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Fake Plants
Brooke V Cyboran
36 episodes
1 week ago
Fake Plants is a weekly debunking of all of your favorite societal misconceptions. Never miss a beat after straightening up those shifty "facts" with your hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley. Join us for some light-hearted banty-bant and enjoy the show!
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Fake Plants is a weekly debunking of all of your favorite societal misconceptions. Never miss a beat after straightening up those shifty "facts" with your hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley. Join us for some light-hearted banty-bant and enjoy the show!
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Fake Plants
Donating to Charity

Have you ever wondered why the CEOs of charities make bank? So did we! Learn all about where your money goes when you donate as Brooke takes the lead on this week's episode!

Links:

https://philanthropynewyork.org/sites/default/files/resources/History%20of%20Philanthropy.pd

https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/business/blueprint/resource-center/manage/reasons-your-business-should-support-a-charity/#:~:text=Tax%20Deductions,or%20services%20and%20cash%20donations

http://ppqty.com/2010_Cone_Study.pdf

https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0712/the-many-ways-charities-make-money.aspx#:~:text=There%20are%20five%20main%20ways,to%20bring%20in%20more%20donations

https://howcharitieswork.com/transparency-and-accountability/charitable-activity/#:~:text=What%20else%20do%20charities%20spend,charity%20is%20being%20run%20effectively



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1 year ago
27 minutes 5 seconds

Fake Plants
The Funeral

Welcome to the official funeral of "Storytime: Behind the Channel". Yes, you heard that right. We are sad, but we are so pleased to announce the birth of our very new show! Thanks for all the love during our Storytime era, but it's time for new royalty to seat the throne.

See you all tomorrow for the first official episode of our new weekly show, "Fake Plants", starring cohosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley.

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1 year ago
5 minutes 49 seconds

Fake Plants
Halloween is Complicated

Welcome to our very first FULL episode of It's Complicated, a show where your hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley, tackle the misconceptions of the world we live in.

This week, Logan teaches us about the lore around razor blade Halloween candy.

Is the issue getting better? Worse? Who started this craze anyway?

As always, thanks for listening and we will see you next time!


Logan's sources:

https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2022/08/30/dea-warns-brightly-colored-fentanyl-used-target-young-americanshttps://www.politico.com/media/story/2012/10/treats-may-be-tricks-the-new-york-media-roots-of-halloween-candy-paranoia-000794/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/10/28/archives/those-treats-may-be-tricks.htmlhttps://newhouse.house.gov/media/weekly-columns-and-op-eds/be-alert-fentanyl-candy-halloweenhttps://www.albany.edu/sph/news/2022-fighting-misinformation-about-halloween-candy-tampering

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1 year ago
22 minutes 52 seconds

Fake Plants
Milk is Complicated

Welcome to episode one of "It's Complicated"! Join your hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley, as we dive into the Youtube new wave, the history of podcasting, and facts about milk pasteurization that you probably didn't know. Hear all this and more on this week's episode!


Links:

My Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives

Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/4493e14f

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1 year ago
30 minutes 13 seconds

Fake Plants
Luan K Do - Take Two

Welcome back to our last episode of the Summer season and our very first returning guest. Ladies and gents, we bring you Luan K Do from the Chewing Grounds Podcast! Luan was feeling extra saucy this time around, so this episode has an explicit warning for containing sexual content. Enjoy, and don’t forget to listen to your co-hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley chat it up in the Breakdown! Ps, we have a little announcement. ;)

Links:Luan’s vlog channel: www.youtube.com/@LoonKDoFood

Luan’s podcast channel: www.youtube.com/@TheChewingGroundsPodcast

Luan’s Instagram: @Loonkdo

Luan’s email: loonkdo@gmail.com

My channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCu7GODy_b-79Lmp18U52CGw

Gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/manage/claudia-cyboran-fighting-triple-negative-cancer



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1 year ago
1 hour 21 minutes 54 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Who Manyo

Give it up for Who Manyoooooo! Manny, AKA Who Manyo, is a music artist and a comedy skit creator based out of North Charleston, South Carolina. He started his journey one way and has been exploring new opportunities ever since. You won’t want to miss this week’s episode! As always, don’t forget to stick around for your favorite co-hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley, discussing this week’s interview in The Breakdown!

