november babblings' report: preparing to winter, financial advise??, & leaving substack?!

the cult episode | cult psychology, undue influence, & societal conditioning

Hi babblers! Extremely excited to finally be dedicating an episode to something I’m extremely passionate about CULT PSYCHOLOGY! About 8 years ago I started down the rabbit hole of understanding how cults work, mind control, & how truly fallible the human mind is. It unlocked language and ideas about how understanding cult psychology and undue influence can help us understand ourselves, the world, and societal conditioning. It transformed how I think about the gut instinct, and how we’ve been taught to ignore it and instead exist in the cerebral realm. The realm most easily manipulated. I hope you enjoy this week’s episodes it’s years in the making and the foundation of a lot of my personal methodology and ethos. LIKE, COMMENT, & SUBSCRIBE! xoxo, Ali Ann GO DEEPER/Reference, Resources, & more: https://babblings.net/the-cult-episode/ [https://babblings.net/the-cult-episode/] Time Stamps: 0:00 INTRO 1:55 babblings.net [http://babblings.net] updates 2:54 nature nonfiction spring reading club 12:00 Current Events 15:06 Main Topic Cults 29:47 My Thesis Statement/Cult Examples 34:45 Defining Cults 37:39 Rober Lifton 8 Criteria for Cults 47:57 intentional indoctrination, control, & manipulation 52:09 Types of cults 56:30 how do people join cults? 01:00:35 BITE Model - undue influence/mind control 01:16:51 How To Avoid Cults 01:21:35 TAKE AWAYS Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/ [https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20 [https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20] Podcast Links: https://babblings.net/category/babblings_pod/ [https://babblings.net/category/babblings_pod/] Blog: https://babblings.net/ [https://babblings.net/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit babblings.substack.com [https://babblings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

So You Want To Talk About The Literacy Crisis.....

Hi babblers! If you’re reading this then it is officially spring! Pat on the back to us all for making it through, though we still have a couple weeks till the last frost. Through tiktok debates, bad movie adaptation discourse, & popular headlines I’ve noticed a pattern of using the so called, literacy crisis, to diminish people’s opinions or as a vague term to virtue signal and separate yourself as an intellectual. But what even is the literacy crisis? And how easily can we fall into elitist rhetoric instead of investigating the intersectionality and root of a problem? So let’s chat about the literacy crisis! Special thanks to my mom, Sarah Hawley, for joining me to have a deep discussion about education, the literacy crisis, and the American school system with her first hand 20+ years experience as an educator. REFERENCES & MORE INFO: https://babblings.net/so-you-want-to-talk-about-the-literacy-crisis/ [https://babblings.net/so-you-want-to-talk-about-the-literacy-crisis/] Time Stamps: 5:20 Current Events Corner 6:24 Jon Lemon & Georgia Fort - Journalist Arrested 10:37 Remembering Wael Tarabishi - ICE targeting people w/ disabilities 14:21 US/Israel v Iran 16:49 Main Topic: The So Called Literacy Crisis 20:17 The Reading Wars & Literacy Politics 24:04 Literacy Crisis or Critical Thinking Crisis? 25:16 Let’s Talk To An Expert INTERVIEW STARTS: 26:30 What are the challenges to teaching kids how to read? 37:35 Understanding Literacy Crisis Data 49:55 Phonics vs Whole Language 56:05 The American School System 1:00:06 The Importance of Reading & Complex Texts 1:20:14 Reading & Empathy 1:24:50 AI and Future Crisis 1:26:46 JUST READ!! 1:28:23 Outro Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/ [https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20 [https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20] Podcast Links: https://babblings.net/category/babblings_pod/ [https://babblings.net/category/babblings_pod/] Blog: babblings.net [http://babblings.net] Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/sounds-from-space [https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/sounds-from-space] License code: HFCWEOEYJ9AUOI6C This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit babblings.substack.com [https://babblings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

why are we so afraid of aging?

