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Dose of Social: Actionable Social Media Tips for Small Businesses and BrandsSocial Media Strategy with Madeline Walden of Aquarium of the PacificIn this episode of Dose of Social, we dive deep with Madeline Walden, Digital Content & Community Manager at the Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, CA). Madeline shares how a lifelong love of social media and local oceanic inspiration led her to build a powerhouse content strategy that drives engagement, education—and yes—millions of TikTok followers.From her early days curating friends’ accounts to landing the aquarium’s first dedicated social role in 2016, Madeline has led the evolution of their digital presence. She walks us through how they transformed from sporadic posts to a full‑scale strategy, the...
2025-11-0530 min
Barcode MixerGet Lost, Get Found🎙️ NEW EPISODE — “Get Lost, Get Found”Now streaming on Spotify & Apple Podcasts 🌍🍸This one’s close to the heart. We sat down with our dear friend and former coworker Kayla Walden, a bartender, storyteller, and true embodiment of going with the flow.From packing up her car in Iowa to starting fresh in Miami — and now getting ready to backpack through Europe for three months — Kayla shares how bartending is more than a job. It’s a mirror of how she lives: intuitively, playfully, and always open to the unknown.She also teases her upcoming book...
2025-05-091h 09Barcode MixerGet Lost, Get Found🎙️ NEW EPISODE — “Get Lost, Get Found”Now streaming on Spotify & Apple Podcasts 🌍🍸This one’s close to the heart. We sat down with our dear friend and former coworker Kayla Walden, a bartender, storyteller, and true embodiment of going with the flow.From packing up her car in Iowa to starting fresh in Miami — and now getting ready to backpack through Europe for three months — Kayla shares how bartending is more than a job. It’s a mirror of how she lives: intuitively, playfully, and always open to the unknown.She also teases her upcoming book...
2025-05-081h 10
Yap CityWe Got Dragged Into The Live-Action ‘Snow White’ & Rachel Zegler DramaIn this week’s Yap City, hosts Chloe Williams and Kayla Walden offer their Snow White movie review, and talk about Rachel Zegler’s reaction to it! They also discuss the Snow White controversy, and offer an official Disney live-action movie ranking, from Cinderella to The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2025-03-2137 min
Cult or Just WeirdS6E23 - The MindsetWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The future is there… looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become. -William Gibson Chris & Kayla finally land the plane on this whole TESCREAL situation. --- *Search Categories* anthropological; internet culture; science/pseudoscience --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL "is it a cult or just weird?" evaluation & discussion --- Furt...
2024-09-031h 14Cult or Just WeirdS6E17 - The Immortalists' Conclusions (Church of Perpetual Life)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Time isn't the only thing the FDA is killing. - ACT UP slogan Chris & Kayla grapple with the intense nuance presented by the Church of Perpetual Life and the Life Extension Foundation. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Bill Faloon, The Church of Perpetual Life, and the FDA ---
2024-07-2347 minCult or Just WeirdS6E16 - The Immortalists' Founder (Church of Perpetual Life)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- How could I enjoy a yacht if I know we're all going to die and disappear? - Bill Faloon Chris & Kayla head back to Church to learn more about the man behind the curtain. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Bill Faloon & The Church of Perpetual Life ---
2024-07-1636 minCult or Just WeirdS6E15 - The Immortalists' Church (Church of Perpetual Life)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Aging and Death can be Optional...We Choose Life & Health. Chris & Kayla head to church to learn how the Creator wants us to live forever. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* The Church of Perpetual Life --- Further Reading https://www.churchofperpetuallife.org/ htt...
2024-07-0931 minCult or Just WeirdS6E14 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREALWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! ---
2024-07-021h 22Cult or Just WeirdS6E13 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREALWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Making predictions is tough, especially about the future. -Niels Bohr Chris & Kayla put the L in TESCREAL. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres --- Further Reading Dr. Émile P. Torres's Website Dr. Émil...
