התמלול המלא של Episode 7: Fake Friends, Modern Warfare, See You Next Tuesday

She was cleaning patient rooms, taking out trash, moving quietly through the same hallways where physicians, surgeons, and administrators were making life-altering decisions. 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.160 But she was largely unseen. 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:40.639 And it's precisely this contrast that makes the story so powerful. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:41.439 Because Dr. 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:43.920 Shay wasn't disconnected from the system. 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:45.199 She was inside of it. 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:55.439 She was observing it every day, understanding how it functioned, seeing how patients were treated, but from a position where people don't typically assume insight, authority, or even presence. 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.319 And that invisibility is a theme in her story. 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:02.800 Everything shifts for her one day when her mother became seriously ill. 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:10.639 And what's so difficult about this part is that her mother wasn't being taken seriously by her doctors. 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:19.920 And at one point her symptoms were being framed as psychological, which unfortunately is something we still see happen with women all the time, especially women of color. 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:24.879 And when patients don't fit a certain mold or aren't advocating in the right way. 00:05:25.199 --> 00:05:25.519 Right. 00:05:25.680 --> 00:05:28.319 And thank goodness, instead of accepting that, Dr. 00:05:28.480 --> 00:05:32.240 Shea did something that was both incredibly bold and strategic. 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:45.680 She reached out directly to the CEO of the hospital, the very building where she worked every day, the offices she was cleaning, and she advocated for her mom in a way that forced attention and demanded accountability. 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.079 And this is the inflection point. 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:49.360 Because of Dr. 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:53.759 Shay's efforts, her mom ultimately received a proper diagnosis. 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:59.040 But this led to Shay realizing that advocacy is what actually changes outcomes. 00:05:59.279 --> 00:06:05.360 Being willing to speak up, especially when you're not supposed to, can alter the trajectory of many people's lives. 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:08.240 And this realization has become her calling. 00:06:08.399 --> 00:06:22.480 She decided she wanted to become a physician, not only to practice medicine, but to be the kind of doctor who actually listens, who sees people fully, and who never dismisses them based on assumptions or their ethnicity or race. 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:24.480 But the path there wasn't easy. 00:06:24.720 --> 00:06:27.279 This is where the story becomes even more important. 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:33.279 She applied to medical school and got rejected over and over again, more than 20 times. 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:40.399 And at one point, she was even told by an academic advisor that they just didn't see her becoming a doctor in the cards. 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:47.120 What a travesty that that's what advisors are telling people out there who can come in and change the world and truly make a difference. 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:52.000 This is such a defining moment in the story because it's the one where most narratives end. 00:06:52.160 --> 00:07:01.759 It's the place where people internalize that negative feedback and recalibrate their expectations and say, I shot too far this time, I can't make it. 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:04.480 But the amazing part of this story is that Dr. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:06.079 Shay doesn't quit. 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:07.600 She continues forward anyway. 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:16.959 Eventually, she got into medical school, graduated from medical school, and then on match day, this is where it all comes full circle. 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:21.519 She found out that she matched back at Yale New Haven Hospital. 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:29.360 The same hospital, the same hallways, the same environment, except now she's entering it as an anesthesiology resident. 00:07:29.759 --> 00:07:36.560 This kind of full circle moment is rare, but what makes it meaningful is who she's become in that process. 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:39.600 She's been so intentional about it. 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:51.040 She's spoken about wanting to bridge the gap between physicians and service workers because she remembers exactly what it felt like to be overlooked, to be physically present in the room, but socially invisible. 00:07:51.279 --> 00:07:55.360 And that perspective is something you simply cannot teach in a classroom. 00:07:55.519 --> 00:08:06.879 That is a lived experience shaping how she will treat patients, how she will interact with colleagues, and how she will carry herself in a system that typically forgets the humanity of the people within it. 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:10.480 To me, this story is about so much more than resilience. 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:18.959 It's about finding your purpose, having a vision, the discipline to implement a long-term plan, and an unwavering belief in oneself. 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:28.560 And it's also a reminder that the people who are underestimated by a system are often the ones capable of making the most change and transforming those same systems. 00:08:28.800 --> 00:08:32.799 The truth today with TNA cannot wait to see how Dr. 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:37.440 Shea's career unfolds because she's clearly a positive change maker. 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.000 All the news is not always good. 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:47.759 And this week, a jury in Los Angeles delivered a pretty big verdict that could fundamentally shift the landscape for big tech. 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:53.519 If you're paying attention, this is one of those cases that could become a landmark. 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:54.639 It really is. 