Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Dan Cummins
529 - Lou Pearlman: Boy Bands, Blimps, and a $300 Million Scam
2 hour 50 minutes Posted Oct 19, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
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Lou Pearlman helped launch two of the biggest boy bands of the 1990s, the Backstreet Boys and NSYNC, while secretly building a massive empire of lies, exploitation, and financial fraud. This story is crazy. From his bizarre obsession with blimps to his outrageous spending, allegations of sexual misconduct, and a Ponzi scheme that literally stole hundreds of millions of dollars, discover how one of pop music’s most influential kingmakers became one of world's biggest con men.