Hello Heroine with Annie Earnshaw

This week’s episode features the one, the only, Austen Tosone!  Austen and I talk about rejection as redirection, all the sides of influencing you DON’T see, why micro-influencers work, and so much more.

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This week, I’m chatting with the CEO of Archive Sunday and Miss Utah 2021, Sasha Sloan!  Sasha and I talk about how she’s embracing her role as a complex, multi-dimensional woman through her company, her title, and her service work.

Sasha tells me about the feminist impact of the Miss America competition and how it’s shifting to include diversity and intersectionality.  She also touches on her work with refugees and what narratives she hopes to correct with her social impact initiative.

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In this episode, join me as I interview the queen of true crime TikTok, Haley Toumaian aka @RobandHaley!  Haley gained traction on TikTok during her coverage of the unsolved case of Gabby Petito and has since dedicated her platform to being a “voice for the voiceless.”

Haley and I talk about her true crime “origin story,” the case that got her into true crime, and how her views of the genre have shifted since she became a content creator.

Haley also discusses why she’s passionate about using social media as a tool to bring justice to unsolved cases.  We break down where the line is between education and entertainment and how you can ethically get involved with true crime.

(CW: We don’t discuss any cases in explicit detail, but if you’re sensitive to true crime, missing person cases, and unsolved cases, I would recommend listening to other episodes of Hello Heroine instead.)

Cases discussed in this episode:

Kristin Smart

Jon-Benet Ramsey

Jayna Murray (The Lululemon Murder)

Israel Keyes

The Hillside Strangler

Green River Killer

Ted Bundy

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In this episode, the lovely Mackenzie Newcomb of @BadBitchBookClub, @MackInStyle, and the Friends to Lovers Podcast joins me for a conversation about the appeal of talking about books online.  With the rise of the pandemic and a reason to stay home on a Friday night, readers old and new are turning to online book clubs, Bookstagram, and Booktok to discuss all things reading.  Mackenzie and I talk about why this shift is happening and how online reading communities have changed the way we read offline.

BRIEF CONTENT WARNING for childhood sexual abuse and suicide from 26:15 to 27:30.

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Hello Heroine is back and better than ever.  Tune in next Tuesday for the first episode of season three!