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:59.440 The case centers on a 20-year-old plaintiff who was identified in court as Kaylee. 00:08:59.679 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00:09:02.639 She sued Meta and Alphabet, the parent company of YouTube. 00:09:02.879 --> 00:09:11.759 The jury found them liable for her mental health struggles, specifically citing anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia that was triggered by their platforms. 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:13.519 Numbers here are important. 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:22.080 We're talking about a$3 million award for compensatory damages, followed by an additional$3 million in punitive damages and attorney's fees. 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.519 Punitive damages are designed to punish and deter. 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:32.000 In this case, Meta is on the hook for about 70% of the total, and YouTube's going to pick up the remaining 30%. 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:39.039 And the question is, why does this matter so much more than some of the previous cases on related topics? 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:45.759 Because for years, tech companies have relied heavily on a powerful legal shield, Section 230. 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:50.320 It generally protects platforms from liability for what users post. 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.399 But here's the strategic brilliance that the lawyers used in this case. 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:56.799 The plaintiff didn't focus on the content. 00:09:56.960 --> 00:10:00.480 They focused on the conduct and the design of the platform. 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:03.519 This wasn't about a specific post or a comment. 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:09.120 It was about the product, the infinite scroll, the push notifications, the beauty filters. 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:15.120 The argument was that these features were engineered to be addictive to a developing brain. 00:10:15.440 --> 00:10:20.480 In other words, it wasn't about what was on the app, it was about how the app worked. 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:25.039 The jury essentially ruled that these platforms are defective products. 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:27.840 And that distinction could change everything. 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:34.879 If this theory holds up on an appeal, it creates a roadmap for the thousands of other lawsuits building across the country. 00:10:35.120 --> 00:10:43.759 Instead of arguing over free speech or content moderation, these lawsuits argue that the software itself is a public health hazard. 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:47.519 So what will be the immediate implications for Meta and Google? 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:49.440 Massive exposure for one. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:57.919 This was a bellwether trial, a test case, if you will, and it gave 1,600 other plaintiffs a blueprint on how to do it right. 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:06.480 Yes, and I guess there's also operational pressure because these companies may now be forced to materially change how they design their platforms for minors. 00:11:06.639 --> 00:11:14.240 Not just for PR reasons, but to mitigate the risk of being sued for negligent design every time a teen opens up their app. 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:16.159 And then there's the financial risk. 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:23.120 If$6 million verdicts start scaling across multiple jurisdictions, we're no longer talking about isolated losses. 00:11:23.200 --> 00:11:26.639 We're talking about systemic and pervasive liability. 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:30.399 The bottom line is this this case signals a huge shift. 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:36.639 Courts and juries are increasingly willing to look past traditional tech protections and ask a deeper question. 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:39.600 Did these companies know that their products were harmful? 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.519 And did they prioritize engagement over safety anyway? 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:48.559 Well, at least once with this jury, the answer was a resounding yes. 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:52.879 And for big tech, the legal consequences may just be getting started. 00:11:53.200 --> 00:11:57.759 Moving on to our books of the week, my book of the week is actually not a book. 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:59.360 It is a magazine. 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:03.519 It's the special issue of Newsweek on autism in girls and women. 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:18.720 There's a lot of great information in this issue, particularly on page 29, there's a section called Lost in Diagnosis, and it discusses the misdiagnoses that women with autism frequently receive instead of their correct autism diagnosis. 00:12:18.879 --> 00:12:26.399 And then there's also a part of this section where it covers the conditions that frequently tend to co-occur with autism. 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:42.960 And so if you have one of those conditions and you're really solid about the accuracy of those diagnoses or that diagnosis, if you think it's possible that you might be autistic, you very much should probably look into testing with a clinical psychologist or a neuropsychiatrist. 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:47.919 If you want to learn more about autism in women and girls, I highly recommend this special issue of Newsweek. 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:49.039 I love that. 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:53.840 My book this week is To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960. 00:12:54.000 --> 00:13:02.159 And I know, I know, maybe everyone here has read it, but I came back to this book recently, and I want to tell you, it hits completely differently right now. 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:07.919 There's this image that I have of Atticus Finch sitting in front of that jailhouse with a lamp and a book. 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:17.279 And just in light of everything that we see happening right now, I kept asking myself, what does it actually take to simply show up and stay? 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:21.759 Even when the outcome is not guaranteed, even when the system is rigged against you. 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.360 There is something about that image that I simply cannot shake. 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:26.879 And it's the whole thing. 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:31.039 If you've never read To Kill a Mockingbird, pick it up and read it. 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.399 And if you have, go pick it up again and

