Xanthe Appleyard and I are BACK for May's State of the Internet debrief, where we try to make sense of WTF is going on in the internet each month.

Today's report includes:

• Spotify's AI-generated podcast announcement  — what does this mean for podcast hosts? Why do tech CEOs feel SO out of touch with these decisions? Plus why reading T&C's is IMPERATIVE these days and what to do with this info.
• Hot Chef Threads drama — IYKYK, and if you don't, we'll explain. Do we "owe" our audiences anything after we make our personal lives very public? Is it okay to paywall your vulnerability? How can we be more mindful of the dynamic we play in our online communities?
• The Met Gala x tech billionaires funding the arts — is this a good or bad thing in the long-run? Why are tech bros so obsessed with inserting themselves in fashion right now? What amount of money makes people bend on their morals/values and why?
• Everlane gets bought up by SHEIN  — WTF. Period.

We discuss everything through the lens of online leadership, digital behavior, and modern philosophy. 

You’ll leave with clear takeaways to move forward with, as well as a deeper understanding of how these topics are already impacting the conversations you’re leading, online and off. 

The internet is chaos — we'll help you make sense of it from our corner of it all.

Connect with Xanthe:

• Instagram
• Love You To The Core Podcast
• Life of the Party  — enrolling right now! Use code NOTES for $100 off!
• Links to all offers, including Leisure Ethic Planner, Content Planner, Social Life membership and more

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

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Crack open a Loverboy. We have lots to discuss. 

We get into the hard-hitting journalism, asking questions like:

• WTF is Amanda Batula's plan post-Summer House?
• Is West Wilson a Companion Robot?
• How did Ciara miss NO BEATS the entire episode?
• What did Jesse Soloman know?
• Are Sabrina and Dara more calculated than we think, or sweetie pies?
• Can we have a spinoff of just Ciara, KJ, and Mia called Pool House?
• Why is no one making a bigger deal of the Ben wanting to bang Amanda in Italy commentary?

We wrap with our favorite lines from the show and what answers we need in Part 2 & 3. Also, can we wish that Andy would ask Amanda and West to name all the things they love about each other? Girls can dream!

Connect with Shelly:

• Instagram

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

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K, grab your glass of red and come sit. We need to talk about AI.

The discourse has been rampant the last few months: vibe-coding, Claude Cowork, agentic AI, OpenAI and partnering with the Department of War, AI psychosis, custom dashboards, apps, and GPTs...

We are FLOODED with info right now, and instead of leading with curiosity, social media has become a 360 slam-dunk fest on who's right or wrong. When the internet is filled with black and white thinking, name-calling, and passive aggressive posts... I can't help but wonder: isn't this what led to the surge of AI in the first place? Did the AI boom happen due to a lack of communication, conflict resolution, and critical thinking skills?

Why would people turn to a robot instead of a human to ask questions about business, life and love? Why aren't we hiring real people right now, even when we know it's the "right" thing to do? What's the point of moving at lightning speed? Where is this all taking us?

These are all the questions I ask today, from both sides of the debate. I was a Power User not too long ago, and am currently on an "AI cleanse". I share how one long afternoon with a custom GPT and one too many prompts led me to this point...

As usual, no final answers here. Just observations, thoughts, questions, and ideas for how we can stop pieing each other in the face about AI and instead, build a bridge with curiosity, imagination, stories and some good ole fashioned empathy.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts!

People mentioned in this ep:

• Ximena - everyone's favorite Mexican Eco-Philosopher
• KP Pilley - Editorial Strategist & 9-Grid Extraordinaire
• Xanthe Appleyard & Social Life

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

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Hollis is one of those wise women I stumbled upon while scrolling Threads, and wondered: what is she doing over there and how can I be in her world?! Between her astrological insights and her design eye (yes, she's the design wiz behind my recent social media/email design glow up), she's become one of my favorite people to think out loud with.

