The Dream
4.9/5
Critic Rating
From Little Everywhere and hosted by Jane Marie, comes the third season of The Dream. Past seasons of this award-winning investigative podcast looked at pyramid schemes and the world of wellness. This season we're getting to know the gurus and life coaches who claim they know the secret to living our best lives. Is it all in our mindset? Or our privilege? Or are we all under a spell? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Mara Davis • Paste Magazine • Oct 16, 2023
"(Season 3) It’s revealing, raw and sometimes funny."
Score: 5
Rebecca Lavoie, Kevin Flynn, Lara Bricker & Toby Ball • Crime Writers On • Oct 12, 2023
"(Season 3) Host Jane Marie is particularly enchanting diving into the business of life coaching...It's best when Jane Marie is in the frame, providing crackling narration and baring her soul to the listener."
Score: 5
Alice Florence Orr • PodcastReview.org • Sep 27, 2023
"(Season 3) ...Marie enters the narrative. Her narrative choices have evolved beyond those of the New Journalists by using her personal experiences as a subplot to amplify her main themes...The Dream turns relatability on its head, offering another engaging, provocative, and thoughtful season that leaves us already anticipating the next."
Score: 5
Devin • Podstack • Sep 21, 2023
"(Season 3) I can already tell this show is going to be my favourite kind of mix between educational and informative content, with a brave personal narrative guiding it along."
Score: 5
Emma Dibdin • New York Times • Feb 16, 2021
"The fascinating and horrifying first season of “The Dream” dives headfirst into the history and current landscape of M.L.M.s, focusing on the ways these schemes reel in vulnerable people — disproportionately female and often low-income — by selling them on entrepreneurship and “being their own boss.”…"
Score: 4.5
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Jan 4, 2020
"While there is much to be alarmed about in The Dream’s discoveries, the news that the wellness industry isn’t scientifically rigorous isn’t exactly surprising. But Marie’s podcast is more than a cri de coeur against bogus health products as it looks at the human impulse to find comfort and solutions away from mainstream institutions."
Score: 5
Alice Florence Orr • PodcastReview.org • Jan 30, 2019
"(Season 1) ...you will walk away with an abundance of knowledge taking you from the heartland of the Midwest all the way to the Oval Office. This new show has endless resources, experts and witnesses; it even has fact checkers. You can trust me when I say that this podcast is worth the investment. The Dream doesn’t disappoint the deeper you delve. The Dream is a compelling story told by intelligent and determined people, most of whom are women. It breathes a fresh premise into a narrative format that is quickly becoming formulaic within podcasting."
