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By high school, church wasn't just Shannon McElroy's faith, it was her community and her future. She was going to be a Christian counselor.
Then her youth group took her to something called "Acquire the Fire": a massive Christian youth conference that was part rock concert, part revival, and for Shannon, one hell of a spiritual high.
Before long, she'd be leaving college to join Teen Mania's Honor Academy. A year-long "internship" in rural Texas that promised purpose, ministry, and a chance to change the world. All she had to do was pay hundreds of dollars a month for the privilege of working for them... for free.
All she had to do was pay hundreds of dollars a month for the privilege of working for them... for free.
As you can imagine, what Shannon thought she'd signed up for was not exactly what she got.
Like the retreat where they simulated a prison and made her do wall sits. For Jesus.
And that was just one of their so-called "Life Transforming Events."
Now, to be fair, they did transform her. Just not the way it said in the brochure.
Twenty-five years later, Shannon, now a professor, therapist and social worker, still finds herself untangling from what one very intense year at Teen Mania instilled in her.
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Melissa Archer is best known as Natalie Buchanan on One Life to Live, with later stints on Days of Our Lives and a run of indie films. These days she builds software, including NeuroRewire, an app for rewiring thought patterns formed in situations people didn't choose. Somewhere in the middle of all that, she accidentally joined a cult. We first learned about her from Be Scofield's reporting in The Guru, and she joins us fresh off the story going public.
In Part 1, Melissa walks us through how a non-practicing Catholic went looking for a deeper connection to God and found a pile of red flags she didn't yet have the language for: love bombing, daily phone calls, leadership titles, "diamond memberships," doubt dismissed as a "religious spirit," and isolation bragged about so openly she figured a group that culty couldn't possibly be a cult on purpose.
Her entry point was a Tanzanian "prophet" named GeorDavie and his 5F movement (formerly Advanced Anointing), with twenty-something emcee Kathryn Krick and pastor David launching the American branch. And to her credit, Melissa was skeptical enough to design a literal test for whether the prophecy stuff was real. But a streak of "miracles" had her healthy skepticism gaslighting itself, until it ended with a prayer: "I'm going all in—pull me out if I get too deep." Come back Thursday for Part 2, when we head to Tanzania, where the promises got bigger, the control got tighter, and the whole thing stopped feeling like a miracle.
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Samantha and guest Keira Havens talk Thomas Massie's recent attempt to impeach Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. They discuss the mechanics and politics of impeachment, the role of accountability, and what it means to regain a sense of ourselves as constitutional actors.
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Last Modified 09/20/2026 16:24:39 by Freedom ControllerFox News host Jessica Tarlov, the lone liberal voice on "The Five," stops by the studio to talk to Tommy about her new book "I Disagree: Winning Arguments without Losing Friends." Tarlov offers Tommy a behind the scenes look into the making of Fox's most combative show and her relationships off-screen with her conservative colleagues.
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After Mother Jones senior reporter Julia Lurie had her IUD removed, she was surprised to find that she felt happier and calmer than she had in years.
Her experience made her wonder: What does the science say about how hormonal birth control affects mood? And in a moment when contraceptives are so politicized and misinformation is rampant, is it possible to talk about the side effects of birth control without giving ammunition to those who want to get rid of it altogether?
In talking with scientists, doctors, and public health experts, Lurie learns that for years, research has found that people on hormonal contraceptives are much more likely to experience depression, suicidality, anxiety, insomnia, and other effects rarely discussed by the doctors who prescribe them.
“For some women, it can be an almost overnight change,” says OB-GYN and contraceptive researcher Dr. Ojvind Lidegaard.
This week on Reveal, we explore the gaps in women’s reproductive health, from contraceptives to menopause.
What if elections, which are a cornerstone of democracy, don't produce the outcomes that we desire?