Links:

Manny’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCACSJqup6ponpV3PPj3aqNg

Manny’s Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0VhE2b1Zh4pMJ12Hv8jPX4?si=EmePIVA_SfGL7yU20cYgfQ

Manny’s IG: @Whomanyo

Juicy’s IG: @Juicyfruit2013

Stack Boi Deaz IG: @deazy2

Don Bianchi IG: @harderhustle258

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives


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1 year ago
53 minutes 34 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Chef Grace's Place


What’s up everybody! Thanks for your patience on this episode, as our team have had a turbulent week! Technical difficulties aside, we bring you a very special guest this week! Meet author, pastry chef, flight attendant, and podcast host, Chef Grace Fornasa!Don’t miss the Breakdown with my co-host, Logan Riley where we discuss the fruit/vegetable status of tomatoes. If vegetables are real that is….All this and more on this week’s episode!Links:

Grace’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/chefgracesplace

Grace’s website: Chefgracesplace.com

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives


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1 year ago
1 hour 28 minutes 47 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Urmi Hossain and preparing for the CFA exams

Good Monday morning once again and welcome back to another episode! This week on the pod, your host Brooke Cyboran interviews Urmi Hossain about her experience with the CFA charter and how it has led her to building up women in finance to not only succeed, but to excel in their field. This interview was short, so if you want to see more of Urmi, you can find her through the links below!

Don't forget to stick around for a little banty bant with my co-host, Logan Riley :D

Links:

Urmi's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@urmihossain

Urmi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/urmamio/

"My Italian Summer": amazon.ca/dp/B0C3Z5SSBT/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2GVIZ6IWUU67E&keywords=urmi hossain&qid=1682885147&sprefix=ur,aps,1841&sr=8-2

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives

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1 year ago
45 minutes 41 seconds

Fake Plants
The Side Piece: Episode 1 - Selling your information and almost getting away with it

Welcome, friends, to our very first bonus episode/mini series!

"The Side Piece" was created to be a lil' auxiliary content to episode topics that we feel too strongly about to let live in live in peace. This is a bonus talk cut directly from our episode about Neal Mohan and Youtube's new updates. Join your Co-hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley as they tackle a very sticky very SPOOKY topic: online privacy. Plot twist: you never had any sis!!


Links:


Doubleclick Investigation (2007): https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2007/12/federal-trade-commission-closes-googledoubleclick-investigation
Closing letter from FTC Doubleclick investigation (2001): https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/closing_letters/doubleclick-inc./doubleclick.pdf
Times of India articles on Neal: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/youtube-ceo-neal-mohan-shares-2023-priorities-read-his-first-letter-to-creators/articleshow/98343357.cms
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/who-is-neal-mohan-an-indian-american-to-become-ceo-of-youtube/articleshow/97991000.cms?from=mdr
New York Times article on FTC dropping investigation on Doubleclick:https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/who-is-neal-mohan-an-indian-american-to-become-ceo-of-youtube/articleshow/97991000.cms?from=mdr


https://www.boredpanda.com/weird-things-terms-and-conditions/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic


My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives

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1 year ago
59 minutes 26 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Youtube's new CEO, Neal Mohan, and more Youtube news

Let’s talk Youtube news with your hosts Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley! This week, we dove head first into all of the updates Youtube has rolled out this summer including the announcement of their new CEO, Neal Mohan and his plans for the platform moving forward. Spoiler alert: we also announced our very first bonus episode, so stay tuned for Logan’s “tin foil hat” deep dive. 

Catch all this and more on this week’s episode, and thank you so much for joining us!

John’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@fishfulthinkingfishing5571

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives

Sound from Zapsplat.com


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1 year ago
56 minutes 6 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Giovanni Tirado

Thanks for joining for another episode! Giovanni Tirado is a filmmaker and creative and has some awesome stories to tell! Join us as Gio takes us on his journey through music to film and what it took to tap into both. I had a blast and I hope you do too!

Links: 

Gio’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Gio.Tirado

Gio’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/nvstygio/

Gio’s Music: https://spotify.link/R8Q8jUMFdBb


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1 year ago
54 minutes 5 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Modern Frontiersman and Fortner's Frontier Leather

This week on the pod, meet Joshua, a Modern Frontiersman! Joshua not only crafts leather works for his online store and through custom order, but he also educates his audience on the importance of being prepared for unforeseen disaster. Most have heard of this as being a prepper, but Joshua’s way of describing is to “stay self reliant”. He also hosts an online course on being a responsible gun user. We've got all this and more, so tune in!

Don’t forget to stick around for the Breakdown with my co-host, Logan Riley!

Links:

Joshua’s channel: https://youtube.com/@ModernFrontiersman

Joshua’s website: fortnersfrontierleather.com

Joshua’s Etsy: etsy.com/shop/fortnersfrontier

Joshua’s other website: modernfrontiersman.com

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives

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1 year ago
1 hour 10 minutes 39 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Isobel Hope

What’s up everybody! We are back with another episode of the pod featuring this week’s amazing guest, Isobel Straub AKA Isobel Hope.

Isobel is a very creative filmmaker who combines visual storytelling with her writing, which she tells us all about in the interview!

We talked about her relationship with her dad, being true to herself on and off camera, and moving from short form to long form video and how it helps her create more authentically. She brought a lot of spunk to the conversation and I hope you enjoy it!

Don't miss the Breakdown at the end of the episode with my co host, Logan Riley!

