Hello beloveds! I’m back with a new babblings podcast episode dissecting celebrity worhsip, parasocial relationships, and investigating whether art is required to be moral??? I’ve been ruminating on these thoughts for some time per usual and of course it’s timely with our noise diving economy and somehow growing consumption of celebrities. I hope you enjoy and I say this multiple times but don’t get defensive! This is about us, it’s about understanding that it’s us versus them! They will never be one of us no matter how hard they try to cling to relevancy.

xoxo, Ali Ann

Go Deeper | References: https://babblings.substack.com/p/youre-fav-billionaire-doesnt-know

Time Stamps:

0:00 Welcome Back!

3:35 Navigating Financial Stress

7:15 RHOP Wendy Fraud Scandal

12:08 Oracle Card Pull

19:55 Current Events

20:30 Trapped In Tunisia Documentary Rec

22:34 Alaska Typhoon Halong

26:34 Pentagon Media Corp No More!

28:18 Celebrity Worship

33:26 Taylor Swift Album

37:54 Chris Brown Breezy Bowl

39:33 Unpacking Parasocial Relationships

44:40 What Is Celebrity Worship?

48:40 Money doesn’t equal Moral

01:02:01 Dystopian Future

01:04:55 Collective Understanding of Consumer Power and Increased Morality Surveillance

01:08:33 Must Art Be Moral? The Ethics of Artistry

01:15:41 responsibilities of celebrities

01:17:31 MY POINT!

Links:

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

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@babblings20

Podcast Links: https://babblings.substack.com/podcast