Unusual Practice

Charli | Cultural Disruptor

Unusual Practice (UP) explores the human condition through science, spirituality, culture, and consciousness. Host Charli - hypnotherapist, author of Pronoia Prescription, and founder of PracticeCharli.net - leads curious minds into deep dives on belief systems, personal growth, cultural psychology, and the soul's role in modern life. With humor and edge, each episode challenges assumptions, upgrades your worldview, rewires the mind, and offers an UP-lifting lens on life. Rethink what you think you know.

  1. The Arrangement - The Chokepoint (Part4/8)

    20H AGO

    The Arrangement - The Chokepoint (Part4/8)

    Part 4 of 8. Thirty-four miles wide. One fifth of the world's daily oil supply passes through it. When it closed, European gas prices jumped 70%, South Korea's stock market crashed 12% in a single day, and Russia counted its profits without firing a single shot. In this episode of The Arrangement, a special 8-part series from Unusual Practice, we follow the economics of war: the Strait of Hormuz, why Europe's four-year effort to escape Russian energy dependency led them directly into another chokepoint, France's performance of principle versus its documented defence contracts, Spain's prime minister threatened within hours of saying no, and why America, which imports only 7% of its oil through the Strait, went to war over water it barely needs. The real beneficiaries of this conflict are not the countries fighting it. Sources: 1. Strait of Hormuz oil flow volumes — US Energy Information Administration    https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/regions-of-interest/Hormuz 2. European gas storage levels February 2026 — European Commission Gas Storage    https://ec.europa.eu/energy/observatory/reports/gas-storage 3. Qatar LNG global export share — International Energy Agency    https://www.iea.org/countries/qatar 4. France defence agreements with Gulf states — French Ministry of Foreign Affairs    https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files/gulf-cooperation-council/ 5. Trump threat to Spain over war criticism — Reuters    https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-threatens-spain-economic-consequences-iran-criticism/ 6. Russia oil revenue benefit from Middle East disruption — Financial Times    https://www.ft.com/content/russia-oil-revenue-hormuz-disruption 7. South Korea stock market crash — Bloomberg    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/south-korea-kospi-hormuz-crash-2026 8. Petrodollar arrangement — Nixon 1974 Saudi agreement — Federal Reserve History    https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/oil-embargo

    20 min
  2. The Arrangement - Terrorist Tuesday (Part3/8)

    20H AGO

    The Arrangement - Terrorist Tuesday (Part3/8)

    Part 3 of 8. He was on the US Specially Designated Global Terrorist list. There was a $10 million bounty on his head. He fought US forces in Iraq, spent time in Abu Ghraib, and created Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate. In May 2025, Donald Trump shook his hand in Riyadh. In this episode of The Arrangement, a special 8-part series from Unusual Practice, we follow the word 'terrorist’ , who assigns it, when it gets removed, and what that tells you about the people applying it rather than the people it's applied to. Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria : four countries, one template, zero accountability. The instability was never the failure of the policy. The instability was the product. Sources: 1. Ahmed al-Sharaa background and Al-Qaeda history — Reuters    https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/who-is-ahmed-al-sharaa-syrias-new-president-2025-01-29/ 2. Trump handshake with al-Sharaa, Syria sanctions lifted — AP News    https://apnews.com/article/trump-syria-sanctions-sharaa-meeting 3. HTS removed from US Foreign Terrorist Organisation list — State Department    https://www.state.gov/revocation-of-the-foreign-terrorist-organization-designation-of-hts/ 4. CIA Operation Cyclone — funding Afghan Mujahideen — National Security Archive    https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/afghanistan/2017-07-19/afghanistan-cias-intervention 5. Reagan administration chemical weapons intelligence to Iraq — Newsweek / declassified documents    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/aug/18/iraq.usa 6. UN documented open slave markets in Libya post-NATO intervention, 2017    https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2017/11/statement-libya-detained-migrants 7. Al-Sharaa cabinet nepotism documented — Middle East Eye    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/syria-sharaa-cabinet-family-hts-loyalists

    19 min
  3. The Arrangement - The Subscription (Part2/8)

    1D AGO

    The Arrangement - The Subscription (Part2/8)

    Part 2 of 8. 300,000,000,000USD. That is the total US financial and military assistance to Israel since 1948, more than the entire Marshall Plan that rebuilt post-war Europe. In this episode of The Arrangement, a special 8-part series from Unusual Practice, we follow the money: AIPAC's $127 million in a single election cycle covering 80% of all congressional seats, a former US congressman on record saying votes in the House are decided not by America's national interest but by how AIPAC scores them, and the complete blackmail architecture from the 1982 Washington Post investigation through to the Epstein network. Every source is linked below. Sources: 1. AIPAC 2024 election spending — FEC data via Sludge investigative report    https://readsludge.com/2025/01/24/here-is-all-the-money-aipac-spent-on-the-2024-elections/ 2. AIPAC spending in 80% of congressional races — The Intercept    https://theintercept.com/2024/10/24/aipac-spending-congress-elections-israel/ 3. Congressman Brian Baird on AIPAC congressional influence — Washington Report on Middle East Affairs    https://www.wrmea.org/009-september/the-aipac-effect.html 4. US total aid to Israel since 1948 — Congressional Research Service    https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/RL/RL33222 5. Symington Amendment and annual Israel waiver — Arms Control Association    https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/israelprofile 6. Jonathan Pollard spy case — US Department of Justice records    https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-counterespionage/pollard 7. Israeli intelligence blackmail of US officials — Washington Post, 1982 (archive) https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1982/02/24/israel-bugged-us-officials/ 8. West Bank settlement expansion 50% increase — Peace Now / UN OCHA    https://peacenow.org.il/en/settlements-watch/settlements-data/construction 9. Post-October 7 US military aid $17.9 billion — Brown University Costs of War

