In this episode, I’m unpacking the story of surveillance—where it began, how it’s evolved, and what it’s doing to us now. We’ll look at how thinkers help us understand power through watching, and how that plays out today in government monitoring, corporate data collection, and the erosion of privacy.

I’ll talk about how deep the surveillance runs, how it shapes our behavior, and most importantly, what we can do to resist.

We're being watched, and we need to take some of that power back.

From ancient Rome’s bread and circuses to today’s endless outrage cycles, distraction has always been a tool of power. Governments and media flood us with scandals, spectacles, and noise not to inform but to divert. While attention is captured by drama, the real decisions that shape our lives unfold in the background.

This episode unpacks the strategies of distraction including dead cat moments, outrage bait, and the flood of trivial news that keeps us divided and exhausted. Drawing on the ideas of thinkers like Noam Chomsky and real examples from modern politics, we explore how attention is manipulated and why reclaiming it is an essential act of democracy.

In a world built on noise, focus is resistance.

History may not repeat itself—but it does rhyme.

Join us for an exploration of democracy’s fragile descent into fascism, where we discuss patterns repeated from Mussolini’s Italy and Nazi Germany to Pinochet’s Chile.

Let’s journey through the authoritarian playbook, phase by unsettling phase, and see how recognizing these steps might help us prevent history from claiming another victim.

Are we vigilant enough to stop it all before it's too late?

We brace for disaster when it’s loud. But we rarely notice it when it builds slowly, quietly, over time.

This episode explores complacency—what happens to us, and to our society, when we stop paying attention. It weakens democracy. It hollows out relationships. It convinces us to settle for less than we need or deserve.

Today, I’m talking about why complacency happens, how it spreads, and what it costs us when we’re too tired—or too afraid—to confront it.

If you’ve been coasting, this is your urgent invitation to reengage. Let’s talk. Let’s look honestly at where we are. And let’s work together to demand something better.

We’ve been taught to fear arguments. To avoid them. To win them. But the real purpose of an argument isn’t victory. It’s understanding.

In this episode, we explore the lost art of arguing well — not to overpower, but to connect. You’ll learn why most arguments fall apart, the patterns that quietly sabotage us, and the simple, practical tools that can shift the tone of any tough conversation.

A strong arguer doesn’t shout. They listen. They reflect. They speak with clarity and care. Arguing well isn’t about being right. It’s about being wise.

Let’s learn how to do it differently.

Understanding trauma intellectually won't heal your soul.

In this episode, we reveal how analyzing our emotions can become its own barrier to real emotional freedom. Join the conversation about reclaiming genuine feeling and embodied healing from the grip of intellectualization.

Everything is a remake. A reboot. A rehash of something that came before. But, we have no shortage of creativity.

So why is this happening? Well, it is a deliberate strategy.

In this episode, we’re diving deep into how nostalgia has been weaponized to manipulate the masses, stifle innovation, and keep power in the hands of the few. We also explore:

• How politicians use nostalgia to sell regressive policies (MAGA, the Lost Cause myth, Reagan-era propaganda, and post-9/11 nationalism).
• How corporations exploit nostalgia to keep consumers hooked and distract from declining quality (Disney reboots, Y2K fashion, retro branding).
• How the American Dream myth convinces people to accept worsening economic conditions instead of demanding real change.
• Why the culture feels stuck on repeat—and how we break free.

Let’s talk about why this is happening, who benefits from it, and how we can work towards a future worth remembering.

For 15 years, the U.S. government waged a secret war against its own citizens. Under the guise of "national security," the FBI’s COINTELPRO infiltrated, sabotaged, and destroyed civil rights groups, Black liberation movements, and anti-war activists—violating the very freedoms it claimed to protect.

Leaders were surveilled, blackmailed, and assassinated. Movements were dismantled from within. And none of it was supposed to see the light of day.

This episode exposes the full story of COINTELPRO—one of the most flagrant abuses of power in American history—and how its shadow still looms over modern surveillance and activism today.