The Unraveling: How Your Reality Is Made Up

Over The Unraveling: How Your Reality Is Made Up

A psychological cat-and-mouse game — but who is the cat, and who is the mouse?The stories we consume become the realities we live in. But who is telling the story… and why?A tale of deception and betrayal, The Unraveling pulls back the curtain on Hollywood’s reality-making machine — revealing how predators hide in plain sight and manufacture the narratives they want us to believe. Follow the evidence to uncover what’s truth… and what’s illusion. By understanding the tactics of psychological manipulation, we can begin dismantling their influence — in our media, our institutions, and our own minds.Because inside the dream factory, reality itself is under construction — and nothing is what it seems.

Episode 5: Congratulations! We're Closed.

(Trigger Warning at 4 min.) The kids in Liberia are shocked to learn Strongheart is moving to Texas and leaving them behind. Their permanent home of healing is converted into a surf hostel. Some of the kids stay on to work while the owners try to generate a tourism industry in Liberia from the ground up. But why didn't Strongheart report the sale? And why is the Pope involved? Contact: micajringo@ pm dot me Show Notes: Cori Shepherd Stern, American Refugee - https://youtu.be/9dolEOdduNU?t=2466 [https://youtu.be/9dolEOdduNU?t=2466] 2012 Form 990 - https://app.candid.org/profile/8940934/the-strongheart-group-26-2190101?activeTab=7 [https://app.candid.org/profile/8940934/the-strongheart-group-26-2190101?activeTab=7] Strongheart House - https://web.archive.org/web/20120831205113/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php [https://web.archive.org/web/20120831205113/http://www.strongheartfellowship.org/shhouse.php] Volunteer Describes Experience - https://share.google/1xdd1O98rgLMDonXO [https://share.google/1xdd1O98rgLMDonXO] Stern's Quote "It's so twisted" and "hate masquerading as love" - https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/ [https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/] Daniel Hopkins Interview https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2014/10/12/ebola-wipes-out-liberia-surf-camp-plan/ [https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2014/10/12/ebola-wipes-out-liberia-surf-camp-plan/] BBC Profile - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-18523721 [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-18523721] Time - https://time.com/119491/liberia-goes-from-warzone-to-surfing-mecca/ [https://time.com/119491/liberia-goes-from-warzone-to-surfing-mecca/] On Surfari w Shane and Shannon McIntyre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBgwdsqCavk [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBgwdsqCavk] Cori on "Being a Producer" - https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/ [https://kitchentablecult.com/2023/07/14/s5e14-shiny-happy-people-part-2-cori-shepherd-stern/] Alphanso Appleton: 2009 Reuters Video - https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8uk BYU Profile - https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-life [https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-lifeJan%202010%20-%20Reuters%20Video%20https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8ukhttps%3A%2F%2Fobservers.france24.com%2Fen%2F20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach#%20[Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html)] Audio Interview - Therapist Uncensored https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/ [https://therapistuncensored.com/episodes/tu109-this-is-resilience-in-action-with-guest-alphanso-appleton/] French Interview - https://observers.france24.com/en/20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach [https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-lifeJan%202010%20-%20Reuters%20Video%20https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8ukhttps%3A%2F%2Fobservers.france24.com%2Fen%2F20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach#%20[Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html)] Poetry - # [Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html) [https://kealakai.byuh.edu/campus-community/capturing-a-full-lifeJan%202010%20-%20Reuters%20Video%20https://web.archive.org/web/20210720192441/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zDpO1YT8ukhttps%3A%2F%2Fobservers.france24.com%2Fen%2F20140609-surfing-waves-liberia-robersport-beach#%20[Strongheart](https://alphansosworldofpoetry.blogspot.com/2011/01/strongheart.html)] https://www.theinertia.com/surf/the-thriving-surf-culture-and-perfect-empty-lineups-of-west-africa/ https://www.surfer.com/news/survivors-surf-club [https://https//www.surfer.com/news/survivors-surf-club] Sean Brody Sean Brody as Messiah - https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/] Surfing Prevents Conflict: https://m.naharnet.com/stories/en/131993-liberia-on-the-crest-of-a-wave-as-surfing-takes-off [https://m.naharnet.com/stories/en/131993-liberia-on-the-crest-of-a-wave-as-surfing-takes-off] Touting political connections and community ties: https://1library.net/article/brody-social-impact-business-sustainable-stoke-transitions-sustainability.qvpnoedq [https://1library.net/article/brody-social-impact-business-sustainable-stoke-transitions-sustainability.qvpnoedq] General Background - https://htmedge.blogspot.com/2012/11/sean-brody-from-liberia.html [https://htmedge.blogspot.com/2012/11/sean-brody-from-liberia.html] Published Credits - https://www.stokecertified.com/team/sean-brody/ [https://www.stokecertified.com/team/sean-brody/] ESPN Post - https://web.archive.org/web/20130105214238/http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/8676924/the-rise-liberia [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105214238/http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/8676924/the-rise-liberia] Scholas Occurentes: Sean Brody and Pope - https://youtu.be/MOrIV9AkCkQ?t=4241 [https://youtu.be/MOrIV9AkCkQ?t=4241] Surfers Visit Vatican - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8JZCOcZK1o [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8JZCOcZK1o] Scandals: https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/24/financial-and-operational-questions-surround-scholas-occurentes-pontifical-foundation/ [https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/24/financial-and-operational-questions-surround-scholas-occurentes-pontifical-foundation/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246398/does-a-pontifical-foundation-use-pope-francis-to-spread-gender-ideology] https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246398/does-a-pontifical-foundation-use-pope-francis-to-spread-gender-ideology [https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2020/10/24/financial-and-operational-questions-surround-scholas-occurentes-pontifical-foundation/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246398/does-a-pontifical-foundation-use-pope-francis-to-spread-gender-ideology] Kwepunha Surf Retreat - first page in wayback machine is March 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20130608131233/https://kwepunha.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/https://web.archive.org/web/20130608131233/https://kwepunha.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20131013203158/http://kwepunha.com/vision/] https://web.archive.org/web/20131013203158/http://kwepunha.com/vision/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20140709020418/https://kwepunha.com/team/https://web.archive.org/web/20130608131233/https://kwepunha.com/https://web.archive.org/web/20131013203158/http://kwepunha.com/vision/]https://web.archive.org/web/20140710015040/http://www.kwepunha.com/properties/ Grace Freeman Interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIZsVkVybOQ] Liberia Tourism: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151022-the-making-of-child-surfers-not-child-soldiers [https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20151022-the-making-of-child-surfers-not-child-soldiers] https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/africa/chasing-adventure-corners-world/ [https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/africa/chasing-adventure-corners-world/https://bubblegumclub.co.za/community/the-emergence-of-liberias-surfing-culture] https://bubblegumclub.co.za/community/the-emergence-of-liberias-surfing-culture [https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/destinations/africa/chasing-adventure-corners-world/https://bubblegumclub.co.za/community/the-emergence-of-liberias-surfing-culture] https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diegans-try-to-save-liberia-surf-shop-after-ebola/62635/ [https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/san-diegans-try-to-save-liberia-surf-shop-after-ebola/62635/] Circumstantial Indicators of Trafficking: https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/OpInd [https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/OpInd] https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/SHTFLResources [https://www.ungm.org/Shared/KnowledgeCenter/Pages/SHTFLResources]

6 dec 2025 - 44 min