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DaBaddest Radio
Da Cousin Bella Poarch

DaBaddest Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 55:42


It only makes sense DBR's first guest is none other than... Bella Poarch. She opens up about how she got her name, her childhood memories of drawing on banana leaves, and new music.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Love Music More (with Scoobert Doobert)
Platinum Selling Songs (and How to Make Money as a Songwriter) with Justin Gammella (FINNEAS, Bella Poarch, Bahamas)

Love Music More (with Scoobert Doobert)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2024 62:22


Why is it so hard to make a living as a songwriter? I ask Justin, who's an advocate on behalf of songwriters — and a hit writer himself. We dig into what it means to be a writer in 2024, the challenges, the opportunities, and the joy of it. Let's Love Music More. Justin Gammella is a platinum-selling songwriter, producer, vocal producer, podcast host, and songwriter advocate based in Los Angeles hailing from Long Island, New York. With a diverse clientele that includes a roster of renowned artists such as FINNEAS, Bella Poarch, Benson Boone, Steve Aoki, Lauren Jauragui, Bahamas, Lennon Stella, Ashe, Kaskade, Vicetone, Rosie Darling, Shallou, mazie, Katelyn Tarver, Jake Scott, Blake Rose, Carlie Hanson, and more, Justin's multifaceted talents have left an indelible mark on the music industry. As a member of SONA (Songwriters of North America) and an active participant in multiple committees, he champions the rights and recognition of fellow songwriters. With a career that spans across various genres and projects, Justin brings a wealth of experience and expertise to every endeavor, ensuring a signature touch of excellence in all his collaborations. Click ⁠⁠⁠⁠this discount link⁠⁠⁠⁠ to sign up and receive 30% off your first year with DistroKid and share your music with the world! Pick up my new LP "I" on vinyl in its full spinning colorfulness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ while they last

The Comment Section with Drew Afualo
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY THERAPISTS Ft. Bella Poarch | Episode 140

The Comment Section with Drew Afualo

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2024 61:23


This week Drew welcomes Bella Poarch to the show to celebrate her upcoming debut album! They talk about Bella's time in the Navy, moving to the U.S. at 14, how she started pursuing her singing career in secret, Bella being serenaded by three separate men, blindly reading Acotar in an airport, bringing a guitar on the first date, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Producer Points
"David Arkwright"

Producer Points

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 82:33


Join host Justin Gammella on this episode of Producer Points as we welcome not just the hardest-working producer in the business, but also an incredible friend, David Arkwright. Originally from Toronto and now based in Los Angeles, David's music production prowess and Grammy-nominated songwriting success are making international waves. From platinum hits in the US to chart-topping songs in Europe, India, Japan, and Korea, David's work showcases his versatility and reach in the music industry. His collaborations with a diverse array of artists, including Bella Poarch, ILLENIUM, KING, Nick Jonas, NCT DREAM, Johnny Orlando, Salem Ilese, and Benson Boone, highlight his exceptional talent and dedication. In this episode, we dive into David's journey from his musical beginnings to his current success. We discuss his typical day and workflow, including his vocal chain and mixbus techniques, as well as his approach to songwriting. David also shares insights into his work in the Indian music industry, discussing how those connections happened and how he envisions the industry fully crossing over. We take a closer look at two standout tracks: KING's "We Are The Ones" from the album "NEW LIFE," and Benson Boone's "Let Me Go." David explains the creative process behind these songs, from the crazy and inspired production of "We Are The Ones" to the minimal yet powerful arrangement of "Let Me Go." We also explore David's current favorite gear and plugins, and wrap up with our "Plug or Unplug" segment, where David gives his quick takes on various studio essentials. Don't miss this episode with the incredibly talented and insightful David Arkwright, available on all major podcast platforms. Tune in to learn from one of the best in the industry and gain valuable insights into the world of music production. Be sure to check out the official Producer Points playlist, featuring all the songs discussed in our episodes. Listen here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/producerpoints/support

Now Hear This Entertainment
NHTE 539 David Arkwright

Now Hear This Entertainment

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024


A producer, songwriter, artist, and engineer who has worked on GRAMMY-nominated and platinum projects with a long list of artists including Nick Jonas, Bella Poarch, Benson Boone, Gucci Mane, Salem Ilese, and several others. Based in Los Angeles, he has been written about in major music media such as Billboard and Rolling Stone. Last year there were more than 233 million streams on Spotify alone of songs that he wrote. Send your questions or comments about this episode via https://featuredup.com/nhte

The DJ Top 30 Countdown
The DJ Top 30 - May 18 2024

The DJ Top 30 Countdown

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2024 88:55


30           ero808 x NXSTY – Maravillosa29           One True God & Coka Cobra – Suicidal love28           Dasha – Austin (Distant  Matter mix)27           Purple Disco Machine – Beat of your heart26           Drove & Dillon Francis - Waterfall25           Miss Monique – Look at you24           Gordo & Jeria – Fallin luv23           Stephani B x Movada – Sober 22           Hyper Hamster, PET3RPUNX & Techno Cats – Mr. Brightside21           Ofenbach – Overdrive20           studio seven, Danimal, Haleen – Alive19           Artemas – I like the way you kiss me18           Bella Poarch & 6arelyhuman – Don't like anybody17           Jaxomy, Agatino Romero, Raffaella Carra – Pedro16           Klaas – First girl on the moon15           Nghtmre & Rezz ft DeathByRomy – All night14           Bad Omens & Poppy – V.A.N.13           Afroki – Everything you do12           Repiet & Julia Kleijn – Feels like11           UNKNFNKL, Iona Ignat – 6 feet deep10           Armin Van Buuren & Gryffin – What took you so long?09           Julie Bergan – Kiss me better08           Gabry Ponte & Kel – Tarantella07           89ers x Michael Rivera & Robert Miles – Fly away06           Oliver Heldens & WeiBird – Out of love05           Zookeper, Beachcrimes & TiaTia – Medicine04           Maddix & Ceres – Adrenalina03           Robin Schulz & Topic ft OAKS – One by one02           Pretence – Just a dream01           Janis Gruber – Died in your arms

Just Trish
The Influencer Who STOLE From Trisha & Johnnie Guilbert CONFIRMS Bella Poarch Romance?

Just Trish

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 161:15


It's a sister, sister special! On episode 80 of 'JUST TRISH', Kalli joins Trisha to spill the tea on the latest hot topics. Which influencer STOLE Kalli's Cartier bracelet at one of Trisha's parties? Plus, emo king Johnnie Guilbert sparks surprising dating rumors with Bella Poarch. And we debate if Logan or Jake Paul is more annoying while JoJo Siwa gets DRUNK at Disneyland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Allan McKay Podcast
448 - Director Roxana Baldovin

The Allan McKay Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 50:20


In this episode, Allan McKay interviews Roxana Baldovin, an esteemed music video and commercial director known for her vibrant visual style. Roxana discusses her creative journey, from her early aspirations of being a screenwriter to becoming a sought-after director collaborating with major artists like Snoop Dogg, Steve Aoki, Doja Cat, Bella Poarch and Maluma. She shares insights into her creative process, the challenges of directing, and how she finds inspiration. Roxana also opens up about imposter syndrome, the importance of preparation, and rolling with the punches on set. Finally, she discusses her upcoming projects including a TV show and one-woman stage show.   Links Website - https://roxanabaldovin.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/senoradirectora YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@senoradirectora4819/videos   Show notes - https://www.allanmckay.com/448  

The DJ Top 30 Countdown
The DJ Top 30 - March 16 2024

The DJ Top 30 Countdown

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2024 94:31


30           NEW     Zookeper, Beachcrimes & Tia Tia – Medicine29           NEW     Afroki – Everything you do28           NEW     Julie Bergan – Kiss me better27           30           Bad Omens & Poppy – V.A.N.26           22           Blanka – Rodeo25           28           Purple Disco Machine – Beat of your heart24           27           Nicky Dippin – Lollipop23           29           Rezz – Can you see me?22           16           Joris Voorn ft Nathan Nicholson – You & I21           24           Robin Schulz & Topic ft OAKS – One by one20           13           Maarten De Jong - Freak19           25           Bella Poarch & 6arelyhuman – Don't like anybody18           14           3LAU ft XIRA – Easy17           23           UNKLFNKL & Iona Ignat – 6 feet deep16           18           Klaas – First girl on the moon15           08           Lizot & Kyanu – This is the life14           19           Neptunica x Ely Oaks x Ambre Vallet – Ella Elle L'a13           17           Repiet & Julia Kleijn – Feels like12           15           Stephani B x Movada – Sober11           11           Skiy – Humanity10           06           Miss Monique & Avira – Subterranean09           03           akiaura, LONOWN, STM – Sleepwalker08           10           89ers x Michael Rivera & Robert Miles – Fly away07           04           Hedegaard – Gasolina & Cocaina06           09           Nghtmre & Rezz ft DeathByRomy – All night05           02           Ava Crown & Owes & Joe Kox – Sky04           12           1111 x BIIANCO – Against the wall03           07           Oliver Heldens & WeiBird – Out of love02           01           Ummet Ozcan & Otyken – Altay01           05           Sander Van Doorn & Robert Falcon - Rapture

