Unusual Practice

Charli | Cultural Disruptor
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We are spectacularly stupid. We're fighting each other over opinions while AI rewires civilisation and nukes sit waiting for the wrong person to have a bad day! Unusual Practice tears into the things we avoid: power, identity, relationships, politics, psychology, faith, sex, grief, and the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day. 'UP' is for people done being fed BS. It’s not for those who want to win arguments. But for those who want to outgrow them. Leave uplifted, curious and ready.

  1. 2일 전

    AI Didn't Take Your Job. It Exposed That You Hated It

    Everyone's panic-searching "AI taking jobs” , but host Charli is asking the question nobody else will: what if AI didn't steal your career, it just exposed that you were already checked out? Backed by Gallup's bombshell finding that 80% of the global workforce is disengaged, this episode of Unusual Practice connects the AI anxiety spiral to a deeper meaning crisis hiding underneath it...and it gets uncomfortably personal. Charli dismantles the AI fear narrative and replaces it with the one conversation your career counsellor, your therapist, and your LinkedIn algorithm have all been too polite to start. If you've ever felt a quiet flicker of relief at the idea of your job disappearing then this episode is for you, and you already know it.  Unusual Practice: rewiring minds, disrupting the narrative - new episodes on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and all major platforms.

    20분
  2. Sovereignty vs Success: Why you build an empire but lost the keys - part 3/3

    5일 전

    Sovereignty vs Success: Why you build an empire but lost the keys - part 3/3

    There's a specific kind of disorientation that only comes with real success: you built the thing, you run the thing, and somehow the thing is running you. This episode dismantles the psychological trap of accumulated success- the slow drift from a life you designed to a subscription you're paying with your autonomy, and why the higher your status, the harder it becomes to notice the cage.  Pulling from behavioral research on CEO identity capture, the philosophy of wei wu wei, pre-colonial African concepts of personal authority, and documented patterns in how successful institutions eventually imprison their founders, this is the episode for the leader who has everything on paper and can't shake the feeling that none of it was quite what they meant to build.  The keys aren't lost. But finding them requires going into a room most leaders have been avoiding for years.

    21분
  3. Professional Narcissism: The high cost of hiring your own echo - part2/3

    4월 23일

    Professional Narcissism: The high cost of hiring your own echo - part2/3

    You didn't build a team. You built an audience. This episode exposes the hidden architecture of how high-performing leaders accidentally fill their organizations with people who are professionally dependent rather than genuinely driven, and why the difference is almost impossible to see from the inside. Drawing on organizational psychology, the science of homophily, and the documented paradox of narcissistic leadership, we break down how the most successful executives quietly engineer cultures of approval, what "managing the subscription" actually looks like in your org chart, and the three tests that separate real players from very well-dressed ghosts. Essential listening for any leader who hasn't heard genuinely uncomfortable feedback in the last ninety days ... and is starting to wonder why. This episode is in partnership with : https://jupiter-investments.com Jupiter Investments functions as an elite strategic advisory firm tailored for high-level executives, founders, and private ventures facing periods of significant transition. The organization specializes in identifying operational risks and resolving internal leadership friction to prevent costly organizational failures. Their service suite encompasses strategic restructuring, global market expansion, and the architectural design of new ventures across diverse international regions. By focusing on the intersection of human behavior and global capital, the firm helps clients refine their commercial positioning and decision-making frameworks. Ultimately, the source outlines a sophisticated approach to risk mitigation and value creation for institutional entities navigating complex, high-stakes business environments.

    19분
  4. The Decoy of Growth - part 1/3

    4월 21일

    The Decoy of Growth - part 1/3

    Why Scaling is Often a Sophisticated Form of Avoidance 3 Part series for professionals. Most CEOs scaling into new markets aren't executing a strategy but rather running from a question. This episode deconstructs the psychology behind expansion as avoidance: why high-performing leaders confuse movement with progress, how "overthinking the next opportunity" becomes a sophisticated dodge for the one decision that actually matters, and what behavioral economics, Stoic philosophy, and a century of leadership research reveal about the real cost of building faster than you think. If your company is growing but something feels fundamentally off, this episode is the conversation your board won't have with you. For founders, CEOs, and senior leaders who suspect their biggest obstacle isn't the market but the meeting they keep postponing with themselves.

    18분

  5. 4월 14일

    You Don't Have Trauma. You Have a Brand

    What if your trauma isn't something that happened to you... it's something you've been performing? In this episode of Unusual Practice, host Charli goes after one of the most protected ideas of our time: the belief that naming your pain is the same as healing it. With sharp cultural critique, real psychology, and zero therapy-speak, this episode unpacks why trauma has become the most viral identity on the internet, and what it actually costs you to live there. From the neuroscience of schema maintenance to a Japanese concept of suffering that the Western wellness industry has never heard of, this is the conversation about mental health, identity, and self-awareness that nobody with a healing aesthetic wants to have. If you've ever wondered whether your story is serving your life or just explaining why you can't have one, then this episode is for you. Unusual Practice: the podcast that rewires minds and disrupts the narrative.