read it again. 00:13:34.559 --> 00:13:36.000 You will find something new there. 00:13:36.159 --> 00:13:37.120 I promise you. 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:47.519 Moving into our songs of the week, I'm not sure how much longer we can talk about music week after week without me disclosing the fact that I am a ginormous deadhead, and I always have been. 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:52.159 Their songwriting over their long touring careers is simply incredible and so varied. 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:55.679 It's never boring, and there's truly something for everyone. 00:13:56.000 --> 00:14:02.399 But since I must pick one specific song, it was very difficult for me to narrow it down to just one. 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:07.440 But I would have to say that they have a song called Man Smart, Women Are Smarter. 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:14.159 And the version that they played on July 6th in 1990 is particularly spectacular. 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:17.440 There is a video of this performance as well. 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:25.840 And this version really features Bobby Weir's voice, Jerry Garcia's smooth guitar, and we've got Mickey on the drums. 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:27.200 It's just top-tier dead. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:35.440 In the video of this performance, there's a part where they really start jamming and their super shy bassist Phil Lesh starts smiling. 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:41.600 And as a fan at live shows, it's top-tier entertainment when the entertainers are entertained by themselves. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:50.000 If I was born any earlier, I would have 100% spent a few years of my adolescence following the dead around, but God had other plans. 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:51.360 That's awesome. 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:52.480 Thank you for sharing. 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.000 My song of the week this week is from Jerry Jeff Walker. 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:57.039 The song is Mr. 00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:58.080 Bo Jangles. 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:00.480 This takes us back to 1968. 00:15:00.639 --> 00:15:03.600 It's originally from an album of the same name. 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:07.840 Now, before you say anything, if you know the song, yes, it's a little bit sad. 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:15.200 Yes, it may have you feeling all the feelings, but there's something about joy inside of grief that is unbearably human. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.240 And the song is truly very, very beautiful. 00:15:18.799 --> 00:15:25.120 This song is also important because it is unlikely to have been Jerry Jeff's claim to fame. 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:40.879 It was covered a number of times by big names in the music scene, including the nitty-gritty dirt band, Bob Dylan, Robbie Williams, John Denver, Neil Diamond, and perhaps, in my very humble opinion, the most lovely version of all, Nia Simone. 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:47.279 And I would just say that it was a beautiful song and a great introduction to Jerry Jeff if you've never heard of the guy. 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:51.919 Moving on to our main

topic today, it's called fake friends. 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:54.399 That's what we're going to be going all into. 00:15:55.039 --> 00:15:58.000 And this is obviously very personal for everyone. 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:03.600 We don't intend to really overexplain ourselves, but just take our word for it. 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.360 We have authority to speak on fake friends. 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:09.039 Fake friends. 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.759 Two words that should never ever go together. 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:13.840 But yeah, here we are talking about it. 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:24.240 And I want to be clear before we get started that when we're talking about fake friends, this is not a person that you've drifted away from or a friendship that's faded over the years. 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:35.440 We are talking legitimately about people who were never actually in your corner, who wore a costume of friendship while running varying and different ulterior agendas. 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:40.879 What always gets me is how good they are at it. 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:43.120 A fake friend is not obvious. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:45.519 If they were obvious, they wouldn't be dangerous. 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:57.919 They're warm, they're interested, they act like they're interested, they act like they care, they remember things, but they show up strategically at exactly the right moments to get the information they're looking for. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:17:13.119 And you become their own best defense attorney without even knowing that you've been retained because you're relying on years of a friendship and other things that are kind of clouding your vision and how you're relating to this person. 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:14.720 I think that's exactly it. 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:19.440 The thing about a fake friend is that they need you to lower your guard. 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:21.839 That is the mechanism of manipulation. 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:27.920 A stranger simply cannot hurt you the same way that a friend can, because a stranger doesn't know where the soft spots are. 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:31.680 The stranger doesn't know your secrets the way this fake friend does. 00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:38.720 The fake friend has a roadmap and they use it, and perhaps most deservingly, you gave it to them. 