The DJ Top 30 Countdown
The DJ Top 30 - March 2 2024

The DJ Top 30 Countdown

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 93:20


T.W.       L.W.      30           NEW     Bad Omens & Poppy – V.A.N.29           NEW     Rezz – Can you see me?28           NEW     Purple Disco Machine – Beat of your heart27           30           Nicky Dippin – Lollipop26           17           RayRay – Drama Queen25           29           Bella Poarch & 6arelyhuman – Don't like anybody24           26           Robin Schulz & Topic ft OAKS – One by one23           28           UNKLFNKL & Iona Ignat – 6 feet deep22           23           Blanka – Rodeo21           11           Kream x Marlo Rex – Blur20           13           Sick Individuals & Madism – Waste my time19           25           Neptunica x Ely Oaks x Ambre Vallet – Ella Elle L'a18           22           Klaas – First girl on the moon17           24           Repiet & Julia Kleijn – Feels like16           10           Joris Voorn ft Nathan Nicholson – You & I15           20           Stephani B x Movada – Sober14           09           3LAU ft XIRA – Easy13           07           Maarten De Jong – Freak12           18           1111x BIIANCO – Against the wall11           16           Skiy – Humanity10           12           89ers x Michael Rivera & Robert Miles – Fly away09           14           Nghtmre & Rezz ft DeathByRomy – All night08           03           Lizot & Kyanu – This is the life07           15           Oliver Heldens & WeiBird – Out of love06           04           Miss Monique & Avira – Subterranean05           08           Sander Van Doorn & Robert Falcon – Rapture04           06           Hedegaard – Gasolina & Cocaina03           02           akiaura, LONOWN, STM – Sleepwalker02           01           Ava Crown & Owes & Joe Kox – Sky01           05           Ummet Ozcan & Otyken - Altay

The Artist Business Plan
Tik Tok and Modern Media with Matt Chessco

The Artist Business Plan

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 30:47


In this episode of the Artist Business Plan we sit down with Matt Chessco, to discuss virality in 2023. Learn about maintaining a successful social media profile when you tune into this lovely episode.Guest: Toronto-born, Montreal-raised, Matt Chessco is a former industrial designer and mechanical engineer who left his full-time job in January 2020 to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. In about three years, he has acquired over 1.9M subscribers on YouTube, and 2.8M followers on TikTok while his videos have received over 2 billion views across all platforms. His art has reached the homes of many celebrities like Post Malone, Bella Poarch, Corn Kid and Gary Vee.For more information on applying to Superfine Art Fair as well as recordings of this and all of our past podcasts, just visit www.superfine.world IG: @superfineartfair, @theartistbusinessplanIG: @mattchesscoIf you want to submit a listener question you can email it to joshua@superfine.world for a chance of it being answered by Alex, James, and our guest!Hosted and Executive Produced by James Miille and Alexander MitowExecutive Producer/Producer : Joshua GuicheritWritten by: Joshua Guicherit, Alexander Mitow, and James MiilleAudio Edited by: Christian Parry

Renegade by Centennial Beauty
Viral News: Bella Poarch Talks Trauma, Dylan Mulvaney is Woman of the Year, Beyoncé Supports Taylor Swift, Meta's Celebrity AIs & More

Renegade by Centennial Beauty

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 51:53


Find our podcast YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18HclY7Tt5-1e3Z-MEP7Jg  Subscribe to our weekly Substack: https://centennialworld.substack.com/  Join our Geneva home: https://links.geneva.com/invite/7eb23525-9259-4d59-95e3-b9edd35861a5  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infinitescrollpodcast/  Follow our publication: https://www.instagram.com/centennialworld/  Follow Lauren on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurenmeisner_/  Follow Jordy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordyn_christensen/  Timestamps: 16:27 Bella Poarch opens up about sexual assault 23:50 Tana Mongeau admits she filmed MTV reality show on Xanax 28:32 Meta is paying celebrities millions to use their likeness for new AI chatbots 38:05 Beyoncé attends L.A, premiere for Taylor Swift's Eras Tour film 45:15 Dylan Mulvaney wins Woman of the Year at Attitude Magazine Awards  Resources: https://centennialworld.com/bella-poarch-opens-up-about-sexual-assault-during-her-time-in-the-military/ https://centennialworld.com/tana-mongeau-substance-abuse-mtv-reality-show-xanax/ https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-paying-celebrity-faces-of-ai-chatbots-as-much-as-5-million-2023-10 https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniesoteriou/beyonce-praised-taylor-swift-united-front-fan-feud https://www.newsweek.com/dylan-mulvaney-wins-woman-year-award-1834357 

Call Her Daddy
Bella Poarch: My Secret Marriage & Divorce [VIDEO]

Call Her Daddy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2023 64:20


Join Alex in the studio for a powerful sit-down interview with Bella Poarch. In this episode, Bella opens up about her difficult childhood and for the first time ever, she speaks about the traumatic event that happened to her during her time in the Navy. She finally opens about her secret marriage and gets real about why the marriage ultimately had to end. Daddy Gang, this episode is an inspiring story of strength and resilience.This episode discusses adult subject matter, including descriptions of sexual assault, physical abuse, suicidal ideation, and is intended for adult consumption only. Listener discretion is advised. Visit spotify.com/resources for information and resources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry
DAVE AND ZACH BRYAN NEW BFFS? — BFFs EP. 148

BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 59:58


We're joined by Bri's new dog Boston and get into the headlines with Taylor Swift and Travis Kecle dominating the news and the NFL, Big Cat getting into hot water over his Taylor Swift joke and Dave's reaction to it, Mr. Beast keeping two people in a room for 100 days for $500,000, a man trying to bring his emotional support alligator to a baseball game, a pilot fired for doing drugs off a woman's chest before flying, Bella Poarch and Dream dating rumors, Ole Miss security guard taking out fans, Americans preferring frozen pizza over regular pizza, if the BFFs get the Kevin James meme, Lil Tay's return, viral AI photo duping people, Josh becoming an AI character, the opening of the Las Vegas sphere, the Golden Bachelor, Mick Jagger leaving his fortune to charity instead of his kids, the girlfriend effect, and Bobbi Althoff catching heat for her interview with Offset. We finish with BFFs Corner where Dave made history with the most expensive house buy ever in Massachusetts (without tunnels), Josh on the Forbes Top Creators list, Dave and Bri's ruling on Josh and Gabi's first fight as a couple, Bri's first live show in Chicago, and Dave's first meeting with Zach Bryan and his accidental insult towards Zach. Support Our Sponsor! Raising Canes: Come for the chicken fingers and stay for sauce! Order online at https://RaisingCanes.com Subscribe to the podcast now: https://barstool.link/3m4Q0Fq Check out the BFFs Social Media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bffspod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BFFsPod TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@bffspodYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/bffspod

Share Your Screen
YouTubers vs. TikTokers: Who makes more money (according to Forbes)?

Share Your Screen

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 52:43


Today we are discussing Forbes "Top Creators of 2023" list that recently came out. Do TikTokers or YouTubers bring in more money and who has more longevity? Let's discuss ⬇️ We made a TikTok about how one creator (Tinx) numbers looked off. They reported as having 42% engagement. The following day, they corrected the article to say that she had 0.4% engagement. You can read the Forbes "Top Creators of 2023" list here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2023/09/26/top-creators-2023/?sh=70ae00c14c0c For business inquiries, email nickyandcoco@gmail.com Join the #ShareYourScreen discord: https://discord.com/invite/39Y9G24K86 TIME STAMPS: 1. Intro 0:00 - 1:27 2. Forbes Methodology 1:27 - 3:40 3. Theory on YouTube vs. TikTok 3:25 - 5:31 4. Where is H3 on the list? 5:31 - 6:25 5. Our background in marketing 6:25 - 7:32 6. Kai Cenat 7:32 - 10:20 7. Alix Earle 10:20 - 11:22 8. Mikayla Noguiera 11:22 - 14:10 9. Bella Poarch 14:10 - 16:37 10. Ninja 16:37 - 20:15 11. Dream 20:15 - 21:50 12. Tinx 21:50 - 24:19 13. Different niches and income 24:19 - 25:40 14. Drew Afualo 25:40 - 26:44 15. Creators who weren't on the list 26:44 - 29:26 16. #10 Brent Rivera 29:26 - 31:13 17. #9 Matt Rife 31:13 - 35:03 18. #8 Emma Chamberlain 35:03 - 36:03 19. #7 F Jerry 36:03 - 37:13 20. #6 Logan Paul 37:13 - 38:57 21. #5 Charli D'Amelio 38:57 - 41:17 22. #4 Rhett & Link 41:17 - 43:12 23. #3 Jake Paul 43:12 - 45:36 24. #2 KSI 45:36 - 46:46 25. #1 Mr Beast 46:46 - 48:05 26. Discord Input 48:05 - 52:43 Follow Nicky and Coco on socials: TikTok: @nicky.reardon // @cocomocoe IG: @nicky.reardon // @cocomocoe Thank you for watching and subscribing to our channel! We appreciate all of you.