Links:

Isobel’s channel: www.youtube.com/@isobelhope

Isobel’s Insatgram: @isobel.straub

Fundraiser: act.buildon.org/fundraiser/4598837

My channel: www.youtube.com/middlechildlives


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1 year ago
59 minutes 9 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Brennen Lee

Brennen Lee joins us today to tell us all about how taking huge risks is changing his life path, what drives him to create, and finding “your group” of people rather than waiting for them to come around to you. As a creator, Brennen has taken the lesser traveled path of switching from short form to long form video, so I’m excited for you to hear all about it on this week’s episode of the pod! 

Don’t forget to stick around for the Breakdown with my co-host, Logan Riley!

Links:

Brennen’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@brennenlee

Brennen’s Podcast on Spotify :https://open.spotify.com/show/6KcmeOyzgPJECC8MqF3h47?si=be2f5173efcf4d37

Brennen’s IG: https://www.instagram.com/breadlee1212/

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives 


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1 year ago
1 hour 5 minutes 55 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Curtis Made It (previously C Love)

Can he build it? Yes, he can! No, not Bob, Curtis! Also known as Curtis Made it, Curtis joined me this week to talk all things DIY woodworking! Curtis really opened up about starting from scratch, making mistakes, and improving mental health all while keeping an infectiously encouraging attitude. I hope you enjoy this week’s episode of the pod!

Don’t forget to stick around for some banty-bant during “the breakdown” with my co-host, Logan Riley!

Curtis’ channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CurtisMadeIt

Cutis’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curtis_made_it

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives/videos


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1 year ago
49 minutes 10 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind the Carnivore Couple


This week I interviewed The Carnivore Couple! 

Caitlynn and Pat Ensley take us through their weight loss journey to talk about their struggles with food addiction and finally finding a plan to change their lives for the better.  Personally, it helped me reach a lot of understanding of the Carnivore diet and why people opt into this lifestyle change through what Pat and Caitlynn had to share. You will not want to miss this!

Don’t forget to tune into “The Breakdown” at the end of this episode to hear my co-host, Logan Riley, and I discuss the interview and engage in a little banty-bant!




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1 year ago
1 hour 20 minutes 46 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Life of a Reseller


Whether it’s your best offer or you’re ready to “buy it now”, I’ve got Blake AKA “Life of a reseller” to tell us all about your ebay order through the eyes of the seller himself! Blake has recently taken on reselling  as a full-time job and his Youtube channel take’s us behind the scenes to see just what that entails. As an avid thrifter, I really enjoyed this episode and I hope you do too!

Don’t forget to stay tuned for the breakdown with my co-host, Logan Riley! We have a huge announcement this week 😀

Blake’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/@lifeofareseller

Blake’s Instagram: @lifeofareseller_

Blake’s email: blakesresellin@gmail.com

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives


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1 year ago
1 hour 55 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind iTheRedi

Join me this week for my interview with Jaiden Bishop AKA iTheRedi. Jaiden is primarily a gaming Youtuber, but heavily dabbles in making comedic music. He tells us all about his lifelong passion for entertaining in his own style, attempting different content styles, and being raised to be a music prodigy but finding love for music later in life. The interview was a lot of fun, and I hope you enjoy it!

Don’t forget to stick around until the end for the breakdown so my co-host, Logan Riley, can tell us all about Youtube Poop.

Jaiden’s music:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/1QS6kNGP6eSXpBATaCNqx6

Jaiden’s Instagram/Twitter:  instagram.com/weloveredi    

Jaiden’s Twitter:  twitter.com/weloveredi

Samantha Jo’s Poop video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rt2NtpZk-T0 

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives


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1 year ago
1 hour 1 minute 13 seconds

Fake Plants
Behind Life with Erica and Erica Brandwein

Welcome to another week on the pod! This week, I interviewed Erica Brandwein. Erica tells us all about moving around as a kid, being adopted from Guatemala, and starting her own cosmetic business. Erica is a self-made entrepreneur and an altruist and I am excited for you to hear all about her story!


Don't forget to stick around for "the breakdown" with my co-host, Logan Riley!



Erica's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEUWVJZBS67ukMcIeX8D0Rw

Life With Erica website: https://lifewitherica.net

Erica's Instagram: @life.with_erica

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives


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2 years ago
50 minutes 32 seconds

Fake Plants
Logan and Brooke record a podcast

Welcome to this week's episode :D Join your hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley for some of our classic "banty bant". Today we realize that Logan is the Channel to Brooke's Rob and all sorts of other silly things on Storytime: behind the Channel!


My channel: https://www.youtube.com/@middlechildlives



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2 years ago
15 minutes 3 seconds

Fake Plants
Fake Plants is a weekly debunking of all of your favorite societal misconceptions. Never miss a beat after straightening up those shifty "facts" with your hosts, Brooke Cyboran and Logan Riley. Join us for some light-hearted banty-bant and enjoy the show!