Terry Bouricius spent twenty years as an elected lawmaker in Vermont - city council, then the statehouse - followed by a decade at FairVote trying to fix elections with better elections. Then he quit. Since 2005 he has been the leading American theorist of sortition: choosing the people who govern by lottery, the way we choose juries — a practice rooted in Athenian democracy.
This is a conversation about an idea most Americans have never encountered, and about why it keeps working wherever it is tried. Ireland used randomly selected conventions to settle same-sex marriage and abortion. Melbourne handed a stuck capital budget to 43 taxpayers chosen by lot. Connecticut is running the first statewide citizens' assembly in the United States right now. And the argument underneath it all is disarmingly simple: you can't lobby a jury. No donors, no primary, no next race, no way to know six months out whose ear to buy.
Recorded before the 2026 midterms. We close on elections themselves - and Bouricius, an election-reform veteran who says the machinery is sound, names the thing that actually frightens him.
Guest:
Terry Bouricius - former Vermont legislator, ten years at FairVote, originator of the multi-body sortition model, co-founder of Democracy R&D. His book "Democracy Without Politicians: Government By the People" (Routledge, 2026) is open access - the full text is free.
https://democracywithoutpoliticians.org
https://terrybouricius.com
https://democracycreative.substack.com
https://sortitionusa.org
https://democracyrd.org
Chapters:
0:00 Cold open: what if jurors were elected?
0:46 Intro
2:23 Twenty years in office, and why he left
5:40 What sortition actually is
5:53 Athens: a democracy because of the lottery, not the assembly
7:59 British Columbia, 2004: "This is what democracy looks like"
11:10 The 200-year project and the peeling strategy
14:19 Why left and right both nod along
15:43 You can't lobby a jury
17:25 More likely to die in office than lose an election
17:37 Plato's ship vs. the wisdom of crowds
18:21 A thousand assemblies, and Macron's climate convention
19:57 Connecticut: the first statewide assembly in the US
20:43 Aristotle: the lot is democratic, election is oligarchic
22:10 What Madison and the founders actually feared
26:09 "How many of us are renters?"
28:35 Cognitive diversity: why the room beats the experts
33:27 Designing against bribery and capture
35:09 Binding or advisory? Melbourne's budget
37:58 Ireland: marriage and abortion, decided by lot
40:00 The abuse survivor and the gay juror
44:47 Tribal loyalty: Obamacare, tariffs, switching sides
50:22 Groupthink, facilitators, and multi-body sortition
52:35 Agenda-setting: the wall, the bridges, the climate
55:33 AI: the bubble, and who gets to decide
58:29 Could AI agents replace a citizens' assembly?
62:09 What to do Monday: Sortition USA
63:10 The book is free
67:02 Are the midterms secure?
67:54 The refusal to seat: "a real possibility within two months"
69:59 Outro and links
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Tout sourit à Carine : son boulot qu'elle adore, sa vie avec son amour de jeunesse qu'elle a retrouvé, leur fils vrai bébé de l'amour... A un détail près : depuis des années le fils de Carine ne dort pas.
Avec Roman, le papa, ils passent des nuits cataclysmiques et des journées épuisés physiquement et nerveusement.
Carine teste toutes les astuces, les conseils, les remèdes de grand-mère, jusqu'à ce que de guerre lasse, elle se décide à aller voir un psy.
En quelques minutes, il va mettre le doigt sur tout un univers que Carine n'avait pas soupçonné jusque là.
Ce rendez-vous va aider son tout petit garçon mais surtout aider Carine à comprendre des choses sur sa vie qu'elle n'avait jamais réalisées...
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JD Vance begs voters to give the White House "another chance" as a series of new polls show a political environment even more favorable to Democrats than the one that propelled the blue wave in 2018.
Jon, Dan, and Alex break down how much "hopium" we should be huffing, a new ad from a Florida Republican breaking with Trump on immigration, and whether unexpectedly close Senate races in Minnesota and New Hampshire should have Democrats worried. They dive into JD Vance's advice to AI companies to simply stop "building Frankenstein" and unpack Trump's fixation on demolishing the Kennedy Center if he's not allowed to name it after himself.