    22분

  6. 4월 7일

    Overthinking vs. Action: Why Smart People Stay Stuck

    You've researched it. You've planned it. You've made the list, color-coded the folder, and opened seventeen browser tabs. And somehow, nothing has actually happened. This episode is about that. That overthinking isn't preparation, it's protection. Protection from the moment you find out whether the thing actually works. We go deep into the neuroscience, drag Hamlet and Leonardo da Vinci into it, and land somewhere useful. Thi is the honest conversation smart people rarely have with themselves.

    21분

  7. 3월 31일

    Trump, UFOs, and the Alien Files

    In 2026, the U.S. President announced the release of government alien files - on social media. Where did that go? Guess wars are distracting enough! This episode goes past the headline and into the actual documented record: the USS Nimitz encounter confirmed by radar and classified for 13 years, the Soviet nuclear facility where missiles began launching themselves while UFOs circled overhead, the congressional testimony of a U.S. intelligence official who claimed the government recovered non-human biological matter and said he feared for his safety after going public. We also go ancient to the Nazca lines, the Dogū figurines, the Wandjina, and get brutally honest about what it all says about us, our weapons, and the things we'd rather stay distracted from. Not a conspiracy episode. A critical thinking one. All sources linked below. Unusual Practice drops new episodes weekly. Subscribe so you never miss the things they'd rather you didn't think about. Sources: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book (National Archives, declassified) — Pentagon UAPTF Report, June 2021 (dni.gov) — U.S. House Oversight UAP Hearings, July 2023 & September 2025 (congress.gov) — David Grusch Congressional Testimony, July 2023 — USS Nimitz Tic-Tac Encounter — Commander David Fravor, 60 Minutes, CBS, 2017 — Soviet UAP Program "The Network" — Dr. Boris Shurinov, UFOs in the USSR — Usovo Nuclear Incident — George Knapp, Mystery Wire; referenced in U.S. House Oversight Committee hearings — Malmstrom AFB 1967 — Robert Salas Congressional Testimony, 2023 — Belgian UFO Wave 1989–90 — SOBEPS Reports; Belgian Air Force declassified radar data — Westall 1966 — Dandenong Journal archive; witness testimonies via Westall '66 documentary — Petrozavodsk 1977 — Soviet Academy of Sciences investigation reports — Nazca Lines — Yamagata University AI geoglyph study, 2024 (National Geographic) — Jacques Vallée — Passport to Magonia (1969); Confrontations (1990) — Federation of American Scientists — Nuclear Notebook 2025 (fas.org) — New START Treaty expiration — Arms Control Association, February 2026 — UN Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (un.org/disarmament) — The Galileo Project — Prof. Avi Loeb, Harvard University (galileo.harvard.edu)

    34분
  8. The Arrangement - The Bill (Part 8/8)

    3월 12일

    The Arrangement - The Bill (Part 8/8)

    Series Finale. If this is about security ...why does it keep requiring more land? If it's about nuclear weapons ... why does the only undeclared nuclear power face no consequences? If it's about terrorism ... why did a former Al-Qaeda commander get a presidential handshake? And if it's about religion ... whose God exactly keeps winning? Because it isn't the God of the people dying. It never was. In this final episode of The Arrangement, a special 8-part series from Unusual Practice, we close the complete account and then we say the honest thing that most closes with poetry instead of truth. This series was made because enough people asked for clarity in a landscape of noise. It was an honour to try. Follow Unusual Practice wherever you listen. Sources: 1. ICJ ruling Israeli occupation illegal July 2024 — International Court of Justice    https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192 2. Israel nuclear weapons — estimated 90 warheads — Federation of American Scientists    https://fas.org/issues/nuclear-weapons/status-world-nuclear-forces/ 3. IAEA assessment on Iran — no organised weapons programme pre-strikes    https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/statements/iaea-director-general-statement-on-iran 4. Iran nationwide protests 2025 — Human Rights Activists News Agency    https://www.iranhr.net/en/articles/ 5. Netanyahu identifies with Greater Israel vision — Times of Israel August 2025    https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-greater-israel-vision-2025/ 6. Yemen humanitarian crisis — UNHCR ongoing documentation    https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/yemen-emergency.html 7. US national debt $36 trillion — US Treasury    https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/debt-to-the-penny/ 8. Peace Now — Israeli settlement annexation as central goal    https://peacenow.org.il/en/ 9. Eisenhower farewell address full text    https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/farewell-address

    19분
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We are spectacularly stupid. We're fighting each other over opinions while AI rewires civilisation and nukes sit waiting for the wrong person to have a bad day! Unusual Practice tears into the things we avoid: power, identity, relationships, politics, psychology, faith, sex, grief, and the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day. 'UP' is for people done being fed BS. It’s not for those who want to win arguments. But for those who want to outgrow them. Leave uplifted, curious and ready.

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    Charli | Cultural Disruptor
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    2024년 - 2026년
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