2025 Predictions (Pop Culture & Conspiracy), Journaling and Resolutions, and Q&A

Did you find a tiny pocket size digital camera?! Such a good idea

Kendra Simpson

My fiancé and I took a flight with 2 layovers. It was $50 per person per plane to choose your seat. $600 extra to ensure we are together for long haul flights! I took a gamble and didn’t pay the extra and we were seated together on every single flight. It is such a SCAM!

Mallory

And Kim Kardashian went red! 😵‍💫

Mallory

They’re using studies from the 1600s?? 🤦‍♀️ An episode about the weird world of studies of women’s bodies would be interesting!

Kooky Creative

i would love an ep on turning 30 cause i’ll be turning 30 this year 🥹

Savannah Martin

Justin Bieber and team deep dive would be so sick

Kylee P

Shannon!!!! You called it! The wicked girlies are fighting (aka Lena’s shady ass being over the Arianna/Cynthia love fest)

Rachel Bonomo

Many popular games (like angry birds and fruit ninja) are already on apple arcade, which is a monthly subscription service

Stephanie

I have a theory that the government is going to try and stop Luigi’s impact by associating him more with diddy once they are in prison together. Like say they have become friends or colleagues or something like that so people will think less of Luigi and stop supporting what he did because he’s now friends with a pedofile. IDK!

Ava Tomb

It’s bad for the environment too!

savannah

Same! I work on a data analysis team for a non-profit and everyone else uses it but I refuse. I hate the idea of us relying on this instead of problem-solving and writing on our own.

Megan

I've been part of the Chicago kink community for years and saw someone say Babygirl was so hot on fetlife so I was excited for your take. I definitely don't want to spend money on movie tickets right now but I'll see how I feel about it once it's streaming.

Megan

I will never forget in HS bio class back in like 2018 a guy from Impossible was brought in to make my class watch a video about how meat farms are awful. He told us plant based meat is the future and all my classmates thought he was wild 😭

Bre

Agreed. I refuse to use chat gpt because i feel like we are already relying on AI too much for things we used to do on our own

Peyton Freeman

Shannon, when you mentioned that you should probably be worried about timelines because of your eggs and age I knew I needed to share that the fertility research that states women will struggle to become pregnant after 35 is based on birth records from the 1600s! So I wouldn't worry about it honestly

peachy

Also a regular toothbrush just by itself is good. Toothpaste is great, but quickly runs out if you have to make do for a while while a toothbrush can work for a good while. Just brushing on its own without the paste will help a lot in preventing tooth decay/cavities/etc. This is important because those can quickly turn into debilitating pain, compromised immune system, and ESPECIALLYYY fatal infections!!!

Kat Pierce

I’m not a medical professional or giving medical advice, but there are a lot of providers and even some orgs for this specific reason to prescribe emergency kit ANTIBIOTICS! I feel we forget those little things. I always keep a broad spectrum antibiotic course in my emergency go bag. I don’t take them for any reason and it’s specifically for if it is 1000% impossible to visit doctor scenario and shit is getting crazy. This is a good practice for realistic emergency situations too besides the apocalypse lol like doing an extended length hike in a remote area. It is very easy to get lost, run out of supplies, get off track, take way longer than planned etc!

Kat Pierce

Speaking of crystal technology - my chiropractor is super into East Asian medicine and I bought an unearthly expensive device that basically emits terrahetz from a crystal with blue light. I quite literally BLOW myself at night with this BLT and terrahertz lol it’s supposed to improve skin, increase circulation, relax you etc. I love it but maybe it’s just placebo

xknowsall

YES YES to airlines sneakily changing rules/ upgrades!!! I just helped my parents get plane tickets on delta and now they make you pay to choose you seats in the main cabin (economy) and it used to be free! Was an additional $100 just to have them sit together!

Kathryn Simmons

OO could so see that

Shannon McNamara

Por que! I’ve been excited about lab grown meat since I went vegan

Shannon McNamara

shannon i’m so shocked to hear you say you’re excited about lab grown meat?!! that’s the scariest prediction of the whole episode 😂

Bailey

Yes to the Ariana/Cynthia prediction. My theory is that Ariana gets an Oscar nom/win and Cynthia gets snubbed and it creates tension

Emma Benjamin

I loved law school and love being a lawyer.

mariana olenko

Don’t get that tattoo!!! They don’t fade.

