WHEN ILLUSION BECOMES REALITY - A NYC Protest & Competing Truths

In this episode, Skylar and Corey explore what happens when people can’t even agree on what actually happened.After being in NYC as a pro-Palestine protest was forming, Skylar shares her firsthand experience on the ground — including police presence, conversations with officers, and how quickly the same moment turned into completely different narratives online.From there, the conversation opens into how social media, news coverage, and political language shape perception in real time. A single event can become multiple “truths,” depending on framing, identity, and platform.We also discuss claims of “international law violations,” how political language is used in public discourse, and why complex events often get reduced into emotionally charged narratives online.More broadly, this episode explores how misinformation spreads, how algorithms amplify outrage, and why it feels harder than ever to know what’s real.At its core, this isn’t about telling you what to think — it’s about understanding how shared reality itself is breaking down in the digital age.