Alex talks about her new book, "The Steal: Four Right-Wing Hard-Liners, One Republican Presidency, and the Raid on America's Courts," which follows the conservative movement's deliberate takeover of the American judicial system. Then, Dan Osborn, the independent candidate for Senate in Nebraska, stops by the studio to talk to Jon about his campaign against Pete Ricketts.
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For thousands of years, cultures with no connection to one another told the same story: enormous, violent beings who once walked the earth — and had to be destroyed. Then came the physical evidence — oversized bones and ten-foot skeletons pulled from caves and fields across the American frontier. Most of it vanished. Some say it’s all a hoax. Others think there might be a scientific explanation. One that makes the idea of Giants not so far fetched after all.
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Last Modified 09/17/2026 16:56:38 by Freedom ControllerPesticide ultra toxique, le chlordécone a été utilisé en Guadeloupe et en Martinique entre 1972 et 1993 pour lutter contre le charançon du bananier, insecte qui attaquait la plante. Pourtant, le produit avait été interdit aux Etats-Unis depuis 1976 puis en France hexagonale en 1990. Les lobbys des planteurs de bananes avaient fait pression sur le gouvernement français pour obtenir des dérogations.
Le chlordécone a contaminé durablement les sols, les rivières et les zones côtières pour plusieurs centaines d'années. Aujourd'hui , 90% de la population adulte en Guadeloupe et Martinique a du chlordécone dans le sang. Le produit provoque des cancers, des retards pour tomber enceinte, des problèmes neurologiques chez les enfants. Ce scandale sanitaire et social est pourtant peu connu en France hexagonale.
Dans cet épisode, vous entendrez des femmes qui se battent pour la justice et la réparation et qui dénoncent les conséquences terribles de cette pollution, notamment pour les femmes et les enfants.
Avec :
- Patricia Chatenay Rivauday, co-présidente de l'association Vivre en Guadeloupe ;
- Lilith, militante anti chlordécone ;
- Malou, militante anti-chlordécone ;
- Les participantes et organisatrice de l'atelier de prévention à destination des femmes enceinte, via le Groupement d'Intérêt Public ;
- Réseaux et Actions de Santé Publique en Guadeloupe. (GIP-Raspeg) ;
- Natacha Kancel et les ouvrières de l'association Drain'ailes, à Sainte Rose ;
- Sarah Aguiton, sociologue ;
- Régine Boniface, chercheuse spécialisée sur la santé et les droits sexuels et reproductifs.
Textes :
- S'aimer la terre, défaire l'habité colonial, Malcom Ferdinand, éditions Seuil ;
- Morne Câpresse, Gisèle Pineau, éditions Mercure de France ;
Remerciements :
Merci à Rebecca Chaillon qui récemment, s'est aussi faite porte voix du combat pour la justice et la réparation, dans le scandale de la pollution au chlordécone.
Merci à Charlotte, militante afro féministe vegan, merci à Jessica Oublié, merci à Sabrina Cajoli, juriste internationale. Merci aux associations Amazones, qui lutte contre le cancer en Guadeloupe, et Likid Chocolat, qui lutte contre l'endométriose. Merci à Marie Mathieu, Sarah Aguiton et Régine Boniface. Un merci tout particulier à Lilith.