Ana Francisca Vega
'Crush' de Bella Poarch y Lauv, entre las mejores canciones de la semana

Ana Francisca Vega

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2023 8:20


En su colaboración para MVS Noticias con Ana Francisca Vega, Juan Manuel Oria, especialista en industria musical y producción sonora, habló sobre las mejores recomendaciones musicales para el fin de semana.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hobbylos
Das ist Halbgott-Shit

Hobbylos

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 78:42


Wie war das eigentlich wirklich mit der Muttermilch? Neben der Erkenntnis, dass Brot nicht gegen Helicobacter hilft und Bella Poarch mit einer Aktion jetzt schon jedes Lebensziel übertroffen hat, erfahrt ihr diese Woche, warum ein tiefenentspannter Kellner und eine scharfe Dünen-Pflanze während dem Ostsee-Urlaub gleichermaßen für (mehr oder weniger freiwillige) Entschleunigung gesorgt haben und warum „echte Männer“ im Straßenverkehr sogar mehr Abstand von Fahrradklingeln halten sollten als Michael Wendler von Telegram. Außerdem sind wir dem Phänomen der Muttermilch mal endgültig auf den Grund gegangen und hätten nicht gedacht, dass wir uns dabei von Bibelzitaten über Legenden der griechischen Mythologie letztendlich im Weltall wiederfinden würden. Was denkt ihr wohl, wie die Milchstraße entstanden ist? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Edge Game
63 - A Modicum of Cum (feat. Nicholas ”Nikocado Avocado” Perry AKA Gurwinder Bhogal)

