

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tiq9t-10f51c8

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bfdnb-10feaec

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s4bse-106c1ed

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-cqnnd-1107f3a

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dptav-1112012

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-p9ze6-1132ebc

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gkj58-114c701

https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bsiyx-1157f4b

Hey Q Crew!

Tanya is currently busy with a big new life change! It’s a good thing, I swear, but I want to let her share the details. So, since she’s going to be busy for a little bit I have decided to move forward with an idea I have been kicking around for a while and put out a few solo episodes.

Like many people, I am true crime OBSESSED. And I come across stories while looking for deep dive topics that don’t quite fit into our Q as in Cucumber lane. So while Tanya is out I am going to share those stories that I find super fascinating. Stories about people who make the worst choices in the name of greed. Hence, this is the first episode of Money & Murder w/ Lara Mack!

If you guys like this series, please make sure to like comment share etc! But if this is not what you guys are into, feel free to let me know!

On this first episode we dive headfirst into the tale of the 2009 Novack Murders. Ben Novack Jr and his mother Bernice were murdered just a few months apart-though one was written off as an accident initially. They were part of a legendary family with ties to people like Frank Sinatra, Bob Hope and JRK. Their family history is almost as intriguing as the story of their deaths. Who committed the crimes? Take a listen an find out!

If you have requests for other stories I can cover for Money & Murder make sure to comment or send us an email to [email protected].

Don’t forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform!

Also follow us on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber

Enjoy!

Love your faces,

Lara

Links discussed in this episode.

https://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2009_3rd/Jul09_BNovack.html

https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/photos/episode-15-narcy-novack#280351

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAFO2SR1Hvc

https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/novack-narcy-photos.htm

https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/novack-narcy-photos-1.htm

Thank you to the amazing DVS NME for the use of his music in our intro and outro! Check him out here!

https://dvsnme.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/dvsnme

#truecrime

#Thenovackmurders

#benandbernicenovack

#48hours

#snapped

#dateline

#narcynovack

#thefontainebleau

#bennovack

#bennovackjr

#florida

#franksinatra

#scarface

#goldfinger

#moneyandmurder