In this episode, we use astrology as an actual roadmap to understand our inner worlds (and why it's not just some fun personality quiz). We get into: 

✨ why your chart is a fingerprint but transits are what you DO with your hands

✨ how to access any zodiac archetype even if you have no placements in certain houses

✨ why your moon sign is the single best entry point to understanding your body, your creative cycles, and how long anything is going to take you (mind-blowing info, NGL).

We also get into Hollis leaving Instagram (SO. MANY. QUESTIONS.), Uranus entering Gemini cosmic weather report, and why vibe coding feels like a very on-brand sign for this transit.

Plus: secret societies, invisible communities, and why building something slowly might be the most radical thing you can do right now. Casual, as always ;)

Connect with Hollis:

• Website
• The Designed Life Podcast [Apple + Spotify]
• Threads
• SPACIOUS workshop - May 20th, 3:30pm EST: 60 minutes to identify the empty houses in your natal chart - what they are, what areas of life they pertain to, and how they’re already showing up in your life.

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email [email protected] to discuss partnership packages!

Between the rise of AI and its ability to "clone" a coach, the whiplash of being on Threads and finding out your fave coach is kinda a Mean Girl, and the fall of celebrity coaches, there seems to be a crack in the coaching space.

What's ACTUALLY going on? And perhaps most importantly, what's next?

I share some off-the-cuff thoughts on how I see the online coaching landscape evolving in the coming months (and years tbh!)

My predictions include pivoting to totally unexpected offers, the continued surge of IRL experiences, longer programs, "underground visibility", redefining what enough is, going back to school, and how building institutions ourselves could be the key to staying power.

What do you think? Slide in my DMs and let me know or tag me on socials with your thoughts, I have a feeling this is a bigger conversation to be had amongst all of us...

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email [email protected] to discuss partnership packages!

Ummm, WTF IS HAPPENING ON IN THE INTERNET? Particularly, social platforms, podcasting, and pop culture?! 

That's exactly what Xanthe Appleyard and I GET INTO in a very special crossover series you can expect monthly: STATE OF THE INTERNET.

We dive into all the headlines flooding our feeds, like:

• Substack controversy (again) — are ANY social platforms backed by Big Tech actually ethical? Do we have to choose the "lesser of evils"? Plus, why we both left this year.
• Summer House's never-ending scandal — surveillance culture, the illusion of justice and what it costs us as a society to keep fueling the drama with social commentary
• Alix vs. Alex AND ALSO Unwell vs. The Media — the cost of skyrocketing to fame in a short window of time, the spectacle of two internet superstars fighting online (and why we can't look away)...plus, are media networks all they're cracked up to be?

We discuss everything through the lens of online leadership, digital behavior, and modern philosophy. 

You’ll leave with clear takeaways to move forward with, as well as a deeper understanding of how these topics are already impacting the conversations you’re leading, online and off. 

The internet is chaos — we'll help you make sense of it from our corner of it all.

Connect with Xanthe:

• Instagram
• Love You To The Core Podcast
• Links to all offers, including Leisure Ethic Planner, Content Planner, Social Life membership and more!

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email [email protected] to discuss partnership packages!

Every time we open the news or social media, it feels like we're just 1 more headline away from Earth combusting into flames. It's hard not to feel that way when we're fire-hosed with atrocity at the top of every hour.

I can't help but wonder: is the world actually ending, or are we just chronically overexposed to doom with no alternative vision to reach for?

In this solo episode, I explore my own doom-and-gloom mode that sent me into AI psychosis, how I climbed out of the dark hole, and started to realize the power of imagination, relationships, art, creativity, and prioritizing seeking joy.

If you've felt hopeless, numb, or paralyzed by fear, I hope this episode stirs something within you to ignite a new future. We need your creative thinking now more than ever.

Questions to sit with:

• What inputs are you going reduce this week or intentionally change? 
• What's something super imaginative and forward thinking and non-apocalyptic that you could start putting out in the world? 
• What brings you joy and how can you top up on it this week?