Edge Game

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 51:09


www.goodluckgabe.life    The Perils of Audience Capture How influencers become brainwashed by their audiences The Man Who Ate Himself In 2016, 24 year old Nicholas Perry wanted to be big online. He started uploading videos to his YouTube channel in which he pursued his passion—playing the violin—and extolled the virtues of veganism. He went largely unnoticed.   A year later, he abandoned veganism, citing health concerns. Now free to eat whatever he wanted, he began uploading mukbang videos of himself consuming various dishes while talking to the camera, as if having dinner with a friend.   These new videos quickly found a sizable audience, but as the audience grew, so did their demands. The comments sections of the videos soon became filled with people challenging Perry to eat as much as he physically could. Eager to please, he began to set himself torturous eating challenges, each bigger than the last. His audience applauded, but always demanded more. Soon, he was filming himself eating entire menus of fast food restaurants in one sitting.   In some respects, all his eating paid off; Nikocado Avocado, as Perry is now better known, has amassed over six million subscribers across six channels on YouTube. By satisfying the escalating demands of his audience, he got his wish of blowing up and being big online. But the cost was that he blew up and became big in ways he hadn't anticipated. Top: Nicholas Perry when he first started making mukbang videos. Bottom: Perry transformed by his audience's desires into Nikocado. Nikocado, moulded by his audience's desires into a cartoonish extreme, is now a wholly different character from Nicholas Perry, the vegan violinist who first started making videos. Where Perry was mild-mannered and health conscious, Nikocado is loud, abrasive, and spectacularly grotesque. Where Perry was a picky eater, Nikocado devoured everything he could, including finally Perry himself. The rampant appetite for attention caused the person to be subsumed by the persona.   We often talk of "captive audiences," regarding the performer as hypnotizing their viewers. But just as often, it's the viewers hypnotizing the performer. This disease, of which Perry is but one victim of many, is known as audience capture, and it's essential to understanding influencers in particular and the online ecosystem in general.   Lost in the Looking Glass Audience capture is an irresistible force in the world of influencing, because it's not just a conscious process but also an unconscious one. While it may ostensibly appear to be a simple case of influencers making a business decision to create more of the content they believe audiences want, and then being incentivized by engagement numbers to remain in this niche forever, it's actually deeper than that. It involves the gradual and unwitting replacement of a person's identity with one custom-made for the audience.   To understand how, we must consider how people come to define themselves. A person's identity is being constantly refined, so it needs constant feedback. That feedback typically comes from other people, not so much by what they say they see as by what we think they see. We develop our personalities by imagining ourselves through others' eyes, using their borrowed gazes like mirrors to dress ourselves.   Just as lacking a mirror to dress ourselves leaves us disheveled, so lacking other people's eyes to refine our personalities leaves us uncouth. This is why those raised in isolation, like poor Genie, become feral humans, adopting the character of beasts.   Put simply, in order to be someone, we need someone to be someone for. Our personalities develop as a role we perform for other people, fulfilling the expectations we think they have of us. The American sociologist Charles Cooley dubbed this phenomenon “the looking glass self.” Evidence for it is diverse, and includes the everyday experience of seeing ourselves through imagined eyes in social situations (the spotlight effect), the tendency for people to alter their behavior when in the presence of pictures of eyes (the watching-eye effect), and the tendency for people in virtual spaces to adopt the traits of their avatars in an attempt to fulfill expectations (the Proteus effect).   When we lived in small tight-knit communities, the looking glass self helped us to become the people our loved ones needed us to be. The “Michelangelo phenomenon” is the name given to the semi-conscious cycle of refinement and feedback whereby lovers who genuinely care what each other think gradually grow closer to their partner's original ideal of them.   The problem is, we no longer live solely among those we know well. We're now forced to refine our personalities by the countless eyes of strangers. And this has begun to affect the process by which we develop our identities.   Gradually we're all gaining online audiences, and we don't really know these people. We can only gauge who they are by what some of them post online, and what people post online is not indicative of who they really are. As such, the people we're increasingly becoming someone for are an abstract illusion.   When influencers are analyzing audience feedback, they often find that their more outlandish behavior receives the most attention and approval, which leads them to recalibrate their personalities according to far more extreme social cues than those they'd receive in real life. In doing this they exaggerate the more idiosyncratic facets of their personalities, becoming crude caricatures of themselves.   The caricature quickly becomes the influencer's distinct brand, and all subsequent attempts by the influencer to remain on-brand and fulfill audience expectations require them to act like the caricature. As the caricature becomes more familiar than the person, both to the audience and to the influencer, it comes to be regarded by both as the only honest expression of the influencer, so that any deviation from it soon looks and feels inauthentic. At that point the persona has eclipsed the person, and the audience has captured the influencer.   The old Greek legends tell of Narcissus, a youth so handsome he became besotted by his own reflection. Unable to look away from his image in the surface of the waters, he fell still forever, and was transformed by the gods into a flower. Similarly, as influencers glimpse their idealized online personas reflected back at them on screens, they too are in danger of becoming eternally besotted by how they appear, and in so doing, forgetting who they were, or could be.   III. The Prostitution of the Intellect Audience capture is a particular problem in politics, due to both phenomena being driven by popular approval. On Twitter I've watched many political influencers gradually become radicalized by their audiences, starting off moderate but following their increasingly extreme followers toward the fringes.   One example is Louise Mensch, a once-respectable journalist and former Conservative politician who in 2016 published a story about Trump's alleged ties to Russia, which went viral. She subsequently gained a huge audience of #NotMyPresident #Resist types, and, encouraged by her new, indignant audience to uncover more evidence of Trump's corruption, she appears to have begun to view herself as the one who'd prove Russiagate and bring down the Donald. The immense responsibility she felt to her audience seems to have motivated her to see dramatic patterns in pure noise, and to concoct increasingly speculative conspiracy theories about Trump and Russia, such as the claim that Vladimir Putin assassinated Andrew Breitbart, the founder of Breitbart News, so his job would go to Trump ally Steve Bannon. When her former allies, such as the hacker known as "the Jester," expressed concern over her new trajectory toward fringe theories, she doubled down, accusing all her critics of being Trump shills or Putin shills.   Another, more recent victim of audience capture is Maajid Nawaz. I've always liked Maajid, and as someone who once worked with the organization he founded, the counter terrorism think-tank Quilliam, I'm aware of how careful and considered he can be. Unfortunately, since the pandemic, he's been different. His descent began with him posting a few vague theories about the virus being a fraud perpetrated on an unsuspecting public, and after his posts went viral he found himself being inundated with new "Covid-skeptic" followers, who showered him with new leads to chase.   In January, after he lost his position at the radio show LBC due to his increasingly careless theories about a secretive New World Order, he implied his firing was part of the conspiracy to silence the truth, and urged his loyal followers to subscribe to his Substack, as this was now his family's only source of income. His new audience proved to be generous with both money and attention, and his need to meet their expectations seems to have spurred him, consciously or unconsciously, to double down on his more extreme views. Now almost everything he writes about, from Covid to Ukraine, he somehow ties to the shadowy New World Order.   Motivated by his audience to continually uncover new truths about the conspiracy, Maajid has been forced to scrape the barrel of claims. His recent work is his wildest yet, combining common tropes like resurrected Nazi eugenics programs, satanic rituals, and the Bilderberg meeting. Among the fields he now relies on for his evidence are... numerology.   Twitter avatar for @MaajidNawaz Maajid أبو عمّار  @MaajidNawaz British MPs have begun voting on a motion of ‘no confidence' in the UK Parliament against Prime Minister Johnson.    The vote commenced at:   6pm, on the 6th day, of the 6th month.    No joke.    آل عمران:[54] وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ  Twitter avatar for @MaajidNawaz Maajid أبو عمّار  @MaajidNawaz 3 of our British MPs were at this dodgy af global Bilderberg meeting:   Michael Gove (con) Tom Tugendhat (con) David Lammy (lab)   Their attendance alone must be remembered if they ever seek leadership of their respective political parties and hence try to become PM of Britain https://t.co/EKohVzfaiN 6:52 PM ∙ Jun 6, 2022 957 Likes 287 Retweets There is clear value in investigating the corruption that pervades the misty pinnacles of power, but by defining himself by his audience's view of him as the uncoverer of a global conspiracy, Maajid has ensured he'll see evidence of the conspiracy in all things. Instead of performing real investigation, he is now merely playing the role of investigator for his audience, a role that requires drama rather than diligence, and which can lead only to his audience's desired conclusions.   Muddying the Waters to Obscure the Reflection Maajid, Mensch, and Perry are far from the only victims of audience capture. Given how fundamental the looking glass self is to the development of our personalities, every influencer has likely been affected by it to some degree. And that includes me.   I'm no authority on the degree to which my mind has been captured by you, my audience. But I do suspect that audience capture affects me far less than most influencers because I've taken specific steps to avoid it. I was aware of the pitfall long before I became an influencer. I wanted an audience, but I also knew that having the wrong audience would be worse than having no audience, because they'd constrain me with their expectations, forcing me to focus on one tiny niche of my worldview at the expense of everything else, until I became a parody of myself.   It was clear to me that the only way to resist becoming what other people wanted me to be was to have a strong sense of who I wanted to be. And who I wanted to be was someone immune to audience capture, someone who thinks his own thoughts, decides his own destiny, and above all, never stops growing.   I knew there were limits to my desired independence, because, whether we like it or not, we all become like the people we surround ourselves with. So I surrounded myself with the people I wanted to be like. On Twitter I cultivated a reasonable, open-minded audience by posting reasonable, open-minded tweets. The biggest jumps in my follower count came from my megathreads of mental models, which cover so many topics from so many perspectives that the people who appreciated them enough to follow me would need to be willing to consider new perspectives. Naturally these people came to view me as, and expected me to be, an independent thinker as open to learning and growing as themselves.   In this way I ensured that my brand image—the person that my audience expects me to be—was in alignment with my ideal image—the person I want to be. So even though audience capture likely does affect me in some way, it only makes me more like the person I want to be. I hacked the system.   My brand image is, admittedly, diffuse and weak. My Twitter bio is “saboteur of narratives,” and few people can say for sure what I'm about, other than vague things like “thinker” or “dumb fuck.” And that's how I like it. My vagueness makes me hard to pigeonhole, predict, and capture.   For this same reason, I'm suspicious of those with strong, sharply delineated brands. Human beings are capricious and largely formless storms of idiosyncrasies, so a human only develops a clear and distinct identity through the artifice of performance.   Nikocado has a clear and distinct identity, but its clarity and distinctness make it hard to escape. He may be a millionaire with legions of fans, but his videos, filled with complaints-disguised-as-jokes about his poor health, hardly make him seem happy.   Unfortunately, salvation seems out of reach for him because his audience, or at least the audience he imagines, demands he be the same as he was yesterday. And even if he were to find the strength to break character and be himself again, he's been acting for so long that stopping would only make him feel like an imposter.   This is the ultimate trapdoor in the hall of fame; to become a prisoner of one's own persona. The desire for recognition in an increasingly atomized world lures us to be who strangers wish us to be. And with personal development so arduous and lonely, there is ease and comfort in crowdsourcing your identity. But amid such temptations, it's worth remembering that when you become who your audience expects at the expense of who you are, the affection you receive is not intended for you but for the character you're playing, a character you'll eventually tire of. So the next time you find yourself in the limelight of other people's gazes, remember that being someone often means being fake, and if you chase the approval of others, you may, in the end, lose the approval of yourself TikTok is a Time Bomb The ultimate weapon of mass distraction   For thousands of years, humans sought to subjugate their enemies by inflicting pain, misery, and terror. They did this because these were the most paralyzing emotions they could consistently evoke; all it took was the slash of a sword or pull of a trigger. But as our understanding of psychology has developed, so it has become easier to evoke other emotions in complete strangers. Advances in the understanding of positive reinforcement, driven mostly by people trying to get us to click on links, have now made it possible to consistently give people on the other side of the world dopamine hits at scale. As such, pleasure is now a weapon; a way to incapacitate an enemy as surely as does pain. And the first pleasure-weapon of mass destruction may just be a little app on your phone called TikTok. I. The Smiling Tiger TikTok is the most successful app in history. It emerged in 2017 out of the Chinese video-sharing app Douyin and within three years it had become the most downloaded app in the world, later surpassing Google as the world's most visited web domain. TikTok's conquest of human attention was facilitated by the covid lockdowns of 2020, but its success wasn't mere luck. There's something about the design of the app that makes it unusually irresistible. Other platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, use recommendation algorithms as features to enhance the core product. With TikTok, the recommendation algorithm is the core product. You don't need to form a social network or list your interests for the platform to begin tailoring content to your desires, you just start watching, skipping any videos that don't immediately draw your interest. Tiktok uses a proprietary algorithm, known simply as the For You algorithm, that uses machine learning to build a personality profile of you by training itself on your watch habits (and possibly your facial expressions.) Since a TikTok video is generally much shorter than, say, a YouTube video, the algorithm acquires training data from you at a much faster rate, allowing it to quickly zero in on you. The result is a system that's unsurpassed at figuring you out. And once it's figured you out, it can then show you what it needs to in order to addict you. Since the For You algorithm favors only the most instantly mesmerizing content, its constructive videos—such as “how to” guides and field journalism—tend to be relegated to the fringes in favor of tasty but malignant junk info. Many of the most popular TikTokers, such as Charli D'Amelio, Bella Poarch, and Addison Rae, do little more than vapidly dance and lip-sync. Individually, such videos are harmless, but the algorithm doesn't intend to show you just one. When it receives the signal that it's got your attention, it doubles down on whatever it did to get it. This allows it to feed your obsessions, showing you hypnotic content again and again, reinforcing its imprint on your brain. This content can include promotion of self-harm and eating disorders, and uncritical encouragement of sex-reassignment surgery. There's evidence that watching such content can cause mass psychogenic illness: researchers recently identified a new phenomenon where otherwise healthy young girls who watched clips of Tourette's sufferers developed Tourette's-like tics. A more common way TikTok promotes irrational behavior is with viral trends and “challenges,” where people engage in a specific act of idiocy in the hope it'll make them TikTok-famous. Acts include licking toilets, snorting suntan lotion, eating chicken cooked in NyQuil, and stealing cars. One challenge, known as “devious licks”, encourages kids to vandalize property, while the “blackout challenge,” in which kids purposefully choke themselves with household items, has even led to several deaths, including a little girl a few days ago.   As troublesome as TikTok's trends are, the app's greatest danger lies not in any specific content but in its general addictive nature. Studies on long term TikTok addiction don't yet exist for obvious reasons, but, based on what we know of internet addiction generally, we can extrapolate its eventual effects on habitual TikTokers. There's a substantial body of research showing a strong association between smartphone addiction, shrinkage of the brain's gray matter, and “digital dementia,” an umbrella term for the onset of anxiety and depression and the deterioration of memory, attention span, self-esteem, and impulse control (the last of which increases the addiction). These are the problems caused by internet addiction generally. But there's something about TikTok that makes it uniquely dangerous. In order to develop and maintain mental faculties like memory and attention span, one needs to practice using them. TikTok, more than any other app, is designed to give you what you want while requiring you to do as little as possible. It cares little who you follow or what buttons you click; its main consideration is how long you spend watching. Its reliance on machine learning rather than user input, combined with the fact that TikTok clips are so short they require minimal memory and attention span, makes browsing TikTok the most passive, uninteractive experience of all major platforms. If it's the passive nature of online content consumption that causes atrophy of mental faculties, then TikTok, as the most passively used platform, will naturally cause the most atrophy. Indeed many habitual TikTokers can already be found complaining on websites like Reddit about their loss of mental ability, a phenomenon that's come to be known as “TikTok brain.” If the signs are becoming apparent already, imagine what TikTok addiction will have done to young developing brains a decade from now. TikTok's capacity to stupefy people, both acutely by encouraging idiotic behavior, and chronically by atrophying the brain, should prompt consideration of its potential use as a new kind of weapon, one that seeks to neutralize enemies not by inflicting pain and terror, but by inflicting pleasure. Last month FBI Director Chris Wray warned that TikTok is controlled by a Chinese government that could “use it for influence operations.” So how likely is it that one such influence operation might include addicting young Westerners to mind-numbing content to create a generation of nincompoops? The first indication that the Chinese Communist Party is aware of TikTok's malign influence on kids is that it's forbidden access of the app to Chinese kids. The American tech ethicist Tristan Harris pointed out that the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, is a “spinach” version where kids don't see twerkers and toilet-lickers but science experiments and educational videos. Furthermore, Douyin is only accessible to kids for 40 minutes per day, and it cannot be accessed between 10pm and 6am. Has the CCP enforced such rules to protect its people from what it intends to inflict on the West? When one examines the philosophical doctrines behind the rules, it becomes clear that the CCP doesn't just believe that apps like TikTok make people stupid, but that they destroy civilizations. II. Seven Mouths, Eight Tongues China has been suspicious of Western liberal capitalism since the 1800s, when the country's initial openness led to the Western powers flooding China with opium. The epidemic of addiction, combined with the ensuing Opium Wars, accelerated the fall of the Qing Dynasty and led to the Century of Humiliation in which China was subject to harsh and unequal terms by Britain and the US. Mao is credited with eventually crushing the opium epidemic, and since then the view among many in China has been that Western liberalism leads to decadence and that authoritarianism is the cure. But one man has done more than anyone to turn this thesis into policy. His name is Wang Huning, and, despite not being well known outside China, he has been China's top ideological theorist for three decades, and he is now member number 4 of the seven-man Standing Committee—China's most powerful body. He advised China's former leaders Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao, and now he advises Xi Jinping, authoring many of his policies. In China he is called “guoshi” (国师: literally, “teacher of the nation”).   