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5 min readWe Replaced Doug | Ep. 085 Lemonade Stand🍋
The episode opens with Anthpo (Anthony Poe), a 25-year-old creator, performance artist, and media company owner, arriving at the Lemonade Stand as a guest who has prepared more thoroughly than anyone before him. He has slides, three pre-planned topics, and a presentation structure he calls "Highs and Lows." The hosts—Doug, Gavin, and Aiden—are immediately suspicious of someone who actually came ready to talk.
The Undisclosed Gambing Ad Epidemic
Anthpo's first "low" is a deep dive into a problem he sees daily in his work running a creative agency called Pufferfish. Gambling websites like Rainbet and Stake are contracting comedy creators to produce undisclosed ads that look like normal viral content. The pattern is consistent: a video opens with someone pouring a liquid—free water, free tomato juice, free Gatorade—from a cup in a car, then quickly flashes a gambling interface for two seconds before cutting away. Anthpo shows the hosts dozens of these videos, some with nearly a million likes, all undisclosed.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Show Open & Guest Introduction** - Sue Bird promo plays, then Doug Doug and the co-hosts introduce Anthpo as the guest who came over-prepared with slides.
- 2 (10:00) **Highs and Lows: Undisclosed Gambling Ads** - Anthpo presents a "low" about gambling companies targeting children with undisclosed ads on social media using a viral hook.
- 3 (22:00) **Sodium Battery Breakthrough (BESS)** - Anthpo introduces a "low" that is actually good news: a new sodium battery energy storage system being rolled out in the US.
- 4 (33:00) **Political Optimism & Abdul's Campaign** - Anthpo shares a "high" about seeing a rising political figure, Abdul, who gives him hope as a young person.
- 5 (35:30) **The Cost of Legacy Media vs. Creator-Led Agencies** - Anthpo explains why big companies still pay legacy agencies huge sums for low-performing work instead of cheaper, more effective creator-led options.
- 6 (44:00) **Race to the Bottom: AI Slop vs. Authentic Community** - Anthpo argues that social media is a "race to the bottom" for pure attention, but authentic community is becoming the only valuable currency.
- 7 (52:30) **Anthpo's Moral Code & The Edward Bernays Comparison** - Anthpo explains his company's ethical guidelines for which clients they accept.
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Show Notes
We launched a Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/lemonadestand for bonus episodes, discord access, a book club, and many more ways to interact with the show! Episode: 085 Recorded on: 10/20/26 Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCurXaZAZPKtl8EgH1ymuZgg
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