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Behind the Filter

Behind the Filter

Written by: Johnette Cruz
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Johnette Cruz 2024
Self-Help Social Sciences Success
Episodes
  • Unfiltered Weekly: "Sin" Taxes, Singlehood, NEO, the Robot Maid and Chatfishing
    Jan 20 2026

    In this week’s episode, we’re unpacking the headlines that are blurring the lines between the digital and the physical. We start in Florida, where a controversial 50% "OnlyFans Sin Tax" has sparked a viral feud, the launch of NEO, the robot maid, and 5 red flags to spot "Chatfishing".

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    43 mins
  • Unfiltered Weekly : RFK’s Beef, $40B Playdates, and the Death of the "Karen"
    Jan 9 2026

    This week on Unfiltered Weekly, we’re diving into the new 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines released by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., we look at the $40 billion industry that has turned your child's Saturday soccer game into a private equity playground, a Detroit family is finally getting closure from a horrible loss, Karen is OUT and Jessica is IN, and the craziest things people are addicting to thanks to TLC.

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    32 mins
  • Unfiltered Weekly: The Mercedes Wells Story
    Dec 27 2025

    This week we sat down with Mercedes and Leon Wells to discuss the traumatic event that sparked a national outcry and federal legislation. After being discharged from Franciscan Health Crown Point Indiana while in active labor, Mercedes was forced to give birth in the front seat of her husband’s pickup truck just eight minutes later. We dive deep into their personal experience of "medical gaslighting," the viral footage captured by Mercedes’ mother, and the systemic health disparities that leave Black mothers in Indiana three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than their White counterparts.

    Special thanks to this week's episode sponsor: Sold Fast Home Buyers. Thinking about selling your home but feeling overwhelmed by repairs? Sold Fast is a local Indiana team with over 40 years of experience helping homeowners move on their own terms. Whether you want an immediate cash offer "as-is" or want to use their Fix2List program to remodel and sell for top dollar, they provide options most agents can’t.

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    46 mins
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