Hart talks Cardi B’s sophmore album “Am I the Drama?”, Priscilla Presley spills the tea in her memoir “Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis”, the D4vd scandal involving Celeste Rivas Hernandez. And Elizabeth teaches us how to conquer the Algorithm, before it conquers us.

⏱️Timestamps⏱️

00:00 Intro

00:45 Cardi B’s ’Am I the Drama’

05:20 Pricilla Presly’s ”Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis”

11:05 D4vd and Celeste Hernandez

27:50 Master the Algorithm before it masters you

46:50 Can you reset the algorithm?

47:50 Training the Algorithm with Strategic Disengagement

48:50 Training the Algorithm - Be intentional your first 10-15 min on socials

49:45 How to use the “not interested” feature

LINKS

Softly, As I Leave You: https://www.amazon.com/Softly-As-Leave-You-After/dp/0306836483

D4vd and Celeste Hernandez Mystery: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-24/celeste-d4vd-body-released-mystery

Algorithm and Dopamine Hits: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11804976/

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/aug/22/how-digital-media-turned-us-all-into-dopamine-addicts-and-what-we-can-do-to-break-the-cycle

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