El Grito

Above The Weeping World

What's good world, we're back with some more of that G shit, and on this episode of the podcast, I'm talking about the schism between the modernist and the postmodernists. 
No conversation on this matter can be had without talking a little bit about the figurehead of the form, one Jordan B. Peterson, but real shit, homeboy is exactly that - a figurehead that best exemplifies the tension that has the US - and the entirety of the world, really - at a breaking point as we head into 2021. 
The American Empire is facing mad uncertainty at the moment, and for many of us, the rationale of 'patriotism' and 'duty to one's country' that has been used to justify the unjust treatment of people's in the hood are ringing more hollow and being exposed for the empty gestures they truly are by the day. 
The sentiment has been fomenting for all of 2020, and for 2021, I thought it best to start by addressing the simple question on the minds of hundreds of millions of Americans who are fed up with the unfounded modernist rationale that has been telling us we are at 'the end of history' and all our problems have been sold, and that is 'why TF should we show loyalty to a country that clearly don't give a MF about us?'.
I'm a be picking up this idea in a series of podcasts, but for now, I ask simply - why does one wealthy politician from Kentucky have the ability to determine the economic relief desperately needed by hundreds of millions of Americans?
Stay woke fam, better worlds are possible... 

Sickness Unto Death

What's good world, we're back with some more of that MF G shit by way of, and on this episode of the podcast, we're doing a deep dive into Toy Story 3. 
It's the winter solstice and ya boy cooked up a little something-something for my Christian folk with some Soren Kierkegaard to explain how the plot of this movie is basically the computer-animated tale of Kierkegaards leap to faith. 
Specifically, I'm tracing the character development of Buzz Lightyear to show how, through the first three movies, he slowly progresses from being the Knight of Infinite Resignation who is content solely with the idea of love and acting accordingly, to the Knight of Faith whose firm belief in their faith allows him to be the calm in the impending storm his fellow toys face as they're slowly sliding into the depths of hell - or the burning trash pit of fire if you don't want to be so histrionic about it.
 
Stay woke fam... 
 

Seven Sermons To The Dead

What's good world, we're back for our 50th episode of the podcast, and I'm not going to front, your boy is feeling a little sentimental thinking about that number. 
It's been about a year and a half since I started this shit, and for this episode, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on what hood philosophy is and why. 
I'm talking everything from the school-to-prison pipeline and the military-industrial complex, to Nietzsche's three transformations of the spirit and the importance of engaging in the deep soul-scorching shadow work necessary to recover our existence, and why this should be the focus of philosophical enquiry in a time where suffering seems to strangely be at an all-time high in this technological world of ours. 50 episodes in and aint shit changed homie, this still aint yo grand-daddies academic philosophy - that shit started in Ancient Greece and is buried in the prestigious confines of institutionalized academia, where we have to pay a premium to access the sanitized knowledge.
Hood philosophy is about liberating the knowledge by way of the Internet in the hopes that it will be used to help overcome the nihilistic pit of despair the Western world has reduced us to so that we may complete the three transformations.
It goes without saying then that it started in the streets and will end in the streets where the hunger and need for knowledge and wisdom is desired the most.
Stay woke fam...

Behold A Pale Horse

What's good world, we're back with some more of that straight from the crypt hood philosophy shit, and on this episode, we're talking summoning aliens, the existence of demons, angels, alchemical magic, and bringing zombified corpses to life with the the infamous 'Chinese Brain' thought experiment from the philosophy of mind.
2020 been a wild year and I think it's safe to say that there's some serious forces at play beyond our traditional scope of reality that merits a deep philosophical discussion on what our role as people is heading into this next stage of collective evolution we are undertaking. 
In remixing the infamous words Milton William Cooper, like it or not, everything is changing. The result will be the most wonderful experience in the history of man or the most horrible enslavement that you can imagine. If 2020 has taught us anything, let it be that, in a world where 'coin shortages' and mandatory vaccinations are slowly becoming the norm, to cling to the past is guaranteed suicide, and to remain apathetic is assured enslavement.
Stay woke fam, we can either be active in this process or abdicate our role completely. The choice really is ours and the future really do be in our hands - to learn the truth and then act on it is the only means of survival at this moment...
 

