Ask Amanda Anything - Betrayals, Storytellers, and Balance
This week on Ask Amanda Anything: Why do betrayals from old friends still cut so deep, even years later? How can a lie about something small spiral into a wrongful conviction? Why does our justice system reward the best storytellers instead of the search for truth? How do you keep your balance when negative energy comes at you from strangers or even people you once trusted?
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How Sugar Dating Complicates Consent, Power, and Perception (Brook Urick)
Brook Urick became the public face of Seeking Arrangement, the dating site that brought sugar babies and sugar daddies into the mainstream—and into a media firestorm. In this episode, she and Amanda unpack the cultural panic around sex, power, and money. They dig into how narratives get hijacked, why judgment moves faster than truth, and what it takes to reclaim your identity after going viral for the wrong reasons.
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Old School: A Religious Conviction in Aliens (Michael Shermer)
Welcome to Old School, where we revisit some of our best episodes from previous years with some current reflections on why these episodes are still fascinating. In this “Old School” episode, Dr. Michael Shermer joins Amanda to unpack why convictions, from religion to conspiracy theories, grip us so tightly—and how skepticism can help us stay grounded in an age of polarization and misinformation.
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Ask Amanda Anything - Public Judgement, Surveillance Culture, and Empathy
This week Amanda responds to your questions and reflects on how public judgment can shape your identity, why dramatization can spark empathy, how wrongful convictions often stem from human error, and why surveillance culture makes private mistakes feel permanent.
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How to Stay Sane in a Media Storm (Jake Tapper)
In this episode, CNN anchor and novelist Jake Tapper joins Amanda in a wide-ranging converasation about navigating public scrutiny, maintaining personal ethics in a polarized news cycle, and why storytelling is essential to understanding power. They explore how to hold onto your principles in a profession built on spin, and why humor might just be the best weapon against despair.
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You don't have to be stuck in a prison cell to feel trapped in your own life, but we can all turn adversity into insight, and no one knows this better than Amanda Knox. With a focus on resilience and post-traumatic growth, Amanda and her guests explore the ideas that help us navigate the hardest parts of being human, so we can emerge from our traumas stronger, happier, and better equipped to live a fulfilling life. Each week, subscribers also have a chance to Ask Amanda Anything. Amanda is here to answer your questions, about her, about you, about how to lead a more fulfilling life. And nothing is off the table!
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