2024-06-2542 minCult or Just WeirdS6E12 - The Future of Humanity: TESCREALWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies. - Sam Altman Chris & Kayla talk about the future of humanity, in the long term. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom; Internet Culture --- *Topic Spoiler* TESCREAL & interview with Dr. Émile P. Torres ...
2024-06-1840 minCult or Just WeirdS6E7 - The Future of Humanity: PreludeWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- To be what you want to be: isn't this the essence of being human? - David Zindell Chris and Kayla take the next steps on the path of the unfolding season...and the unfolding of humanity's future. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Transhumanism --- Fur...
2024-05-1439 minCult or Just WeirdS6E6 - The Terror (Terror Management Theory)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Man cannot endure his own littleness unless he can translate it into meaningfulness on the largest possible level. - Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death Chris and Kayla talk about a theory that underpins everything we'll cover this season. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Science / Pseudoscience --- *Topic Spoiler* Terror Management Theory ---
2024-05-0725 minCult or Just WeirdS6E4 - The Cryonauts: InterviewWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Being cryopreserved after death is the second-worst thing that could happen. The worst thing is dying without being cryopreserved. - Ben Best Kayla dives deeper into the world of cryonics by talking to an actual cryonaut. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Furthe...
2024-04-2358 minCult or Just WeirdS6E3 - The Cryonauts: GuideWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- You're not dead til you're warm and dead. Chris & Kayla finish their cryonics facility visit with the help of a VIP "tour guide." --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
2024-04-1631 minCult or Just WeirdS6E2 - The Cryonauts: TourWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am the mediocre architect of my afterlife. - Glen Nesbitt Chris & Kayla take a tour of the very cool place they were headed to last episode. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ htt...
2024-04-0929 minCult or Just WeirdS6E1 - The Cryonauts: ExpeditionWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- If a man die, shall he live again? - Book of Job 14:14 Chris and Kayla hotfoot it to a cold storage facility. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Cryonics --- Further Reading https://www.alcor.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
2024-04-0248 minCult or Just WeirdS5-and-a-half: Patreon Discussion of Season 5Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Chris & Kayla recap the experience of experiencing things for Season 5 of Cult or Just Weird. (previously published on CoJW's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/season-5-bonus-95443966) --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David Whiteside, Jade A, amy sarah marshall, Martina Dobson, Eillie Anzilotti, Lewis Brown, Kelly Smith Upton, Wild Hunt Alex, Niklas Brock Jenny Lam...
2024-02-2525 min
Traveling with KristinReflect, Recharge, Reinvent: Living with Purpose in 2024Badass Digital Nomads is back after a holiday break! Kristin shares behind the scenes of the podcast after an action-packed 2023. Then, she shares and life and personal development themes she's been thinking about over the year. She also offers practical tips, exercises, and resources for how to apply these topics in your life. Thank you for listening this year and for being a part of the community. Thank you to the Badass Digital Nomads Team for their work on the podcast this year: Kayla, TJ, Gaston, and Penny Spe...
2024-01-1648 minCult or Just WeirdS5E10 - The Secret KnowledgeWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Thinking – the talking of the soul with itself. -Plato Chris and Kayla attend class at another small local group... whose presence & influence is worldwide & ubiquitous. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; New Age --- *Topic Spoiler* Theosophy --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theos...
2023-10-242h 45Cult or Just WeirdS5E9 - The Criminals (Hare Krishnas, pt2)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible." -David Brin Chris and Kayla explore the nature of power and learn some shocking stories about the group du jour in this part two. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krish...
2023-10-101h 31Cult or Just WeirdS5E8 - The Chanters (Hare Krishnas, pt 1)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "Repetition not for monotony but the ecstasy it induces." - Martha Graham Chris and Kayla go to a restaurant. Kind of. Don't worry, we'll repeat ourselves. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Hare Krishnas / ISKCON --- *Further Reading* https://iskconla.com/Home.a...