Pour aller plus loin :
- Tropiques toxiques, le scandale du chlordécone, Jessica Oublié, Nicola Gobbi, Kathrine Avraam, Vinciane Lebrun
- S'aimer la terre, défaire l'habité colonial, Malcom Ferdinand
- "Politique de la biosurveillance face aux résidus de pesticides", Sara Angeli Aguiton et Marie Mathieu
- "Il faudra s’adapter ou disparaître", Sara Angeli Aguiton et Marie Mathieu
- "Exposition au chlordécone et parcours AMP en Guadeloupe", Régine Boniface
- "Exposées au Chlordécone, les femmes mettent plus de temps à être enceintes", Reporterre
- "Josette Bomaré, pionnière du combat contre le chlordécone", La Déferlante
- "Les femme antillaises, victimes invisibles du chlordécone", Reporterre
- Toxic, Olivier Kancel, France Télévisions
- "Chlordécone aux Antilles, trois voie pour réparer le préjudice", Revue juridique de l'environnement.
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Paris’ new book Hyperscale: The Ambition and Excess of Big Tech’s Data Empires is coming out in October. To celebrate, we’re revisiting the series that planted the seeds for his deep dive into hyperscale data centers, the communities they’re affecting, and the future Silicon Valley is trying to build. This is episode 3 of Data Vampires, a special four-part series from Tech Won’t Save Us.
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In one of the most powerful conversations ever recorded on The Mel Robbins Podcast, Mel sits down with someone she has looked up to for more than four decades: Oprah Winfrey.
Mel first started watching Oprah on local television, before The Oprah Winfrey Show was nationally syndicated. Through every chapter of her own life, Mel has returned to Oprah’s work for perspective, encouragement, and direction.
This is more than an interview for Mel. It is deeply personal. Now you get to hear the questions she has wanted to ask Oprah for years.
Oprah starts this episode by saying, “I want everybody to know that you have the power to fulfill the fullest expression of yourself as a human being.”
She is teaching you how to do that today.
Oprah shares what she learned, growing up feeling unloved and “red dirt road poor” in Mississippi to extraordinary success. She discusses painful mistakes, difficult family relationships, and moments when she ignored her own intuition and paid the price.
What she reveals is surprisingly simple: You already have an internal GPS. Oprah will teach you how to hear it, and find the courage to follow it.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
-How to recognize the thread of purpose that has been running through your life all along
-Why intention changes the way you experience your work, relationships, and choices
-The single question Oprah asks when something in her life is not working
-Oprah’s best advice: “You are allowed to change your mind,” and what happened when she ignored it
-What to do when something painful or unfair happens and you have to figure out how to move forward
-Oprah’s life-changing definition of forgiveness
-The “10-gallon versus pint-size” lesson that helped her heal her relationship with her mother
-The single spiritual practice Oprah comes back to again and again
If Oprah Winfrey could sit beside you and help you think through the biggest questions in your life, this is the conversation she would want you to hear.
This conversation will help you come back to your center and look at your own life differently.
Start paying attention to the life that has been speaking to you all along.
There is something in this episode for wherever you are in your life right now.
This is a must-listen episode.
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Mel is going to Oprah Winfrey’s AHA at Sphere Las Vegas! And she’s thrilled to share that Oprah has given listeners of this show early access to tickets for the event with code MELAHA.
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Si la parole se libère progressivement autour de l’inceste, celle des hommes victimes reste encore largement silencieuse. 50 % d’entre eux déclarent n’en avoir jamais parlé à personne, contre 43 % des femmes victimes.
Comment parler d’un traumatisme d’enfance quand on a grandi avec l’idée qu’un homme doit être fort, solide, maître de lui-même ? Pour le rappeur D’ de Kabal et le réalisateur Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, il aura fallu des années pour trouver les mots.
Quelles traces l’inceste laisse-t-il dans la construction des hommes, leur rapport au désir et à l’affection ? Comment les injonctions à la virilité peuvent-elles empêcher de reconnaître et de dire les traumatismes ? Et comment se reconstruire après l’inceste ?
Pour en parler, Naomi Titti reçoit D’ de Kabal, rappeur et auteur de Ma honte et Julien Gaspar-Oliveri, réalisateur du film La Frappe.