Angelyca Violet

A few states have already scheduled it and more will likely follow /: I like it though

Deirdre Cronin

*different than my octopus teacher btw

Deirdre Cronin

Secrets of the octopus on Disney/nat geo is fckin crazyyyy

Deirdre Cronin

the dreams about forgetting to feed a pet must be so frustrating. maybe try fostering an animal or two before getting one of your own? rescues always need fosters and at least you know the situation is temporary! might take the pressure off 🩷🩷

Nataley N.

I love all your predictions, and I love you! So I have a boyfriend in prison (he’s a good man Savannah!) (no he’s not lmao) anyway he was briefly in the same prison as R Kelly in Chicago and he had tons of groupies and he would put on little shows and sing. Wild. So I bet Diddy is probably fucking in prison, he’s still famous and a lot of inmates are weird af 🤷‍♀️🤮

Amber

Shannon I work in tech / product / business and I literally want to start an incubator with you… the way you bridge these sociological insights with emerging technology, damn. I think the VCs would pay big 🤑 we should collab and get the bag LOL

Tinley

omfg shannon!! i have those same animal dreams!

Stevi Daugherty

And for book I think you’d love Educated by Tara Westover! A memoir about a woman who grew up in an isolated survivalist family- such an interesting story

Bella Leite

My favorite documentaries: Icarus, My Octopus Teacher, The Deepest Breath, and Get Back (the Beatles doc)

Bella Leite

“I’m a bundle of something.” I need this on a mug.

Corinne Huntley

I saw babygirl and I saw it as a story about boundaries and how far this woman will go. I thought the power dynamic was interesting as well. It reminded me a lot of the movie secretary but with higher stakes. I think both movies show people that use these dom/sub moments as an outlet or a release from what’s going on in their life. I definitely wish we learned more about Harris Dickinson’s character, like some back story at least!

taylor ruthardt

I say this bc it killed my creative side, and I’d never want that for you/FF! and trying to pick up hobbies to keep the creative side alive is a challenge when free time is so limited.

Maddie Fosberg

Ty!!

Shannon McNamara

Hahaha I hear the same from all my lawyer friends

Shannon McNamara

the only thing that sucks more ass than law school is being a lawyer :) don’t do it :) :)

Maddie Fosberg

Do you think at this point that there’s a chance it would go away??

Shannon McNamara

Ik i just commented 5 mins ago but this literally reads like shannons being paid by big ai . Oh dear

Petal

Chat gpt making up puns for us is literally burning us to death please stop promoting its use 😣

Petal

AI is so bad. (I say this working in AI-adjacent legal work). It’s going to get worse.

Corinne Huntley

Yes! Especially don't share personal details like health records with it!!! It is not secure, u don't know who sees it (no requirement to be extra careful, like healthcare providers do).

Mari

Flying in with some documentary recommendations: 1. Zero Days - about the Israeli-US operation to divert Iran from developing nuclear weapons, using a computer virus. So appeals to the conspiracy side, because you bet this is not the last of this kind or the first! I'm very into cybersecurity, it satisfies the conspiracy itch. 2. Werner Herzog - he is a film maker, but his documentaries are art pieces. For example, Encounters at the end of the world, about scientist who work at the Antartika research stations, and Grizzly Man, about a hippie who felt connected to bears and decided to go live amongst them in Alaska.

Mari

She wants the attention, he wants people to see he can pull a hot girl! The PR will be neon obvious 🤭🤭

RJ

I already saw a local influencer do one of those screen free retreats lmao 🫣 was early in 2024 i think , thought it was so cringe at the time. It was basically just a cabin in the woods for one night but it cost more than a sun holiday.

Ruth

I know it’ll never happen but i hope AI is completely banned in the music industry lol. streaming has already devalued music and made it hard enough to be a musician for a living. i guess im biased bc it’s my career tho 🤷‍♀️

Alex

Ig Sidney could be in a Marvel movie, but after Madame Web, idk. I know that’s Sony Marvel and not Disney Marvel, but still. However, maybe she’ll do it to try to remedy what happened with Madame Web

Skylar Little

In the most 🥰 and 🤪 way, your enthusiasm for AI stresses me tf out lol. I understand how it can be beneficial, but it is terrifying. I am ready for it to go away haha

peerie

Ya know what I agree. I just think I’m going to settle on it being polarizing. I’ve been listening to the director speak on this movie and I really like what she has to say. Films supposed to be subjective, someone’s perspective and she did it in a safe way so ya know what, hell yea 😂✨💕