2023-09-261h 58
Cloud Jazz Smooth JazzCloud Jazz 2417 | Four80East - Episodio exclusivo para mecenasAgradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En esta edición presentamos 'Gonna Be Alright', nuevo trabajo discográfico de los canadienses Four80East. Repasamos recientes lanzamientos en la música Smooth Jazz protagonizados por Roberto Tola, Kayla Waters, Everett B Walters, Juan Carlos Quintero y Bebel Gilberto.
En los minutos para el recuerdo rescatamos dos de los discos editados por The Chris Walden Big Band.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos...
2023-09-0259 minCult or Just WeirdS5E7 - The Gambler's Meritocracy (American State-run Lotteries)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- It's hard to detect good luck--it looks so much like something you've earned. - Frank A. Clark Chris and Kayla visit a liquor store to try and resurrect the American dream. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* The American State-run Lottery System --- *Further Reading* ...
2023-08-292h 03Cult or Just WeirdS5E6 - The Hams & Their Eggs (the LA Breakfast Club)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- FVNEM? FVNEX? Kayla and Chris get up at the crack of dawn to try and solve a cryptogram from 1925. --- *Search Categories* Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* The Los Angeles Breakfast Club --- *Further Reading* https://twitter.com/labreakfastclub https://www.labreakfastclub.com/ https...
2023-08-011h 41Cult or Just WeirdS5E3 - The Collective's Dogma (Objectivist beliefs)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- I am evolving and it’s so damn beautiful. -Anonymous Chris ponders the philosophical orb with Kayla, and finally comes out as a cultist himself. Objectively speaking. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Objectivism & Ayn Rand --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objecti...
2023-06-062h 27Cult or Just WeirdS5E2 - The Ecstatics & their DJ (Ecstatic Dance)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The body says what words cannot. --Martha Graham Kayla and Chris explore the roots of human bonding...set to music. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; New Religious Movement; Common interest / Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Ecstatic Dance --- *Further Reading* Professor Chill Spotify Electric Sufi Spotify
2023-05-092h 20Cult or Just WeirdS5E1 - The Wives & Their Father (the Source Family)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Experience is the teacher of all things. - Julius Caesar Kayla and Chris kick off Season 5 by going to a cult within a cult... culturducken. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* The Source Family --- *Further Reading* http://martinostimemachine.blogspot.com/2021/06/the-source-restaurant.html
2023-04-112h 12
EZ ConversationsWhat is Neurofeedback Therapy?I am excited to welcome Blake Ausmus and Kayla Taylor in this week's episode. Blake, Kayla and I discuss neurofeedback, how it works, and its benefits. We discuss how neurofeedback is a non-invasive alternative to traditional therapy, which can have powerful effects and an immediate impact on people seeking to overcome mental health struggles.
Neurofeedback (NF) Therapy is a form of biofeedback that uses EEG (electroencephalography) to measure brain waves and teach the brain to function optimally. Sensors are placed on the head to measure electrical signals. Then a person will receive feedback through visual or auditory in...
2023-02-1644 min
Urban Forum NorthwestBlack History Month startsThursday, February 2 on Urban Forum Northwest:*Ollie Garrett, President and CEO, PMT Solutions, President and CEO Tabor 100 and a member of the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) comments on the LCB's Social Equity Initiative to bring about equality in the cannabis business.*Tony Benton aka Tony B, Owner and General Manager, RainierAvenueRadio.World talks about their Black History Month Celebration. The historic Columbia City Theater will be converted into a museum for the entire month of February for "Call to Conscience Black History Month Museum".*Reverend Harriett Walden, Founder of Mothers...
2023-02-0355 minCult or Just WeirdS4E20 - The Religious Service (The Aetherius Society)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur C. Clarke Kayla and Chris end the season on a topic with a twist unlike many others covered on this show. --- *Search Categories* New Age; New Religious Movement --- *Topic Spoiler* The Aethe...
