By Rafferty Waterson
Staff Writer
Alix Earle’s emotional storytelling gives listeners entertainment and insightful lessons. “Hot Mess with Alix Earle” truly connects Alix with her fans.Through this podcast, Earle illuminates an outstanding ability to use her platform to help her listeners navigate through early adulthood by drawing from her own experiences.
On Sept. 21, Earle released her new podcast, “Hot Mess with Alix Earle,” which consists of three episodes thus far, and each weekly installment gives listeners an in-depth look into her life. Alix tells her listeners about friends, family, and relationships, recapping her week.
The first episode kicks off with Earle answering the most-asked question on the internet: “Does Alix have a boyfriend?” Earle gives depth with her answers and truly addresses questions that her audience wants answered. Earle gives detailed descriptions on how she avoids public controversy and entertainingly describes the dates she and her boyfriend have gone on together. Listeners can look forward to exciting episodes filled with real answers and in-depth stories from Earle and a variety of co-stars.
Earle’s captivating TikToks make the platform an avenue for her to truly express herself. Earle does not disappoint with this podcast. Earle revisits her memories from college, keeping her listeners eager to listen. In the podcast’s second episode, she revisited her freshman year. Earle shared her horrifying sorority recruitment story, giving listeners drama-filled details of the story and explaining why she almost transferred schools.
Earle does not fear controversy and exposes sororities for their toxicity. Earle gives her listeners insider information on a sorority rush as well as lessons that she has learned while living in a sorority. By doing so, she uses her platform to create awareness of sororities and how harmful they are to young girls.
Besides college life, Earle gives answers about her personal life, enticing her fans. She reveals the truths about New York Fashion Week and how the experience really is. She provides the raw truth to her listeners, while other podcasters and influencers tend to overly romanticize the event life to their fans.
To kick off her most recent episode, Earle and her high school friend Isabelle talk about all of the “firsts” that they experienced together. Earle continues to be relatable to listeners since almost everyone has a friend who they have been with forever and experienced their “firsts” with. Earle also uses her new podcast to give hope to listeners who are in long-distance relationships when she gives tips that helped her and Isabelle stay connected from across the country.
Earle gets real, too, talking for the first time about her past eating disorder. She begins talking about where the source of her disorder stems from, namely the intense diet culture that is very common amongst high school girls. Earle uses her platform to spread awareness by sharing her own experiences to shed light on topics that are usually overlooked, another phenomenal aspect of her podcast. This is especially important for influencers that have younger fan bases. Earle also strongly urges her audience to not fear asking for help, creating a connection with her and the fan base. Earle provides incredible advice and tells her story through personal anecdotes to highlight the importance of this topic.
From juicy drama to helpful tips and lessons, “Hot Mess with Alix Earle” is a wonderful and entertaining podcast. Listeners can’t wait for future episodes in the next coming weeks.
“Hot Mess with Alix Earle” is available on Spotify every Thursday
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