    19 min
  4. The Arrangement - The Original Deal (Part 1/8)

    1D AGO

    The Arrangement - The Original Deal (Part 1/8)

    Part 1 of 8. Before the bombs, before the borders, before the billions, there was a letter. Sixty-seven words written by a British politician to a banker in 1917, on land that wasn't Britain's to give, to people who didn't live there, without consulting the people who did. This is where the modern Middle East actually begins... not in religion, not in ancient hatred, but in a wartime political transaction. In this first episode of The Arrangement, a special 8-part series from Unusual Practice, we trace the original deal: the Balfour Declaration, the Sykes-Picot Agreement that drew the map of every modern Arab state with a ruler and no regard for the people living there, the biblical land claim and what that map actually encompasses today, the 1,500-year cycle of Christian and Jewish persecution that most people have completely backwards, and the extraordinary theological contradiction at the heart of Christian Zionism. Every claim is sourced. Every source is linked below. Don't take our word for it- read them yourself. That's the point. Sources: 1. The Balfour Declaration — Full original text    https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/balfour.asp 2. Sykes-Picot Agreement 1916 — Full text, Yale Avalon Project    https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/sykes.asp 3. Palestine demographic composition 1917 — British Mandate records    https://www.britannica.com/place/Palestine/World-War-I-and-after 4. Martin Luther, On the Jews and Their Lies (1543) — Historical record    https://www.ushmm.org/collections/bibliography/martin-luther-and-antisemitism 5. Greater Israel — Biblical claim, Genesis 15:18-21    https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+15%3A18-21 6. Finance Minister Smotrich on settlement expansion — Times of Israel    https://www.timesofisrael.com/smotrich-calls-settlement-expansion-protective-wall-of-israel/ 7. Christian Zionism theology — Jerusalem Declaration by Holy Land Church Leaders    https://www.oikoumene.org/resources/documents/jerusalem-declaration-on-christian-zionism 8. Christians United for Israel membership — CUFI official

    21 min

  5. FEB 23

    Why most people don’t actually want Freedom

    Why do people who say they want freedom keep asking for permission? This episode breaks down the psychology of freedom: why genuine autonomy is rarer than we think, why rebellion isn't the same as freedom, and what it actually costs to stop outsourcing your choices. From Erich Fromm's Escape From Freedom to Milgram's obedience experiments, we dig into the uncomfortable truth: most people don't want freedom. They want safety, validation, and someone else to blame. If you've ever felt trapped by a life you technically chose, this one's for you.

    23 min

  6. FEB 16

    The one that got away

    The "One That Got Away" Is Lying To You. Why is your brain still obsessed with the person who ghosted you three years ago? We’re exposing the cruel psychological trick that makes an "almost" relationship feel more like a soulmate than your actual partner. If you've ever been haunted by "the one that got away," a "wrong timing" tragedy, or a "what if" that won't die, you’re being played by your own mind. It’s time to find out if they were actually the GOAT or if you’ve just been romanticizing a cliffhanger. Hit play to finally kill the ghost of your parallel life.

    15 min

  7. FEB 9

    The Intimacy Scam

    You know their dog’s name, but they don't know you exist. There’s a biological glitch in your brain that influencers are using to pay their mortgages. It’s called the "Intimacy Scam," and if you’ve ever felt "protective" of a stranger on a screen, you’re already caught in the trap. In this episode, we’re deconstructing the billion-dollar industry of Monetized Loneliness. We’re exposing the "Authenticity™" marketing model and why your prehistoric brain is being used as a data point for someone else's infinity pool. Stop being a sucker. Look at the room.

    19 min

  8. FEB 2

    The Invisible Cage: You aren’t confused, you’re just being managed!

    You Aren’t Confused, You’re Being Managed. Why do the smartest people stay in the worst situations?  If you’re exhausted from analyzing "red flags" and googling narcissism, you’re looking at the wrong thing. Manipulation isn't a personality trait...it's a situation. In this episode, we stop playing detective and start looking at the architecture of the trap. Inside: The Intelligence Exploit: Why your brain is being used against you. The 3 Pillars: How to spot a cage before the door locks. The Stress Test: Three simple ways to reveal a manipulator’s hand without saying a word. Stop analyzing the person. Analyze the room! #Psychology #Manipulation #RedFlags #ToxicRelationships #Gaslighting #PersonalGrowth

    12 min
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Unusual Practice (UP) explores the human condition through science, spirituality, culture, and consciousness. Host Charli - hypnotherapist, author of Pronoia Prescription, and founder of PracticeCharli.net - leads curious minds into deep dives on belief systems, personal growth, cultural psychology, and the soul's role in modern life. With humor and edge, each episode challenges assumptions, upgrades your worldview, rewires the mind, and offers an UP-lifting lens on life. Rethink what you think you know.

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  • Creator
    Charli | Cultural Disruptor
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Charli | Cultural Disruptor
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    Unusual Practice