Tentacles Longer Than Night

What's good world, we're back with some more of that gangsta ass hood philosophy, and on this episode, we're talking some MF philosophy of horror. 
Rather than reading into a specific horror move or novel, though, we're talking about the horror inherent with existence - everything from depression, feelings of impending dread, and the horror of sentience, to addiction, relapse, and trauma, and the associated feelings of horror they all entail. 
MF Freddy and Jason bruh, the face of loved one possessed by the psychic vampires haunting us all are the real horrors, and their tentacles reach far and long into the deep dark night of our existence...
Stay woke fam, cuz without learning these horrors, we stand to suffer the worst of fates - being too afraid to live, yet too afraid to die...

Azo Tle Nelli In Tlalticpac?

What's good world, we're back with some more hood philosophy, and on this episode of the podcast, I'm delving back into the waters of Nahuatl philosophy and asking - is this (the Abrahamic, Western European worldview) the only truth in the world? 
I've spoken before about the difference in world views held by the Nahuatl and Western Europeans, and in this episode, I get deep into breaking down what that means for us humans seeking a life of meaning and purpose in this slippery world. 
You can take all the antidotes to chaos you desire, but if we don't acknowledge the fundamentally dynamic nature of reality, we'll remain trapped in this hedonic trap of falsely believing we've 'finally' achieved 'the end goal' of life - whatever that even is - and that we can finally rest on our laurels and be at ease. 
Stay woke fam...

The Slaughter Bench Of History

What's good world, we back with some more of that gangsta ass hood philosophy, and on this episode of the podcast, I'm dropping some knowledge on a philosopher who's gaining a lot of attention in the Internet underground as of late. 
I'm speaking of G.W.F. Hegel, and given the wild times we're living in, I'm not at all surprised to see him rearing his ugly little head, as much of his philosophy not only serves as the foundation for the colonialism and imperialism that has led us to this extraordinary year, but for many, it provides an escape - or at the very least, solace in the form of an explanation - for the madness that's been 2020. 
This particular podcast is actually from a lecture that I gave a couple years back, and I decided to share the entirety of it in hopes that doing so would perhaps help shed a different light on the current events, as well as lay the foundation for a forthcoming OC podcast that will examine the antithesis of Hegelianism. 
Stay woke fam, dualistic teleologies are but one of many ways to interface with reality... 

The Fifth Sun

What's good world, we're back with some more gangsta ass hood philosophy, and on this episode, we're talking time travel, alternate dimensions, ancient technologies, and Aztec ritual sacrifice to name but a few. 
This my longest podcast to date, and it aint by mistake cuz ya boy goes deep into the philosophy of why the Mexica - so-called Aztecs - engaged in the ritual excising of people's hearts, and how conservative Christian brainwashing reduced this action to it's most vulgar, elementary form. 
When we dig deeper, though, we realize that the Mexica were engaging in an art of living that's lost today, namely one that sees individuals - yes, even the sacrificial victims, as fundamentally necessary to the continuation of the cosmos. 
And if you ask me, that's vastly preferable to the reductive materialism of the Western world that has us believing we are nothing more than inert molecules in a careless universe void of any meaning or purpose. 
Stay woke fame, cuz what is dead can never die...

Separation Perfected

What's good world, we're back with some more of that gangsta ass hood philosophy, and on this episode of the podcast, we're tracing the modern roots of persuasion in academia, and examining how it was transmogrified from an altruistic practice aimed at transforming democracy by creating an active and involved proletariat, into a trillion-dollar industry ready to sell us everything from a lifestyle, a new war, and everything in between. 
It's a deceptive world out there fam, and we'd be silly to think there aren't hidden forces at play exercising unwarranted power in hopes of getting us to further their agendas.
Like the grandfather of modern advertising Edward Bernays reminds us, 'the conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society', and that 'those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country...' 
So when Nike is out here sub-contracting Uyghur slave labor through the Chinese Communist Party, while simultaneously promoting the ideas of equality advanced by Back Lives Matter, it's time we ask ourselves just how deeply we are truly being governed, how carefully our minds are being molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of.
Stay woke fam... 

Higher Self

What's good world, we back with some more of that bust you ish open hood philosophy. 
On this episode of the podcast, I'm talking Nietzsche's will to power, why Brown folk need to stop blaming the White man for all our problems, and why only simp lords tap early to chokes at jiu jitsu. 
Spoiler alert, cuz we're cutting ourselves short by not giving ourselves a chance to see what we're truly made of.
Stay woke fam...