The Dream

Pushkin Industries & Little Everywhere

From Little Everywhere and Pushkin Industries, and hosted by Jane Marie, comes the third season of The Dream. Past seasons of this award-winning investigative podcast looked at pyramid schemes and the world of wellness. This season we're getting to know the gurus and life coaches who claim they know the secret to living our best lives. Is it all in our mindset? Or our privilege? Or are we all under a spell? Find out this September.

  • 38 minutes 13 seconds
    Women's Work

    In honor of the newest member to host Jane Marie's family, a little munchkin born over the weekend, this week we're revisiting Episode 2 of The Dream Season 1.


    Jane takes us back to her hometown, Owosso, MI as we get to know the town and people that helped shape her award winning career in journalism. Along the way, we also get a glimpse into her family's history with Multi Level Marketing.


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    5 March 2025, 2:17 am
  • 1 hour 30 minutes
    Babies Not Having Babies

    This past year Charlotte Isenberg, a once-popular teen anti-abortion activist, found herself switching sides in this national debate. What happened to her next is unprecedented and a warning for parents and kids alike.



    Find Charlotte on Tik Tok here:


    @blueridgejewess


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    26 February 2025, 4:10 am
  • 26 minutes 8 seconds
    Drowning In The Conspira-Sea
    How a few bad seeds became a movement. Over and over and over and over and over... - dann g 2025

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    18 February 2025, 4:38 am
  • 46 minutes 45 seconds
    MAHA Forever

    Five years ago, in season two of this show, we invited Mother Jones senior editor Anna Merlan on to talk about the rise of dangerous health conspiracies in the U.S. and now that a famous anti-vaxxer, RFK Jr., has been confirmed as the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, we've sat down again to discuss what... like, WHAT?


    You can find more from Anna Merlan here:


    X: @annamerlan

    Bluesky: @annamerlan.bsky.social


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    17 February 2025, 5:52 am
  • 48 minutes 43 seconds
    Creepaholics Anonymous

    This week, host Jane Mare interviews Amanda Lee about her struggles with addiction, her involvement in the Washington DC based "Midtown" Alcoholics Anonymous cult and, ultimately, her path to recovery.


    Amanda Lee Socials:


    Tiktok: @amandadarbylee

    (The Most Wanted RN)

    Insta: @alabamaamanda

    Facebook: @alabamaamanda


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    10 February 2025, 8:50 pm
  • 49 minutes 34 seconds
    Turns Out Brains Are Important. Who Knew?
    We've known about it for almost 20 years and yet there is still very little being done to combat Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy - more commonly none as CTE. And if you think this only affects NFL players, think again. CTE is available in all shapes and sizes - whether it's youth hockey, high school football, club soccer leagues, or professional wrestling, so many of our young athletes are in the line of fire. Thankfully, for most of those twenty years, former college football player and professional wrestler - turned anti-CTE advocate and head of Boston University's CTE center - Chris Nowinski, has taken it upon himself to stare this issue down and make sure parents, coaches and athletes have accurate information about what happens when someone suffers continual head injuries. Chris even managed to get a Phd in behavioral neuroscience along the way, so that he could understand and further the science behind CTE research. Today he joins host Jane Marie to talk about his career, his advocacy and what we know about the current state of CTE in sports.

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    3 February 2025, 6:44 am
  • 40 minutes 42 seconds
    How Is This legal?

    "How is this legal?"


    That question has been haunting host Jane Marie since the day she started researching Multi Level Marketing seven years ago. Since then, it feels like every company, industry or product she looks into is a scam. Let's be clear, they often are.


    This week, she stares straight into the Ivy League Bro eyes of private equity, looking for an answer to that same simple question that's been pinballing around her brain for seven years.


    Comic, writer, podcaster (and more!) Meredith Lynch has been following private equity money for years and this week she and Jane will try to untangle the mess this shady industry has made of pretty much everything it's touched. It's coming for all of us. We might as well try to understand what the hell it is.



    Find Meredith at:


    https://www.meredithlynch.com/


    IG & TikTok: @meredithmlynch




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    27 January 2025, 5:00 am
  • 40 minutes 14 seconds
    Multi-Multi-Level-Marketing

    How do you rebuild your life after 13 years and 6 companies worth of Multi Level Marketing indoctrination? The Dream (we're back!) host Jane Marie talks to former MLM devotee and current anti MLM crusader, Erin Bies, about the state of the MLM industry and the work Erin is now doing to take it down. And you might just learn a little something about exogenous ketones along the way....


    Find out more about the work Erin is doing:


    https://www.erinbies.com/

    TikTok: @erinbies

    IG: @therealbiestmode

    www.youtube.com/@ErinBies


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    20 January 2025, 8:00 am
  • 1 minute 54 seconds
    The Dream + New Format Trailer!

    The Dream is back! Starting Monday, January 20th, we'll be releasing all new weekly episodes.


    The Dream as a weekly interview podcast with guests and segments about.... whatever we want! We'll still be focused on the "American Dream" and all the assholes that make it infinitely harder to achieve. We'll just have a bit more freedom in how we present it.




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    15 January 2025, 7:03 pm
  • 34 minutes 19 seconds
    We Are Back! + Outlawed

    Dream fans....WE ARE BACK!


    We're reimagining The Dream as a weekly interview podcast with guests and segments about, I don't know.... whatever we want? Don't worry! We'll still be focused on the "American Dream" and all the assholes that make it infinitely harder to achieve. We'll just have a bit more freedom in how we present it.


    Also, today we're bringing you an episode of a podcast I've been producing about abortion, called "Outlawed":


    Join two OB-Gyns as they explain the science and stories of abortion in the US. Misinformation is unfortunately everywhere. Listening to this podcast will give you the knowledge and tools you need to help navigate these difficult conversations with family and friends at the dining room table. Throughout the season we will interview physicians, researchers, advocates and experts, as we navigate this contentious topic and make sense of the reality of abortion care in the US.


    And DO NOT forget to check back in a few weeks for new episodes of The Dream!


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    16 December 2024, 12:07 am
  • 27 minutes 45 seconds
    Selling the Dream

    A chapter from Jane Marie’s forthcoming book. Preorder at jane-marie.com.

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    7 March 2024, 8:05 pm
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