Episode 5

Brian Thompson addresses the email he received from Ava Lubell, General Counsel at the Slate Group (Panoply’s parent company). Ava Lubell asks Thompson to confirm his formal affiliation with the Panoply Network or remove the logo and stop claiming to be part of the network. Brian explains the misunderstanding in his response to Lubell, claiming that he received correspondence from Mark Panoply months earlier about joining the network. Brian accepted the offer after confirming that the Panoply Network had no ties to McDonalds. Brian explains that he had wired money to Mark Panoply for advertisements that never aired. After not being invited to the company Halloween party, Brian begins to suspect that he is not a part of the Panoply network, but is being scammed by Monroe Boswell. Brian lets Ava know that he has filed a police report and removed the Panoply logo from the podcast’s social media. Brian apologizes, lists all of the podcasts that are part of the Panoply network, says he would be happy to officially join the Panoply network in the future, and concludes his email asking if Ava remembers pizza at McDonald’s.Brian lets listeners know that he believes his invitation to the Now Hear This podcasting event was part of Monroe Boswell’s confidence scheme and encourages them to reach out to the festival for refunds.