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We’re back with twins Larena and Elyse Wynn, also known as Mothermary. In part 2 this week they’ll talk about how Elyse got fed up with being obsessive about sin all the time, which led her to hitch a ride out of Idaho and into Salt Lake City. Living with former Mormons, she explains how that’s where her worldview began to crack–especially after she attended Pride for the first time.
Meanwhile, Larena talks about how her marriage–and her time in the church–ended, and the girls will share how they began their journeys working as professional dominatrixes. They discuss the importance of boundaries and communication, the parallels and differences between power dynamics in BDSM and religion, and whether someone in a religion that insists they be submissive can truly enter the mindset called “sub space.”
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More To The Story: The 2016 election that put Donald Trump in the White House the first time was defined in many ways by the role of America’s longtime adversary Russia. Over the years, multiple investigations have concluded that Russia meddled in the election to boost Trump over Hillary Clinton and create political discord among voters. Trump, meanwhile, has repeatedly called the Russia investigations a “hoax.” As the 2026 midterms approach, experts warn that Russia could interfere in US elections once again. Because as Mother Jones Washington bureau chief David Corn lays out in his new book, How Russia Won: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America, Russia has been waging a continuous campaign against the US. On this week’s More To The Story, Corn talks about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “twilight war” against the US and Western democracies, argues that the infamous Steele dossier ultimately helped Trump, and examines how the Trump White House has dismantled government agencies tasked with finding and fending off Russian disinformation campaigns.
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On this week’s show Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by former US Cyber Command executive director turned PwC’s Cyber, Data & Technology Risk leader Morgan Adamski to talk through the week’s news, including:
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L’auteur de bande dessinée Joe Sacco publie avec le journaliste Chris Hedges Requiem for Gaza chez Futuropolis, un livre écrit sur la base de nombreux témoignages de Palestinien·nes de Gaza réfugié·es en Égypte.
Requiem for Gaza raconte le génocide, les déplacements forcés, la peur, la faim, la mort, et les meurtres de l’armée israélienne, qui, au nom de l’éradication du Hamas, responsable des attaques du 7 octobre 2023, a ciblé toute la population.
Né à Malte, Joe Sacco vit désormais à Portland, aux Etats Unis ; il est reconnu dans le monde entier comme une des voix majeures de la bande dessinée contemporaine.
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Trump dismisses the AI CEOs at Anthropic, OpenAI, and xAI who are calling for a "global slowdown" of AI development, saying the only government regulation the industry needs is a "high IQ" president.
Jon, Tommy, and Lovett break down the "sick conspiracy" claim the administration and tech investors have leveled at AI makers, the recent developments that united Dario Amodei, Sam Altman, and Elon Musk, and the chances that meaningful AI regulation could pass before the election or in a lame-duck Congress.
Then they turn to AI's impact on the 2028 presidential election, a Russian oligarch's unusual involvement in Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding festivities, and the worst Republicans on and off the ballot in Texas. Then, Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, stops by the studio to talk to Jon about her new book, "How to Eat an Elephant."
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Is the apocalyptic mood in our culture today just in our imagination, or are we witnessing the rise of a dangerous new political reality? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor co-authored ‘End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World' to help answer that question. They join WITHpod to discuss how the far-right has shifted from climate denialism to weaponizing ecological and economic crises, creating an ideology built on survivalism, tech-oligarchy and authoritarian control. Plus, they talk about what can be done to resist.
As the 2026 midterm elections heat up, MS NOW is headed to the Lone Star State. Join more than a dozen of your favorite hosts - including Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, Jen Psaki, Michael Steele, Ali Velshi and more - in Arlington, Texas on September 26 for a day of community and conversation about the issues that matter most to you. Get your tickets at ms.now/together.
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Mélissa a 23 ans quand elle rencontre Kevin*. Très vite, leur histoire d'amour est rattrapée par les troubles psychiatriques de Kevin, les hospitalisations et des années de combat pour retrouver une vie normale.
