I Don't Know Anything with Paige Harriman

In Austin, a new free love movement is brewing. Called “Erotic Mysticism,” this avant-garde sexual subculture aims to get people out of their minds and into mystical states.In Act II of this special series, the leaders of this movement teach me all about sex, drugs, and the eternal soul.Everyone in Austin is on drugs! I'm going to sign you all up for Adaptogenics Anonymous! OK! Next week’s meeting is getting off polyamory! (You can bring snacks, but only if they're gluten-free and blessed by a shaman! Please make good choices!)

Apparently, a lot of people in Austin need to hear this message! No, you do not need to spend $10,000 on a cult!!!!!!!!!

Have you heard about the Second Cold War, between the U.S. and China? It's like the Cold War between the U.S. and Russia. Only this time around, it’s not nuclear missiles, but TikTok algorithms and tariffs causing panic attacks in Washington.In this episode, Paige visits the Stanford campus to interview Joseph Torigian, an associate professor at American University, and author of The Party's Interests Come First — an explicit biography of Xi Zhongxun, the leader's father (look, there was a surprising amount sex and violence!), about the Chinese Communist Party and the cultural war that they're waging.What a run-on sentence! China's maybe winning! Bye-bye, Miss American Pie!

Paige thinks she knows what “winning” is, but what if it’s not always shiny trophies, pots of gold, or Cannes-level standing ovations? Join her and Millie Tadewaldt (CEO and Founder of Brilliant) as they analyze the real cost and meaning of victory.

Did you know I get a lot of hate-mail? No idea why! In this new mini-series, Famous People Read Paige's Hate Mail, Snoop Dogg (powered by artificial intelligence, not the man himself) reads Paige's hate mail.

Paige has a lot of questions about the Power of Meditation. Sasha has exactly one hour.

In Austin, a new free love movement is brewing. Called “Erotic Mysticism,” this avant-garde sexual subculture aims to get people out of their minds and into mystical states. In this special two-part series, I interview the two movement leaders, Everett Satoru (@ev.thecreator) and Amyann (@officialamyann.art), about Erotic Mysticism. Mostly, they talk about how orgasms can bring us closer to prophetic consciousness. (How many sexy buzz-words can I fit in here? Uh, they told me people can lift energy out their genitals. Yeah. Talk about a Great Flood.)

Ex-gay? Detransitioning? Crashing out on Twitter? In this episode, Pariah the Doll explains what's been going on with him. (It's a lot! He's got a pituitary tumor now!)Disclaimer: The views and song presented in this episode do not represent mine. My show spotlights the stories of other people as they want them to be told, not as I think they should be told. (I am still very liberal! Thanks!)

Want to let go of anger and the past? Um, so do a lot of people.In the first part of this special new series, The ABCs of Emotional Intelligence, I explore the complex, messy, gripping subject of forgiveness with ZugoPet and EQ Kid Books founder Juls Bindi. She is very practiced in the art of being human. Major themes discussed include mindset, surrendering anger, redemption, self-forgiveness, protecting yourself from evil, trauma bonding, taking responsibility for your emotions, and how to emancipate yourself from negative thought patterns and people.

In 2019, 23-year-old Artemis moved to Silicon Valley to break into the AI industry. What she found was a web of crime, suppressed names, blackmail, sexual assault, sexual abuse, LSD-infused non-consent sex parties, evil therapists, and links to some of San Francisco's most vile.

Listen to your body, BB!

In this episode, famous and important person Alex Goldman tells me all about the making of Reply All, a podcast about the internet. I try to keep it cool. (Spoiler alert: This girl cannot play it cool at all.)

In this episode, Aaron Francis (founder of Try Hard Studios, devoted husband and father, Laracon speaker, coolest person in Dallas) walks me through how he built four giant handwriting robots. It involved almost burning down an office building.This episode was almost called "I Don't Know How Men are Still Alive."(Just as a disclaimer, intellectual property from Caedmon Records has been used in this episode under the Fair Use doctrine. Fair use is a doctrine in the United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship.)

The year is 2016. At the University of Texas at Austin, four student government presidential candidates were eagerly clamoring for voter support, the chance to pass university reforms, and a seat at the table.Beautiful, bright, and blonde, 22-year-old Kappa Kappa Gamma member Kallen Dimitroff was poised to win the presidency. Unfortunately, as soon as the race officially started, her leading campaign was poisoned by rumors, negative press coverage, and dozens of – insane! – false allegations. (Spoiler alert, everybody: She lost!)In this episode, Dimitroff teaches us how to gracefully preserve our sense of dignity, class, and self-respect, even in the face of considerable adversity.(Disclaimer: Clips from The Daily Texan and Election has been incorporated in this episode under the Fair Use doctrine. Fair use is a doctrine in the United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship.)

How did the 1996 welfare reform act impact the American working poor?In this episode, a food service industry veteran (of 20+ years!) shares the harsh realities of her life with me. She tells me all about working in fast food as a child, what it's like to be homeless, what happens when she wants to leave a job (but can't), surviving while living below the poverty line, and more.