Behind the Filter
by Johnette Cruz
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We love authenticity....we love a centrist point of view and we don’t follow a specific narrative. We're about having real, unfiltered conversations about society, culture and life! Behind the Filter is about creating strong connections, having meaningful discussions and sharing stories that can cultivate a sense of community.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 113 episodes
- After Dark Edition :: Life Didn’t Go as Planned — And We’re Talking About It · 53 min · Season 5 Episode 111Our After Dark Edition is back for a new season! Ashley and I recap the summer, share a skin-care update, and talk through a bizarre streak of bad luck. Then it’s time for “the…
- The Race for Indiana State Treasurer · 34 min · Season 5 Episode 110This week on Behind the Filter, we sit down with Coumba Kebe, a Healthcare Executive and Democratic candidate for Indiana State Treasurer. A first-generation American who grew up…
- Survival Mode, Sudden Loss, and Finding Grace in the Chaos · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 109After six weeks completely off, I return to the podcast for my most raw, unfiltered, and emotionally transparent solo episode yet. August and September pushed me into pure…
- What My Puerto Rican Mom Never Told Me (Until Now) · 57 min · Season 4 Episode 108What happens when you sit your Puerto Rican mom down in front of a microphone while on a family vacation? A LOT. From Río Piedras, Puerto Rico—with the natural chirps of the El…
- Truth, Consent, and Community Accountability · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 107In this episode of Behind the Filter, we sit down with Sierra for an honest conversation about her experience surviving sexual battery by a prominent local figure in the…
- Inside The Central Indiana Teen Challenge Lawsuit Part 3 · 1 h 37 min · Season 4 Episode 106In Part 3 of our ongoing investigation into the Troubled Teen Industry, Behind the Filter brings you the testimonies of survivors Isabella and Haven . Together, they pull back…
- Inside The Central Indiana Teen Challenge Lawsuit Part 2 · 39 min · Season 4 Episode 105In Part 2 of our deep dive into the "Troubled Teen Industry," we pull back the curtain on the expanded federal lawsuit against Central Indiana Teen Challenge (now operating as…
- After Dark Edition :: Objective Facts, Subjective Feelings, and Artificial Inception · 48 min · Season 4 Episode 104The studio lights are hot, but the hot takes are hotter in this week’s unmedicated ADHD edition of Behind the Filter: After Dark. This week, we expose the wildest parts of our…
- Unfiltered Weekly: Inside the Central Indiana Teen Challenge Lawsuit Part 1 · 36 min · Season 4 Episode 103In this week's episode of Behind the Filter: Unfiltered Weekly, we break down the newly amended federal lawsuit filed by CohenMalad, LLP against Central Indiana Teen Challenge…
- After Dark Edition :: Bot-Dating Drama, Stage Splits, and the Truth About Quiet Dumping · 40 min · Season 4 Episode 102We are officially back in the studio, feeling normal, and completely on schedule! In this edition of Behind the Filter: After Dark, we dive headfirst into the internet drama we…
- Unfiltered Weekly: From Dark Web Extremists to AI Miracles · 38 min · Season 4 Episode 101Welcome back to another episode of Behind the Filter: Unfiltered Weekly! In this newsy edition, we break down an indictment out of Tennessee that exposes the terrifying reality…
- After Dark Edition :: Toxic AI Boyfriends, Reality TV Secrets & The Science of Virginity · 59 min · Season 4 Episode 100After a month-long disappearance due to some brutal immune system flare-ups (and a temporary loss of our voices), we are celebrating our 100th Episode Milestone the only way we…
- Who Do You Think You Are? Reclaiming Your Identity with Kat Perkins · 37 min · Season 4 Episode 99Who do you think you are?" It’s a question most of us answer with our job titles or our family roles, but author and speaker Kat Perkins says those are often just identities…
- After Dark Edition :: Motherhood, Men, and Medical Miracles · 49 min · Season 4 Episode 98In this week’s After Dark edition of Behind the Filter, Ashley is joined by her Netflix Age of Attraction castmate, Michelle Yoswa. Michelle is pulling back the curtain on what…
- After Dark Edition :: What Netflix Didn't Show · 53 min · Season 4 Episode 97The world knows her as the "39-year-old virgin" from Netflix’s Age of Attraction, but there is so much more to Ashley’s story than a viral headline. In this kickoff to our…
- The Daughter Who Solved Her Mother’s Murder · 1 h 14 min · Season 4 Episode 96In this deeply personal and technical episode, we sit down with Megan Tomlinson to discuss a journey that feels like it was written for a true crime script—except it was her…
- After Dark Edition :: Spilling Reality Tea at 3UP · 1 h 7 min · Season 4 Episode 95The filter is coming all the way off! This week, Johnette and Ashley took the podcast on the road to the award-winning 3UP Rooftop Lounge in Carmel, Indiana. Joining the table is…
- Unfiltered Weekly :: Vanished in Indy; A Daughter's Fight for April Marie Garcia · 47 min · Season 4 Episode 94This week on Unfiltered Weekly we dive into the disappearance of April Marie Garcia who walked out of her home on the South Side of Indianapolis on April 1, 2025 and hasn't been…
- After Dark Edition - No Matter What: Faith, Netflix, and Finding My Voice · 1 h 0 min · Season 4 Episode 93While the cameras only captured a glimpse of her time on screen, on Age of Attraction; Ashley’s story was far too powerful to stay hidden. In an inspiring masterclass on…
- Disability Awareness Month: A Deep Dive with Sycamore Services CEO Yolanda Kincaid · 50 min · Season 4 Episode 92What does it mean to truly "push pause" for inclusion? In honor of Disability Awareness Month, we sit down with Yolanda Kincaid, CEO of Sycamore Services, to discuss the vital…
