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Welcome to One Good Thing Media , your official podcast review channel . We search the vast digital landscape on a daily basis to discover the best shows that podcasters have to offer . Are you ready to discover new favorites to add to your playbook ? Stay tuned and listen to host Gerald Spears' latest podcast reviews .

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Hello , lovelies , and welcome to One Good Thing Media , season 3 , episode 7 . For those of you who are new to our show , my name is Gerald Spear and I am the host and creator of our podcast . One Good Thing Media specializes in reviewing and recommending fantastic podcasts that are sure to enliven your playlist . Today , I'll be covering new podcasts and others that you won't want to miss . Just a sampling of this week's show there's one new science-based podcast that confirms what special ed teachers , parents and even some scientists have known for years about autism , how soap operas have found their niche in the podcast universe , why right and left are so important in the minds of certain podcast creators , and the return of an amazing podcast that has been on hiatus since 2023 . Of course , there's so much more ,

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Soap Operas in the Podcast Universe

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Our next segment is all about news , updates and highlights . Are you a soap opera fan or do you know ? People who are A lot of people must still be watching them , because the Bold and the Beautiful , the Young and the Restless and General Hospital are still airing on broadcast TV and Days of Our Lives is alive and well on Peacock . I'm going to be honest with you . I've never purposely watched a soap opera in my life , but I have been held hostage while they played on TV at someone else's home or in college dorms . I actually had a deja vu moment about a week ago when I went to the doctor for a wellness checkup . I was taken to a waiting area where a TV was airing a soap opera of all things , with no remote control in sight to turn it off . Speaking only for myself , there's something torturous about soap operas , but I also recognize that many people either love them or have fond memories of watching them with their mother or even friends and college roommates . So I wanted to let you know that soaps are also part of the podcast universe . In fact , there are multitudes of soap opera talk shows and even after shows where hosts and guests reminisce about their favorite soaps . Even the Soap Opera Digest that used to be displayed at every checkout counter has a podcast . Who knew ? I didn't . If you want to get your soap opera fix by learning who's died and come back as their long-lost twin brother or who's seducting the neighborhood bombshell , go to Google and type in quote podcasts , soap operas , and dozens of podcast listings will pop up . Now , with that said , there is one that won't pop up when you do your search because , honestly , folks , it's a soap opera in disguise . It's called the Royals of Malibu , which is now in its third season .

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Season three begins with teenager and orphan Ella Sinclair's world being turned upside down after her deceased father suddenly reappears alive and well and only offers a vague explanation of why he didn't stay dead . It's billed as a romantic rags to riches saga but , honestly , the bubbling plot gives it away , deviating from my usual format , I am not gonna have a great episode to share with you today for our epic episode segment , but also the entire podcast

The Telepathy Tapes: Autism's Hidden Abilities

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. If you have a child , a friend or a relative who has been diagnosed with autism , you're part of a growing segment of our society . The Telepathy Tapes explores the profound abilities of non-speakers with autism , of non-speakers with autism individuals who have long been misunderstood and frequently underestimated In a world that often dismisses the extraordinary as mere fantasy . The Telepathy Tapes explores the profound abilities of non-speakers with autism , individuals who have long been misunderstood and underestimated . In fact , a growing number of scientists have found that some of these silent communicators possess gifts that defy conventional understanding , including telepathy and other worldly perceptions . As the evidence mounts , the time has finally come to reveal what parents , educators and involved scientists say has been hiding in plain sight .

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Season 1 of the Telepathy Tapes is a limited 10-episode series that is now complete . Since its inception , the scope of the podcast has expanded to also include other non-speaking conditions , including Alzheimer's disease and even telepathic communications between humans and animals . This podcast is a rare blend of social and scientific information , making the entire series engaging to everyone who's interested in mental communications . I had to pick a single episode from the series to feature today , and I did , but it was hard to choose which one I liked the most . The Telepathy Tapes is a series of separate stories , with each one building the foundation for the next episode . That's why I recommend listening to this series from the beginning and also why I'm sharing just a little bit of Season 1 , episode 1 , unveiling the Hidden World of Telepathic Communication in a Silenced Community . The clip begins in the middle of the episode because I wanted to share one of the fascinating tests that was done with an autistic teenager who has an uncanny ability to communicate silently with her mother .

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Okay , it's testing day and there's a lot going on . Mia , her father , her mother and her cousin Sophia , who originally reached out , are all at the house , and so is a crew of about six people . The house is a mid-century ranch in Glendale . It's on a beautiful wide street with lots of lawns and trees . Because there's almost nothing in the cabinets , I make the assumption that the house is mostly used for Airbnb and film rentals . There's a large living room and that's where we've set up . We've removed almost all the furniture from the room except for a gray fabric couch where we will position Mia and her mother for the tests .

