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WELCOME, one and all, to the long-awaited premiere of season 4! Today, your good ol' host, Shift Orion, is joined by Nick Roth and Lindsey Haun. Shift and Nick met while wandering around in the howling abyss of social media. Nick was looking for podcasts to talk about his new movie, Hanky Panky, and Shift was looking for inspiration to reboot this show.
So Nick hailed Lindsey to join Shift for a chat about this fantastic, whacky, elevated, innovative film made with love under crazy conditions.
And they also talk about other things like Nick and Lindsey's kids, Nick's upcoming haunted dreidel film, Lindsey's dark and vague works in progress, and Shift's upcoming sci-fi about an average white American man who gets knocked up by an alien parasite just after landing his dream job and has flashbacks to that one time he tried to convince his teenage girlfriend to not have an abortion.
We hope you enjoy this episode and then go watch Hanky Panky on Tubi!
Special thanks to Gina Mangiaracinage for hooking it up with the functioning Internet that carried this episode to your ear holes while my Internet was not working.
Nick & Lindsey, Co-Directors:
Hanky Panky marks the feature debut of frequent collaborators and future Hollywood power couple Nick and Lindsey.
Lindsey is a gold-record winning singer/songwriter, an actor and horror icon (Village of the Damned, Trueblood, Shrooms, Color of Friendship), and a director of several award-winning short films and music videos. She is repped by Bohemia Group.
Nick is a former middle-school substitute Latin teacher, current pun factory, and film and television writer who most recently wrote on ABC sitcom American Housewife. He is repped by Zero Gravity.
About HANKY PANKY
Logline: A man and his talking handkerchief save the world from an evil top-hat, and also learn to love.
Genre: Puppets and Blood.
Runtime: 86 minutes, 4 of which is a fight scene between a napkin and a hat.
Full Synopsis: When sweet and quirky ayahuasca marriage counselor Diane mistakenly invites the wrong “Sam” to a retreat she’s co-hosting with friends and family at an isolated snowy mountain cabin, instead of her best friend’s sister Samantha showing up, she gets Sam, a socially anxious oddball who has brought his best friend, Woody, a foul-mouthed talking handkerchief Sam believes only he can hear, and who is sexually aroused by cleaning up messes. Diane is Sam’s opposite, but it’s love at first sight. The only thing that stands between them is that right away everyone in the cabin starts being mysteriously murdered, and the whole vacation quickly descends into a zany pandemonium of cults, psychedelics, aliens, and, as Woody himself puts it, delicious chaos.
Short Synopsis: A socially anxious oddball and his best friend, a foul-mouthed talking handkerchief who is sexually aroused by cleaning up messes, must confront an inter-dimensional evil in order to save the world and find true love.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqKFZm04ViM
Official Website: https://hankypankythemovie.com
IG: https://www.instagram.com/hankypankymovie
FB: https://www.facebook.com/HankyPankyMovie
X: https://www.twitter.com/HankyPankyMovie
TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@hankypankymovie
YT: https://m.youtube.com/@HankyPankyTheMovie
LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hankypankythemovie/
FEATURED REVIEWS
"A perfect pick for 420... gleefully absurd... No matter how deeply you've dived into horror comedies, I can assure you that you've never seen anything quite like this... the comedy equivalent of a Jackson Pollock... sensational... an absolute avalanche of silliness... “
—Kristy Puchko, Mashable https://mashable.com/article/hanky-panky-movie-2024-review
"Hanky Panky is a delightfully unserious horror movie crammed with comedy."
––Becca James, Chicago Reader https://chicagoreader.com/film/review-hanky-panky/
"Hanky Panky is a genre-bending rollercoaster that seamlessly blends elements of comedy and horror, all while descending to a new level of insanity… A surreal success in ambitious independent filmmaking."
––Smrithika Majukar, Film Ireland https://filmireland.net/2024/04/08/review-hanky-panky/
"Cheap, Dumb, Delightful... Joyous. It’s a silly movie that just wants to make its audience smile, and it succeeds."
––Kyle Logan, Screen Anarchy https://screenanarchy.com/2024/04/hanky-panky-review-cheap-dumb-delightful.html
"Hanky Panky is the stupidly funny horror-comedy of the year... wacky, wonderful, and at times completely bonkers."
––Romey Norton, Film Focus Online https://www.filmfocusonline.com/post/hanky-panky-review
"It may be a little too strange and outlandish for some, but those who are willing to embrace its unashamed weirdness and its brazen nonconformity are in for a great time."
