The Craft Podcast

Lilah: The Girl Who Smiled So Nobody Would Worry

Azalea Carson is 19, lives in Tennessee, and has never met a silence she couldn’t fill.She gives away her last twenty dollars to a homeless stranger on a dark street at 10 PM. She names the man on the park bench “Silence” when he won’t tell her his name. She asks her potential kidnapper if he’d like to grab milkshakes.She does all of this with a bright smile — while hiding a home where glass shatters every night, her parents drink until they can’t stand, and her father’s belt leaves marks she explains away as falling off her bed.Then she meets Grey Kingston.Tattooed. Empty-eyed. Dangerously quiet. The kind of man who says “f*****g watch yourself” and walks away — except he keeps stopping. Keeps turning around. Keeps slowing down just enough for her to catch up.This week on The Craft, we live inside Lilah — the Wattpad story about a girl who learned to love loudly because silence felt too much like giving up, and a man who built walls so high that no one has ever gotten close enough to knock.Until now.🎧 Duration: 34.38 minutes This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darrylwassi.substack.com

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Bad Boy Roommate: The Girl, The Heartbreaker & The Room They Had to Share

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What happens when the school’s most reckless girl gets accidentally assigned to the male dormitory — and ends up rooming with Caldwell Academy’s most notorious heartbreaker?This week, we’re diving deep into “Bad Boy Roommate” — the Wattpad phenomenon that has readers obsessed with Hayden Jones and Chase Everett.Hayden lives by one rule: “Life’s too short to give a s**t.” But sharing a room with Chase Everett might be the one thing that finally makes her care.In this episode we cover: * 🔥 The midnight prank that started it all * 🏫 What life inside Caldwell Academy’s walls really looks like * ⚡ The electric, combative chemistry between Hayden & Chase * 💔 The emotional depth hiding beneath the chaos and the charm * 🎭 Why this story hits different — and why readers can’t stop coming backMature themes, strong language, and characters with serious flaws. You’ve been warned.🎧 Duration: ~33.23 minutes This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darrylwassi.substack.com

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The Only 15 Minutes You Need To Master Self-Control _ Robert Greene

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Robert Greene doesn’t talk about self-control the way most people do — no morning routines, no habit stacks, no “just be disciplined” advice that falls apart by Tuesday.He goes deeper. He talks about the war happening inside you — between the person you want to become and the version of you that keeps reacting, impulsing, self-sabotaging. And more importantly, he explains why most people lose that war without ever understanding why they entered it.This isn’t a motivational clip. It’s closer to a diagnosis.What struck me most watching this: Greene doesn’t treat self-control as a virtue you either have or don’t. He treats it as a skill built through self-knowledge — and that reframe alone is worth the 15 minutes.If you’ve ever felt like your own worst enemy — reactive when you wanted to be calm, distracted when you needed to focus, impulsive when everything depended on restraint — this one is for you.Watch it once. Then watch it again when you think you’ve figured yourself out. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darrylwassi.substack.com

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Behind the Camera: When the Lens Catches Feelings

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She came home early with takeout and found everything she thought she had in someone else’s bed. Harper Lane — freelance photographer, lover of golden-hour light, and officially done with men — is starting over with nothing but her camera bag and a best friend willing to raid her ex’s apartment.Enter Millie Bennett — youngest daughter of the legendary Bennett family, professional ice hockey player, breaker of records, and apparently… in need of a very convincing fake girlfriend. It starts as a favor. A deal. A performance for the cameras. But somewhere between shared playlists and post-game chaos and a family that loves loudly and chooses each other every single day — the performance starts to feel dangerously real.This week we’re breaking down the slow-burn that wrecked us in the best possible way. We talk the fake dating arc, the pining that made us lose sleep, and why this author — writing in her second language, hockey knowledge and all — has built one of the most beloved WLW universes on Wattpad. Spoilers ahead. No apologies.What we cover in this episode00:00Intro & the scene that opens the book — Harper, spicy noodles, and a bedroom door that should have been closed08:30Character breakdown — meet Millie, the Bennetts, and the chaotic, love-soaked family at the heart of this universe17:00The fake dating setup — how the deal begins, what each of them needs, and why it’s already doomed to become real28:15Slow burn analysis — the mutual pining moments that had us screaming into our pillows38:00The Bennett legacy — why Mia and Luna as parents hit so differently, and what it means to watch a chosen family grow up across four booksOur verdict — spoiler-filled final thoughts, favorite scenes, and why this might be the most emotionally complete ending in the seriesEpisode playlist highlightThe author built a full playlist for this book — and honestly, it’s doing a lot of emotional heavy lifting. Some standouts we reference in this episode:Delicate — Taylor SwiftLiability — LordeInvisible String — Taylor SwiftHappier Than Ever — Billie EilishSatellite — Harry Stylespeace — Taylor Swift This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit darrylwassi.substack.com

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Lilah: The Girl Who Smiled So Nobody Would Worry

Bad Boy Roommate: The Girl, The Heartbreaker & The Room They Had to Share

The Only 15 Minutes You Need To Master Self-Control _ Robert Greene

Behind the Camera: When the Lens Catches Feelings