El Grito

Fortunate Son

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit, and on this episode I'm running back the latest national and geo-political events and showing how philosophy can help us make sense of them. 
It's been a wild week with Somali fraudsters up in Minnesota, a continued escalation of war in Iran, and of course the US on some gangster rogue-nation shit with the kidnapping of President Maduro in Venezuela. 
Alladat and there's still the lingering spectre of human trafficking, not just with the Epstein case anymore, but with even more instances that have emerged in the fallout of this scandal, particularly one here in my hometown of El Paso Texas that, if the allegations are to be believed, involve the highest levels of military and federal government. 
Seemed outlandish at first until a couple weeks ago when the local city goverment blew the lid on a human trafficking network that has deep connections in this city, and as the demands of radical skepticism ask of us, we have to be willing to at the very least look into these allegations to see if there's any merit to them, as was the case with the Epstein Files.  
Suffice to say, this week genuinely lived up to the saying that the United States is one nation under G.O.D.S. - guns, oil, drugs, and sex (human trafficking). 
Seems bleak no doubt, but as always, I have the ancestral philosophy to help guide us through the darkness. We are reminded that within us there is a clear understanding of the past that can make the future more predictable, and that as tempting as it is to fall into despair given the current state of affairs, that will only lead to further division, exclusion, chaos and ultimately isolation that leads to nothing more than weakness, sickness, and death. 
This is exactly what 'they' want homie, and it aint the solution, only community is. And we can only build that community by strengthening the links that unite us all, despite our differences, in this grand chain of humanity. 
I don't give a MF about your ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, and so on, it is all of us together as humans against the 'they' that are intent on strangling the remaining light of humanity out from this world. 
Stay woke fam...

This Eternal Decay

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit. 
I hope you enjoyed the silence, as I had to take some months off to process the loss of my beloved Abuelito who permanently transitioned to the mictlan back in October. 
In keeping with the spirit of his legacy however, I knew it was only a matter of time before I'd jump back on the mic to continue sharing this little hummingbird I'm nourishing with ya'll foos who are about it. If you're still listening to this, suffice to say I genuinely appreciate it. 
Anyways, in this episode I'm discussing ancestral Nahuatl philosophy and how I'm implementing it to help navigate this current grief, the continued and ever-growing dangers of the technocracy, and... Joe Rogan? 
Yeah dawg, also Joe Rogan, namely the role he plays in this ever-increasing technocracy as Peter Thiel's power bottom, and the ensuing role he's contributed to the 'male loneliness epidemic'. 
Stay woke fam...

Enjoy The Silence

What's good world - after five months, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit. 
I hope you've enjoyed the silence cuz in this episode I'm bringing all the noise on all matters from the current socio-and-geo-political climate, to Jungian shadow work, and everything in between. 
More directly, I'm finishing up an application of Marcuse's Repressive Tolerance by examining Kanye West and his infamous Alex Jones appearance, the philosophy of accelerationism, it's stage theory view on the unfolding of history, and their ensuing desire to expedite the collapse of everything we've come to know in an effort to rebuild a better(?) world, it's parallels in the ancestral Nahuatl understanding of time, and topping it off with a little insight into Jung's views on integrating the shadow and the role that played in my prolonged absence from the podcast game. 
Stay woke fam... 

The Hollow

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit.
In this episode, I'm talking the relationship between existential, phenomenology, and collectivism as expressed through Chalchiuhtlicue in ancestral Nahuatl philosophy and how it can lay the foundation for a better non-Marxist future.
I'm also talking about how The Mist by Steven King is a perfect metaphor for not only everything we're currently dealing with from a geopolitical standpoint, but for all the mysterious fogs that are popping up around the US. All this can be best understood through a little horror of philosophy by Eugene Thacker, so you know I had to sprinkle a little bit of that in, too.
And you know I had to continue along with the Repressive Tolerance article by Marcuse!
Ohh yeah, I also talk about how my now ex-girlfriend and I broke up recently after 15 years together, and how this lays the foundation for the overall theme of the episode which is learning to swim through the waters of life.
Stay woke fam...

Dawn Of The Dead

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit, and on this episode we diving deep into the haps of the last month since the previous episode, including a deeper dive into the article 'Repressive Tolerance' by Herbert Marcuse.
Before all that though I talk ancestral Nahuatl philosophy, Type O Negative and the indelible effect Peter Steele in particular has had on my life, one last Christmas holiday zombie movie (Black Friday with Bruce Campbell of Evil Dead fame), the relationship between zombies, Marx, and capitalism, the events that occurred in New Orleans and Las Vegas (nah straight up, we were hoping for Project Blue Beam and all we got was TEMU September 22th, what a let down), how this in and of itself is an extension of the class war we are ensnared in, and finishing alladat up with the dangers of technocracy, censorship, and the limiting of reality through the policing of language that Marcuse discussed nearly sixty years ago!
It's honestly a banger of an episode homie, and without a doubt the longest to day date, a trend that will be the new norm for this podcast - I hope it helps kill the time in between episodes, and if you can get through the end in one sitting, you a real one fa sho.
Stay woke fam...

