Today Alissa and Kristi swap generational stories about the rise and influence of the internet. Kristi recalls the dial-up modems and floppy discs of the nineties, and continues to figure out AI along with everyone else. 

Alissa tells the painful story of what happens when you make friends with someone online who promises to be the partner of your dreams, putting energy and emotion into that dream, who then turns out to be a total catfishing fake. 

Plus the ladies launch the Shoppable Swag Store. Go to [email protected] for info. 

And let us know how you feel about the show. 
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00:00 - Start

00:37 - The greatest podcast ever

01:05 - Leave a review of the show on YouTube, Apple, Spotify

01:35 - The first "Miss AI America"?

01:48 - AI-created social influencers, creating the perfect digital host

02:35 - Sinclair's digital tools

03:08 - The Lady in the Computer 

03:40 - My Only Fans model

05:40 - Leaving for school is so different 

06:05 - I asked: "what is email?" 

06:48 - What was it like being on the internet in the 90s?

07:55 - Dial-Up modems and floppy discs

08:34 - Appealing to the video gamer audience

09:12 - Re AI - watch the Timber Barker Episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks6qOZuejws

10:02 - You're not allowed to show your feet on Twitch

11:20 - Does everything change when you hit forty? I hang out at twelve

12:22 - Feeling the "weight of humanity" 

13:20 - We're in a little rough patch, but there's still opportunity here

15:01 - A lot of social media is basically a trafficking ring

15:29 - Alissa's Catfish story 

17:05 - Jenn - "long drawn-out letters of love"

18:53 - "I was the perfect bait"

20:40 - "This is not a real person"

23:02 - Kristi's "catfisher" - "he followed you on Instagram".

24:25 - All his followers are Bots  

25:05 - The Swag Store

25:46 - Rather than keep and hoard - we're selling our "luxury items" to help our worthy causes -

26:47 - Kristi's list - Things I could've told myself when I was 18. 

26:51 - "Find your passion, and learn to monetize it."

26:58 - "Other people's opinion of you."

27:00 - "Try to travel as much as you can."

27:04 - "Always be grateful and give credit to those who got you there."

27:16 - "You don't do good if you don't have enough sleep."

27:22 - "It will all be OK in the end. And if it's not, it's not the end."

28:10 - Get good stationary and write a good "thank you" note.