––David Gelmini, Dread Central https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/494104/hanky-panky-review-seth-green-voicesan-evil-hat-in-absurd-new-comedy/?amp
"It’s silly, it’s wild, and it’s filthy in all the right ways, made by a team with a clear love of film... No one should deprive themselves of an opportunity to see a napkin learn about the power of friendship."
––Jules Caldeira, Film Inquiry https://www.filminquiry.com/hanky-panky-2023-review/?amp=1
FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS & AWARDS
LA Comedy Film Festival Official Selection
Int’l Independent Film Awards Best Actor (Jacob DeMonte-Finn) Best Supporting Actor (Seth Green) Best Actress (Ashley Holliday Tavares) Best Supporting Actress (Clare Grant) Best Casting Best Directing Best Narrative Feature
World Premiere Film Awards Best First Time Filmmaker Best Comedic Script Best Comedy Feature Best Production Design Judges' Choice
Central Coast Int’l Film Festival Official Selection Beast Feature Film
Athens Int’l Monthly Art Film Festival Best Debut Feature Film
Golden State Film Festival Official Selection Best Supporting Actor (Seth Green)
Robinson Film Awards Best Comedy Feature
Golden Lion Int’l Film Festival Best Actress (Ashley Holliday Tavares) Best Actor (Jacob DeMonte-Finn) Best Comedy Feature Best International Feature Film
Los Angeles Film Awards Best Indie Feature Best New Director
Italian Comedy Festival International Comedy Prize
Five Continents Int’l Film Festival Official Selection Best Director Best Screenplay Best Actress (Ashley Holliday Tavares) Best Art Direction Best Team Performance
The IndieFEST Film Awards Best Feature Film Best Ensemble Cast Best Special Effects
Cinema Cappuccino Best Feature Film
Gothamite Monthly Film Awards Best Feature Film
Indie Vegas Film Festival Official Selection Best Supporting Actress (Clare Grant)
LA Cinema Festival of Hollywood Official Selection Best Narrative Feature Best Director Best Actor (Jacob DeMonte-Finn)
Kalakari Film Festival Official Selection
Fortean Film Festival Official Selection
MegaFlix Film Awards Official Selection
Silver Wing Int’l Film Festival Best Narrative Feature
Dreamz Catcher Int’l Film Festival Best Feature Film
Independent Horror Movie Awards Best Feature Best Actor (Jacob DeMonte-Finn) Best Humor Best Kill
Top Indie Film Awards Best Humor Best Original Idea
Kalakari Film Festival Certificate of Achievement
Directors’ Statement: Hanky Panky was inspired by the way certain zany comedies like Wet Hot American Summer and Caddyshack seemed to capture the energy of locking their whole cast and crew together in, say, a summer camp, or a coke-orgy fueled hotel in the middle of a Florida hurricane with Chevy Chase -- and then somehow get that energy on screen. We shot Hanky Panky in Lindsey's dad's cabin in the mountains above Heber, Utah, where the entire cast and crew crammed together, at 8,000ft of elevation, during the most intense blizzard ever recorded there. It was a true anarcho-communist-guerilla production: literally no budget, nobody got paid, everyone chipped in for food and drugs, and we all cooperatively own the film now. We shot it on a camera our team won with a short film at Slamdance in 2015. A friend who shoots porn let us borrow his lights. By far our biggest expense was that Lindsey backed her car into Nick's in the blizzard and knocked out a headlight, so that did cost us like $900 to fix. It was crazy. Everyone went a little bit crazy. Some of us went a lot a bit crazy. It's our hope that a bunch of that fun, contagious craziness has ended up on the screen.
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Soundtrack:
New GMM Intro by Wonderful Glass Cage
IKISC
(in no) Time (back soon 4 round 2) - remix - by Wonderful Glass Cage
Welcome back, Mayberry! Your good ol host Shift is here with Auntie Boy, the most contrast, hyper masc/femme, elevated and deep, up and coming rapper from the LA area you.
This is the Audio Only Version of this episode. To watch the video version, go to Good Morning Mayberry YouTube.
This conversation is all pearls, cardigans, and lap cats while Shift asks what in the actual fuck went down to manifest this cottagecore musical masterpiece.
After a special appearance from Auntie Boy’s little kitty, Twissleton, you get to find out why these sicc genre jolting beats and lyrics exist.
We out here talking bout weird ideas, people trying to make us watch Dr. Who, and the multitudes we all contain.
