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

November 20, 2025 26 mins
Marketing critic Dr. Mara Einstein walks us through the ways in which brands act like cults, especially when it comes to recruiting and maintaining a loyal customer base. She is the author of Hoodwinked: How Marketers Use the Same Tactics as Cults and host of the Hoodwinked with Dr. Mara Einstein podcast. You'll fine her TikTok videos especially enlightening, so follow there.

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This week, host Jane Marie talks to veteran television producer Danny Vikram Bell about the odd history and evolution of Reality TV.

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November 7, 2025 34 mins
Ever wonder who makes those beautifully shot, inspirational videos of MLM founders riding around on jet skis they launched from the dock at their mansion in Florida? Scott, that's who.

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October 31, 2025 31 mins

Hey Dream listeners! First of all, we want to thank everyone who's joined our supercast channel over the last few weeks (only $5 a month for ad free episodes!) It helps us so much and keeps us from having to overload the Dream feed with more ad spots than we already have. When you join the Supercast channel we become more independent and less beholden to advertisers we don't know and often don't know about! If you haven't joined ye...

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October 24, 2025 37 mins

Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a new for the show AMA chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast chann...

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October 17, 2025 35 mins

Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a new for the show AMA chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast chann...

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October 10, 2025 41 mins

Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a new for the show AMA chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast chann...

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October 3, 2025 42 mins

Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a new for the show AMA chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast chann...

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September 26, 2025 51 mins

Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a new for the show AMA chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast chann...

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September 19, 2025 28 mins

Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a new for the show AMA chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast chann...

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September 12, 2025 43 mins

Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a brand new AMA style chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast channe...

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Hey Dream Listeners!


We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a brand new AMA style chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast channe...

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August 28, 2025 48 mins
This week host Jane Marie reunites with fellow This American Life alum and pulitzer prize winning journalist, Lisa Pollak, to listen to, and discuss, the stories they produced for This American Life while traveling to Houston to cover the experiences of people living through the aftermath of one of the worst disasters in US history.

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This week, host Jane Marie talks to NYT journalist Danielle Friedman about something WE DON'T TALK ABOUT. Menopause.


Well, actually, around here we do. Quite a bit. Because it's incredibly important and an awful part of our medical system (current and historical) that both doctors and, subsequently patience, know so little about women's health in general and menopause specifically. So, let's ALL dig in to this rich and interest...

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August 15, 2025 42 mins

This week, host Jane Marie talks to Bay Area jeweler and sustainable mining activist Ana Brazaitytė about where and how we get our precious metals and gems.


You can find more from Ana here:


https://trussandore.com/

Instagram: @trussandore

Tik Tok: @trussandore


And don't forget that in a few weeks (August 29th!) we'll be offering a whole new way to listen to ad-free episodes of The Dream AND get some radical bonus c...

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This week The Dream presents a very special episode of a show that we adore - Hyperfixed. Here's how the wonderful people at Hyperfixed describe it:


"Keenan always had this question about his mom's past, and he turned to us for help. And then we turned to him for help. A very special episode of Hyperfixed."


You can find more from Hyperfixed here:


http://hyperfixedpod.com/join


If you are a Hyperfixed member, you can see ...

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August 1, 2025 35 mins

This week we are going into the archives to one of our favorite episodes from The Dream Season 3...


Who does coaching work least well for? Turns out it’s the exact people who could benefit most from it, according to the industry. Dr. Sherman James and Dr. Arline Geronimus discuss the downsides of positive thinking, bootstrapping, and mindset culture. For some people, striving has negative impacts on health and happiness.



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July 25, 2025 36 mins

This week, host Jane Marie talks to Julie Jo, a former top MLM distributor who found herself one rung from the top of the pyramid and realized that was too far to fall.



You can find more from Julie Jo here:


YouTube: @juliejo

Instagram: @walkin_on_lexapro


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July 18, 2025 34 mins
On this week's episode, host Jane Marie talks to someone who called into our tipline! We listen to all of them folks, so keep 'em coming. Chae is a clinical social worker and therapist who was intrigued by a continued ed class in hypnotherapy and the ways she could use hypnosis as a trauma modality in her practice. The class was taught at a place called "The Wellness Institute" and, if you know this show at all, you know that it wo...

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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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