Hello babblers! I'm so excited to finally get this aging episode out to you all. Despite sickness delays and the holidays I felt this needed to come out before the 1st of the year. I hope you enjoy and may it be the start of healing for us all the fear of aging! GO DEEPER (References/Resources): https://babblings.net/whys-everyone-afraid-of-aging-podcast/ [https://babblings.net/whys-everyone-afraid-of-aging-podcast/] Time Stamps: 0:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY] HELLO! Happy Holidays :) 5:35 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=335s] NO NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS 8:23 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=503s] Current Events Corner 9:04 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=544s] Pantone Color of the Year???? 13:05 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=785s] The Met Gala Theme 17:47 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=1067s] Met Employees Move to Unionize 22:09 Recommended Article: Centering Sundanese Voices 23:28 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=1408s] WHY’S EVERYONE AFRAID OF AGING?? 25:12 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=1512s] I like getting older! Experiencing death young, not being afraid of dying 31:57 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=1917s] We take aging for granted 34:55 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=2095s] Fear of loosing attractiveness & the beauty industry 39:19 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=2359s] Subliminal Messaging In Media 40:34 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=2434s] The real underlying fears of aging 42:12 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=2532s] Our fear and view of death 44:08 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_TlzRlRAMY&t=2648s] AGING IS NOT A DISEASE This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit babblings.substack.com [https://babblings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

november babblings' report: preparing to winter, financial advise??, & leaving substack?!

Welcome to a special edition babblings’ report - podcast bonus episode! *tehehehehe* I have some updates and thoughts that I just didn’t feel like organizing on paper and wanted to chat with you about. If you listen to anything please jump to the section about me leaving substack and moving babblings to my own website :) I also talk about wintering, the grit you earn working a service job, and more babbles. time stamps below. xoxo, Ali Ann Time Stamps: 0:00 HELLO! 2:39 Deleting my subscriptions, Financial Advise?? 17:02 Winter Goal: Fix Attention Span 18:55 Winter Goal: Nondigital Activities 20:17 Wintering & Living In Season 24:47 Leaving Substack! 36:12 Tarot Card Reading: You Needed To Lock In & Now It Will Pay Off 39:49 I LOVE YOU!! Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/ [https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20 [https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20] Podcast Links: https://babblings.substack.com/podcast [https://babblings.substack.com/podcast] Blog: https://babblings.substack.com/ [https://babblings.substack.com/] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit babblings.substack.com [https://babblings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Your Fav Billionaire Doesn't Know You Exist!

Hello beloveds! I’m back with a new babblings podcast episode dissecting celebrity worhsip, parasocial relationships, and investigating whether art is required to be moral??? I’ve been ruminating on these thoughts for some time per usual and of course it’s timely with our noise diving economy and somehow growing consumption of celebrities. I hope you enjoy and I say this multiple times but don’t get defensive! This is about us, it’s about understanding that it’s us versus them! They will never be one of us no matter how hard they try to cling to relevancy. xoxo, Ali Ann Go Deeper | References: https://babblings.substack.com/p/youre-fav-billionaire-doesnt-know [https://babblings.substack.com/p/youre-fav-billionaire-doesnt-know] Time Stamps: 0:00 Welcome Back! 3:35 Navigating Financial Stress 7:15 RHOP Wendy Fraud Scandal 12:08 Oracle Card Pull 19:55 Current Events 20:30 Trapped In Tunisia Documentary Rec 22:34 Alaska Typhoon Halong 26:34 Pentagon Media Corp No More! 28:18 Celebrity Worship 33:26 Taylor Swift Album 37:54 Chris Brown Breezy Bowl 39:33 Unpacking Parasocial Relationships 44:40 What Is Celebrity Worship? 48:40 Money doesn’t equal Moral 01:02:01 Dystopian Future 01:04:55 Collective Understanding of Consumer Power and Increased Morality Surveillance 01:08:33 Must Art Be Moral? The Ethics of Artistry 01:15:41 responsibilities of celebrities 01:17:31 MY POINT! Links: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/ [https://www.instagram.com/aliannreed/] Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20 [https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20] Podcast Links: https://babblings.substack.com/podcast [https://babblings.substack.com/podcast] This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit babblings.substack.com [https://babblings.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]