Quelques années plus tard, alors qu'ils construisent leur vie ensemble, Kevin décède brutalement. À seulement 27 ans, Mélissa doit apprendre à vivre avec l'absence de l'homme qu'elle aimait et sa reconstruction à démarrer.
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We’re back with Mark Vicente for Part 2 of this joint A Little Bit Culty and WTF is on my Mind?! episode. This one gets into the real meat of what happened at our book launch event gone sideways—and what it means beyond just us.
We play the last 12 minutes of Sarah’s recording from the event, then the bookstore owner's public social media post about the incident. We contrast it with what actually happened, including eyewitness accounts from people in the front row who tried to set the record straight, only to have their comments deleted. We talk about what it feels like to be publicly misrepresented with no ability to correct the record, how cancel culture weaponizes the cloak of altruism, and why the best fight is the one you don't fight. We also get into identity politics, why fusing your sense of self to a belief system makes civil discourse impossible, and why Mark thinks we're all being triangulated against each other on a macro scale.
This episode is a case study in culty thinking without a cult—and a reminder that dehumanizing the person in front of you while claiming to fight for humanity is not advocacy; it's the problem. If the comments on this one devolve into a debate about geopolitics rather than the patterns at play, you've already missed the point.
Trigger warning: This episode contains frank discussion of public shaming, online harassment, and geopolitical conflict.
Also…let it be known that:
The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business, individual, anyone or anything. Nobody’s mad at you, just don’t be a culty fuckwad.
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Daniella Mestyanek Young was born three generations deep into the Children of God and today, she finally gets out.
At 15-years-old, she lands in Texas with no real education, no money and no friggin' idea how life on the outside works.
But true to form, she badasses her way through it. And excels.
Somehow, the girl who escaped one extreme, hierarchical world becomes an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army, deploys to Afghanistan, and helps make history for women in combat.
But on her very first day of basic training she thinks:
"Oh... I've joined another cult."
Part Two of Daniella's incredible story is about what happens after you escape.
Because getting out of a cult is one thing.
Figuring out who the hell you are once you're free is another.
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In this special joint episode of A Little Bit Culty and Mark Vicente’s WTF Is on My Mind?!, Mark interviews us about the “Massy incident” during our Vancouver book tour for A Little Bit Culty: Navigating Cults, Control and Coercion. Together, we unpack what happened when a conversation about cult dynamics, extremism, and pattern recognition was hijacked by a highly charged political conflict—and how loaded questions, forced verdicts, black-and-white thinking, and moral purity tests can turn a book event into a full-blown ideological cage match. Stay tuned for Part 2 on Thursday.
Trigger warning: This episode contains frank discussion of antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, the Israel–Gaza conflict, genocide, extremism, religious and political polarization, and online harassment.
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The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business, individual, anyone or anything. Nobody’s mad at you, just don’t be a culty fuckwad.
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This is one of the most eye-opening conversations Mel has had on the podcast.
Today, Dr. Jonathan Haidt joins Mel to explain what constant quick dopamine is doing to attention, motivation, confidence, and mental health - and why the impact looks very different in boys than it does in girls.
This conversation could not be more timely.
Meta recently agreed to a landmark $17.1 billion settlement in a major case accusing the company of endangering children by designing its platforms to be addictive to kids and teens. And, today, you’re going to hear from one of the experts, Dr. Haidt, whose groundbreaking research helped shape that case.
Like Mel, you may have heard about how deeply social media has impacted girls - intensifying anxiety, social comparison, sexualization, and self-harm.
But Dr. Haidt, a social psychologist, professor at NYU Stern, and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation, has a new warning: boys are being affected in a very different way.
Stop and think about what boys have sitting in their pockets all day long: a video game arcade, an endless stream of short-form videos, sports betting, and instant access to pornography.
Dr. Haidt says to think of it like this:
Imagine a boy or man you love sitting at the bottom of an ocean while thousands of fishing hooks drop down around him. Every hook is baited with something engineered to grab his attention.
