The Dark Reality of Online Exploitation: The NVE & 764 Epidemic: Our first story comes directly from an unsealed indictment out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee. A 30-year-old man, Zachary Sweeney, was recently indicted on multiple counts of child sexual exploitation. What makes this case deeply chilling is Sweeney’s connection to NVE (Nihilistic Violent Extremist) networks, specifically a group known as 764.

We are BACK, family! Welcome to a very special, incredibly messy, and completely unfiltered milestone: Episode 100 of the Behind the Filter Podcast: After Dark Edition! If you’ve been wondering why we completely disappeared off the face of the earth for the past month, trust us—we were just battling brutal reality. Both of us have been down with immune disorder flare-ups that snowballed into respiratory infections and full-blown laryngitis.

This week on Behind the Filter, we are welcoming back a very special guest: Indianapolis native, author, and keynote speaker Kat Perkins. Since our last conversation before her book launch, Kat’s journey has come full circle. Her memoir, Girls With Pearls Have Power, officially launched this past October on her birthday, and she is currently traveling the country on a powerful book tour.

Welcome back to another "After Dark" edition of the Behind the Filter podcast! We are deep into our Age of Attraction series, where we peel back the layers of reality TV, dating, and life after the cameras stop rolling. This week, Ashley is joined by her fellow castmate and "elevator bestie," Michelle Yoswa. If you’ve been watching the Netflix hit Age of Attraction, you know Michelle for her radiant glow and undeniable presence—but in this episode, she dives into the truths w

This week on Behind The Filter: After Dark Edition, the atmosphere was electric as we sat down with our very own Ashley to peel back the layers on her time filming Netflix’s Age of Attraction. If you’ve been following the viral headlines, you know her as the "39-year-old virgin" (a title TMZ helped cement), but as we learned in this episode, there is so much more to her journey than just a label.