2022-12-271h 45Cult or Just WeirdS4E19 - The Magic Eyes (EMDR)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "Correlation doesn’t imply causation, but it does waggle its eyebrows suggestively and gesture furtively while mouthing ‘look over there.'" - Randall Munroe Keep an eye on this one- Chris talks to Kayla about a particular type of therapy that has been gaining in popularity in the last few years. --- *Search Categories* Science / Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine / Wellness --- *T...
2022-12-131h 30Cult or Just WeirdS4E18 - The Heavy Weight (Fat Liberation & Acceptance)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” -Audre Lorde Kayla & Chris have a healing conversation about a topic that weighs heavily on all of us. --- *Search Categories* Destructive; Science / Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine / Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* Fat Liberation & Fat Acceptance ...
2022-11-291h 26Cult or Just WeirdS4E17 - The Keening (Midsommar)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Sometimes you want pain to be acknowledged and not whitewashed- or erased by some exceptionalist point of view. -Ari Aster Chris & Kayla mix things up a bit by analyzing a cult that doesn't even exist. --- *Search Categories* Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* the film Midsommar's Harga community
2022-11-151h 19Cult or Just WeirdS4E16 - The Fandom (Furries & Fur Science)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. -Dean Ornish Kayla & Chris explore a much-maligned fandom on the internet, and learn a little bit about themselves and humanity along the way. --- *Search Categories* Internet Culture; Common interest/Fandom; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* The Furry Fandom (Furries) ...
2022-11-011h 51Cult or Just WeirdS4E14 - The Bean Counters (Pythagoreanism)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- All is Number. Chris helps Kayla square her understanding of a well known but little understood historical character. --- *Search Categories* New Religious Movement; Science/Pseudoscience; Anthropological --- *Topic Spoiler* Pythagoreanism --- *Further Reading* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism https://plato.stanford.edu/en...
2022-10-041h 21Cult or Just WeirdS4E13 - The Partners (Starbucks Workers Unions)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible." -Howard Schultz Grab your favorite iced, sugary, coffee-adjacent beverage, because Kayla and Chris have an episode brewing, featuring a conversation with some partners who are helping their corporate overlords walk the walk. --- *Search Categories* Business --- *Topic Spoiler* Starbucks Work...
2022-09-201h 51Cult or Just WeirdS4E12 - The Dirt (Black Oxygen Organics takedown)"Even the largest avalanche is triggered by small things." - Vernor Vinge Kayla and Chris tell another side of the classic MLM story - the downfall. And we've got a special interview here to give us all the dirt. --- *Search Categories* MLM; Internet culture; Business; Science/Pseudoscience; Alt Medicine/Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* Black Oxygen Organics aka BOO --- *Further Reading* https://mombie-antimlm.com/ https://www.facebook.com/MLMombie/ https://www.instagram.com/mlmombie...
2022-09-061h 34
Secondhand Film CriticsChildhood Classics: How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)This week on Secondhand Film Critics we open up the vault of Kayla's childhood and chat about the 2006 Walden Media film, How to Eat Fried Worms. Listen as Kayla and Noah talk about how children's media of the 2000s compares to today's "family movie" landscape, why Kayla was so obsessed with Luke Benward as a kid, and what worm was actually the grossest.
***Go to 10:40 to skip past the question of the week answers***
Our question of the week: "What movie did you repeatedly check out from the library as a kid?”
Have tho...
2022-08-301h 04Cult or Just WeirdS4E11 - The Antidote (suicidality & Teal Swan)“Human connection is the suicide killer." Chris and Kayla revisit a former topic that's reared its head in mainstream culture again to talk about why this person continues to amass power...and what the other options are. --- *Search Categories* New Age; Internet culture --- *Topic Spoiler* Teal Swan and suicidality --- *Further Reading* Emmengard suicide scale The North Wind & the Sun parable David Foster Wallace quote 988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline The Tre...