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:42.640 Then they file it away and they wait for the right time to use it. 00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:50.880 And then when they use it, it's like this surreal moment because you trusted them with that roadmap. 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:56.400 You handed it to them voluntarily because you thought that they were a safe person. 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:12.079 So the betrayal isn't just what they did, it's the retrospective audit that you began doing on every single memory of interactions that you have with this person, and you want to believe that they were real, but you have no evidence to believe that they were. 00:18:12.240 --> 00:18:18.720 In fact, you're just left going, wow, like how did I miss all of this that whole time? 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.160 Was any of it real? 00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:21.680 Was any of it real? 00:18:21.920 --> 00:18:30.640 And that's where the real grief is because you're not just losing the person, you're losing the version of yourself that trusted the fake friend to begin with. 00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:33.359 And you're losing all the moments that you thought were real. 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:41.759 You're grieving something that never existed, more than likely, and there's no real way to name that type of loss. 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:44.240 Yeah, it's very strange. 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:49.119 And people will try to say, well, you know, surely there were red flags. 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:54.960 I just recently ended a friendship that I had with someone for over 20 years, and of course there were red flags. 00:18:55.119 --> 00:19:01.200 That's why, whenever the last red flag was raised, I was like, okay, we're good. 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:11.519 Um, but the question then becomes, why is it always on the person who was betrayed that it's their fault that they didn't see the red flags? 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.799 Why are we having to see red flags in our friends? 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:23.359 And why are we being asked to take blame when someone comes into our life and deceives us for whatever reason? 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:26.880 This is something that's so important for our listeners and viewership. 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:37.519 If any part of this lands for you, if you're sitting there recognizing your own story somewhere in the midst of this, the fact that you were deceived does not mean that you were foolish. 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.799 It means you were human. 00:19:38.960 --> 00:19:45.279 The capacity to trust, even though your trust was misplaced and abused, is not evidence of weakness. 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:47.440 It is your strength, it is your gift. 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:52.240 And whatever you put out into the universe with good intentions comes back to you. 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:55.759 Depending on what you believe, it may come back to you multiplied. 00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:59.920 Do not let this fake ass person take that away from you, too. 00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:06.640 I want to add that recovering from the discovery of a fake friend is not linear. 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:10.079 You don't just decide to trust again and then you do. 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:16.319 It's a two steps forward, one step back, kind of wondering if new people in your life are also running a con. 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:27.440 But then it also makes you look back at the other real friends that you have in your life because until you found out that this one friend was a fake friend, they were in the real friend category. 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:32.720 So the real mind F comes from what it does afterwards. 00:20:32.880 --> 00:20:34.480 It's just so unfair. 00:20:34.960 -->

00:20:42.000 Well, and on the topic of your friend that you recently had to cut ties with for multiple reasons and protection and all of that. 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:47.599 In preparing for our discussion on this, we discussed the idea that there's different kinds of fake friends. 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:51.119 There are the fake friends who are always there when you're winning. 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:55.440 They're always there when you're on top, they're celebrating all of your victories. 00:20:55.759 --> 00:21:06.880 And they're the first person that is to congratulate you and find out where the party's gonna be so they can sit at your table and take advantage of whatever kind of perk they're gonna get from your wins. 00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:17.359 But with that particular type of fake friend, the minute that the weather changes, and perhaps this is why we consider this type of a fake friend to be fair weather, they are nowhere to be found. 00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:24.960 Those friends, I think, in many ways are easier to clock because their behaviors are so incredibly transparent. 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.559 Things are good, they're there. 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:29.440 The weather's nasty, they're nowhere to be found. 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:37.599 The fake friends that we're talking about are the ones that engage in real manipulations, and they are there for you when times are tough. 00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:41.279 They are there for you in some of the darker seasons of your life. 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:56.960 They begin to reveal themselves in different ways, and that's where the whole retroactive sort of analysis and whatnot of the relationship starts happening, and you do start second guessing everything and all of the things that have happened along the way. 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:59.759 So I would say those types of fake friends are. 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:02.480 Infinitely more dangerous than the other type. 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:04.880 Yes, I would agree. 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:15.759 So we need to give ourselves permission to be more reserved and read people better before we actually put them in a safe real friend category. 