The Dream

The Dream

Dream fans....WE ARE BACK! We're reimagining The Dream as a weekly interview podcast with guests and segments about, I don't know.... whatever we want? Don't worry! We'll still be focused on the "American Dream" and all the assholes that make it infinitely harder to achieve. We'll just have a bit more freedom in how we present it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

July 11, 2025 42 mins

This week, host Jane Marie talks to former elite level Juice Plus distributor turned psychotherapist and anti-MLM activist, Brandie Hadfield.


You can find more from Brandie Hadfield and here:


Substack: https://brandiehadfield.substack.com

Instagram: @brandiehadfield


For more on Anti-MLM resources, visit:


#antimlm resources ⬇️

linktr.ee/brandiehadfield



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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.

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June 27, 2025 40 mins

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: @maris.bsky.social


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June 20, 2025 50 mins

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



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June 13, 2025 37 mins

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 financial crises.


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June 6, 2025 43 mins

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


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May 30, 2025 42 mins

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




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May 22, 2025 45 mins

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 give you a hint, It's all just marke...

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May 16, 2025 47 mins

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 motives behind his crusade.



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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



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May 1, 2025 35 mins

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, who had been looking for a reason to s...

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April 23, 2025 48 mins

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/



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April 18, 2025 37 mins
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 plenty of time!

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April 11, 2025 58 mins

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 us who slept through (and were subse...

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April 3, 2025 62 mins
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.

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March 27, 2025 68 mins

*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.



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March 20, 2025 24 mins

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/


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March 13, 2025 51 mins
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 The Times, before watching her family...

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March 4, 2025 38 mins

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.


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February 25, 2025 90 mins

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


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