Wang refuses to do press or to even speak with foreigners, but his worldview can be surmised from the books he wrote earlier in his life. In August 1988, Wang accepted an invitation to spend six months in the US, and traveled from state to state noting the way American society operates, examining its strengths and weaknesses. He recorded his findings in the 1991 book, America Against America, which has since become a key CCP text for understanding the US. The premise of the book is simple: the US is a paradox composed of contradictions: its two primary values—freedom and equality—are mutually exclusive. It has many different cultures, and therefore no overall culture. And its market-driven society has given it economic riches but spiritual poverty. As he writes in the book, “American institutions, culture and values oppose the United States itself.” For Wang, the US's contradictions stem from one source: nihilism. The country has become severed from its traditions and is so individualistic it can't make up its mind what it as a nation believes. Without an overarching culture maintaining its values, the government's regulatory powers are weak, easily corrupted by lobbying or paralyzed by partisan bickering. As such, the nation's progress is directed mostly by blind market forces; it obeys not a single command but a cacophony of three hundred million demands that lead it everywhere and nowhere. In Wang's view, the lack of a unifying culture puts a hard limit on the US's progress. The country is constantly producing wondrous new technologies, but these technologies have no guiding purpose other than their own proliferation. The result is that all technological advancement leads the US along one unfortunate trajectory: toward more and more commodification. Wang writes: “Human flesh, sex, knowledge, politics, power, and law can all become the target of commodification… Commodification, in many ways, corrupts society and leads to a number of serious social problems. These problems, in turn, can increase the pressure on the political and administrative system.” Thus, by turning everything into a product, Western capitalism devours every aspect of American culture, including the traditions that bind it together as a nation, leading to atomization and polarization. The commodification also devours meaning and purpose, and to plug the expanding spiritual hole that this leaves, Americans turn to momentary pleasures—drugs, fast food, and amusements—driving the nation further into decadence and decay. For Wang, then, the US's unprecedented technological progress is leading it into a chasm. Every new microchip, TV, and automobile only distracts and sedates Americans further. As Wang writes in his book, “it is not the people who master the technology, but the technology that masters the people.” Though these words are 30 years old, they could easily have been talking about social media addiction. Wang theorized that the conflict between the US's economic system and its value system made it fundamentally unstable and destined for ever more commodification, nihilism, and decadence, until it finally collapses under the weight of its own contradictions. To prevent China's own technological advancement leading it down the same perilous path, Wang proposed an extreme solution: neo-authoritarianism. In his 1988 essay, “The Structure of China's Changing Political Culture,” Wang wrote that the only way a nation can avoid the US's problems is by instilling “core values”—a national consensus of beliefs and principles rooted in the traditions of the past and directed toward a clear goal in the future. Such a consensus could eventually ward off nihilism and decadence, but cultivating it would in turn require the elimination of nihilism and decadence. This idea has been central to President Xi's governance strategy, which has emphasized “core socialist values” like civility, patriotism, and integrity. So how has the push for these socialist core values affected the CCP's approach to social media? The creator of TikTok and CEO of Bytedance, Zhang Yiming, originally intended for the content on TikTok and its Chinese version, Douyin, to be determined purely by popularity. As such, Douyin started off much like TikTok is now, with the content dominated by teenagers singing and dancing. In April 2018, the CCP began action against Zhang. Its media watchdog, the National Radio and Television Administration, ordered the removal from Chinese app stores of Bytedance's then-most popular app, Toutiao, and its AI news aggregator, Neihan Duanzi, citing their platforming of “improper” content. Zhang then took to social media to offer a groveling public apology, stating: "Our products took the wrong path, and content appeared that was incommensurate with socialist core values." Shortly after, Bytedance announced it would recruit thousands more people to moderate content, and, according to CNN, in the subsequent job ads it stated a preference for CCP members with “strong political sensitivity.” The CCP's influence over Bytedance has only grown since then. Last year, the Party acquired a “golden share” in Bytedance's Beijing entity, and one of its officials, Wu Shugang, took one of the company's three board seats. The CCP's intrusion into Bytedance's operations is part of a broader strategy by Xi, called the “Profound Transformation”, which seeks to clear space for the instituting of core socialist values by ridding China of “decadent” online content. In August 2021, a statement appeared across Chinese state media calling for an end to TikTok-style “tittytainment” for fear that “our young people will lose their strong and masculine vibes and we will collapse.” In the wake of that statement, there have been crackdowns on “sissy-men” fashions, “digital drugs” like online gaming, and “toxic idol worship.” Consequently, many online influencers have been forcibly deprived of their influence, with some, such as the movie star Zhao Wei, having their entire presence erased from the Chinse web. For Xi and the CCP, eliminating “decadent” TikTok-style content from China is a matter of survival, because such content is considered a herald of nihilism, a regression of humans back to beasts, a symptom of the West's terminal illness that must be prevented from metastasizing to China. And yet, while cracking down on this content domestically, China has continued to allow its export internationally as part of Xi's “digital Silk Road” (数字丝绸之路). TikTok is known to censor content that displeases Beijing, such as mentions of Falun Gong or Tiananmen Square, but otherwise it has free rein to show Westerners what it wants; “tittytainment” and “sissy men” are everywhere on the app. So why the hypocritical disparity in rules? Is the digital Silk Road intended as poetic justice for the original Silk Road, whereby the Western powers preached Christian values while trafficking chemical TikTok—opium—into China? Since Wang and Xi believe the West is too decadent to survive, they may have opted to take the Taoist path of wu wei (無為), which is to say, sit back and let the West's appetites take it where they will. But there's another, more sinister and effective approach they may have adopted. To understand it, we must consider one final piece of the puzzle: an amphetamine-fueled philosopher who lived in my hometown. III. The Matricide Laboratory At first glance the British philosopher Nick Land could hardly be more different from Wang Huning. Wang rose to prominence by being dour, discreet, and composed, while Land rose to prominence by ranting about cyborg apocalypses while out of his mind on weed and speed. In the late 1990s Land moved into a house once owned by the Satanist libertine Aleister Crowley (half a mile from where I grew up), and there he apparently binged on drugs and scrawled occult diagrams on the walls. At nearby Warwick University where he taught, his lectures were often bizarre (one infamous “lesson” consisted of Land lying on the floor, croaking into a mic, while frenetic jungle music pulsed in the background.)   Land and Wang were not just polar opposites in personality; they also operated at opposite ends of the political spectrum. While Wang would go on to be the top ideological theorist of the Chinese Communist Party, Land would become the top theorist (with Curtis Yarvin) of the influential network of far-right bloggers, NRx. And yet, despite their opposite natures, Land and Wang would develop almost identical visions of liberal capitalism as an all-commodifying, all devouring force, driven by the insatiable hunger of blind market forces, and destined to finally eat Western civilization itself. Land viewed Western liberal capitalism as a kind of AI that's reached the singularity; in other words, an AI that's grown beyond the control of humans and is now unstoppably accelerating toward inhuman ends. As Land feverishly wrote in his 1995 essay, “Meltdown:” “The story goes like this: Earth is captured by a technocapital singularity as renaissance rationalitization and oceanic navigation lock into commoditization take-off. Logistically accelerating techno-economic interactivity crumbles social order in auto-sophisticating machine runaway.” Land's drug-fueled prose is overwrought, so to simplify his point, Western capitalism can be compared to a “paperclip maximizer,” a hypothetical AI programmed by a paperclip business to produce as many paperclips as possible, which leads it to begin recycling everything on earth into paperclips (commodities). When the programmers panic and try to switch it off, the AI turns them into paperclips, since being switched off would stop it fulfilling its goal of creating as many paperclips as possible. Thus, the blind application of short term goals leads to long term ruin. Land believed that, since the runaway AI we call liberal capitalism commodifies everything, including even criticisms of it (which are necessarily published for profit), it cannot be opposed. Every attack on it becomes part of it. Thus, if one wishes to change it, the only way is to accelerate it along its trajectory. As Land stated in a later, more sober writing style: “The point of an analysis of capitalism, or of nihilism, is to do more of it. The process is not to be critiqued. The process is the critique, feeding back into itself, as it escalates. The only way forward is through, which means further in.” —A Quick-and-Dirty Introduction to Accelerationism (2017) This view, that the current system must be accelerated to be transformed, has since become known as “accelerationism.” For Land, acceleration is not just a destructive force but also a creative one; he came to believe that all democracies accelerate toward ruin but a visionary despot unfettered by the concerns of the masses could accelerate a country to prosperity. Land's own life followed the same course he envisioned for the liberal West; following years of high productivity, he fell into nihilism and the decadence of rampant drug use, which drove him to a nervous breakdown. Upon recovering in 2002, he embraced authoritarianism, moved to Shanghai, and began writing for Chinese state media outlets like China Daily and the Shanghai Star. A few years after Land moved to China, talk of accelerationism began to emerge on the Chinese web, where it's become known by its Chinese name, jiasuzhuyi (加速主义). The term has caught on among Chinese democracy advocates, many of whom view the CCP as the runaway AI, hurtling toward greater tyranny; they even refer to Xi as “Accelerator-in-Chief” (总加速师). Domestically, Chinese democracy activists try to accelerate the CCP's authoritarianism ad absurdum; one tactic is to swamp official tip-off lines with reports of minor or made-up infractions, with the intent of breaking the Party by forcing it to enforce all of its own petty rules. As for the CCP itself, it's known to have viewed former US president Donald Trump as the “Accelerator-in-Chief,” or, more accurately, “Chuan Jianguo” (川建国: literally “Build China Trump”) because he was perceived as helping China by accelerating the West's decline. For this reason, support of him was encouraged. The CCP is also known to have engaged in jiasuzhuyi more directly; for instance, during the 2020 US race riots, China used Western social media platforms to douse accelerant over US racial tensions. But the use of TikTok as an accelerant is a whole new scale of accelerationism, one much closer to Land's original, apocalyptic vision. Liberal capitalism is about making people work in order to obtain pleasurable things, and for decades it's been moving toward shortening the delay between desire and gratification, because that's what consumers want. Over the past century the market has taken us toward ever shorter-form entertainment, from cinema in the early 1900s, to TV mid-century, to minutes-long YouTube videos, to seconds-long TikTok clips. With TikTok the delay between desire and gratification is almost instant; there's no longer any patience or effort needed to obtain the reward, so our mental faculties fall into disuse and disrepair. And this is why TikTok could prove such a devastating geopolitical weapon. Slowly but steadily it could turn the West's youth—its future—into perpetually distracted dopamine junkies ill-equipped to maintain the civilization built by their ancestors. We seem to be halfway there already: not only has there been gray matter shrinkage in smartphone-addicted individuals, but, since 1970 the Western average IQ has been steadily falling. Though the decline likely has several causes, it began with the first generation to grow up with widespread TVs in homes, and common sense suggests it's at least partly the result of technology making the attainment of satisfaction increasingly effortless, so that we spend ever more of our time in a passive, vegetative state. If you don't use it, you lose it. And even those still willing to use their brains are at risk of having their efforts foiled by social media, which seems to be affecting not just kids' abilities but also their aspirations; in a survey asking American and Chinese children what job they most wanted, the top answer among Chinese kids was “astronaut,” and the top answer among American kids was “influencer.” If we continue along our present course, the resulting loss of brainpower in key fields could, years from now, begin to harm the West economically. But, more importantly, if it did it would help discredit the very notion of Western liberalism itself, since there is no greater counterargument to a system than to see it destroy itself. And so the CCP would benefit doubly from this outcome: ruin the West and refute it; two birds with one stone (or as they say in China, 箭双雕: one arrow, two eagles.) So, the CCP has both the means and the motive to help the West defeat itself, and part of this could conceivably involve the use of TikTok to accelerate liberal capitalism by closing the gap between desire and gratification. Now, it could be argued that we have no hard evidence of the CCP's intentions, only a set of indications. However, ultimately the CCP's intentions are irrelevant. Accelerationism can't alter an outcome, only hasten it. And TikTok, whether or not it's actively intended as a weapon, is only moving the West further along the course it's long been headed: toward more effortless pleasure, and resulting cognitive decline. The problem, therefore, is not China, but us. America Against America. If TikTok is not a murder weapon, then it's a suicide weapon. China has given the West the means to kill itself, but the death wish is wholly the West's. After all, TikTok dominated our culture as a result of free market forces—the very thing we live by. Land and Wang are correct that the West being controlled by everyone means it's controlled by no one, and without brakes or a steering wheel we're at the market's mercy. Of course, democracies do have some regulatory power. Indian lawmakers banned TikTok in 2020, and US lawmakers are now considering the same. However, while this may stop the theft of our data, it won't stop the theft of our attention; if TikTok is banned then another short-form video site will just take its place. Effortless dopamine hits are what consumers want, and capitalism always tries to give consumers what they want. Anticipating the demand, YouTube has added its own TikTok-style “YouTube Shorts” format, and Twitter recently implemented its own version of TikTok's For You algorithm. The market is a greater accelerator than China could ever hope to be. So what's the solution? Land and Wang may be right about the illness, but they're wrong about the cure. It's true that we in the West have little left of the traditions that once tied us together, and in their absence all that unites us are our animal hungers. But Wang's belief that meaning and purpose can be miraculously imposed on us all by a strongman leader is just a fantasy that has littered history with failed experiments. Sure, democracies are vulnerable because there's no one controlling their advancement, but autocracies are vulnerable precisely for the opposite reason: they're controlled by people, which is to say, by woefully myopic apes. China is currently suffering from the myopia of Xi's zero-covid policy, which has ravaged the country's economy, and from the disastrous one-child policy that's led to China's current population crisis. For all our problems, we'd be unwise to exchange the soft tyranny of dopamine for the hard tyranny of despots. That leaves only one solution: the democratic one. In a democracy responsibility is also democratized, so parents must look out for their own kids. There's a market for this, too: various brands of parental controls can be set on devices to limit kids' access (though many of these, including TikTok's own controls, can be easily bypassed.) But ultimately these are short term measures. In the long term the only way to prevent digital dementia is to raise awareness of the neurological ruin wrought by apps like TikTok, exposing their ugliness so they fall out of fashion like cigarettes. If the weakness of liberalism is its openness, then this is also its strength; word can travel far in democracies. We'll surely sound like alarmists; TikTok destroys so gradually that it seems harmless. But if the app is a time-bomb that'll wreck a whole generation years from now, then we can't wait till its effects are apparent before acting, for then it will be too late. The clock is ticking. Tik. Tok…   I just shit and cum. FAQ What does this mean? 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How can I prevent this from happening in the future? Accept the goopy brown and white substance and move on. But learn from this mistake: your behavior will not be tolerated in my mom's basement. I will continue to shit and cum until you improve your conduct. Remember: ejaculation is privilege, not a right.   I just came in your asshole. I just came in your asshole. FAQ What does this mean? A large load of baby gravy has been transferred from my testicles into your rectum. Why did I do this? There are several reasons why I came in your ass. These include, but are not limited to: Your comment turned me on You are cute Your dad was too busy How did I do this? I rammed your rectum with my handsome hog until I turned you into a frosting factory. Why am I telling you about this? Your ass will be leaking cum for at least 36 hours and may be a slipping hazard. Also you might be gay. How can you avoid this in the future? Unless you stop looking so breedable in the near future, you can't. 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Fool Coverage with Manny MUA and Laura Lee