Alicia Nava

Lady Gaga owns at Italian restaurant with her father! I’m not sure how involved she is or if she just paid for it

Emily

also gabapentin is so good for my anxiety, it’s not a scheduled drug so it’s non narcotic but it works instantly and so well

Stevi Daugherty

nooo shannon AI is so bad

Stevi Daugherty

CAMERA REC! Camp snap. Made for nights out

elg

I think you would enjoy the book “an Immense World” by Ed Yong about different senses that various species rely on

Zoe Reinus

these ideas were so fckn cool, shannon! btw your aura is THE. YELLOWEST.

Jillian Woj

I’m baffled by the doctor thing. Not being from USA, where we are from it cost like 5-10 usd to get your blood work. I have my kids pediatrician on whatsapp and when there is something going on I message them. If i feel off i go and take my blood work and take a picture and send it to my doctor and they say if I should come in or not. Also, medical tourism has been around for A LOT of years, is not a new thing. The breastfeeding every two hours until they hit 13 pounds. Then you can space it out. Breastfeeding is not easy. It is easy to just hook the baby to the boob but it takes a lot of sacrifice. Unfortunately I tried for 3 months but my kids both lost weight and had to go to formula. Anyways, fed, and safe kids is the goal. Also the “go bag” SHOULD BE CHECK PERIODICALLY because some of the stuff expires.

rosalia melo

So glad it worked for you! It did absolutely nothing for me. I'm on 150mg Zoloft a day personally. Unfortunately trial and error is still best way to find what meds work.

Chelsea Johnston

They already shot all of wicked 2! I actually thought the fallout between ariana and Cynthia would come from the lull in between film releases, not spending too much time together. I do think they need a healthy separation because their relationship reminded me of the “very very best friends” you’d make at an ED rehab lol Just fueling each others issues

Haley

I have an idea you can look into to include in the telepathy tapes episode, the story of Jaynce Boynton, a woman who worked with nonspeaking autistics. You can read about her here:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17489539.2012.674680 other’s stories here: https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/false-allegations A great article recapping the podcast and explaining FC/S2C in an easy digestible way: https://www.theamericansaga.com/p/the-telepathy-tapes-is-taking-america And please check this website out it is so important!!!! https://www.facilitatedcommunication.org/reporters This has been my special interest for 4+ years. I really respect the work you put into the episodes you put out. I’ve been a fan since maybe your second episode and recently joined the Patreon. I do think telepathy can be proven, but I don’t think it will come from these experiments. I hope these links can help you really understand some of the techniques that are being used in these experiments for the telepathy tapes!

Mandy

Emily G

I am in the kink community, by way of a boyfriend who has been deep in the community for 30 years, teaching women to become pro dommes, and tying people with rope professionally. We saw Babygirl and discussed the movie at length together. I think it was a pretty good representation when it comes to two people falling Into a dynamic they have never been a part of before. That's why it was stumbly. I thought that part of it was cute. The pacing was odd, but I felt that was intentional because timing is strange between Christmas and new years. Also I feel like it was so accurate how difficult it was for her explaining to her vanilla husband her interests and his lack of understanding.

moonmaggot

I’m a jelena stan for life I totally get it

karisma calhoun

My sister told me to listen to The Telepathy Tapes. I am interested and excited to dive in. My paranoid brain makes me fear this kind of stuff getting into nefarious hands.

Janelle

100% agreed on babygirl! I’m so confused at what movie everyone is watching bc it can’t be the same movie I saw🥴 it was such a hard watch from start to finish

Olivia Wilson

i remember thinking right when the movie started, and she left after sex with her husband to jork it to porn, “oh she definitely shouldn’t be in a bdsm relationship if she can’t even communicate with her husband” lmaoo

Emily Chisholm

i saw babygirl last night. i went into it knowing absolutely nothing about the plot just that nicole kidman had said some shit in an interview about a sex scene. personally, the movie was lacking good pacing. it felt rather anti climactic (hehe). i mostly was just thankful that it didn’t include a daddy kink 🙌. one thing i really did like was at the end when she said “if i want to someone to humiliate me ill pay them” killer. loved that.

Emily Chisholm

Can we please get another collab with Jenny from Red room! I would love to listen to you guys chat about all the alien updates from last year!!

