This American Dream: Jane Marie on Wellness

A Little Bit Culty

Sarah Edmondson & Anthony “Nippy” Ames

True Crime, Society & Culture, Education

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is sponsored by BetterHelp.

Jane Marie is the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist, author, and producer of This American Life. Now, she’s hosting the hit investigative podcast The Dream where she’s examined pyramid schemes and culty, late-stage, self-care capitalism. In season 3, she gives the side-eye to all the gurus and life coaches that promise new and improved secrets to living our best lives as they empty the pockets of working class people. Check out this podcaster-insider convo on the culty dynamics of selling the American dream via prosperity gospel.

If you missed ALBC’s shows on MLMs, check ‘em out:

Emily Lynn Paulson describes suburban mom-squad MLMs;
Douglas Brooks represents victims of MLM schemers;
and trainer Roberta Blevins testified against LuLaRoe.

NOTES

Jane Marie and her partner – former Modest Mouse guitarist Dann Gallucci – started Little Everywhere, a podcast production house and recording studio renowned for Michelle Obama’s The Light Podcast and The Dream. Jane Marie’s forthcoming book Selling the Dream exposes the scourge of multilevel marketing schemes and how they have profited off the evisceration of the American working class. It’s available for preorder at www.Jane-Marie.com.

Find Jane on social media: Twitter, Instagram & TikTok.

Also…

Let it be known far and wide, loud and clear that…

The views and opinions expressed on A Little Bit Culty do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast. Any content provided by our guests, bloggers, sponsors or authors are of their opinion and are not intended to malign any religion, group, club, organization, business individual, anyone or anything. Nobody’s mad at you, just don’t be a culty fuckwad.

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0:00.0	This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be considered legal, medical, or mental health advice. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the podcast and are not intended to malign any religion group club organization business
0:13.8	individual anyone or anything. I'm Sarah Edmondson and I'm Anthony air quotes nippy aims and this is a little bit
0:31.0	guilty a podcast about what happens when things that seem like a great thing at first go bad.
0:36.0	Every week we chat with survivors, experts, and whistleblowers for real cult stories told directly by the people who live through them.
0:43.0	Because we want you to learn a few things we've had to learn the hard way.
0:47.0	Like if you think you're too smart to get sucked into something culty,
0:50.0	you're already prime recruitment material. You might even already be in a cold.
0:54.0	Oops, you better keep listening to find out.
0:57.0	Welcome to season six of a little bit colty.
1:00.0	Seeking down to the depths of the ocean
1:05.0	hanging on to win my love.
1:09.0	I let go on it all that could leave but I know
1:17.6	Hello everybody and welcome back to this week's episode of a little bit culty
1:21.5	A. L B C. C. Peeps.
1:23.2	We are really enjoying the response from our episode with Julie Bogart, our guest last
1:28.9	week who taught us all about critical thinking and we really felt that it came at the right time and it seems like you guys did too.
1:36.0	Yeah, big hit, big hit.
1:38.0	Big hit. And because of that we invited our over to the Patreon.
1:41.0	There is a live Zoom Q&A option for our guests there on the
1:47.0	Patreon and that will be the week after Thanksgiving. We have a new Monday Zoom
1:51.4	power hour once or twice a month that we've started up.
1:54.8	So if you want to ask her some questions or share your stories or glean some more wisdom
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