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 81:56


Rapid Fire week on Fool Coverage! Manny and Laura are joined by a very special guest and their friend Daniel Preda! They cover Selena Gomez giving shade, Aaron Carter's tragic passing, Nikita Dragun's recent arrest in Miami, Bella Poarch divorcing her secret husband, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and more. Thanks to our sponsors: * Visit https://athleticgreens.com/foolcoverage and with your first purchase, Athletic greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs. * For listeners of the show, go to https://www.adameve.com/ right now and use code FOOL to get you not just 50% off, but also 100% free shipping! * Right now, get 20% off your Bare Necessities order when you go to https://www.barenecessities.com and use code fool20. * This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/foolcoverage and get on your way to being your best self. Shop MinimLA https://minimla.co/ SOCIAL MEDIA: LauraLeeLosAngeles: https://www.lauraleelosangeles.com/ INSTAGRAM: Larlarlee SNAPCHAT: Laura88lee TWITTER: LAURA88LEE TikTok: LAURA88LEE Lunar Beauty - https://www.Lunarbeauty.com/ SNAPCHAT - Mannymua TIK TOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@mannymua733 Instagram - http://instagram.com/mannymua733 Twitter - https://twitter.com/MannyMua733 More about the show: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: https://bit.ly/FoolCoverage Check out Fool Coverage on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKlJLwZV472zWlO9eQv4RGg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fool Coverage with Manny MUA and Laura Lee
Our Honest thoughts on the Nikita situation

Fool Coverage with Manny MUA and Laura Lee

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 81:56


Rapid Fire week on Fool Coverage! Manny and Laura are joined by a very special guest and their friend Daniel Preda! They cover Selena Gomez giving shade, Aaron Carter's tragic passing, Nikita Dragun's recent arrest in Miami, Bella Poarch divorcing her secret husband, Elon Musk buying Twitter, and more. Thanks to our sponsors: • Visit https://athleticgreens.com/foolcoverage and with your first purchase, Athletic greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs. • For listeners of the show, go to https://www.adameve.com/ right now and use code FOOL to get you not just 50% off, but also 100% free shipping! • Right now, get 20% off your Bare Necessities order when you go to https://www.barenecessities.com and use code fool20.  • This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/foolcoverage and get on your way to being your best self. Shop MinimLA https://minimla.co/ SOCIAL MEDIA: LauraLeeLosAngeles: https://www.lauraleelosangeles.com/ INSTAGRAM: Larlarlee SNAPCHAT: Laura88lee TWITTER: LAURA88LEE TikTok: LAURA88LEE Lunar Beauty - https://www.Lunarbeauty.com/ SNAPCHAT - Mannymua TIK TOK - https://www.tiktok.com/@mannymua733 Instagram - http://instagram.com/mannymua733 Twitter - https://twitter.com/MannyMua733 More about the show: Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or using this link: https://bit.ly/FoolCoverage Check out Fool Coverage on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKlJLwZV472zWlO9eQv4RGg Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pop Sports
Ep 12: "WHY DO YOU HATE ME NANCY"

Pop Sports

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 73:21


Amanda and Matt are back from the GA Tennessee game and talking all things Love is Blind, World series recap, and the sexiest man alive.TV Recap: Love is Blind (2:47) POP STORY 1: Aaron Carter dead at 34 (28:01) SPORTS STORY 1: NFL Week 9 recap, the week of 17-17 (32:17)POP STORY 2: Selena Gomez drama with kidney donor following new documentary release (44:05)SPORTS STORY 2: Mattress Mac wins $75 million after the Astros win the world series (49:45)POP STORY 3: Chris Evans name People's 2022 Sexiest Man Alive (55:13) SPORTS STORY 3: Nike ends relationship with Kyrie Irving following anti-Semitic tweets (1:03:51) HONORABLE MENTIONS: College Football Playoff Rankings, Bella Poarch getting Divorced,Nakita Dragun arrested and placed in Men's holding cell  (1:07:00)Follow us @thepopsportspod on Instagram and Tiktok for more pop culture and sports news updates throughout the week!

BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry
THE BFFs GET THEIR MINDS BLOWN BY MENTALIST OZ PEARLMAN — BFFs EP. 105 WITH TEALA DUNN

BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 70:14


We start off the show with surprise guest Oz Pearlman aka "The Mentalist" who finished third in America's Got Talent, and has appeared on hundreds of TV programs across networks since he broke onto the scene. He does a host of tricks that blow Dave, Bri, and Josh's minds in a way that is impossible to explain without seeing them. We then eventually recover from the tricks and get into headlines where we investigate what is going on in the Nessa, Sab, and Cynthia Parker beef and whether or not Josh has the inside scoop, Landon Barker writing a Lil Huddy disstrack, Bella Poarch's secret husband, Brent Rivera stealing from smaller creators, Logan Paul's WWE match and subsequent injury, Selena Gomez's kidney donor unfollowing her, People's 2022 Sexiest Man Alive, Drake's beef from his new album (and if he is better than Taylor Swift), Elon Musk going wild owning Twitter, Ellie Goulding married but looking for "friends" on Raya, a VR headset that kills the user, and Nikita Dragun getting arrested in Miami. We finish with BFFs corner where we figure out whether Bri is a crazy girlfriend for thinking her boyfriend's neighbor is hitting on him, and when the release of the BFFs merch that people have been clamoring for is coming. Support Our Sponsors! Raising Canes: Come for the Chicken Finger meals, stay for the Sauce. Order online at https://barstool.link/RaisingCanesBSS Betterhelp: This episode is sponsored by Betterhelp. Go to https://barstool.link/BetterhelpBFF for 10% off your first month. Felix Gray: Check out Felix Gray Glasses at https://barstool.link/FelixGrayBFFYou can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or YouTube. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/bffspod

The Cheatcoders Podcast
EP209 - "Alam Mo Joker"

The Cheatcoders Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2022 91:36


This episode the guys talk about DC Studio changes (and if they became a teleserye), manifesting a like from Bella Poarch and attending weddings. They also touch on no privacy in families, learning Filipino phrases and a whole lot more.Enter our competition here: https://instagram.com/thecheatcodersJoin our Patreon: https://patreon.com/thecheatcodersCheck out our merch, previous episodes and more on our website: https://thecheatcoders.comFollow us on all social media: @thecheatcoders

Ready to Be Petty
Episode 117: Petty about Celeb Halloween Costumes, Bachelor in Paradise Spoilers, and Bella Poarch's Secret Divorce

Ready to Be Petty

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 66:14


In episode 117, Torry (she/her) is joined by Matthew (he/him) from That's SO Matthew (4:55). They discuss celebrity Halloween costumes including the Kardashian-Jenners, Nicki Minaj, Sabrina Carpenter, Heidi Klum, Lizzo, Hailey and Justin Bieber, and Cardi B (11:30). Then they discuss Selena Gomez and Francia Raisa's recent social media beef (41:40) and Bella Poarch's secret divorce (46:56). Next, Matthew nominates Nick Viall, Greg Grippo, and Victoria F. as Pettyweight Champions of the Week for spoiling Bachelor in Paradise (52:07) and shares his This Week in Petty, about missing an opportunity to ask for a guy's number (57:07). Finally, Torry shares her This Week in Petty about digging a scorned woman's roses out of a garbage can (1:01:07).  Looking for more exclusive content? Join our Patreon for an extra episode a week! This week's episode covers: Taylor Swift's Pettiest Moments with Cam from what i will say. Enjoyed the discussion about Selena and Francia? Listen to Torry, Lauren, and Jordyn discuss their relationship on episode 105. Listen to Torry discuss celebrity charity scams on It's Become a Whole Thing. This episode features a promo from Watch This Tonight. Leave an audio message of a question or comment for Torry to include in a future podcast on Speakpipe. Buy an RTBP Starbucks cup or keychain on Etsy. Follow RTBP on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Subscribing and leaving a rating helps us find new listeners! Thank you. Ready to Be Petty is a Playlyst Studios Original.

Trend Lightly
Rihanna's a Depphead?

Trend Lightly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 82:04


Selena Gomez may have burned a bridge with her kidney donor, Aaron Carter passed away at age 34, Rihanna put Johnny Depp in her Savage X Fenty show, Bella Poarch is divorcing her secret husband, and Elon Musk is following through on his promise to ruin Twitter. Follow us on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter LINKS! Maybe we're all Try Guys? Reddit Post Rihanna's Cancelled Rihanna fans call for boycott of Savage x Fenty over Depp cameo Bella Poarch TikToker Bella Poarch Files For Divorce from Secret Husband Tyler Poarch Aaron Carter dies aged 34 Aaron Carter Dead at 34 Hillary Duff posts a tribute to Aaron Nick Carter's tribute to his brother Aaron's last interview: Aaron Carter on Kanye's Cancellation, Johnny Depp, His Personal Life & More (No Jumper Podcast) Francia and Selena Francis Raina finds out that Selena Gomez calls Taylor Swift her “only friend in the industry, comments on e! News post, and unfollows Selena Musk / Twitter layoffs and a bad first week at work  Elon posts rumors about Paul Pelosi, factchecked by his own platform Jack Dorsey says sorry. Former COO walks out  Advertisers leaving en mass, Brianna Wu breaks it down

Patty Pop Culture Podcast
Drake hates women.

Patty Pop Culture Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 72:55


On his new album "HER LOSS" fans noticed Drake threw a lot of low blows at famous women. The internet now thinks Selena Gomez is a terrible friend. Celebrities react to the unfortunate way Aaron Carter died. Bella Poarch has a massive life secret exposed to the public. Emily Ratajkowski says she doesn't believe straight people exist. Cher is now dating a MUCHHH younger man.

Renegade by Centennial Beauty
What Did We Actually Learn From 'Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me'?

Renegade by Centennial Beauty

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 61:28


Subscribe to our weekly Substack, infinite scroll: https://centennialbeauty.substack.com/ In this week's episode, we dive into our opinions on Selena Gomez's new documentary, Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me. The documentary follows the singer and actress during a six-year period of her career. The film documents her struggles with fame and her physical and mental well-being in the wake of her diagnosis with lupus and bipolar disorder. Timestamps: 5:45 Elon Musk suspends Twitter accounts impersonating him 12:35 Trisha Patyas snark subreddit r/Trishyland gets permanently banned 17:10 TikTok users are convinced that Chris Olsen runs the Harry Styles Pleasing account 26:00 Bella Poarch files for divorce from secret husband 30:43 Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me review Our publication: https://centennialbeauty.com/ Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/centennialbeauty/?hl=en Join our closed FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3178046912258044 Resources: https://centennialbeauty.com/trisha-patyas-snark-subreddit-trishyland-permanently-banned/ https://centennialbeauty.com/chris-olsen-run-harry-styles-pleasing-tiktok-account/ https://centennialbeauty.com/bella-poarch-secret-husband-married-files-for-divorce/ https://mashable.com/article/selena-gomez-my-mind-and-me-review https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/nov/03/selena-gomez-my-mind-me-review-a-fascinating-and-frustrating-pop-doc 

Pop Culture Universitea
Drake hates women.

Pop Culture Universitea

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 73:57


On his new album "HER LOSS" fans noticed Drake threw a lot of low blows at famous women. The internet now thinks Selena Gomez is a terrible friend. Celebrities react to the unfortunate way Aaron Carter died. Bella Poarch has a massive life secret exposed to the public. Emily Ratajkowski says she doesn't believe straight people exist. Cher is now dating a MUCHHH younger man.

The Morning Toast
Thirty, Flirty and Thriving: Monday, November 7th, 2022

The Morning Toast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 78:17


Aaron Carter, LOVE Artist and Former Child Star, Dead at 34 (PEOPLE) (24:50) Selena Gomez hits back at Francia Raisa's reaction to Taylor Swift comment (Page Six) (32:43) 'Angry' Jessica Simpson claps back at haters after concerning video (Page Six) (53:10) Bethenny Frankel Revisits 'Housewives' in New Rewatch Podcast: 'This Is Where It Started for Me' (PEOPLE) (56:55) Queen Elizabeth and Tom Cruise became secret friends before her death (Page Six), Bella Poarch files for divorce (1:01:57) Love is Blind Recap (1:10:13) The Toast with Jackie  (@JackieOshry) and Claudia Oshry  (@girlwithnojob)  NLOG Tickets Merch The Toast Patreon Girl With No Job by Claudia Oshry

Billboard News Now
Nov 7 - Drake Calls Out Megan Thee Stallion, Serena Williams' Husband & More On New Album, Selena Gomez Speaks Out Amid Feud With Francia Raisa, Bella Poarch's Divorce From Secret Husband & More

Billboard News Now

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2022 4:35


Drake calls out Megan Thee Stallion, Serena Williams' husband and Kanye West on his new album 'Her Loss', Selena Gomez speaks out amid rumors of a feud with friend and actress Francia Raisa, Bella Poarch files for divorce from her secret husband of four years and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drunken Lullabies: Drunk At The Movies
Mash-Up Monday 10/31/22

Drunken Lullabies: Drunk At The Movies

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2022 60:57


Special extended 1 hour MashUp Monday Halloween mix for you all to enjoy! Happy Halloween!!! Joebot the Robot - Halloween Mash Loo & Placido - Funky Dragula (Lipps Inc v Rob Zombie) Titus Jones - My Toxic Chick Is Going To Hell (Evanscence v Ariana Grande v Marilyn Manson & more) Nigel Plumley - We Don't Die, We Come One Step Closer (Twiztid v Linkin Park & The X-Ecutioners) YITT - Die Die My Angel (Misfits v Elvis Presley) Voicedude - E.T.Busters (Fall Out Boy v Katy Perry) Kill_mR_DJ - Not Afraid of Bad Moons (CCR v Eminem v Pixies v Faith No More v Kosheen) Voicedude - Witchy Shout (Eagles v Tears For Fears) SLVFRK - Turn Off the Light, There Will Be Blood (Kim Petras v Kim Petras) AdrienShadow - Monster X (Nickelback v Skillet) iWillBattle - Bring a Nightmare To My Life (Evanesnce v DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince) Nigel Plumley - Rock the Dead Business (Eminem v Twiztid) QueenOfOJ - My Frontier Psychiatrist's Axe (Insane Clown Posse v The Avalanches) Lewis Wake - Montero Mash (Lil Nas X v Boris Pickett) Stefano Ercolino - Weirdbusters (Oingo Boingo v Ray Parker Jr) PenelopeCantStop - Skreeem Gangnam Style (PSY v Tech N9ne ft Insane Clown Posse & Hopsin) Titus Jones - Inferno of Scary Skeletons & Bad Rats (Andrew Gold v Britney Spears v Bella Poarch v Olivia Rodrigo v Smashing Pumpkins) Voicedude - Dead Butterflies (Alice Cooper v Crazy Town v Rosemary's Baby) Mark Johnce - Mr Crowley Might Like It Louder (DADA, Obernik, Harris v Ozzy Osbourne v Amanda Blank v Major Lazer ft. Nina Sky & Ricky Blaze) InanimateMashups - Scary Monsters & Nice Skyscrapers (Skrillex v Ellie Goulding  v Imagine Dragons etc) Pepperidge Farm - Zydrate Dead Girl (Rob Zombie v Repo! the Genetic Opera) iWillBattle - Kickstart Frankenstein's Nightmare Heart (Rina Sawayama v Motley Crue v Pendulum)

BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry
THE BFFS HAVE THEIR MOST UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENT YET - BFFs Ep. 93 WITH REMI BADER

BFFs with Dave Portnoy, Josh Richards, and Brianna Chickenfry

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022 52:43


We are joined by Remi Bader to talk about her and Dave's friendship, her rise during lockdown, her evolution into fashion, the incident at the horse ranch, meeting Lizzo, and finish with a game of "Who Wore It Better". We then get into headlines of Noah Beck not showing up to Dixie D'Amelio's 21st birthday, Jennette McCurdy's book "I'm Glad My Mom Died" where she talks about former Nickelodeon execs, Monty Lopez (still) going at it with Yung Gravy, a new documentary series about Armie Hammer, Cardi B exposing Bella Poarch, and Drake dissing his dad's tattoo of him. We finish up with BFFs corner to find out whether or not Josh is really going to make a Still Softish 2 with Bryce and Landon and watch something that made everyone more uncomfortable than anything we have ever watched on the pod before. Support our sponsors! Beis: Go to https://barstool.link/BeisBFF for 15% off your first purchase Betterhelp: Go to BetterHelp.com/BFF for 10% off your first month Whatnot: Download the Whatnot App today. Go to https://barstool.link/WhatnotBSS to get $10 off your first purchase on Whatnot.

FML Fund My Life
Build A Rich

FML Fund My Life

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 42:24


Get your pens and papers at the ready - we're building a stock portfolio from scratch in the latest episode of FML.And unlike Bella Poarch's hit song, which inspired our title, you do get to pick and choose!In this episode, we created a pyramid so we can easily explain how you can instantly diversify your stock portfolio and get on the path to financial success. For each category, we give you an example of a stock that would be a good fit - but remember, these are just suggestions and not financial advice.We also: Tell you two more investor stories from the MyWallSt team - what was Mike and Pádraig's first stock? Explain diversification, full and half positions, and dollar cost averaging, And our Girlboss of the Week is in a major PR disaster - is it just for publicity?! Plus lots more!We hope you enjoy!Anne Marie & Nicole Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Patty Pop Culture Podcast
Megan Thee Stallion done with her record label after MESSY fighting

Patty Pop Culture Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 46:47


Megan Thee Stallion is out of her recording contract after years of fighting with her label. Cardi B has taken her time to fight everyone on twitter this week, including Nicki Minaj and Bella Poarch. Celebrities are striking against social media and deleting the apps after bad experiences of bullies and hatred they receive. Millie Bobby Brown is going to college but to study what?

All Songs Considered
New Music Friday: The best releases out on Aug. 12

All Songs Considered

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 28:14


The best new albums out this week include Cheat Codes from Danger Mouse and Black Thought, a stunning debut from singer and TikTok phenom Bella Poarch, Hudson Mohawke's Cry Sugar and more.Featured Albums: 1. Danger Mouse & Black Thought — Cheat CodesFeatured Songs: "Strangers," "Aquamarine"2. Bella Poarch — DollsFeatured Songs: "Dolls," "Build a Bitch"3. Hudson Mohawke — Cry SugarFeatured Songs: "Rain Shadow," "Ingle Nook," "Stump," "Behold"4. Beastie Boys — Check Your Head (Deluxe Edition)Featured Songs: "Jimmy James," "Gratitude," "So What'Cha Want (Butt Naked Version)," "Pass the Mic (Pt. 2, Skills To Pay The Bills)"5. NIKI — NicoleFeatured Songs: "Keeping Tabs," "Take A Chance With Me," "Facebook Friends"Lightning Round:Andy Bey — Experience and Judgment Peter Mulvey & SistaSrings — Love is the Only ThingSylvan Esso — No Rules SandyTomu DJ — Half Moon BayOther notable releases for Aug. 12:Boris — Heavy Rocks (2022)Girlpool — ForgivenessPale Waves — UnwantedPanda Bear & Sonic Boom — ResetPavement — Slanted and Enchanted (30th Anniversary Edition)Rat Tally — My Car

PEOPLE Every Day
Anne Heche Dead at 53, plus Sheryl Lee Ralph on Emmys and Abbott Elementary

PEOPLE Every Day

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2022 25:10


Michelle Branch arrested for assault after allegedly slapping husband. Anne Heche died today at 53 due to the injuries she sustained in last week's high-speed crash, and PEOPLE's Breanne Heldman reflects on the actress' legacy. It's New Music Friday featuring the newest releases from Megan Thee Stallion, Bella Poarch and Little Big Town. Abbott Elementary's Sherly Lee Ralph takes us behind the scenes of the hit new comedy and shares why she's not quite ready for the Emmys red carpet. For these stories and more, head to PEOPLE.com. Follow on Instagram: Janine Rubenstein - @janinerube Breanne Heldman - @breannenyc Sheryl Lee Ralph - @thesherylleeralph Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cutting Class
CC_S01_EP10_AndreDreJones

Cutting Class

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 64:02


Andre “Dre” Jones is a Los Angeles-based editor with a flair for dynamic, stylish music videos, commercials and films. Notably among these is “Pop Star” by DJ Khaled ft. Drake (which was nominated for a VMA video of the year), Rosalia's “A Palé,” Rosalia and The Weekend's “La Fama,” Ariana Grande's “34+35,” Summer Walker, Cardi B and SZA's “No Love,' and Bella Poarch's viral video for “Build a B.” There's more actually. Like Beam - “Planet Beam”, Nicky Minaj ft. Lil Baby - “Do We Have a Problem?”, Orville Peck - “No Glory in the Wild,” Megan Thee Stallion ft. Norman - “Diamonds,” Rick Ross ft. Young Jeezy - “War Ready,” Swizz Beats ft. Asap Rocky - “Street Knock,” Pusha T - “Feeling Myself,” Wale's “Lotus Flower Bomb” and many many others. We get into those last three a bit in this episode. Also in this episode: -Cutting for Cool -Basketball and Editing -Directors who know their VFX -Letting Cuts Breathe For more information and supplemental video clips visit cuttingclass.fm . Connect with us on IG @cuttingclassediting Questions, Comments, Criticism: cuttingclassediting@gmail.com To Support this podcast visit anchor.fm/cuttingclass/support Cutting Class is produced, hosted & edited by John McSwain --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cuttingclass/support

Short Sex Stories
The Enlarger {MF} (Bella Poarch)

Short Sex Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 15:43


Enjoy The Best Erotica Reddit's Has To Offer!Thank you for listening on today's story. Make sure to rate and subscribe and spice up your day and night!Check her out before listening to the story. Quick read erotica with hot video complementaries! https://realifewriter.gumroad.com/More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch : https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sexy-steamy-sex-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Short Sex Stories
Drinking Too Much Was Almost Bad... And Then It Was Pretty Great {MFF} (Bella Poarch)

Short Sex Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 13:00


Enjoy The Best Erotica Reddit's Has To Offer!Thank you for listening on today's story. Make sure to rate and subscribe and spice up your day and night!Check her out before listening to the story. Quick read erotica with hot video complementaries! https://realifewriter.gumroad.com/More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch : https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sexy-steamy-sex-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Short Sex Stories
There's No Better Way To Spend My Lunch Break Than With You {MF} (Bella Poarch)

Short Sex Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 8:46


Enjoy The Best Erotica Reddit's Has To Offer!Thank you for listening on today's story. Make sure to rate and subscribe and spice up your day and night!Check her out before listening to the story. Quick read erotica with hot video complementaries! https://realifewriter.gumroad.com/More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch : https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sexy-steamy-sex-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
The Nudist And The Nude Beach Queen {Voyeur} (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 19:47


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!Quick read erotica with hot video complementaries! https://realifewriter.gumroad.com/More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
Truth or Strip with Two Best Friends {MF} (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 13:09


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!Quick read erotica with hot video complementaries! https://realifewriter.gumroad.com/More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
Jerking Off A Virgin Twice {Erotica} (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2022 10:42


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!Quick read erotica with hot video complementaries! https://realifewriter.gumroad.com/More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
Banging My Uncle's New Wife {Cheating} (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 11:23


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
Banging My Uncle's New Wife {Cheating} [Part 2] (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 10:59


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
Arya - The Indian Babe {MF} (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 17:58


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
Tik Tok Almost Ruined Us {MF} (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 23:22


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

My Friend's Erotic Stories
School Nerd Heat {Fantasy} (Bella Poarch)

My Friend's Erotic Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 10:40


Enjoy listening to our Friend's Erotic Stories!More Sexy Stories:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-sexy-stories/id1583470189Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vF8k6APi1jeKLF9s6eDygGirl of the Story, Bella Poarch: https://www.instagram.com/bellapoarch/For Business Inquiries: boredwriterwrites@gmail.comCheck it out on: https://linktr.ee/myfriendseroticstoriesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfriendseroticstories/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/my-friends-erotic-stories/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy