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By cira flannerySociety & CulturePhilosophy
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  • "pill popping" literature

    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!

    I’m a self-promoted writer! Check out my blog site https://flanneryfilmfiles.blogspot.com/


    21 min
  • green eggs and communism

    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

    15 min
  • Ep 34- the secrecy of the FDA and consumer rights

    From the Documentary, American Experience: The Poison Squad. In 1903, the Chief of the Agricultural Chemistry Division of Purdue University, Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley sought out 12 Healthy Young Men to test out the effect of adulterated food on human bodies. In tonight’s episode, we discuss the history and controversies of the FDA from before and after it was founded, putting all greedy corporations to shame, from Toxic Infant formula to Infected meat and poultry killing Millions there is NO DOUBT an abundance of horrific stories to be told. After I published the episode on the “Radium Girls” I hit a gold mine in dark secrets surrounding the Progressive Era and Workplace corruption, cover-ups, and mistreatment. This will be among many more cases I talk about, highlighting what has been done and still needs to be done for justice to be served and Knowledge to spread.

    If you have the chance, I’m a self-promoted writer! Check out my blog site https://flanneryfilmfiles.blogspot.com/

    And subscribe to my substack page! At cira flannery garza | Substack


    28 min
  • Ep 33} parapsychology in politics- the abominations of the CIA

    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

    collect sensitive information about foreign countries and global insecurities to the National Security Council. This episode was really worthwhile yet challenging to research, outside of so many perplexing conspiracy theories amounted throughout the decades, reliable information about such a secretive organization is not accessible, especially one endorsed by the U.S. government. Despite, the strong morals the CIA was founded on, this organization was facing many complex issues such as counterintelligence, and counterterrorism as disciplines to serve America's security, which was first alerted to the prospect of the Communist use of mind control in 1949 during the trial of Hungarian Cardinal Mindszentry, a known opponent to the Communist regime. Leading to the deep seeded and complex corruption, abuse, and torture coming from this agency.

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    I’m a self-promoted writer! Check out my blog site https://flanneryfilmfiles.blogspot.com/

    And subscribe to my substack page! At cira flannery garza | Substack

    17 min
  • Ep 32} the SCP foundation and the internet horror unniverse

    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  


    Thank you so much for listening and If you're not busy...

    I’m a self-promoted writer! Check out my blog site where I document my work both fictional and non-fictional,

    as well as the scripts for each of my podcast episodes https://flanneryfilmfiles.blogspot.com/

    And subscribe to my substack page! At cira flannery garza | Substack


    22 min
  • Ep 31- the curoption and obscure origins of the early silent film era

    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

    I’m a self-promoted writer! Check out my blogsite https://flanneryfilmfiles.blogspot.com/



    32 min
  • Ep 30} Black Swan (2010) The Imperfection of Perfection

    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. 

    16 min
  • Ep 29} parapsychology and mind reading PART 1

    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

    14 min
  • Ep 28} exorcisms and extreme religious practices

    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)


    16 min
  • Ep 27} parasocial relationships and 2022 social media concepts

    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

    45 min

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