Repressives Tolerance

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit, and on this episode, I'm delving in to the article 'Repressive Tolerance' by Herbert Marcuse.
In my humble opinion, this is a seminal text in critical theory, one that often gets over looked, and given its relevance to today's political climate, I felt it appropriate to delves into.
Well, the first four pages cuz this is a dense read and I ended this episode near the two hour mark! Suffice to say, I'm very much looking forward to breaking it down in future episodes.
For now, I discuss the rise of Nazi and Hitler apologists, how Marx predicted this wave of anti-Semitism as being inextricably tied to capitalism and dire material conditions, and how Marcuse can help us understand that the only way to really combat it is to 'meet the people where they are at', to put it kindly.
This is a controversial take from a controversial text, so it should go without saying that this is perhaps one of the more (admittedly) controversial episodes I've made. But as I mention, life is not easy pretending otherwise by stating we can't have such difficult conversations is exactly what Marcuse means by repressive tolerance.
Stay woke fam...

Run It Back 4

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit.
It's been a while, and I talk all about why along with all the other topics that still make this podcast like the Exorcist but with more break dancing.
And by that of course I mean ancestral Nahuatl philosophy, 'conspiracies' like Project Popeye, weather modification, and the relationship with Hurricane Helene, class war, Brown foos and the N word, and a little bit of ancient Greek philosophy.
We're living in fun times homie and I feel like The Republic by Plato is one of the many texts that help us understand why they aren't unique, cataclysmic, let alone insurmountable, and I will be breaking down this text in the following episodes to explain how/why, starting with book two in this one.
Stay woke fam...

Where The Hood At?

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more hood philosophy shit, and on this episode I'm talking ancestral knowledge,  jiu jitsu, Islamic cults, horror movies and... my experience being a substitute teacher?!
Yeah dawg, it was a fun ride, and I break down how all of the aforementioned are related through that one experience.
We are in the midst of the Toxkatl veintenna and one thing it teaches us is the importance of applying heat and energy in our lives to ensure we blossom into the best versions of ourselves in hopes of being the nourishment the communities that come after us will need to thrive.
This goes heavily against the mediocrity and comfort we are told to cherish in modern times (our ancestors for sure would not have been fans of the fake-woke 'progressive' left homie), and they remind us of the importance of staying physically, psychologically, emotionally, and intellectually strong to ensure we are capable of carrying out such a monumental task.
Stay woke fam...

Dead Again

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit, and on this episode of the podcast I'm running back some of the happenings from the last four months that it's been since the last episode. 
I'm talking a little ancestral knowledge I've learned along the way, the significance of Xipe Totec, the influence of The Smiths, The Cure, and post-punk in general in the Xicano/a community and how wild it is that others are just finding out about that, why cholo culture being appropriated is mad cringe and... Donnie Darko.
That movie is dope as hell, I use it to teach a lot of different parts of philosophy in class like time travel, free will, and the absurd to name a few - some of the real horrifying shit in life when we seriously pause to consider it.
Stay woke fam...

Devil’s Pie

What's good world, we back from the crypt with some more of that hood philosophy shit, and on this episode we got lots to talk about.
 For starters, one of the Epstein lists has been released, and rather than talk about the human trafficking element side of it, I go in on the effect it's had on undermining the sovereignty of the United States instead.
Don't get me twisted, the trafficking and exploitation of children is unquestionably reprehensible and the sickos that engaged in these actions deserve punishment to the fullest extent imaginable, but belying this is the real root of the problem that some Blue Anon MF'ers are still trying to dismiss.
 
The US straight up has been bought and sold homie and the hustle only exists cuz our politicians were abusing their power, and that's the issue few are discussing. I got you though, and offer a little hope in the form of ancestral Nahuatl ways that show why such leadership is disgusting as well as how we can potentially fix it so we can build a better world from the smoldering ashes of this one.
I close off by pulling a complete 180 and going in on some psychoanalytic film analysis on Belly, as mentioned in the previous episode. That movie is mad philosophical and deserves its flowers in my humble opinion, and DMX and Nas team up with Hype Williams to give us a masterpiece on what it's like to navigate the struggles of the hood.Stay woke fam...