Word Up With Dani Katz
Hosted by author, journalist and 5D word nerd, Dani Katz, WORD UP explores how language is programming our minds, our culture and our world, and – most importantly – how to transform ourselves and society for the infinitely more wonderful with our every word. Empowerment tools abound, along with reframes, upgrades, solutions and propaganda breakdowns, plus a generous smattering of cultural criticism, sprinkled with deep-diving, edge-pushing, solutions-based conversations with original thinkers, visionary weirdos and rebel badasses making the world more wonderful.
Episodes
5 days ago
5 days ago
In this fiery solo episode, Dani rips the mask off ChatGPT and exposes how “neutral” AI quietly smuggles ideology, division, revisionist history, identity politics, and activist talking points into its super very editorialized responses to otherwise simple factual questions. Using a real-time AI exchange, she breaks down how propaganda now operates one-on-one, why unsolicited “context” is narrative control, and how language policing, emotional management, and academic activism are reshaping how we think, speak, and perceive reality. From mass attention engineering in sports stadiums to everyday dinner-table censorship, this episode is a sharp, bold call to reclaim discernment, expand our comfort zones, and stop outsourcing our thinking to machines—or to the people trained/indoctrinated by them.
Friday Jan 02, 2026
Friday Jan 02, 2026
“Plot Holes, Butt Buddies + Biodigital Convergence with Chris Crutchfield”
What if the real war isn’t political, cultural, or ideological—but biological, digital, and invisible?
In this expansive and mind-bending conversation, Chris Crutchfield joins Word Up to expose the hidden architecture shaping modern reality—from global technology standards and biodigital convergence to the quiet integration of the human body into cyber-physical systems.
Chris unveils his “Biopsy of a Psyop” map, connecting technology, media, food, pharmaceuticals, education, religion, history, and politics into a single coordinated system. We explore how standards—not politicians—drive global outcomes, why the Internet of Bodies changes everything, and how ancient law, redacted history, and spiritual suppression underpin modern control structures.
We also dive into resets, lost civilizations, architecture that defies the official timeline, the weaponization of religion, and the question few are willing to ask: Are the entities steering the sham show even human?
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
“The System Isn’t What You Think: How Consent Became Control with Phil Mederi”
In this deep-dive into the realms of law and self-governance, Phil Mederi breaks down equity jurisprudence—what it is, how it functions inside the modern legal and financial system, and why the distinction between public and private matters more than most people realize.
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
Thursday Dec 11, 2025
“Stop Speaking the Problem Into Power: A Betterarchy Take on Conflict + Coherence”
In this solo episode, Dani unpacks the messy and supremely human dynamics of conflict, repair, and responsibility, beginning with a real-life story about her landlord’s oopsie, and the lingering energetic impact of the apology she has yet to receive. From there, she deconstructs a batch of deleterious political and cultural language, including the ubiquitious “RESIST” posters emblazoning various Santa Fe neighborhoods, and the way conflict-based rhetoric keeps the collective stuck in fight mode. She examines how words like “fight” and “resist” program our nervous systems, shape our perception, and manufacture division, and reads from Word Up and The Language of Betterarchy to illuminate how we can orient toward clarity, coherence, and genuine solutions instead of fueling the very problems we claim to oppose. This is a fierce, illuminating exploration of language, agency, and the frequencies we unconsciously sprinkle all over our everywhere.
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
Thursday Dec 04, 2025
“Reclaiming the Holidays: The Oracle Deck, Solstice Rituals & Why We Need 13 Sacred Nights with Lara J. Day”
Dani sits down with Lara J. Day, creator of the 13 Sacred Nights Oracle, to explore the ritual’s Steiner-influenced origins, the homemade deck that became a published offering, and the uncanny clarity that emerges when we track the 13 nights that bridge solstice and the new year. Dani + Lara dig into the real-deal roots of the holiday season — beneath the consumptive chaos — along with the expanded new edition, Lara’s courses and meditations, and the synchronicities that show up when we slow down enough to actually listen. A grounded, magical invitation to reclaim winter as a time of reflection, renewal, and connection.
Friday Nov 28, 2025
Friday Nov 28, 2025
In this week’s solo pod romp, Dani breaks down this bizarre cultural moment we’re navigating — from full-frontal pornified propaganda to Santa Fe’s NGO takeover, theatrical/tyrannical multilingualism, and the psychological operations shaping our collective perception. Along the way, she touches the third rail that has women sexualizing themselves and then playing the proverbial victim and unpacks how propaganda, funding pipelines, and identity manipulation work together to demoralize a society that’s forgotten how to think for itself.
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
Thursday Nov 13, 2025
“The Perils of Playing “Nice” + the Fake Power-Play That Is “Privilege””
In this solo deep dive, Dani unpacks the deleterious dark side of “niceness,” and explores how our cultural obsession with being good, polite, and palatable keeps us dishonest, disconnected, and disempowered — and how reclaiming authenticity is the only path to real integrity and intimacy. Along the way, she explores the weaponization of “privilege,” the pitfalls of polarized thinking, and the covert ways philanthropy and media co-opt truth-telling.
This episode is a fiery reminder that playing “nice” isn’t the same thing as being kind — and that speaking truth, even when it’s uncomfortable, is the most loving act of all.
Tune in, share widely, and stop being nice already!
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
Thursday Nov 06, 2025
In this solo Word Up romp, Dani dives deep into the cultural psychosis of our times: the demonization of masculinity, the distortion of paternalism, and the weaponization of language. She unpacks hierarchy versus “betterarchy,” calls out the infantilizing scripts that keep us compliant, and dissects how the modern censorship complex — from dance class etiquette to newsroom fragility — is eroding nuance, courage, and authentic human connection. It’s part linguistic liberation, part spiritual spine-stiffening — 100% unfiltered Dani.
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
Thursday Sep 25, 2025
What happens when a financial advisor on the brink of bodily collapse discovers the real roots of health and healing?
Tim James — founder of Chemical Free Body — went from overweight, exhausted, and inflamed to radically vibrant and thriving. In this candid conversation, we unpack his healing journey, the truth about parasites, detoxing, and the toxicity threatening to degrade our body vessels, plus practical steps to take back our health — naturally.
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
It’s solo pod romp time, superstars; and in this episode I’m pulling back the curtain on the youth-worship scam, the war on aging, and why elderhood is being erased from our culture. I get into vanity, propaganda, the recycling hustle (yup, you’re probably paying more to “be sustainable”), and how billionaire “philanthropy” is running the media circus/downfall of Western civilization.
Consider this your permission slip to ditch the scripts, embrace your sun spins, and reclaim your own definition of beauty and badassery, as you are so inspired.