A new video. Another level. A shocking image. A notification. A chance to win.
Over time, that constant stimulation can make ordinary life feel painfully slow.
And this isn’t just about young people.
If you have a son, brother, boyfriend, husband, or young man in your life who seems stuck, checked out, or like he’s lost his drive, you need to hear this conversation.
Most importantly, Dr. Haid, gives you a way forward. He is here not only to educate you but also to share the specific changes you and the people you love can make - starting right now - to take back your attention, motivation, and focus.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
-Why young men can start withdrawing from school, friendships, dating, work, and real-world goals
-What social media does to girls during puberty
-Why shallow online connection is replacing deeper friendships
-Why Dr. Haidt recommends no social media until 16
-The household rules he recommends for sleep, screens, and bedrooms
-Why long-form stories are different from endless short-form content
-How to help a struggling young man change without shaming him
-Why small changes, social support, exercise, and real-world activities can help rebuild motivation
-What research shows can happen after just one to two weeks of reducing social media use
If you’re seeing someone you love lose motivation, withdraw, or struggle with social comparison or insecurity - or if you’re noticing any of this in yourself - this conversation could change everything.
Anyone who follows the two-week protocol Dr. Haidt shares today can begin retraining their brain and improving their motivation and focus.
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If you liked the episode, check out this one next: The Science of Self Control: Find Motivation, Build Willpower, and Increase Your Focus
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Last Modified 09/13/2026 17:24:40 by Freedom ControllerIn this podcast, host Samantha Hancox-Li and guest Greg Sargent, staff writer for The New Republic and host of the Daily Blast podcast, discuss Trump's cratering poll numbers—worse than Bush's after Katrina—and what that means for the country, including how elites got hoodwinked by the vibe shift, why MAGA isn't working, and whether a major realignment is coming.
Tommy flies out to Detroit to talk to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, asking him about his masculinity-forward campaign, the electorate's appetite for candidates who fight back, and how to restore trust in the American healthcare system. But first, Tommy sits down with Jon to talk about the energy he saw on the ground in Michigan, what he heard from voters, and what it'll take for Abdul to win come November.
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Les résultats de l’enquête Pisa, le Programme international pour le suivi des acquis, ont été publiés par l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE), mardi 8 septembre. Et la France enregistre des résultats parmi les plus faibles jamais réalisés.
D’après ces évaluations internationales, le niveau des élèves a encore chuté en mathématiques et en compréhension de l’écrit. Mais derrière ces chiffres, se dessine surtout une école française inégalitaire, où le milieu social détermine, plus qu’ailleurs, les chances de réussite.
Que nous apprennent réellement ces tests sur l’état de l’école française ? Faut-il leur donner autant d’importance ? Comment faire pour lutter contre les inégalités scolaires ? Est-ce qu’il faut revoir notre pédagogie, enseigner autrement, ou s’agit-il d’abord et avant tout d’une question de moyens ?
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In 2023, Marlena Arjo adopted a one-eyed kitten with a penchant for destruction. She named him Otto, and over the next eight months, Otto grew into his own little chaotic personality.
“ He’s laying on houseplants, he’s tearing books out of the bookshelves, ripping the calendar off the wall…I wasn’t prepared for having a criminal in my home,” Arjo joked.
Within months, Otto got sick and stopped eating. Arjo rushed him to a vet and learned he had feline infectious peritonitis, better known as FIP, a disease that kills nearly all cats that contract it.
The vet said there was nothing the clinic could do. But there was something Arjo could do.
“I shouldn’t tell you this,” Arjo recalled the vet telling her. “But by the way, you can get drugs for this if you go to this Facebook group.”
This week on Reveal, in partnership with the Hyperfixed podcast, we tell the story of the cat drug black market, why it was even necessary, and how cat lovers fought for big changes to make the black market obsolete.
This is an update of a show that originally aired in January 2026.
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