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:18.720 And that's not cynicism, that's self-preservation. 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:20.079 There's a big difference. 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:28.400 I feel like we could talk about fake friends for hours and hours because we really, really could. 00:22:28.720 --> 00:22:30.400 We have more show to get into. 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:38.400 And my sense is we will get back into this in some way, shape, or form before all is said and done, because we always do. 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:42.079 So let's move into something a little lighter. 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.519 Word of the week. 00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:46.000 We have a great word of the week this week. 00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:48.240 The word of the week is clocksucker. 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:50.000 Oh, clocksuckers. 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:56.240 A clocksucker is someone who wastes your time deliberately, strategically, and with no remorse. 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:02.000 Not someone who's just disorganized or running late because their life is challenging and complicated. 00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:06.160 A clocksucker is someone who uses time itself as a weapon. 00:23:06.400 --> 00:23:09.359 They schedule the meeting that could have simply been an email. 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:13.039 They're the one who asks for an extension that they never even needed. 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:18.000 They run out the clock on your patients, your cases, your resources, and your life. 00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:19.039 Ooh, okay. 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.079 Clock sucker. 00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:22.319 Add it to your vocab immediately. 00:23:22.480 --> 00:23:26.000 Use it precisely, use it profusely, use it fearlessly. 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.519 And if you see clock suckers out there, give them a shout out. 00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:31.519 Fave follows for this week. 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:39.440 Okay, so before we get into our fave follows, I just want to say that we follow people on social media. 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:42.000 We do not personally know these people. 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:52.079 And there has been more than one occasion where we will be following someone for months at a time, and we're we agree with everything that we've heard so far. 00:23:52.160 --> 00:24:02.960 And then all of a sudden we will come across that one video where we discover that they are horrifyingly misogynistic, or they said something that was just like crazy, you know, on another level. 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:06.480 So we just want to disclaim our favorite follows. 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:13.359 We are not 10 toes down on that these people are-of-the-earth people and that we agree with every word they've ever said. 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:19.839 These are just people that we found on social media that we find to be insightful and entertaining. 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:23.279 And we hope that they are good, positive people. 00:24:23.519 --> 00:24:30.319 But like we were talking about fake friends, there are a lot of people who are fake in whatever context that they are out in the world. 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:44.720 And hope that our people are good people, but we realize that the longer that we do this, the more we're gonna discover that there were people who were our favorite follow previously that we wish we could go back and and maybe choose a different person that week. 00:24:44.880 --> 00:24:45.279 Anyway. 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:46.640 Fake follows. 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.680 Yeah, fake follows. 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.480 Faith follows. 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:51.839 So my follow this week is a spiritual life coach. 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:55.920 His handle is I3ST3VE. 00:24:56.079 --> 00:25:01.200 His name is Steve, and he's definitely well versed in the laws of spirituality. 00:25:01.519 --> 00:25:11.680 He has incredible

insights and he uses his real life situations to explain how energy works, how karma works, and how important alignment is. 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:19.039 And when I very first started following him, I came across some of his content and he said something very profound. 00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:28.240 And I don't know if how you guys are, but I feel like Steve, some kind of is channeling when he's speaking and making his content because he's a prolific content creator. 00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:32.799 He posts multiple times a day, and it's always very good things. 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:38.880 But I feel like there are some things that he says that are like so profound that he doesn't even realize how profound they are. 00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.000 And this is one of those things. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:45.279 So he said, When you speak boldly, timid men call it arrogance. 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:49.119 Teal and I don't care about what people think generally. 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:53.359 So we especially don't care about the opinions of the timid folk. 00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:58.319 And if you look around the world right now, does it really feel like the time to be timid? 00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:59.359 Absolutely not. 00:25:59.440 --> 00:26:04.960 It's the time to use your power and your platform to speak up and out and give a voice to the voiceless. 00:26:05.519 --> 00:26:09.680 So I'm gonna play a clip of some of what Steve's content is. 00:26:09.920 --> 00:26:11.759 Okay, so here's a clip of Steve. 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:14.160 I don't know who this message for, but you do. 00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.880 Stop coming back to me looking for relief like I'm your solution. 00:26:17.119 --> 00:26:18.240 I'm not stepping in to save you. 00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.599 I'm not fixing what you broke. 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.559 You made your choices, you said what you said, you did what you did. 