@theashleyray
Did that ONCE and my boss said they’d never heard of anyone in our industry leaving work that early. And I still left and kept working there for years (that’s the crazy part)
We need to differentiate between podcasting and storytelling. Podcasting and journalism. Podcasting and audio-only work. Invest in either, but it’s time to stop thinking Joe Rogan and I have the same job and valuing our output the same way.
I’ll say it again: I liked working with and getting to know M&H. It was brief, but they were welcoming and gracious. They had good ideas that they’d never be able to pursue, which is a bummer. Just my two pence!
What's the weirdest book you've ever read? Like discomfiting but you didn't hate it? In fact, you liked it a lot even though it made you feel weird. Tell me!
@amil
My ex once complained to me that I was too “hands off” as a mom and I reminded him that he was a touring comedian and was only ever home about two days a week and I was trying to encourage him to have a relationship with his kid. My bad!
On the Hollywood strikes: Ultra wealthy people often think money = talent and intelligence. If you’re not the richest or trying to become the richest, you’re an idiot. And you should pursue wealth by any means, except unionizing. That’s the viewpoint of many studio execs.
Not denying anyone’s experience but when women say their forties are the best time of their life so far I am like, which part, the sandwich generation caregiving part, the insane brain with perimenopause part, the height of career busyness part, or the body falling apart part
I get asked a lot if I’ve been sued by any MLMs and the answer is no. Not an email, no cease and desists. They know my research and show, but if they sued me they’d have to prove I’m saying anything untrue and go through the discovery process. They aren’t idiots.
Huge surprise came this week! I am just flabbergasted, and feeling so lucky. The Independent Media Initiative’s mission is wonderful, please go check them out. They’re here to provide much needed support to creators of *the good stuff*. Thank you
@theI_M_I
For seasons 1 and 2 of “The Dream”,
@SeeJaneMarie
will receive the Excellence in Audio or Video Investigation Award of $50,000. Her podcast revealed the exploitive and unaccountable nature of multilevel marketing and wellness industries.
#IMIAwards
Half of us on this list were trained by
@iraglass
and the fact that the industry both lauds us and can’t figure out how to make us any money and cancels us is baffling. I don’t want to quit my art but it has almost no value outside of lists. Someone write that story!
Ok but why did Kwame , if his mom’s opinion is SO important, go on a show where he was trying to get married in a way his mom wouldn’t like? Also why go on a show to meet a spouse who lives in a town you hate? Clowning.
Deadspin killed by “people who genuinely believe that they are rich because they are smart and that they are smart because they are rich, and that anyone less rich is by definition less smart.” Reporting on the bank bailout in 2008, people literally said this to me. On tape.
I’m making a new show: DEAR JANE MARIE. It’s advice, like from ye olde blog days, when things were fun. I’m inviting friends on to help me fix all your problems, or make them worse! Ask me whatever by leaving a voicemail here: 323.248.1488
THANK YOU LOVE YOU BYE
@EmmaTolkin
I don’t think they actually *have* that money. Worth doesn’t mean liquid cash, so my guess is they continue to scramble for it. Plus narcissists are unstoppable!
What is the most unique book you've ever read in terms of format? Like had a super unique structure or device or voice or even the physical book itself was unique? (And I'm compiling the weird books from that last thread for you! Should be publishing it soon.)
Look, I’ve tweeted and deleted a million things about the current state of podcasting (which I call “radio” by accident all the time ). The fact is consumption continues to rise and talented creatives are eager to deliver. This isn’t a bubble, it’s a vacuum.
Spoiler alert: I interviewed the self-proclaimed “
#1
network marketer in the world,” and business coach Jessie Lee Ward. She had no idea who I was but when she found out she made fun of me online for days. AND THEN SHE DIED. Listen to eps 9 & 10 for more
My book SELLING THE DREAM comes out tomorrow and I wanna barf but also please pre-order, it’s your last chance. And also also I’m gonna be on The Daily Show tomorrow night! Back to barfing…
Just read and handful of bad reviews of my podcast on iTunes and when I was done, said to myself “eh, that’s ok, it’s not about me.” THEY WERE LITERALLY ABOUT ME. I’ll be selling a course on delusional zen for the extremely online.
Mac Miller because he actually was sat next to me once and was completely quiet in his headphones but held my baby when I needed to use the bathroom during a 5 hour flight.
