The Dream

Hey Dream Listeners!We are so excited to announce our new Supercast channel, The Dream Plus! For only $5 a month you can now get every episode of The Dream (including our back entire back catalog) ad-free, along with bonus content and a new for the show AMA chat board, where you can ask Jane and Dann questions, suggest ideas and bring The Dream Plus community together! Click the link below to join The Dream Plus Supercast channel for only $5 a month:https://thedream.supercast.comThis week, host Jane Marie and comedian, writer and host of CNN's "United Shades of America" W. Kamau Bell about racism in America.You can head here for more from Kamau:Website: http://www.wkamaubell.comInstagram: @wkamaubellSubstack: wkamaubell.substack.com

Take a listen back to one of our favorite -- and perhaps most politically important -- episodes from season one. In it, we connect the dots between politicians and big, corrupt businesses like MLMs.

All this week we are revisiting episodes of The Dream that highlight the importance of voting for the greater good. The collective dream, if you will. Midterms are days away and so much change can happen if we get a move on. Today we hear from a former CDC microbiologist. She describes the mood there after RFK and the Trump administration tore one of our most critical government agencies apart.

In which Jane takes a train cross-country and meets an original Burning Man Burner. We were about to call this episode "Ocean Gump." Listen to understand why.

Writer and dear friend, Ramou Sarr, joins Jane on the couch. Caller #1 is feeling bleak about the future of her career. Caller #2 is a 5th grader who can't stop leaving all of her sweatshirts and lunchboxes at school. Caller #3 is looking for advice about how to split bills with their (newly moved in) partner.Follow Ramou in Instagram

Napoleon Hill, ever heard of him? He wrote "Think and Grow Rich," one of the best-selling self-help handbooks of all time. His fans include Tony Robbins and life coaches of all stripes. But Napoleon Hill was not a genius of self-help. He was a scam artist who never practiced what he preached. Journalist Matt Novak tells Jane what he’s found (and what he hasn’t) about one of the biggest architects of modern coaching.

This week we hear from sociologist and researcher Amanda Levitt about how fat people are treated at their doctor's offices. She's found that many doctor's center losing weight no matter what ailment they're addressing and this leaves many patients frustrated and without treatment.You can follow Amanda and her work here.

Did you hear how RFK Jr. just bragged about closing down "thousands" of hospice organizations? We sit down with Dream regular and death coach Megan Carmichael to get to the bottom of why this announcement feels so wrong.