Notes From the New World

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The old world is crumbling. The new one is being built in real time... what are you building? Notes from the New World is a podcast for world builders: the deep thinkers, visionaries, philosophers and creators who ready to imagine something different, energizing and unconventional. We need new ways of operating now more than ever. Hosted by Chelsea Riffe, Internet Philosopher and Visibility Strategist, each episode explores how people are building new ways of living, working, and connecting, from unconventional business models to radically different ways of thinking about time, money, and relationships. What does it take to build a world you actually want to live in?

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August 25, 20261 hr 1 min

How to Stop Waiting for The Invitation, Build Audacity in Baby Steps & Gamify Visibility

If you're an introvert, Projector in Human Design, or subscribe to the "if they wanted to, they would" line of thinking, this episode is for you. Agata Serocka comes on the show today as a spokesperson for Projectors, who think reaching out, pitching, and asking for what they want isn't part of their strategy. We get into how to build a signal, BECOME the invitation, and not miss out on life's biggest opportunities by sitting in the passenger seat. We talk about: Reframing "waiting for the invitation" and how to move beyond the LITERAL interpretation to actively create conditions (podcasting, writing, showing up) that invite opportunities. Making outreach and pitching feel warm and not annoying AF. Building genuine rapport, finding connections, and doing research before reaching out vs. cold-pitching someone "hey girl haven't talked since we were 16 but would love for you to join my course! Link in bio!" Reframing labels (Projector, HSP, ADHD, rejection-sensitive) as data points to design a personalized, sustainable approach to visibility and business. Discernment over volume. How to say no to opportunities that don't fit, and trusting what's meant to work out, will! Making pitching fun and creative again. Gamify audacity by using playful approaches like quests, small asks, and outlandish ideas to build confidence and make outreach sustainable vs. another "ugh, I have to do that?" chore Connect with Agata: The Culture of Unrushing Podcast on Spotify and Apple Substack Waitlist to Agata's mastermind Experience Audit Freebie Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

August 17, 202629 min

How to Shoot Your Shot to Skyrocket Visibility, Develop Confidence and Magnetize Cold Hard Cash

If I had to change my title, it would be Professional Shot Shooter. It's how I came up with the concept of Orbit Jumping . It's why I'm bullish on partnerships and collabs, it's why my business is running, profitable and energizing to this day, it's why I believe with every fiber of my being this is the answer to push back against Tech CEO Psychosis. We're in an era where we need humans banding together more than ever. You know this. I know this. We all do!!! And it all starts with moves being made. One shot. One ask. One request. This episode dives into nearly 20 ways to shoot your shot, ranging from asking your credit card to lower your interest rate to doing astrology readings at the local farmer's market to landing a byline in an indie magazine. The options are truly endless when you think outside the box! I've helped over 100+ clients realize the world is their oyster when they understand the art of shooting their shot. We'll be discussing alllllll the above inside the Shoot Your Shot Challenge going down August 25th - 27th (or 28th if you go VIP for more direct hot seat coaching!) The details: Runs August 25th - 27th (or 28th if you jump into the VIP Bonus Hot Seat Coaching Sesh!) $99 for VIP | $33 for the 3 day experience All calls recorded and sent as a replay if you can't make it live Mix of lessons + Q&A SHOTS WILL BE SHOT ;) Grab your spot RIGHT HERE Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

August 11, 20261 hr 4 min

Your Legacy is a Life Well Lived with Sienna J. Brown

The word "legacy" often triggers images of plaques, awards, or conversations people have when you're no longer in the room. It's thought of as something you leave behind. But Sienna J. Brown also believes it's a life well lived. In this episode, Sienna and I talk about: The Corporate America-to-entrepreneurship pipeline and why "take the leap and never looking back!!!" can actually be terrible advice (and how to build sustainably instead) Why the "Rags to Riches" narrative gets glamorized and why stability should actually be the Main Character instead Legacy as a live well lived, not just the impact you make in your lifetime, and how the way you show up for your neighbor, grandma, and community matters just as much as professional milestones Sienna's "Life First Philosophy" and the life audit framework to design a business that actually matches how you feel AND what you want Intentional time design and how to release the soul-sucking corporate conditioning of self-surveillance This episode was such an energizing reminder that the way your life FEELS is much more important than how it looks. And that's exactly what Sienna helps you do ;) Connect with Sienna: Join The Legacy Lab Foundations for the Future Podcast on Spotify & Apple Resources Instagram Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