The jive is hawt on production, collaboration, sharing, and life lessons learned through music and talks about perfectionism as an obstacle to success and happiness.
Auntie Boy shares his creative process for writing and beat production.
Shift shares how his drum teacher taught him to find solutions by making loud mistakes.
Auntie talks about his song release party at Violet 7 Studios. Spoiler alert, Shift went and is still obsessed with Echos dropping a surprise that may or may not be edited into the end of this episode.
Sit in with your boys, Shift and Auntie, as they appreciate the art of crafting your weirdness into a homing beacon to attract things and people into your life.
It’s giving Celine Dion. It’s giving Matisyahu. It’s giving lit version of gramma’s house.
It’s raining flowers! hallelujah. Come join Shift as he meets the beautiful and brilliant Auntie Boy!
Follow Auntie Boy on
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auntieboy.com free stems!!
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Also check out Auntie Boy’s collaborators and friends
@i.am.omri
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Now. Go listen to the Meryl Streep EP!
Let’s time travel back to January 29, 2023, with the glorious gem, Amy Dee, who came to stand by Shift as he firmly defends his reputation with the truth.
Some liars have threatened Shift’s life and livelihood by targeting him with hundreds of triggered fanatics --- this story is very important.
Learn about the timeline of Shift’s experience getting caught up in Eat Predators' messy “organization” after Alexa Nikolas started what may be the most selfish, inappropriate, and poorly managed book club that has ever existed outside of Yellowjackets season 1.
Amy Dee reminds us that the #metoo movement centralizes around Central Casting, and mentions how irrelevant people can be made relevant by connecting their names in articles to actually important, well-known people and events.
Shift covers some anecdotal moments like how Alexa Nikolas' husband randomly left their baby alone with him... In a car... With the keys. And made Shift drive the baby around while he and Alexa Nikolas hung around taking pictures at a protest at Orange County School of the Arts with people like Nomi Abadi, Amanda Peters, and their partners. He also mentions how he was aggressively harassed by a police officer during the time they left him and their child alone.
Shift refers to the bizarre and mysterious exposé website, alexanikolas.net, and how far back some truly alarming accusations about Alexa Nikolas’ abuse of others goes. He also reviews how Melanie Veronica inserted her undeserved and erratic #freebritney clout to boost Alexa Nikolas’ lies.
Tangentially, Shift highlights how long he's been working with media, culture, and movements with a story about taking care of Bella Eiko’s baby for 2 weeks in 2014 when Bella went to live stream the events in Ferguson just after Mike Brown was killed.
Can Alexa Nikolas project a lie that shines brighter than who Shift really is?
Can people play dumb while being smartasses?
Can movements ever get their shit together?
In all these questions and confusions… we know this much is true… liberal movement "leaders" tend to make themselves the Mean Girls in every room they’re in.
And… Shift and Amy Dee are committed to facing any foe to help make society more trauma-informed and honest.
How did Shift go from being called a “godsend” to being falsely accused of being a “stalker” by Alexa Nikolas and her husband, her mother, and her cultish fanatical “organization”?
Let’s get into it.
Hate us or love us? Call us and tell us at 415-343-4420.
Also.... get ready for Amy Dee and Shift's upcoming podcast, Glitch Sesh! A media and culturally-informed history and society focusing on spiritual predators and power abusers who seek to serve themselves at the expense of society and the cultural ramifications and consequences and how social behavior contributes to the erosion of trust in the culture of American society in modern times.
Season 1 is all about Britney Spears' circa 2004-2005.
[By the way, we aren’t breaking any laws, civil or criminal, by continuing to tell the truth.]
Lapi rushes in to update us on the new vile, fallacious smear/scare campaign being spun into tangled webs of lies that are constricting the #freebritney ecosystem.
Lapi points out the extreme danger that cult behavior in Eat Predators poses to survivors and allies. Shift points out how much of a waste of time it was for Lapi to try and come up with more respectful terms than “pink clown” to describe Melanie Veronica even after she tried to silence him from publicly addressing concerns about Michael Kane controlling Britney Spears’ business.
How tragically meta that the Free Britney groupies are now getting their own following of fans.
Let’s connect some alleged dots.
The growing list of false accusations Melanie and Alexa have publicly made against Shift includes uncharacteristic criminal and unethical acts… all because they don’t want you to hear our episode about The Real & True Origin Story Of Eat Predators w/ Caeli Higgins and Kay Brown.
You could check it out. Or maybe you should just shield your eyes and ears from the truth since these pretty little gals don’t want you to know what’s in there.