Meghan O'Sullivan

Omg, I have the pet dream too 😭 all the time. I think it’s because I had a bunch of animals growing up and if I forgot to feed my rat or something my parents would flip haha. It’s such a relief to wake up and realize that I do not, in fact, have 15 rodents starving in my basement that I forgot about

Deming Fischer

girl, i adore u, but you’re wrong about babygirl

Laura ✿

Also!! I feel like if they make a new breakthrough anxiety med it’ll just be an fda approved eastern medicine 🤭

RJ

ALSO! Why did the male lead ASK her so AWKWARDLY to do ANYTHING!? “Could you uhh… idk… get on your knees?”

Allyson

Allyson

Also non pop culture predictions: We see 5 Luigi copycats, not all of them succeed, some underground group gets exposed Polio comes back after the vaccine gets banned 😬 A new giant squid discovery, and a doc about them comes out, and they happen to catch footage of UAP’s underwater, but it gets exposed for being AI and a hoax Some sort of revolution starts… Also just in general I’m sad to say it but I think any scientific progress that has been happening will get defunded 🫠😵‍💫 I feel like by 2027 we will look back at this time with “if we knew then what we know now” goggles…. Also ending up in a real life don’t look up situation where the elite flee to mars as the environment ends humanity… Sorry for the pessimism I’m just, in lack of other words, bracing for impact and I feel like there’s just so much possibility for bad rn

RJ

Oh yess with Dakota Johnson

Shannon McNamara

Kim and Elon that I feel in my BUTT AND GUT when you said it wow that’s good

Shannon McNamara

Omg I have quite a few predictions! Also technically you’re right about Sydney Sweeney doing marvel, but it already happened! She was in madam web! Though I have had a feeling they might have her show up as a grown version of the character in the next mcu Spider-Man.. Sabrina will date a super country musician and drop a country light album. Chappell drops a cuntry music album in March after winning a Grammy 🤞🏼 Taylor and Travis break up or get married in Vegas if he wins the Super Bowl again. Taylor announces an eras tour doc if she wins AOTY (would not be deserved imo) I could totally see Taylor meeting up with Joe and working on a movie with him or something similar… Also not till 2026 probably but after all the re-records are done I think Taylor will change up her look! New hair color, new makeup, etc Last Taylor one, I think she’s going to try and get deep into acting after seeing Ariana blow up as glinda, but she doesn’t have the acting chops… Not this year but I think spring or summer of 2026 Ariana and Ethan break up after a short engagement, wicked will be over long enough for it to seem natural.. A similar doc to an open secret about Disney will randomly drop, but a lot of the former Disney kids deny deny deny it all. One of the big directors dies mid project, and Bradley cooper finishes it Jenna Ortega becomes a conspiracy theorist Kim k dates Elon and goes to the met gala with him… the Kardashian’s have been falling off and she needs the level of attention back Timothee and Kylie have a kid and he ends up being an absentee father and gets cancelled And general but more and more celebs come out as conservatives to suck up to trump lol

RJ

Dude yes I have to say shout OUT to her for doing so many long scenes without cuts of full on orgasms and 'uncomfortable' scenes I can't even fathom what it's like to be able to act a scene like that out! I feel like some parts of the script lacked and they used the sexy concepts of (rich woman, beautiful woman, BDSM, AI tech, great fashion) to try and make up for it?

Shannon McNamara

Sydney Sweeney was actually already in a marvel movie! It was a flop but she was in madame web so it wasn’t really memorable

Margaret S

I enjoyed hearing your review of baby girl. I haven’t figured out how I felt about it. I think if you remove the BDSM, because honestly I didn’t know/don’t think it’s about it that. From what I’ve read about the director and how it read to me was a woman later in her life able to explore this dangerous relationship and this sex life she has no idea how to navigate. I think the movie was beautifully shot and performed. I also think it’s great art for older women, Nicole was 🔥 BUT also it’s a Dutch filmmaker they look at sexuality and age a lot differently so I go back and forth appreciating this different perspective on this kinda story. I also go back and… the big O scene disturbed the hell of me.. but idk if I like that? Like a movie has never made me squirm like that. That’s not necessarily bad to me. but how cool a movie/film took me on such a journey. But also I go back and forth on how I felt about Nicole’s character. Ugh. I’m still all over the place. Definitely a 7/10 But the cinematography and soundtrack is worth seeing it in theaters!!

Alicia Nava