Time for another encore! Ep.80 is even more relevant now than when I recorded it one year ago. In the updated intro, I share audio from Saturday’s Hands Off Protest in Flagstaff, Arizona. It was one of over 1400 protests around the globe where over 5 million individuals said aw-hell-no to the Trump regime’s patriarchal power flex. Daddy issues are alive in the zeitgeist right now and, like it or not, they are shaping our collective responses (or lack thereof). This episode takes a closer look.
Ep.80 (original release date May 1, 2024) — Candice opens with an anecdote about an awkward interpersonal interaction with a Fox News enthusiast, then gets personal, sharing from the pages of her unpublished memoir. Through a series of intimate flashbacks, she examines how her loving yet over’bear’ing stepfather shaped her people-pleasing persona early in life and what it may have taught her about the social costs of speaking up. The episode then circles back to an early theme in the ‘cult’ure series convo – don’t poke the bear – riffing on how social systems reward bullying behavior and confuse everyday allies with villains. She touches upon some hot-button topics; all the while speaking about why doing so feels so damned edgy – especially in the digital age. And she introduces TDP listeners to some of the folks she’s been watching closely to learn more about their refreshing responses to trolls and haters. Learn what Candice considers “bully backlash bingo” as listen in as she shares her ongoing fascination with whistleblowers. Then (sorry-not-sorry) things get political as she paves the way for where the ‘cult’ure series is headed next.
April 9, 2025
Referenced In This Episode:
- Robert Jay Lifton
- John Lewis – Good Trouble
- Brittany Voie & The Wonder Woman video
- Alok Vaid-Menon on Instagram
- One Way Back: A Memoir, by Christine Blasey Ford
- Doppelganger: A Trip Into The Mirror World, by Naomi Klein