Get the real timeline of events to clarify confusion and alleviate public fear that Alexa Nikolas conjured up with her bizarre, alarmist tweets and “69 page open letter” (that Shift still hasn’t read yet as of the airing of this episode and) that (according to multiple lawyers, PR professionals, and literally random people just using basic common sense) should be removed and revised with the truth.
Learn what malfeasance Haunted American Girl Dolls Meanie the Clown and Hellexa are up to.
Melanie Veronica is running out of reasons to propel her fame on the inertia of Britney Spears' conservatorship case so it could make sense that she's trying to stay relevant by fabricating scary stories with deceitful, failed former child actor, Alexa Whattheactualfuckgurl Nikolas.
Anyway… go listen to Lapi's new song as a palate cleanser when you're done getting updated on this shitshow.
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Soundtrack:
GMM Intro by Wonderful Glass Cage
Everything Is Different Now by Wonderful Glass Cage
(in no) Time (back soon 4 round 2) - remix - by Wonderful Glass Cage
Question by Wonderful Glass Cage
Tip your host on CashApp $iamshift
About Sam Maloney and Warner Music Group sexual harassment and NDA abuse
Lapis Stone is a writer, violinist, singer, songwriter, creative performance mentor, and world-class entertainer performing as LapiOnTheBeat. Lapi was formerly on the cast of Good Time Kids. After being signed twice, Lapi has evolved into an independent neon pop superstar.
What if you were allowed, even encouraged, to lie? If you’re learning about public communications from Professor Christine Warda, you might find yourself invited to lie… and possibly rewarded for lying if you do it well.
Let's explore some angles on information, misinformation, and disinformation.
After Shift gets into how much he doesn’t get commercial holidays… briefly time-travel with christY back to 2011 when she was trying to hold teach-ins about what Occupy Oakland was really doing... and how she got the shakedown from law enforcement based on devious media warping their expectations.
This chat on ethical communications kinda gets into everything here… truth, lies, trust, the idea of what a "friend" is, human psychology, betrayal, social dynamics, pop culture, media, news, the unreliable narratives our memories can offer us, satire, influence, fear, derailed trains in East Palestine, Ohio... ruining television, conspiracy theories, our individual power, aliens (except not according to Biden’s White House)… but…
You can leave your tin foil hat on the rack for this one. Shift and christY get this show back on the rails with a sobering look at perception and trust.
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Credits:Shift Orion, producer/host, graphics
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Soundtrack:
GMM Intro by Wonderful Glass Cage
Everything Is Different Now by Wonderful Glass Cage
(in no) Time (back soon 4 round 2) - remix - by Wonderful Glass Cage
Question by Wonderful Glass Cage
Christine Warda is a Communication Consultant & Educator with rich and innovative experience in professional training & coaching. She’s coached national champio debate teams and worked with a vast range of demographics in her private and academic offerings.
About Sam Maloney and Warner Music Group sexual harassment and NDA abuse
Lapi returns to discuss concerns about Alexa Nikolas hijacking the Eat Predators group from the seasoned survivor advocates, organizers only to wind up manipulating the #freeBritney movement for visibility and fame-chasing with Melanie Veronica.
Shift misquotes one of his favorite quotes --- then google checks himself. Lapi ponders on the ethics of big platforms weaponizing the Internet to attack people, then tears into callout culture and celebrity influence on fanbases.
Lapi describes being contacted by participants of #freeBritney who were reaching out to bully and guilt him into reporting posts on and blocking Shift’s personal and the Good Morning Mayberry Instagram accounts to suppress our reach in retaliation for us offering the episode we released with Kay Brown and Caeli Higgins a couple of weeks ago.
Lapi and Shift connect to discuss the alarming and disorienting distraction the hijacking of the Eat Predators "group" has become for ethics watchdogs, activists, advocates, and people who need us.
Heads up! We talk about Melanie Veronica, who is — at the time of this recording — on both Shift and Lapi’s shit list… and also Melanie Carlson aka Mx_Defying, who is a leading entertainment business researcher specializing in Britney brands.
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Soundtrack:
GMM Intro by Wonderful Glass Cage
Everything Is Different Now by Wonderful Glass Cage
(in no) Time (back soon 4 round 2) - remix - by Wonderful Glass Cage
Question by Wonderful Glass Cage
Lapis Stone is a writer, violinist, singer, songwriter, creative performance mentor, and world-class entertainer performing as LapiOnTheBeat. Lapi was formerly on the cast of Good Time Kids. After being signed twice, Lapi has evolved into an independent neon pop superstar.
