Scam Central: The US & Black Financial Scams (w/ Cam James)

My guest for this episode is Cam James, music artist, filmmaker, investigative journalist, and rising star in online political media.

Cam is the creator of countless popular Youtube investigative videos highlighting the scams & scammers targeting Black communities.

We speak about the relationship of these scams to the scammer ethos in the U.S. at large. In addition, Cam walks through how he went from being an aspiring rapper to a successful investigative video essayist, journalist, and political media figure.

• Cam James' YouTube page: youtube.com/@CamJames

• & his general website: cameraventures.io

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Episode Notes:

• PBS Series Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History

  • Cam James’ interview w Henry Louis Gates

  • Cam’s interview w Avi Dresner

  • Cam’s discussion with Dr. Jared Ball on Cam’s approach to the PBS interviews

• JT The Pocketwatcher

• Myron Golden

• 19Keys

• Tariq Nasheed

• Unsafe at Any Speed — Ralph Nader

• “Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)” – Soulja Boy Tell'em

• “Crank Dat Yank” – Camp22

• “Stanky Legg”– GS Boyz

• Black AF History — Michael Harriot