Culture Changers with Allison Hare

Are you as obsessed as I am with the dumbest headlines of the week? Well, you're in luck! I've got comedian and pop culture whisperer Rachel LaForce on to break down what Spencer Pratt's mayoral run, the $250 Trump bill, and trad wife content filmed at Home Goods actually say about the rest of us. Rachel got sober by accident, spent decades masking her neurodivergence, and built her whole show around one idea: comedy gets you to the truth faster than seriousness does. This is a fast, sharp, occasionally unhinged hour that somehow keeps landing on self-belief.

Notable timestamps:

03:57 – The UFC fight on the White House lawn, and how "healing is hilarious" started as Rachel's own recovery philosophy

12:08 – How she got sober "on accident" during a breakup, and never went back

16:57 – The push-yourself-out-of-the-pool metaphor for knowing you're actually ready for change

20:02 – Spencer Pratt's mayoral run and the self-belief lesson hiding inside it

23:38 – Why she thinks billionaires are boring, and her case for an abundance mindset

27:54 – MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos, and the gender dynamics of wealth

31:45 – Her actual rule for what's fair game to joke about, and why trad wife content makes her sad instead of snarky

37:36 – Cortisol dressing, dopamine dressing, and how marketing invents things to sell women

43:36 – Where to find Rachel and what's next for Healing is Hilarious

Rachel LaForce, resources and links:

Healing is Hilarious podcast: https://www.rachellaforce.com/podcast

Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6jliDvkqHQFXyfx9Qh0lr4

Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-rachel-laforce-show/id1600838616

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@therachellaforce

Rachel's website: https://www.rachellaforce.com/

Follow Rachel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rachellaforce/

Follow Healing is Hilarious on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healingishilarious/

Skewed Orbit Studios: https://www.skewedorbitstudios.com/

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I grew up thinking if I did everything right, negotiated hard enough, leaned in enough, the outcome would eventually match the effort. Y'all, that was a big old fat lie. Stefanie O'Connell spent years digging into the research for her new book, The Ambition Penalty, and the data is downright shocking. We get into girlboss culture and tradwife culture, and why they're actually selling the same lie in different outfits. We talk about what happens to women who out earn their male partners, and I promise, you're going to be picking your jaw up off the floor. Fair warning, there's some rage in this one. Mine included.

Notable timestamps:

01:55 – Stefanie explains the title and the reckoning behind the book

06:07 – The truth about whether women actually negotiate less than men

10:29 – Was Lean In a net positive or a net negative

15:55 – Girlboss and tradwife culture are selling the exact same lie

20:03 – Midroll

26:34 – The data on breadwinning moms and abuse in the home

36:43 – Why men only read 20% of bestselling books by women

45:03 – Where to actually start when the problem feels too big

50:10 – Why Stefanie refuses to buy into mom guilt

56:27 – What utopia actually looks like, ten years out

Stefanie's links:

The Ambition Penalty (book):https://amzn.to/4gbQlSY

Website: https://tooambitious.com/

Too Ambitious newsletter: https://tooambitious.substack.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefanieoconnell/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stefaniemoconnell

Allison's links:

Free Podcast Clarity Call: https://allisonhare.com/freecall

Instagram: https://instagram.com/allison__hare

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/allisonhare

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The women who built Lilith Fair were called "angry," "hysterical," "emotional," and dismissed as "a bunch of lesbians" back in the 90s. Turns out Sarah McLachlan and her all-female lineup were way ahead of their time, running the highest grossing tour of 1997. Now the concept is back, and leading the charge is Olivia Rodrigo, using her platform to advocate for women's rights. This is a fun, fascinating, and timely look at how right those women were, and why the fight just picked up way more steam.

Notable timestamps (estimated):

00:00 Daisy Chain Fields, and why it couldn't have come faster

02:20 The Alanis Morissette clip that stopped Allison cold

05:00 The real history of Lilith Fair: why radio wouldn't play two women back to back

08:10 The Indigo Girls, internalized homophobia, and breaking through anyway

18:45 Allison's mom, "never rely on a man to make money," and what it cost her

27:20 Olivia Rodrigo's parents: "you can't be a real artist unless you speak up"

32:00 The Daisy Chain Fields lineup and how fast it sold out

34:00 The gestalt therapy session with a bat, and learning to let anger out

38:40 Why the internet is already criticizing what Olivia Rodrigo wears

Rather watch on YouTube? Watch here.

Episode resources:

Daisy Chain Fields: https://www.daisychainfields.com

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery (2025 documentary)

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso, the Alanis Morissette episode: https://talkeasypod.com/alanis-morissette/

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Are you as obsessed as I am about how we are being manipulated by social media, ads, propaganda, politics, and what's real and what's not? Well, you're in luck! I've got ad sleuth Emily Rask from the hit show Lies We Bought podcast on to break it down for us! This is a fun and fascinating exploration into the sinister truth of advertising.

Notable timestamps:

03:05 What Lies We Bought actually is

10:29 The Kellogg brothers and the breakfast myth

11:38 Listerine invented a disease called halitosis

15:18 Growing up Mormon in Utah

22:33 The LDS Church's $30 billion SEC settlement

31:20 Why she turns down supplement company sponsors

38:03 Lie or Legit: rapid-fire mythbusting

42:35 Edward Bernays, the father of propaganda

Guest links:

Emily Rask's Lies We Bought: https://www.lieswebought.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@liesweboughtpodcast

Patreon: patreon.com/c/lieswebought

IG: https://www.instagram.com/lieswebought/

Allison's links:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/allison__hare

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/allisonhare

Free Podcast Clarity Call: https://allisonhare.com/freecall

No Country for Mothers screening, Atlanta, Aug 24: https://allisonhare.com/mothers

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My father died last week. He was 97. What a gangster, making it that far.

Milad Rizk survived World War Two as a kid in Lebanon, immigrated to America with nothing but a Lebanese passport and a plan, raised six kids across two marriages, and spent his whole career as an auditor jumping from Iraq to Saudi Arabia to Chicago to New York. He had dementia for the last several years of his life. Toward the end he couldn't really talk to us anymore.

Then I remembered something. Fifteen years ago, before I had a podcast, before I even knew what a podcast was, I used to run a music blog and interview artists with a little handheld recorder. One day I pointed it at my dad instead and asked him to tell me his whole life story.

I hadn't listened to it since. I wasn't even sure the file still existed. So last week I dug an old recorder out of a closet, popped in the SD card, and the very first file I opened was him.

I think about how close I came to never finding this. And I think about how many of us have a parent sitting right there, willing to talk, and we just haven't asked yet.

This is Milad Youssef Rizk. Born December 20th, 1928 in Tripoli, Lebanon. Died July 30th of this year. He spoke five languages, picked up hitchhikers with all six of his kids in the car (#superdad), and told stories so freaking captivating. In this interview he talks about growing up poor during the war, what it was like starting over in America in his late twenties, and near the end, whether he thinks he was a good father. His answer surprised me (he said no).

If you still have a parent (or loved one) who would sit down and talk to you, record it. You can thank me later!

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