About Sam Maloney and Warner Music Group sexual harassment and NDA abuse
Shift Orion hosts Jaden Young --- aka @y2remayne from Instagram! --- talking in his own bold and brilliant voice about how important it is to have morals and caution when reporting publicly on events and people as he deconstructs the impact and consequences of intentionally spreading false narratives with powerful platforms in attempts to sway public thought.
Jaden talks in his own words about topics including but not limited to:
Without any further adieu… Jaden Young (in his own voice). Raw and unedited. For an hour and 30 fucking 6 minutes without counting my intro and outro commentary.
[Update: We were informed that Jaden publicly posted that there was some type of confusing issue with Eat Predators book club involving a person called WILL. We are not sure what's going on here, as this is a developing story, but here is what Jaden posted to the public from his Instagram.]
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Screenshots of Jaden's plight on GoodMorningMayberry.com!
Introducing Lapi! Here to talk about working in television as a child and entertainment as an adult, developing healthy approaches to engaging with toxic industries, and Lapi and Shift’s respective experiences both consuming and creating media.
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Credits:
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Lapis Stone, guest
Soundtrack:
GMM Intro by Wonderful Glass Cage
Everything Is Different Now by Wonderful Glass Cage
(in no) Time (back soon 4 round 2) - remix - by Wonderful Glass Cage
Question by Wonderful Glass Cage
Tip your host on CashApp $iamshift
About Sam Maloney and Warner Music Group sexual harassment and NDA abuse
Lapis Stone is a writer, violinist, singer, songwriter, creative performance mentor, and world class entertainer performing as LapiOnTheBeat. Lapi was formerly on the cast of Good Time Kids. After being signed twice, Lapi has evolved into an independent neon pop superstar.
We had to upload a duplicate of this episode that's audio only because Spotify only lets big-wig Hollywood podcasts stream video to y'all. You can watch the video version of this episode on our YouTube.
Can we Eat Predators if we are what we eat?
Kay Brown (Four 4 Consent, Nightlife Safety Summit) and Caeli Higgins (Music Industry Watchdog) join Shift Orion to describe the origins of the Eat Predators collective and how the brand was co-opted as they were driven out… just before Shift discovered it on social media, joined the unregulated Eat Predators Book Club, and hauled his ass from SF to LA to help the mysteriously misrepresented "leadership" lock down a business strategy.
Caeli and Kay detail their experience forming Eat Predators alongside other survivors and organizers like Nomi Abadi, Sochil Martin, and Alexa Nikolas.
They cover the first planning meetings, escalating miscommunication and misrepresentation accelerated by media attention from a nearly-off-brand protest at Nickelodeon, and challenges navigating interpersonal and professional conflicts as the group (and Alexa's wounded ego) grew faster than anyone (except people who’ve been crushed by it) could imagine. As the media and public began to exclusively center and sensationalize Alexa, her participation and story have warped.
Shift describes his experience getting into the "Eat Predators book club" (then finding out it was never supposed to exist), having a short-lived but intense friendship with Alexa (and an even shorter-lived role working as her media and public relations manager), and being shocked and heartbroken discovering that Alexa had misled him about everything. Opening up about getting to know her remotely then planning an in-person visit, even staying at Alexa's house for 5 days, Shift recalls how quickly Alexa's endearing personality turned hostile after he became concerned about her capacity and ethics as she orchestrated the book club community and other people to shun him by making alarming and untrue claims.
Ultimately, the conversation remains loving and generous with hope for accountability, amends, and honesty to prevail.
Perhaps this is only the beginning of the story...
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GMM Intro by Shift Orion
W1&WGC by Wonderful Glass Cage
Everything Is Different Now by Wonderful Glass Cage
(in no) Time (back soon 4 round 2) - remix - by Wonderful Glass Cage
Caeli Higgins, leader of Music Industry Watchdog, is a writer, activist, dancer, and publicist for artists, brands, events, and music festivals.
In 2020, she started an Instagram account that exposed multiple serial predators in the music industry.
In 2021, she helped organize hunger strikes at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and David Wade Correctional Center that successfully demanded the release of 23 prisoners from illegal long-term solitary confinement.
Kay Brown is Steward, Leader, and Founder of Four 4 Consent. As a living legacy of commitment to serving survivors of violence, Kay stays at the forefront of the highest levels of professional education related to advancing the fields that support that work. Kay has been in advocacy for nearly a decade. Their certifications include being a Nationally Credentialed Victim Advocate and holding a Master's in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a concentration in Victimology.
