The Dream

This week we are re-running an episode from season 3: Neuro-linguistic programming, or NLP, is the communication technique used by coaches and cult leaders alike. John James Santangelo—a fan of Napoleon Hill— is an NLP expert who gives Jane a crash course. Jane is mesmerized, and according to Santangelo, might've even been hypnotized. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Hosted on...

This week, host Jane Marie talks to two old friends that made a delightfully impactful choice about how to live their lives together. You can find more from Josh Gondelman here: Website: https://www.joshgondelman.com/ Instagram: @joshgondelman Bluesky: @joshgondelman.bsky.social You can find more from Maris Kreizman here: Website: https://www.mariskreizman.com/ Instagram: @mariskreizman Bluesky: @...

Former Arbonne member and Direct Marketing coach, Jennifer Rajala joins host Jane Marie to talk about life after MLM. You can find more from Jennifer Here: @jennifer.rajala Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, producer Dann Gallucci (filling in for host Jane Marie) sits down with journalist and author, Mary O'Hara, to talk about our big, beautiful - and shrinking - social services in the US, from the perspective of a UK transplant who's 2014 book "Austerity Bites" (10th anniversary version is out now) looks at the impact of the austerity measures put in place in the UK after the 2008 global f...

Jane Borden has written a book all about cults, the key thesis of which is that Pilgrims, Puritans, etc. were part of a doomsday cult and that manner of thinking was what founded the United States. You can find more from Jane Borden on Instagram: @janeborden Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, host Jane Marie sits down with journalist and author, Fortesa Latifi (rad name), to talk about the unholy marriage of perfect moms and child exploitation… family vlogs. You can find more from Fortesa Latifi here: Website: https://www.fortesalatifi.com/ Instagram: @hifortesa TikTok: @hifortesa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, host Jane Marie talks to licensed esthetician, writer, and co-founder of the skincare brand Dieux Skin , Charlotte Palermino. Together, they try and suss out the topsy turvy world of beauty and skincare. Anyone know what skincare ingredients are actually good for your skin? Are all the parabins and petrolatums and chemical sunscreens really bad for us, or is it all just marketing? I'll...

This week, host Jane Marie talks to Senior White House Correspondent for The Independent, Eric Garcia, who was recently charged with covering the Secretary of Health and Human Services, RFK Jr's, autism press conference. Eric, who is himself autistic, breaks down the pseudoscience and misinformation RFK Jr has been using the power of his office to disseminate, as the two of them search for the mot...

This week, host Jane Marie combines two of her favorite things - magic and scam debunking - in an interview with mentalist and known psychic-skeptic, Dustin Dean. You can find more of Dustin's work here: TikTok: @dustindeanmentalist Instagram: @dustindeanmentalist YouTube: @DustinDeanMentalist Website: https://www.dustindeanmentalist.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

About 10 years ago, Jane Marie was doing pretty damn good for herself. She was on her own, had a new baby and was working hard as an editor at the feminist website,  Jezebel . Then, it all came crashing down when an editor at Gawker, the umbrella site Jezebel was published under, released a story about a recently discovered Hulk Hogan sex tape -  including footage . Enter Peter Theil, wh...

This week Olivia Howell joins host Jane Marie to talk about divorce, what support really means after a breakup and Olivia's company "Fresh Start", which offers a Divorce Support Network featuring a Divorce Registry, Resources, Education, and Support for Every Step. To learn more about Olivia and Fresh Start: https://www.freshstartsregistry.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

It's Spring Break and Jane and I are taking the week off along with our kids. This week we're bringing you a rerun of Episode 8 from Season 2 - Your Call Is Important To Us . We love caller episodes, so please continue to call or write! We listen, and much of your subject manner and personal experience finds it way to the show, if not turning into a dedicated episode, which has also happened plent...

It's science season! I made that up, but after talking to physicist Dr. Liam Bollmann-Dodd on last week's episode, this week host Jane Marie sits down with Dr. Chem Thug, a PHD chemist trying to do the good work of explaining chemistry online to the rest of us online in ways that we can actually understand. There will be some debunking. There will be some making chemistry interesting to those of u...

This week, host Jane Marie talks to particle scientist and friend of the show, Dr. Liam Bollmann-Dodd, to talk about the Trump administration's war on words and the effects the banned word list will have on science and research around the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*THE DREAM AUDIENCE SURVEY LINK* http://bit.ly/thedream-survey On today's episode, host Jane Marie sits down with Jennifer Romolini, podcast host - Everything Is Fine - and author to talk about her 2024 book “ Ambition Monster ,” a memoir about chronic overwork that was named one of the best books of the year by Esquire and Harper’s Bazaar. You can find more from Jenn (including links to her books...

Former Los Angeles mayoral candidate and current single payer healthcare advocate, Gina Viola, joins host Jane Marie to talk about what keeps her motivated to do good work. You can find out more about Gina's work here: Insta: @ginaforla ...and more about single payer healthcare here: https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2018, the podcast turned Bravo / Netflix series "Dirty John" was ubiquitous - at least in LA, where you couldn't go two blocks without seeing a billboard for the show. This week, the survivor of "Dirty" John Meehan's bloody attack, Terra Newell, talks to host Jane Marie about her experience being interviewed by an LA Times journalist for what she thought was only going to be a print piece in Th...

In honor of the newest member to host Jane Marie's family, a little munchkin born over the weekend, this week we're revisiting Episode 2 of The Dream Season 1. Jane takes us back to her hometown, Owosso, MI as we get to know the town and people that helped shape her award winning career in journalism. Along the way, we also get a glimpse into her family's history with Multi Level Marketing. Hosted...

This past year Charlotte Isenberg, a once-popular teen anti-abortion activist, found herself switching sides in this national debate. What happened to her next is unprecedented and a warning for parents and kids alike. Find Charlotte on Tik Tok here: @blueridgejewess Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How a few bad seeds became a movement. Over and over and over and over and over... - dann g 2025 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Five years ago, in season two of this show, we invited Mother Jones senior editor Anna Merlan on to talk about the rise of dangerous health conspiracies in the U.S. and now that a famous anti-vaxxer, RFK Jr., has been confirmed as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, we've sat down again to discuss what... like, WHAT? You can find more from Anna Merlan here: X: @annamerlan Blu...

This week, host Jane Mare interviews Amanda Lee about her struggles with addiction, her involvement in the Washington DC based "Midtown" Alcoholics Anonymous cult and, ultimately, her path to recovery. Amanda Lee Socials: Tiktok: @amandadarbylee (The Most Wanted RN) Insta: @alabamaamanda Facebook: @alabamaamanda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've known about it for almost 20 years and yet there is still very little being done to combat Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - more commonly none as CTE . And if you think this only affects NFL players, think again. CTE is available in all shapes and sizes - whether it's youth hockey, high school football, club soccer leagues, or professional wrestling, so many of our young athletes are in th...

"How is this legal?" That question has been haunting host Jane Marie since the day she started researching Multi Level Marketing seven years ago. Since then, it feels like every company, industry or product she looks into is a scam. Let's be clear, they often are. This week, she stares straight into the Ivy League Bro eyes of private equity, looking for an answer to that same simple question...

How do you rebuild your life after 13 years and 6 companies worth of Multi Level Marketing indoctrination? The Dream (we're back!) host Jane Marie talks to former MLM devotee and current anti MLM crusader, Erin Bies, about the state of the MLM industry and the work Erin is now doing to take it down. And you might just learn a little something about exogenous ketones along the way.... Find out more...