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:24.400 And now that's circling back on you. 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.200 You want peace? 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.160 It's not gonna happen. 00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.119 That's not how this works. 00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:33.599 Because when you had the chance to move right now, you chose to betray, you chose to attack, you chose to come against me, and I didn't respond. 00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:35.759 I stepped back and I let God handle it. 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:38.000 So don't look at me like I'm the one doing something to you. 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:41.200 I'm not what's hitting your life right now is what you try to send to me. 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:43.039 The pressure, the confusion, that loss. 00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.640 That's not punishment for me. 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.839 That's consequence. 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:47.200 And I'm not gonna interrupt it. 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:51.920 I wish you the best, I really do, but you're gonna have to walk through it without me picking in those days dangerous. 00:26:52.799 --> 00:27:06.079

So that's one thing that is happening all around, I think, a lot of us right now, is we're watching people who dug graves for us fall into them themselves. 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:16.559 And it's kind of a wild time to be spiritually on the same wavelength as somebody across the country with a completely different life doing completely different things. 00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:18.720 But that's how vibes are. 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:21.440 I'm very grateful that I've found Steve. 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:27.839 I think he's out there spreading positives and good messages and doing great work, so that's a great follow. 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.599 One more follow for this week. 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:32.559 My fave follow is gonna be TikTok Mama. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:38.240 Her handle on IG is TikTok Mama M-O-M-M-A 7. 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:43.200 She is a hot silver-haired lady representing the H and our culture. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.880 She's a trip. 00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:47.759 She's a girls girl, but she takes no shit. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:56.319 I remember seeing her for the first time many years ago, lip syncing to the anthem Mo City Dawn in her beautiful kitchen. 00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:59.039 And I've honestly been a fan of hers ever since. 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:01.119 If you haven't checked her out, she's great. 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:05.519 She does great things for the HTOM community, and she's a great follow. 00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:09.519 Now it's time for our see you next Tuesday. 00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:13.599 This is the moment that many of you have been waiting for since the top of the show. 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:20.640 This is a weekly recognition of those among us, particularly those who might be in positions of power or authority. 00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:27.920 Maybe they're abusing it, but whatever it is, they've gone above and beyond in the service of truly exceptional candidate behavior. 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:35.519 The field this week was, as always, deeply competitive, but the political class continues to give with extraordinary generosity. 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:39.119 So generous, but there can only really be one. 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:44.000 We did consider potential and worthy candidates like Governor Greg Abbott. 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:49.839 He's always a potential candidate for many people, but especially those of us in Texas. 00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:52.799 We also considered Chrissy Teagan. 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:56.480 Chrissy Teagan, I want to like you so badly. 00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:03.359 I've I've tried so hard to show you grace, but you just keep popping up with these weird things from the past. 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:11.119 And I'm sorry, girl, you're you didn't make it this week, but we might find out more things where you definitely become one in the future. 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:14.640 At least for this week, we've got an even better one for y'all. 00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:18.480 This week's see you next Tuesday goes to Mark Wayne Mullen. 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.920 I mean, where do we even begin? 00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:30.559 So, on behalf of everyone that you have failed, ignored, dismissed, and actively harmed this week, we see you and we honor you with the recognition that you have so richly earned. 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:32.640 Congratulations, Mark Wayne. 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:35.599 So that's episode seven of The Truth Today with TNA. 00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:40.559 Seven whole episodes of never letting anything slide and not shutting up or moving on. 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:43.759 And we are going to continue. 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.119 We are not moving on. 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:47.680 If this episode made you feel seen, share it. 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:51.200 If you liked it, pass it on, send it to somebody who needs it. 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:53.519 And if it made you mad, good. 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:56.640 Get mad, do something, say something, speak out. 00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.720 Channel it into something positive. 00:29:58.799 --> 00:30:05.359 And now you have a word of the week, some favorite follows, and a candidate to think about. 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.720 So you know where to find us. 00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.680 See you next Tuesday.