Fentanyl alone kills 200 people per day. By 2025, we will lose 73,000 lives. Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death for people under the age of 50 years. In this episode, I’m taking apart the foundational message in novels themed on drug dependency, addiction, and accompanying issues like mental health issues and the underlying Historical context they’re set in. hope you enjoy!

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hello everyone! I'm so happy to be back. everyone has their ideas of what "fairness" looks like. that's political. The Innocent Children's book author Dr.Suess has ideas of his own. In today's episode, we explore that all, as well as his personal marriage and tragic relationship with his first wife, Helen Palmer, and a bonus theory about the storyline of his children's books, summed-up. Thank you so much for listening! and have a wonderful rest of your day

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Hey Lotus listeners! In the American Revolutionary War, the National Security Act of 1947, established the CIA as an independent civilian intelligence agency, aiming to

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Hi again! In this short episode, I break down the several elements that make up the complicated but entertaining digital horror universe and how they each breed success. The SCP Foundation or the Secure, Contain and Protect Foundation is fictionally based in a horror universe responsible for capturing, containing, and studying various paranormal, supernatural, and other mysterious phenomena unexplained by science (known as "anomalies" or "SCPs"), while also keeping their existence hidden from the rest of human society for our sake of protection and peace. The SCP was created back in 2008 at the middle of the beginning of the technological age of storytelling, particularly the sharing of creepypastas and urban legends shared threw the internet to a mass audience, and has been the background of many creative spinoffs  

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After the bizarre disappearance of France’s alleged first-ever inventor of the “Kintograph” moving motion camera, a new way of entertainment and culture was born. While the US was in the midst of new progressivism, many were eager to learn how this medium could make a market, and as today’s episode indulges, these “Stars” were prominent during the Silent Film Era from the late 1890s to the 1940s. Many of us don't consider how these girls were treated behind the scenes-How much were they paid? How old were they really? And How long were they expected to work? Today we’ll not only be talking about the obscure origins and corruption playing a role in the silent film era but also the racism, political agendas, exploitation, and criminal negligence with dangerous conditions that led to tragedies, humiliation, and suspicion that still plagues the industry to this day

Black Swan is a 2010 psychological film directed by Darren Aronofsky and written by Mark Heyman. This episode will be all about the deep sociological concepts such as Perfectionism, Toxic dynamics in Competitive atmospheres, The Infantilization of Woman in the female gaze. This will be the beginning of a new ser about the portrayal of young woman in Cinema, and together we will investigate and analyze how accurate they are to true life.  Sorry about the long months of waiting, I'm a busy student with a demanding schedule and I'm excited to get back to some new uploads. 

hi welcome back!! this episode will simplify the history timeline of the kickstarting events that brought parapsychology to be modernized to the success it is at today. Sharing a few exciting techniques for basic “mind reading” skills and what it takes to completely submerge oneself into another’s mind and character/personality analysis skills. Some modernized psychic phenomenon/ mediums and thought-provoking stories and additionally the reasons why parapsychology will always remain within the pseudoscience gate

hi there! we are no strangers to outlandish religious beliefs, but I would like to make it clear we are in no way trying to shame any people of any religious backgrounds. this first part is an introduction into the two more parts to come about the history and timeline of extreme religious practices and how it was easily normalized during those time periods. thank you so much for listening! 

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credits for this episode (mentioned):

https://www.uncommon-travel-germany.com/martin-luther-95-theses.html

Exorcisms have been part of Christianity for centuries (theconversation.com)

TRIGGER WARNING: talk about personal experiences with eating disorders, body dysmorphia 

today is all about the effect of social media and the slow deterioration it has on our mental, physical and emotional health but also the high responsibility influencers feel to have responsibility of their audience's perception of our society. here are one of many subjects you will learn more about in today's episode-

cancel culture, "it girls", cyberbullying, online deception, catfishing, social media addictions, "incels", white supremacy and misogynistic hate groups

sources used: 

jolene's video playlist- https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQKTOpKKn61XM-Rik3WJTZM7Sw3MyzSzm

incel off urbandictionary- Urban Dictionary: incel

6 Dangers of Influencer Marketing | Social Media Today

The Psychology of Cyberbullying (verywellmind.com)

What Is Cancel Culture? | Psychology Today

Toxicity on social media | The Manila Times