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The internet can make you feel famous, furious, and insecure before you’ve even finished your coffee. We sit down with Sabrina Ramos, founder and creative director of Pop Spark Agency in New York City, to name what so many of us feel but rarely say out loud: the internet doesn’t love you back, and neither does a system built to monetize your attention.

We get into the dopamine loop behind likes and engagement, why “educating” trolls often turns into unpaid emotional labor, and how social media becomes a funhouse mirror that flattens real life into a one dimensional performance. Sabrina shares what changed when she stepped back from posting and why rebuilding offline community through groups and events is more than a cute self care idea, it’s how relationships survive.

Then we follow the thread into influencer marketing, ethical promotion, and consumer culture: buy now pay later, planned obsolescence, and the constant pressure to purchase your way to relief. From there, we take on instant reply expectations, remote work boundaries, and the hard truth about “human capital” workplaces that demand loyalty while offering none. Sabrina’s spiciest advice lands with a thud: if you’re overworked, under resourced, and everything depends on you, let it break.

We close with a candid conversation on veganism, intersectional feminism, and systems of oppression, plus a realistic look at what vegan meals actually look like day to day.

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The hiring process is not just “broken” right now, it’s starting to feel openly hostile, and that’s the part we can’t ignore. I’m joined by Keirsten Greggs, better known as the Trap Recruiter, to talk about what’s happening inside talent acquisition and recruiting as the job market tilts toward employers. We get into why empathy disappears, why candidates get treated like placeholders, and why TA teams often end up fighting everyone at once: hiring managers, HR, compensation, vendors, leadership, and even each other.

We also dig into the internet layer that’s making job search harder: fake job postings, recycled openings, and LinkedIn influencer culture that rewards the loudest take over the truest one. Keirsten breaks down how to vet job search advice, why “guaranteed placement” programs can be predatory, and why anyone claiming they can teach you how to beat the ATS is selling a fantasy. We ground it with real recruiting reality: the ATS is mostly a filing system, rejections at odd hours have boring explanations, and there is no straight line from application to offer.

Then we go deeper into the human cost: cliquey TA communities, conference safety, tokenization, and the exhausting cycle of trend chasing from DEI to AI. Keirsten shares what it’s like to be a job seeker while pursuing TA leadership roles, including how an online brand can be treated as a “risk,” and what her dream role looks like across TA ops, storytelling with data, and customer education.

If you care about candidate experience, recruiting ethics, and how hiring actually works, this conversation will stick with you.

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