EPISODE · Apr 29, 2026 · 47 MIN
And the Oscar Goes to... Social Optics and Performative Patterns
from Chasing Purpose · host Talk 4 Media
You are winning Oscars for shows that bombed. Kathleen Conner tells the story of a client who collected awards daily - Best Wife, Best Mother, Best Professional - for performances nobody believed. Everyone knew the show failed, but they kept clapping. When she walked off stage, her family panicked, friends left, her marriage ended. Not because she failed. Because she stopped acting. This is about performing your life instead of living it, and what happens when you take off the costume.Chasing Purpose is broadcast live Tuesdays at 1PM ET on W4WN Radio - Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Chasing Purpose TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).Chasing Purpose Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.
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You are winning Oscars for shows that bombed. Kathleen Conner tells the story of a client who collected awards daily - Best Wife, Best Mother, Best Professional - for performances nobody believed. Everyone knew the show failed, but they kept clapping. When she walked off stage, her family panicked, friends left, her marriage ended. Not because she failed. Because she stopped acting. This is about performing your life instead of living it, and what happens when you take off the costume.Chasing Purpose is broadcast live Tuesdays at 1PM ET on W4WN Radio - Women 4 Women Network (www.w4wn.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com). Chasing Purpose TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com).Chasing Purpose Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com), Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com), iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.
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And the Oscar Goes to... Social Optics and Performative Patterns
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