Kay is a nationally recognized advocate, specializing in Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse & Domestic Violence Intervention, Campus Advocacy, Comprehensive Victim Intervention, and Program Management. Kay was awarded Registered Advocate with Advanced Standing status from the Ohio Advocate Network and also achieved the requirements to be recognized by California's OES as a Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Counselor. Kay is a member of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, Campus Advocacy and Prevention Professionals Association, and GLAAD.
Kay works to create a safer and more positive culture in nightlife, where all people are free to be themselves without experiencing discrimination or violence.
For more info on the org, like what sets Kay’s organization apart from the rest, check the FAQ towards the bottom of their site: four4consent.org
Resources For Survivors
Can we Eat Predators if we are what we eat?
Kay Brown (Four 4 Consent, Nightlife Safety Summit) and Caeli Higgins (Music Industry Watchdog) join Shift Orion to describe the origins of the Eat Predators collective and how the brand was co-opted as they were driven out… just before Shift discovered it on social media, joined the unregulated Eat Predators Book Club, and hauled his ass from SF to LA to help the mysteriously misrepresented "leadership" lock down a business strategy.
Caeli and Kay detail their experience forming Eat Predators alongside other survivors and organizers like Nomi Abadi, Sochil Martin, and Alexa Nikolas.
They cover the first planning meetings, escalating miscommunication and misrepresentation accelerated by media attention from a nearly-off-brand protest at Nickelodeon, and challenges navigating interpersonal and professional conflicts as the group (and Alexa's wounded ego) grew faster than anyone (except people who’ve been crushed by it) could imagine. As the media and public began to exclusively center and sensationalize Alexa, her participation and story have warped.
Shift describes his experience getting into the "Eat Predators book club" (then finding out it was never supposed to exist), having a short-lived but intense friendship with Alexa (and an even shorter-lived role working as her media and public relations manager), and being shocked and heartbroken discovering that Alexa had misled him about everything. Opening up about getting to know her remotely then planning an in-person visit, even staying at Alexa's house for 5 days, Shift recalls how quickly Alexa's endearing personality turned hostile after he became concerned about her capacity and ethics as she orchestrated the book club community and other people to shun him by making alarming and untrue claims.
Ultimately, the conversation remains loving and generous with hope for accountability, amends, and honesty to prevail.
Perhaps this is only the beginning of the story...
Follow Caeli and Kay:
Kay Brown
Caeli Higgins
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Logistics Credits:
Producer/host: Shift Orion
Graphics Credits:
Shift Orion
Soundtrack Credits:
GMM Intro by Shift Orion
W1&WGC by Wonderful Glass Cage
Everything Is Different Now by Wonderful Glass Cage
(in no) Time (back soon 4 round 2) - remix - by Wonderful Glass Cage
Caeli Higgins, leader of Music Industry Watchdog, is a writer, activist, dancer, and publicist for artists, brands, events, and music festivals.
In 2020, she started an Instagram account that exposed multiple serial predators in the music industry.
In 2021, she helped organize hunger strikes at the Louisiana State Penitentiary and David Wade Correctional Center that successfully demanded the release of 23 prisoners from illegal long-term solitary confinement.
Kay Brown is Steward, Leader, and Founder of Four 4 Consent. As a living legacy of commitment to serving survivors of violence, Kay stays at the forefront of the highest levels of professional education related to advancing the fields that support that work. Kay has been in advocacy for nearly a decade. Their certifications include being a Nationally Credentialed Victim Advocate and holding a Master's in Criminology and Criminal Justice with a concentration in Victimology.
Kay is a nationally recognized advocate, specializing in Sexual Assault, Human Trafficking, Child Abuse & Domestic Violence Intervention, Campus Advocacy, Comprehensive Victim Intervention, and Program Management. Kay was awarded Registered Advocate with Advanced Standing status from the Ohio Advocate Network and also achieved the requirements to be recognized by California's OES as a Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Counselor. Kay is a member of the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence, Campus Advocacy and Prevention Professionals Association, and GLAAD.
Kay works to create a safer and more positive culture in nightlife, where all people are free to be themselves without experiencing discrimination or violence.
For more info on the org, like what sets Kay’s organization apart from the rest, check the FAQ towards the bottom of their site: four4consent.org
Resources For Survivors
Tip Shift on Venmo or CashApp: @iamshift
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