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Before we get going , I do a little meeting with the crew and Dr Powell . So just technically , like we have a camera here , this is going to be a wide shot on the family . This will be like a kind of a close-up that will row between the three of you . We need to make sure the GoPro can see over her shoulder so we can see the number , and sure the GoPro can see over her shoulder so we can see the number . And then , every time that you have your cue , I'll just bring a divider and put it between Ileana and Mia , the flashcards that I had the numbers only go up to 10 , which that's not statistically probably that great . So we were talking about is using a random number generator . So , dr Powell , what numbers do you want to put in there ?

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I would like to try three digit numbers , so there'll be numbers between 100 and 999 .

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I'm putting all of this in here just to make sure people understand that the crew and myself went through great pains to make sure that there could be no cheating . We provided the iPad in this . I downloaded the number generator and we set up the parameters 100 to 999 . There was always someone generating the cue that was given to Dr Powell , which then she would give to the parent .

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That's a reflective surface there the TV so we need to cover that .

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Okay .

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And there's a mirror there . And there's a mirror there .

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Yes , that's got to be covered up as well , or taken down , all right . So TV covered up and then that mirror is going to come down . And then , brian , maybe if you wanted to do like a 360 of the room really quick , I'm going to put all of this raw footage on the website , the telepathy tapes dot com . The crew myself and Dr Powell were meticulous about making sure this test was bulletproof . So there'll be a blindfold on Mia . The other thing we're gonna do is put a divider up every time that she sees the cue .

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So as far as blindfold goes , let me just try this on and see yeah , I can't , you can't see anything . Can't see anything , no .

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Hey , does anyone else want to try out this blindfold to make sure that you can't see anything ?

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Sure .

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This is Michael . Can you see anything ? Oh , no , no , it's a fist . All right , cool . That blindfold , by the way , is something called the Mindfold , which , as you now know , you can buy it on Amazon , and it is really intense and very dark . And I was so happy it was Michael who decided to try it on , in addition to Dr Powell , because , as I noted previously , he's my resident skeptic and had he not tried it on , I think he always would have been questioning about the efficacy of the tests .

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Just to set the scene here , dr Powell hit a random number into the random number generator . Then we asked her to hit it again and again , so we made sure it was super random . So we're going to go for this number , okay , and then show Michael's camera and then show Ileana , and Ileana stared at it for a while . There's a blindfold on Mia and she's on the other side of a partition from her mother . I got frustrated with myself when I rewatched this for injecting myself too much in this moment , because I was concerned that if Ileana didn't see the number for long enough , maybe the telepathy wouldn't work . Let her stare at it for just another second . The number that was generated was 698 . Dr Powell has just shown all the cameras in the room and she shows Ileana . Dr Powell is putting the iPad face down . We're taking away the partition and Mia is going to take off her blindfold so she can type . Okay , all right , and she wants to take it off . Now she can . Se puede quitar , se puede quitar , I'm at 6 . Mm-hmm .

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I'm at six , nine Eight .

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That was it Very good . So Mia got the number correct , but I was freaking out inside and I wanted to go again , and again , and again .

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And so they did it again and again , 20 times to be exact , and Mia typed out the numbers correctly all 20 times .

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My favorite test had to do with a book I brought from home , something she'd never seen , and to me this was just remarkable . So , ileana , close the book . What you see on screen is Ileana , who's got the book toward the camera , and Mia is facing the opposite direction . Okay , and then just open up to any page . When Ileana landed on a page , we'd ask Mia the page number and she would correctly state the page number that she'd flipped to . Sometimes we'd point to a word on a page that we just opened to and she would correctly spell out the word . We do this a few times with both Ileana opening up the book and some of the crew opening up the book . Now , with the number , the numeral on the page Say it with the number you have .

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What page do I have here ? One , three , which one ?

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Bravo , Mia .

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Very good , mia . One more , one more .

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In page 26, . Oh yeah , muy bien Mia . Uno más uno más One more . What is it ?

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Oh , en la página 26 , hay un personaje en la página 26 . ¿me ?

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puedes decir . Ileana was flipping through this book and again , it's a book I brought from home and there is a picture of a pirate on page 26 . And so she stops there and gets excited and is asking Mia , what picture ? Picture of a pirate on page 26 ? And so she stops there and gets excited and is asking Mia , what picture are we looking at on page 26. ? Again , the book is facing clearly away from Mia . She cannot see it at all . She clearly types P-I-R-A-T-A , which spells pirate in Spanish . At this point everyone in the room had had their mind blown . If someone on the crew wasn't won over by the random flashcards or the random number generator or the popsicle stick test , they were by this book test .

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You can actually watch a video of this test and all tests that they conducted on that day on wwwTheTelepathyTapescom . I will warn you that , in order to watch the tests they conducted that day , as well as many other tests from other individuals , there is a one-time $10 membership fee .

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What Are You Listening To: My Friend Daisy

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Oh no , not you again . What are you listening to ? Are you spying on me AIs ? You can't trust them . But yes , welcome to . What Are you Listening To ? A segment where I share what I've binged this week , and it's a good one . Trigger warning the following segment of what Are you Listening To involves true crime and the death of a 19-year-old girl . This is not an explicit review .

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Armchair detectives are often the bane of police , but sometimes just sometimes they're the reason that crimes are solved . The my Friend Daisy podcast details one of those rare cases . In 2021 , 19-year-old Daisy DeLao was excited about life . She was about to start a new job and fulfill her dreams of becoming a makeup artist and a tattoo artist . But , in a cruel twist of fate , her dreams were shattered one fateful night after receiving a text message while watching TV with her family , she told them she'd be right back and stepped outside . Tragically , it was the last time her family ever saw her alive . But as heart-wrenching as her murder was to everyone who loved her and the world around her , something extraordinary also came out of her cruel death .

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The police investigated but were unable to solve the case , and as new cases appeared that demanded their attention , it became unlikely that Daisy's murder would ever be solved , but her friends weren't about to give up . Who killed Daisy and what could they do to ensure their friend got the justice she deserved ? While they were young and inexperienced , they were expert in one thing . In true Gen Z-er style , they turned to TikTok to solve Daisy's case . My Friend Daisy is a 10-part series by London Radio and iHeart Radio and is produced by Paris Hilton . I binged all six available episodes and I'm waiting with bated breath to finish this story . Here's a clip from the show .

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If you're anything like me , you probably think of TikTok as a place for cute pet videos . Get ready with me's and viral dance trends . But a few years ago , a group of teenage girls used TikTok for an entirely different and utterly heartbreaking reason To track down their friend Daisy's killer .

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I didn't find out about her death until I saw it on TikTok .

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And I was just like shocked . I was like , nah , like it's a lie . You know it's a lie .

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They put out something on social media so , and they put out my cell number so I'd get calls in the middle of the night all the time , seen him everywhere . He's here , he's there , he's here , he's there . And the crazy thing is it worked . I get a phone call from our office that wanted to transfer a phone call to me , some comandante from some police in Mexico . That's when it kind of clicked oh man , I'm Paris Hilton , executive producer of my Friend Daisy , a gripping new true crime podcast that uncovers the shocking murder of 19-year-old Daisy DeLo and the teenage detectives who refused to let her case go cold .

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I started investing my time to , you know , get her justice . It's like , how do you think you're going to get away with ?

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something like this , like you killed somebody . Our host journalist , jen Swan , spent years digging into this story the secrets , the suspects and the system that failed Daisy . This is more than just a murder case .

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It's a story about justice , resilience and the power of a viral movement that sparked an international manhunt . I was hooked on my Friend Daisy after the first minute of the first episode of this show and since no doubt you are a podcast junkie , just like I am after all , why else would you be listening to this show and share my penchant for binging ? Make sure to have a little time on your hands when you tune into my Friend Daisy . And now it's time for two more podcast reviews

A Conduit's Diary Returns from Hiatus

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. The first one is called A Conduit's Diary .

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I was absolutely inconsolable when A Conduit's Diary went silent in November 2023 . It was supposed to be a hiatus , so I was prepared for a break . So I waited , checked back on the podcast , waited some more , checked back on the podcast and then finally , about a year later , I gave up . But then in January because thankfully I had it on a notification that during the coldest month of the year , I swear , the clouds parted and a warm ray of sunshine broke through . Well , you know , metaphorically speaking , a conduit's diary returned without missing a beat and once again returned without missing a beat and once again , all was well in the podverse . Just for clarification before we get going , a psychic conduit is someone who acts as a channel or a bridge to connect the living with spirits . Or , in the case of A Conduit's Diary , it also includes ghosts , demons , ghouls and other creepy things that haven't been given a name yet .

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The show is lighthearted , personable and over a time you get well acquainted with our Conduit's family , friends , allies and foes . Rachel , who's the conduit and heroine of this podcast , takes us along as she goes about her work by making short work of spirits that are haunting people's homes , as well as in a variety of other fantastical and humorous situations . Along the way , rachel shares her insecurities . Along the way , rachel shares her insecurities , social shyness and her work at an area rescue center for animals . When you check out A Conduit's Diary , I suggest you start with Episode 1 , season 1 , and listen chronologically as Rachel's quirks , her minimalist ambitions and inherited abilities play out in outrageous situations .