2022-08-231h 24Cult or Just WeirdS4E10 - I Didn't Know it Was Wrong(tm)! (how abusers react to accountability)Kayla and Chris are on vacation this week! But we still want to bring you some sweet sweet content, so here is a bonus episode from the CoJW patreon last season, where we discuss how weird it is that abusers from disparate communities all use the same refrain when facing accountability: "I didn't know it was wrong!" --- *Search Categories* Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* S3E19 Patreon Bonus episode --- *Patreon Credits* Michaela Evans, Heather Aunspach, Alyssa Ottum, David...
2022-08-0923 minCult or Just WeirdS4E9 - The Vibes (Empty Spaces)“Sometimes reality is too complex. Stories give it form.” - Jean Luc Godard Kayla and Chris fall down the dollhole into an online world of unstable meaning and multilayered storytelling. --- *Search Categories* Internet culture; Common interest/Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* Empty Spaces --- *Further Reading* https://litreactor.com/columns/the-art-of-microfiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_fiction An Empty Introduction from @maybeElse List of Empty Spaces writers on Twitter Map of W...
2022-07-261h 28
Books and the CityTHROWBACK: The Chain Restaurant ThrillerTHROWBACK (Originally released on August 3, 2020) This week we're getting real chatty! (Remember you can always skip straight to the book talk if you prefer, time stamps are below.) We discuss how you can get more merch, a wild chain restaurant rabbit hole, a call from a special listener in France, and what our perfect beach read would be. Hint: We may or may not be extremely predictable. Read on for buy links, and check out bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity to shop the books we’ve discussed on this episode and all past episodes! Visit our website at www.booksandthecitypod.co...
2022-07-181h 16Cult or Just WeirdS4E7 - The Abortion ConversationWanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- “Let this radicalize you rather than lead you to despair.” - Mariame Kaba With the tragic June 24th reversal of Roe v Wade, Chris & Kayla eschew the usual format and lean hard into talking about helpers. --- *Search Categories* Destructive --- *Topic Spoiler* Abortion Justice & Access --- *Further Reading* For those seeking abortion access (PLEASE access these...
2022-06-2850 minCult or Just WeirdS4E6 - The Scheme (B&B Worm Farm Ponzi)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "The worm is not to be trusted" - William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Chris & Kayla "dig in" to an unlikely but prolific Ponzi scheme in this week's episode. --- *Search Categories* Business; MLM --- *Topic Spoiler* B&B Worm Farm Ponzi scheme --- *Further Reading* https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/06/30/crawling-with-trouble https://ww...
2022-06-1457 minCult or Just WeirdS4E5 - The Banking Dynasty (The Rothschild Family)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "We use Halloween to scare the kids and bankers to scare the adults." - Anthony T. Hincks Chris and Kayla revisit a past guest to explore a new topic - and take a look at our own biases. Special thanks to returning friend of the show, Mike Rothschild! @rothschildmd on twitter, The Storm is Upon Us on Amazon Episode content warning: Antisemitism --- *Search Ca...
2022-05-311h 44Cult or Just WeirdS4E4 - The Corporate Culture (cultlike corporate practices)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- We here at Cult or Just Weird like to call ourselves a family. Kayla & Chris deep dive into a recent article outlining the cult-like criteria present in an area of life where most of us toil away. --- *Search Categories* Business --- *Topic Spoiler* "Company or Cult?" article from The Economist --- *Further Reading* https://www.e...
2022-05-171h 05Cult or Just WeirdS4E3 - The Toolbox (self care strategies from past guests)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete. -Jack Kornfield Chris & Kayla tap into their trust network- all the previous guests of the show- to help them build a toolbox of self care strategies. --- *Search Categories* Alt Medicine/Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* Self care ideas from COJW guests --- *Further Reading* - M...