Let’s not forget that she does more than promote sketchy eating habits, she also makes tons of money by selling shit she claims will cure depression or fix hormone imbalances. That’s not just in poor taste and tone deaf, it’s ILLEGAL.
So I’ve been depressed for a while and just had an epiphany about one possible reason: stuff is going on in my personal life that prohibits me from sharing stories with you the way I used to. IYKYK. I really miss doing that, it was a core part of my work and healing. Stay tuned.
TIL there’s a group of people who hate-listen to my work and then go on Reddit and shit talk me and what’s sweet is they do this amongst themselves. They’re just enjoying their Sunday. Bitching, camaraderie, decent jokes. We all need friends like that! I love it so much. ☺️
So I’ve been depressed for a while and just had an epiphany about one possible reason: stuff is going on in my personal life that prohibits me from sharing stories with you the way I used to. IYKYK. I really miss doing that, it was a core part of my work and healing. Stay tuned.
Everything we’re losing in media is due, very simply, to corporate greed. By corporate I mean actual humans, C suite folks. This is their unbridled greed era. Maybe we do wrath next?
One time Mila Kunis was sat next to me getting a pedicure and one of the nail techs changed the channel on the big tv and Mila was like “don’t do that, I was watching my friend on that movie” or some weirdo shit like that. It was weird!
Happy new Dream day! I think you’ll like this one, especially if you LOVE big scams in small towns. And remember: you can binge the whole season right now with Pushkin+
I appreciate public school, so much. I don’t appreciate that public schools assume everyone has a stay at home wife who can manage a million events, tests, homework, costumes, performances, fundraisers, field trips, etc.
@katienotopoulos
My dad is a dentist and talks about how the misalignment of shitty veneers, if you can’t bite down fully/properly , causes muscle atrophy and you become a mouth breather.
@blgtylr
I feel like this when people fight me about Taco Bell. It’s not a Michelin spot but it is cheap and delish and I love it along with millions of other people?
Gwyneth Paltrow says "nepo baby" is an "ugly moniker": "There’s nothing wrong with doing or wanting to do what your parents do...Nobody rips on a kid who’s like, ‘I want to be a doctor like my dad and granddad.'”
One of my main jobs as a mom is to train my daughter to scream/attack a creepy man now, apologize later if you were wrong. AND THAT SUCKS. What are the boy moms teaching?
Reading or not reading to your kids has no moral weight. But if you do it, it's about being near them, showing them how stories work, and (I'd say most importantly) getting them used to the idea that their parents love to read.
@levarburton
, wanna weigh in?
Why do straight dudes think it’s a compliment to say stuff like “I cancelled my regular hookup to hang with you” or “you’re the oldest person I’ve been with in a long time” or “I’d never guess you’re a mom.” And women: what’s a version of this you’ve gotten?
When a restaurant worker brings you a complimentary limoncello, that means you could head to the bone zone, if you want to. This sort of knowledge is a perk of being old.
My life of the last 25 years would be emptied of people I love dearly and consider family if this were true. Thats not to say I couldn’t have made friends other ways, but many of my significant friendships were started, or remain, online. Love all of you!
There are NO online friends. They are just strangers who are on the same social media as you. Do not trust them. Do not share anything personal and stay as detached as you can. Do not try to develop a friendship.
There’s a TikTok trend going around called “girl dinner” and um, I’m sorry, but I invented it 15 years ago and it’s called “divorcee dinner” JUST FOR THE RECORD.
People are just universally nice to me on the internet and I want to shout them all out. You don’t necessarily agree with me or like my work, and we debate sometimes, but I’m very lucky that 99.9% my interactions are at worst neutral. Thank you.
OK I’ve finally come to terms with the fact that I wrote a really fucking good and fun and alarming book. Please preorder Selling the Dream because if you don’t I’ll go back to hating it.
So now this is true: if your children are killed by guns at school and your state rep stands up for them, they will be removed from office.
#TenneseeThree
I didn’t ask for this in the credits this season, but it would mean a lot to be if you’d rate and review my podcast. Just say something like “Wow, it sure is a podcast” or whatever. Thanks!
@this_is_mallory
I would love to talk to her about the three days I spent in isolation at the hospital for “maybe measles? we don’t know, just don’t die please”