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Here is a clip from A Conduit's Diary . Trigger warning there may be some cussing in this clip . Rachel tends to let him fly every now and then , so you have been warned . Each episode of A Conduit's Diary has some type of case that Rachel is working on or an encounter . This one begins with an early morning shopping trip to the market and ends up being a lesson on the proper way to handle chain mail , and I'm not talking about the type you wear , I'm talking about the ones you receive . Send this to four people , or something bad's going to happen to you , or send it to 20 of your best friends , and you will receive a bundle of money within three days .

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The child was pale , with long , sandy blonde hair that looked like it'd never been brushed and a dirty pair of pants . Her back was always toward me , so I never saw her face . In fact , the more I looked , the more I couldn't really understand what I was looking at . The child wasn't just dirty , she had no shoes on . Now , I'm by no means a nosy person . I like a bit of gossip if it doesn't involve me , but otherwise I try to stay out of the business of others . I didn't want to try to corner the woman in a store and ask her what was going on . Maybe I could catch the eye of a store clerk to intervene . I didn't even know where to start . I was considering pulling the girl aside to ask if she was okay when I realized I was staring again . We were in line to check out at the register . The woman and girl were in front of me . My gaze was focused on the back of the girl's head , frowning as I stared intently at her . The woman finished putting her items on the conveyor and turned to look at me and let out a gasp . I realized then that I was staring and averted my eyes to the ceiling instead . Shit , this was awkward . Fortunately the woman didn't bring it up . She paid and hurried out of the store the little girl close at her heels . That was weird , I told the cashier . She grunted some response , not looking nearly as worried as I was . They probably saw all sorts of weird shit .

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I was loading up my car when a woman stepped in front of me , her arms crossed over her chest . Who are you ? She barked . I blinked and looked around as if she could be talking to anyone else . Uh , rachel , who are you , jenna ? She said , her gaze steady on me . Look , I don't want to cause trouble , I just .

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I was trying to figure out if she's your daughter or sister and why isn't she wearing shoes . I was rambling . I realized , and my rambling racketed up as Jenna's face transformed into shock . You're right , it's none of my business . I was just curious because she's not really dressed for this weather . You're right , none of my . You can see her , she breathed . My eyes darted down to the little girl behind her . Now that she was standing closer , I could see her face and I realized my mistake . This was not a child . This was something entirely different . My eyes darting back to jenna . See who ? I asked weakly . Jenna shook her head , her arms uncrossing . You're shitting me . You are absolutely r Rachel . You said oh Rachel , we're gonna have a talk . Jenna , at least let me unload my groceries before I went to her house . She wanted to come to my house , but I told her absolutely not . I wasn't about to bring a client there , much less whatever the fuck creepy thing was following her around .

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Apparently , jenna did not follow the directions on the chain mail , and it makes me wonder just how many of whatever that was are following me around too . I don't believe I've ever forwarded a chain mail . Am I in trouble ?

The Left Right Game: Horror Fiction

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Mail , am I in trouble ?

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My last review for today is the Left Right Game . It's a horror fiction show created by Q-Code that follows a journalist named Alice Sharman as she investigates a paranormal game that leads to an alternate reality . She is attracted to the game , almost as if she's going on a lark , but that quickly changes as it becomes a real game of survival . Who will make it through and who will not ? When I first listened to this podcast , my imagination was wrapped around my headphones , and when I listened to it again a few months later , all the nuances that I had missed became significant details that enriched the storyline . The Left Right Game is actually a legendary show in the podcast horror genre . If you haven't listened to it yet , you are in for a ride is actually a legendary show in the podcast horror genre . If you haven't listened to it yet , you are in for a ride , and if you have , you can enrich your experience by doing what I did and listen to it a second time . Here's a clip to whet your appetite for this fascinating show .

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The game appeared on a paranormal message board with very simple rules . Get in your car and take a drive . Take a left , then the next possible road on the right , then the next possible left . Repeat process at infinitum .

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There's a hitchhiker on the road , you pick him up , you take him where he needs to go , but you do not , under any circumstance , do not , talk to him Ever .

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What the hell are we heading into ?

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I have no idea .

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Look , I ain't asking you to believe me , but I told you this street , this is your last chance . As ridiculous as it might sound , I think my friend may have documented her own disappearance . If you know anyone involved in this story , any of the locations mentioned , anything I can use to get in touch with Alice , please don't hesitate to contact me . Were you in the area on February , the 7th of this year ? Did you meet or speak with a girl called Alice Sharman ?

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Has anyone heard of the left-right game , and that's a wrap for this week . I hope everybody enjoyed listening to the show as much as I did sharing it . I hope all of you have a beautiful week , but in the meantime , please give us a follow and , if your heart so desires , a five-star rating . It's easy to do and it means the world to us . You know we love you . See you next week .

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One Good Thing Media is brought to you by our host and creator , Gerald Spear . All things technical are by David Dodd and our announcer is Robert Spear . Our theme song is Force by HGST . Thank you ,