Hey everyone, I want to recommend a podcast. Hard Knocks is a show about resilience, self-discovery, and finding meaning after chaos, hosted by Amanda Knox. Each week, Amanda sits down with fascinating guests, writers, thinkers, artists, to explore how we learn, grow, and rebuild ourselves after life knocks us down. Amanda brings humor, honesty,

and hard-earned perspective to every conversation, drawing on her own experience of being wrongfully

convicted and rebuilding her life. Amanda was a guest on Life in Seven Songs in one of our most

moving episodes, opening up about how music became

a lifeline during her years of wrongful imprisonment. On our show, she spoke candidly about

turning pain into wisdom and also about how we're all so much more than our worst moments.

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I'm Amanda Knox,

and you're listening to Hard Knocks.

You're listening to Hard Knocks.

Welcome to Hard Knocks. In this episode, I speak with Aila, a writer, data researcher, and former top-earning only

fans creator, who is best known for pushing the boundaries of

sexuality, psychology, belief, and taboo with a lot of her provocative research and experimentation.

She writes personal essays and does data-driven surveys and all around, and also throws great parties. I talk about meeting Aela at one of

such parties. I talk to her about what, you know, how it is that we determine truth, how it is

that we discover what we want in our lives. You know, what are the costs and benefits of status and visibility? You know, how do you,

how do you, you know, rationalize your way through life? Altogether, great philosophical stuff.

Ayla's very smart and interesting, and I hope you have a great time listening.

Hello, Ala.

Welcome to Hard Knocks.

Yeah, thank you for having me.

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