A VERY Special episode of The Sensationalist makes its way to your ears as we unpack the recent surprise announcement from Taylor Swift: Four brand new songs from The Life of a Showgirl are on their way to us MIDNIGHT September 25! Your host, Britton Rae, is tinkled pink as she breaks down her theories and predictions for what each of the four songs will be about. Watch before the big night unfolds or pop back after to see if our predictions rang true! Happy Swiftie Zoomies day to all who celebrate! That's SHOW BUSINESS BABY!

September is here, fall is creeping in, and what better way to welcome the season than with a spooky story… before getting existential about our entire lives?

In this episode of The Sensationalist, Britton Rae opens with a strange and unsettling story to kick off the month before diving into one of the most universal fears we have: regret. How do you know when you’ve made the right decision? What happens when choosing one life means permanently leaving another behind? And how do you stop wondering if the life you didn’t choose might have been better?

Britton talks about the uncomfortable truth that every choice comes with the loss of another. There will always be another path, another possibility, another version of your life you could have lived. The goal isn’t to find the choice that guarantees you’ll never wonder... it’s learning to choose the thing you can’t possibly imagine spending the rest of your life wondering about.

Britton also discusses Sylvia Plath’s “The Fig Tree” and the haunting metaphor of standing beneath a fig tree filled with every possible life, knowing that choosing one means watching the others wither away.

A little spooky, a little philosophical, and very much about the terrifying business of being a person who has to choose.

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In this week's episode of The Sensationalist, Britton Rae discusses her long list of grievances in regards to the current digital landscape of social media. Comment sections, rage bait, and somehow everyone is suddenly an expert? This episodes dives into a much needed "big sister" advice session for navigating social media in a world that lacks nuance, understanding, and creativity. The good news? It seems like *most* of us are sick of the know-it-alls, the misinformation, the rage bait, the hostility, and the lack of critical thinking skills. What happens next? Well, that's up to us.

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