2022-05-031h 15Cult or Just WeirdS4E2 - The Tea (Celestial Seasonings & Urantia)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- "A simple cup of tea is far from a simple matter. -Mary Lou Heiss" You might want to put that cup of tea down while Kayla spills some of her own tea about a certain producer of such products. Warning: Eugenics :( --- *Search Categories* New Age; Business; Destructive; Alt Medicine/Wellness --- *Topic Spoiler* Celestial Seasonings Tea Company & Urantia
2022-04-191h 15Cult or Just WeirdS4E1 - The Informed Public (Mike Caulfield interview on info literacy)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Information is abundant. Your attention is priceless. Chris & Kayla kick off S4 of Cult or Just Weird by finding a pretty darn good helper, who has some advice all of us stand to benefit from. --- *Search Categories* Anthropological; Internet culture; Conspiracy Theory --- *Topic Spoiler* Interview w/ Mike Caulfield of UW's Center for an Informed Public --- *F...
2022-04-051h 30Cult or Just WeirdS3E20 - The Journey (past, present, and future of COJW)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- Every step is on the path. (Lao Tzu) Chris & Kayla reflect on their journey producing three seasons of Cult or Just Weird, and discuss what lies in store for the future. Happy Holidays & may your 2022 bring peace and happiness. --- *Search Categories* Common Interest/Fandom --- *Topic Spoiler* CoJW's journey & learnings --- *Further Reading*
2021-12-281h 13Cult or Just WeirdS3E15 - The Conspiritualists (interview w Matt Remski of Conspirituality pod)Wanna chat about the episode? Or just hang out? Come join us on discord! --- It can poison your soul. Chris and Kayla talk with one of their favorite conspiracy theory/spirituality/cultic studies writer & podcaster - and dive deep into bodily fascism, the yoga community, and what conspiritualists get right. Special thanks to Matthew Remski for his time & (incredibly clarifying) insights for this episode! Twitter: https://twitter.com/matthewremski --- *Search Categories* New Age; Science/Pseudoscience; In...
2021-10-191h 49
Stacks and StoriesWords and Pretty Images (Comics, Graphic Novels, and Manga)This episode is all about words and pretty images. So listen as Elisabeth, Katie, and Kayla discuss some of their favorite comics, graphic novels, and manga. What separates these genres from others? What is manga? And can these fans limit themselves to just talking about a couple of works? Tune in to find out these answers and more.
Works discussed in this episode:
Fruits Basket series by Natsuki Takaya
Flying Witch series by Chihiro Ishizuka
Saga series by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
Hyperbole and a...
2021-09-1528 min
PlaybackKayla Walden | Shepherd ChurchKayla shares her tips in Family Ministry, retaining volunteers, and more on this interview with Playlister's founder.Special Guest: Kayla Walden.
2021-09-1418 min
Books and the CityThe Chain Restaurant ThrillerThis week we're getting real chatty! (Remember you can always skip straight to the book talk if you prefer, time stamps are below.) We discuss how you can get more merch, a wild chain restaurant rabbit hole, a call from a special listener in France, and what our perfect beach read would be. Hint: We may or may not be extremely predictable. Read on for buy links, and check out bookshop.org/shop/booksandthecity to shop the books we’ve discussed on this episode and all past episodes! Visit our website at www.booksandthecitypod.com to sign up for ou...
2020-08-031h 16
Books and the CityBooks About Choices! (But No One Gave Emily the Memo)Before we get into the episode, we have to give a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout-out to our Leo Queen Co-Host, Kayla!!!! To celebrate, she's reading 30+ books in a day. Tune into her journey on Instagram. In other very exciting news, we have our final fundraising results in from the Books and the City merch sales! Keep listening to hear all about that, and don't forget to use the hashtag #mybooksandthecity when you share your merch selfies. And before we dive into our accidentally-themed episode mostly featuring books about choices (who doesn't love a theme!), we all talk about our...
2020-07-271h 03