DM me @chelseariffe with your reflections ❤️‍🔥 I can't wait to hear what world you're building.

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email [email protected] to discuss partnership packages!

Ashley B. Jones is BACK for Part 2 (Part 1 is HERE). This ep is about becoming obsessed with yourself to attract soulmate lovers, vibe amplifiers vs. vibe killers, why repelling people is magnetic, and so much more.

Come listen to us yap about:

• The "Favorite Self" framework: why the real magnetism gap is between you and the version of yourself you haven't fully become yet (!!!)
• Why self-obsession is actually the most attractive thing (and how to do so without being arrogant)
• Handling haters
• Dating your mirror, not your opposite, and why that changes how you show up before they arrive
• How to start when it feels like WAY TOO MUCH: what's one song, meal, thing you can do in the next 30 seconds that makes you feel more vibrant?!

Connect with Ashley:

• 🧲 Jump in Magnetic Habits Bingo 101 starting April 27!
• ❤️‍🔥 Book a Future Lover Reading with 20% off w. code LOVERGIRL 
• 📱 IG
• 🦋 Effects of Butterflies Podcast
• 🔗 + free resources

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email [email protected] to discuss partnership packages!

I've been obsessed with Ashley B. Jones since the moment our orbits collided —after multiple readings she's given me and approximately one million hours of conversation, I had to get her on the pod.

Ashley is a psychic, philosopher, mentor, and artist, and the creator of Magnetic Habits Bingo 101 and the "Favorite Self" framework.

We get into:

• The five spiritual parts of yourself that actually need to show up to the party (yes, including your shadow)
• The golden shadow: why your obsession with a TV show, a celeb, or a queer fictional hockey player is secretly about you.
• The difference between a dream and a fantasy
• Why being a fangirl of your own life is the most magnetic thing you can do for your biz, your relationships, and your nervous system.
• How to microdose your way back to joy if it's felt unsafe.

Ashley also shares why Magnetic Habits Bingo 101 changed her life, shadow work as a path to magnetism, and hot take: niching creates more resonance, not less.

Strap in, babes.

Connect with Ashley:

• Website
• Instagram
• Effects of Butterflies Podcast
• + free resources and offers!

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email [email protected] to discuss partnership packages!

If you've ever felt like you're running on fumes despite having a top-tier morning routine fueled by an iced matcha and perfect sleep score, creatively stifled to the point where you're Googling $8,000 retreats on the coast of Italy, or like your marketing is hitting a dead-end despite "doing all the right things", you might just be living out of alignment with your Human Design, especially its cognitive architecture.

Keolani Young is here to teach us a Human Design 2.0 lesson today: Variable. This is an advanced aspect of HD as it reveals the way our brain physically digests information, the environments that support our creativity, and the places that truly nourish us. It also uncovers our perspective — the unique lens through which we see the world — and our motivation, the left vs. the right mind, the strategic vs. the receptive.

If you're seeking a more intuitive, design-led approach to building your business, this episode is for you.

Connect with Keolani:

• @keolaniyoung on TikTok 
• @keolaniyoung on IG 
• Get your free advanced Human Design chart
• Save $25 on a 1:1 reading: Legacy Human Design Reading 
• Great Measure Podcast 
• Visit Keolani's Website 

Social media is fickle AF, but your community doesn't have to be. Life of the Party is a content strategy program that helps creative leaders own their growth, engagement, and joy online.  Walk away with a sustainable strategy to skyrocket the visibility of your biz, become known for your unique POV, and grow an online community stacked with the caliber of clients you've always dreamed of collabing with. Use code NOTES for $100

Connect with Chelsea:

• 🪐 Pitch Perfect Fall 2026 Waitlist
• ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 
• 💻 Website
• 🍿Popcorn Club: Monthly meet-up to debrief TV, movies, and the zeitgeist
• 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes
• 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast
• 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠
• 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe

Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. 

If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up!

Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email [email protected] to discuss partnership packages!