In this episode of So Listen: A Positing of Hideas, Kief and Sage dive headfirst into the mind-bending idea that reality isn’t fixed—it shifts depending on who’s watching. From quantum physics to social masks, from the Panopticon to Instagram stories, they explore how our identities and our worlds get warped, reflected, and refracted through other people’s eyes. Are we ever truly ourselves, or just the versions we think others expect? Toss in some weed-fueled metaphors, a dog with no judgment, and a surprisingly chill take on surveillance culture, and you’ve got a reflection worth staring into. Reality, it turns out, might be less of a mirror—and more of a mood.

In this episode of So Listen: A Positing of Hideas, Kief and Sage dive deep into the tangled web of deception, self-doubt, and illusion known as impostor syndrome. But they don’t stop there—they unmask the entire Fraud Squad: from the high-achievers who feel like fakes, to the creatives who can't believe their own talent, to the systems that make people question their worth. Are we all just pretending to have it together? And what happens when we start to believe our own con? Light up and tune in as we expose the psychology behind the mask.

What is imagination—and why does it feel so real? In this episode of So Listen: A Positing of Hideas, Kief and Sage dive deep into the mind’s magic trick: from daydreams and thought experiments to the philosophy and neuroscience behind our wildest mental movies. They explore how imagination shapes empathy, fuels creativity, and maybe even builds reality itself. Plus: mushrooms that might be dreaming you. Spark up and tune in—this one’s all in your head.