August 6, 20261 hr 2 min

Saying Goodbye to Pitch Perfect, Hello to Audacity & The Energy and Weight of Names with Katie Pannell

Pitch Perfect lived a beautiful life. Bold. Daring. Courageous. Anyone who came across her path left more emboldened. It was rumored Pitch Perfect caused everyone around her to shoot their shots unapologetically, swing for the stars, and Orbit Jump to the moon, which resulted in almost shocking vision-board level opportunities. Podcast guests spots in abundance. Speaking collabs resulting in deep, genuine partnerships. Indie magazine features in the coolest niches. The opportunities overfloweth. Pitch Perfect passed away peacefully in July of 2026. After a full and colorful life, she is survived by her heir... Audacity !!! In this episode, I reveal the name of the heir with absolute naming genius & strategist Katie Pannell of 26&thensome ! We get into: Why I decided to rename Pitch Perfect, despite all its success and brand recognition How people perceive names and why it's so important to take your time naming things When is a good time to rename something? Why change a good thing? How I decided on Audacity (and why it scared me) Names that didn't make the cut (but will still use in my marketing) The emotional rollercoaster of naming precious things and SO much more in the world of naming, branding, and pivoting Perfect for anyone whose ready to kill their darlings. Connect with Katie: Website Instagram Threads Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

August 4, 20261 hr 42 min

July's State of the Internet with Xanthe Appleyard: Yesteryear Debrief, Influencer Hate (or Misogyny?), Meta Glasses + More AI Debacles

Xanthe and I were frothing to record this State of the Internet July breakdown, because this was a TRUE "WTF is going on" month! Today's report includes: Our takes on Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke — what was the book REALLY about? Tradwife influencers? Motherhood? Performing womanhood? We get into it and what it means in a broader cultural context. Is "influencer" an insult? We respond to this Reel by Levi Coralynn who addresses the topic, and dive into the overlap between influencers, capitalism and misogyny Meta Glasses — I share my theory about why these will never take off in the way Zuck deludes, Xanthe shares her take on how they've positioned these culturally, and we have to wonder... who (and what?) are these really for? Plus a slew of other AI headlines, including Substack's partnership with Pangram to detect AI writing, the backlash against Meta's gen AI tool , and how did we get to the point of "Claudefishing", where you can have Claude create videos of you from a single image BIG ep today! We discuss everything through the lens of online leadership, digital behavior, and modern philosophy. You’ll leave with clear takeaways to move forward with, as well as a deeper understanding of how these topics are already impacting the conversations you’re leading, online and off. The internet is chaos — we'll help you make sense of it from our corner of it all. Connect with Xanthe: Join Social Life and use code CHELSEA for $10 off any membership! It's the social media + content strategy membership to stop second guessing your social media shit and become the sought-after creator you're meant to be Check out Leadership Lifestyle Carousel Templates — strategic templates designed with your audience's reaction in mind Links to all of Xanthe's offers : including Leisure Ethic Planner, Content Planner and more Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

July 22, 202629 min

Comparison, Competition, and What We Get Wrong About Both

I woke up thinking about the Latin root of "com" which sent me down a rabbit hole -- turns out, these used to be quite positive words back in the day. The words "comparison" and "competition" had a whole different meaning before capitalism and industrialization took over (shocking!) and in this ep, I'm exploring how we can get back to its original roots: "to make equal with" and "to strive together". Come with me as I make comparisons to modern day media powerhouses like Alex Cooper, how the Threads ick comes back around every season, the skill gap hamster wheel and more. I end with "The Parable of the Mexican Fisherman" which I think should be required reading for all entrepreneurs. This is for anyone in a comparison spiral, feeling exhausted by "competing" to scale, and who want to do business differently. Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

July 15, 202610 min

Constraints Boost Imagination & What Flying Business Class and The Coaching Industry Have in Common

Back with another off the cuff vlog today, and this time, I share a smoothie of thoughts, including: The power of constraints boosting imagination How I produce more coherent work with constraints My experience flying Business Class from Copenhagen to Lisbon and the glaring spotlight of class systems in travel What Business Class and the coaching space have in common What "classes" are we creating in our own ecosystems and are we happy about it? Is there anything we can change? Why I'd never run a 4000+ person program and why I never desire to How I make my business work focusing on intimacy and build that into my business model WHEW, a lot can go down in 10 mins! Let me know your thoughts in the Spotify comment section, leave a written review, and slide in my DMs ( on Threads )! Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

July 11, 202635 min

I Need Digital Nomad Rehab

It's the weekend. I'm in Copenhagen. And I think I need Digital Nomad Rehab, a center for people who want to settle down but addicted to traveling. This is an off the cuff vlog sharing what's swirling around in my brain, including: How my Europe Summer is going Emotional whiplash of starting over every few months Why it's so hard to commit to one place Some financial advice nuggets sprinkled in General musings about my lifestyle and what's next We're having a Letting It Rip Summer, so let me know what ya think of this style! Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

June 30, 20261 hr 31 min

June's State of the Internet with Xanthe Appleyard: The Yap Challenge Million Dollar Launches, Desire > Data, and Flodesk's AI Studio Rollout

Xanthe Appleyard and I are back on the mic with your State of the Internet June report, where we try to make sense of WTF is going on in the internet each month. Today's report includes: Jessi Jean's viral Yap Challenge and million-dollar launches — what makes offers go viral? How much did the role of FOMO play here? Plus, pricing strategy, timing, and the difference between viral content and viral offers. (Xanthe and I also share what we think our own viral offers could be!) Desire over data — Why do some creators like Kareem from Subway Takes deliberately ignore data? When are metrics actually useful vs. an armor? How much do you create for the love of the game over the numbers? Flodesk's AI Studio rollout — AI really is taking over and its latest target is Flodesk, a company near and dear to Xanthe's heart that's prompted quite the moral dilemma. Will we use it? For what? What does this mean for tech companies en masse, including the "smaller" ones? Plus, low-effort posting, personal diary content, and the surge in nostalgia — is this all in resistance to AI? We discuss everything through the lens of online leadership, digital behavior, and modern philosophy. You’ll leave with clear takeaways to move forward with, as well as a deeper understanding of how these topics are already impacting the conversations you’re leading, online and off. The internet is chaos — we'll help you make sense of it from our corner of it all. Connect with Xanthe: Grab the Leadership Lifestyle Templates - strategic Carousel templates designed WITH your audience's reaction in mind Join Social Life - the social media support system that solves your content execution problem, keeps your creative spark alive , and meaningfully grows your business — without asking you to post more, perform harder, or please the petty algorithm Instagram Love You To The Core Podcast Links to all offers , including Leisure Ethic Planner, Content Planner and more Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!

June 24, 20261 hr 0 min

How to Manage Topsy Turvy Finances

My financial situation this year is giving... erratic. I share every detail in today's ep and why I'm not calling 911 yet. After YEARS of steady monthly recurring revenue that paid all my basic expenses and then some, I changed my business model in late 2025, which resulted in seeing income numbers I haven't seen since year 1 of starting my business. I'm talking "how am I going to afford all this month's expenses?" kind of numbers. At first, I was chill, leaning on my savings and systems. Then, I freaked out. HOW TF DID THIS HAPPEN?! I thought I mastered budgeting and forecasting?? I share the full story, what I did to turn the ship around, and share practical advice on what to do when you're in a similar sitch. Episodes mentioned: How I Paid off $8K of Debt in One Month How I Planned My Sabbatical (So You Can Too) - Saving, Taking 2 Months Off and Why It’s Freaking Me Out ☎️ Have more questions? Leave a voicemail on the hotline and I'll answer in the next ep! Connect with Chelsea: Join the SHOOT YOUR SHOT CHALLENGE Aug 25-27th! Enroll in Audacity for $900 off til Aug 27th ! Get on the Ultimate Pitch Kit waitlist 🪄 ☄️ SUPERNOVA waitlist: the thinking lab for the deep thinkers, world-builders, and curious visionaries who see futures that don't exist yet. 💻 Website 📜 Footnotes newsletter filled with rabbit holes, zeitgeist synthesis and more 💌 The Art of the Ask Podcast 📱 IG: ⁠@chelseariffe⁠ 🧵 Threads: @chelseariffe Support NFNTW: Your donations help cover costs of running the show; you can help fund NFTNW right HERE. If you're unable to donate financially, share it. It all adds up! Want to sponsor NFTNW? Email team@chelseariffe.com to discuss partnership packages!