21st Century Schizoid Podcast

Kanan and I delve into postmodern theories of gender, identity, and spend a little extra time shitting on Jordan Peterson for the kids.

AJ Norton joined me for his second appearance on the show to discuss the bombings in Austin, the firing of Rex Tillerson, Googling Murray Bookchin, his experience with the Austin chapter of the DSA ad more. https://soundcloud.com/psychowarfare https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/psychological-warfare-with-a-j-norton/id1265694390?mt=2 https://www.facebook.com/psychowarfare/ http://psychowarfare.com/ https://twitter.com/PsychoWarfareHQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Bookchin http://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/murray-bookchin

Earth based medication advocate and activist, Ian Benouis joined me to discuss his work with veterans suffering from PTSD, earth based medication, etc. Ian has participated in a documentary film, Soldiers of the Vine, in which 6 American veterans go to Peru to explore a 10-day plant dieta to treat PTSD. Soldiers of the Vine https://vimeo.com/210139995 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cdVBTxFgXA https://www.viceland.com/en_us/show/hamiltons-pharmacopeia https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/gyj9y4/hunting-for-the-most-potent-psychedelic-toad-venom-on-earth

Andrew Stamper and I continue our Best Films Series with an analysis of the Dutch film, Spoorloos or The Vanishing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vanishing_(1988_film) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/?ref_=nv_sr_3

Rahim Adeigbe, the creator of Joints X Rahim, stopped by this week to talk about what he's been up to since he joined us for episode 2. He recently spent some time in NYC and shared a little about upcoming projects. www.jointsbyrahim.com IG: @jointsxrahim Twitter: @heemerson

Andrew Stamper and I continued our Best Films Series with my number 5, Blade Runner. Topics include acting, cinematography, philosophy, production, writing. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/?ref_=nv_sr_2 Shots: https://giphy.com/gifs/143PFaEyhYgYCY/html5 https://giphy.com/gifs/GbHGZlYqvHyne/html5 https://giphy.com/gifs/N5hslE1DHiP72/html5 https://giphy.com/gifs/qpCpnGDsF5ZPa/html5 https://giphy.com/gifs/tSJokULMlL45y/html5 https://giphy.com/gifs/2mE7cUH0g5HUI/html5 My Blade Runner Short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xR535Zz2wy4

Dr. James Galbraith was kind enough to join me on the show this week to discuss macroeconomics. We talked about measures of economic output and inequality such as GDP, GINI Coefficient, and Theil Index. Dr. Galbraith also walked me through the broad strokes of Modern Monetary Theory, the national debt and the national deficit. James K. Galbraith holds the Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and a professorship of government at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. http://utip.lbj.utexas.edu/ https://lbj.utexas.edu/directory/faculty/james-galbraith https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Galbraith https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_13?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=james+k.+galbraith&sprefix=james+k.+galb%2Caps%2C542&crid=2C89HEOOFKBFV

Independent Austin filmmaker, Brandon Polanco, joined me on the show this week to talk about filmmaking. He's currently editing his first feature film, Earth Mother. We discuss the ins and outs of film production as well as storytelling from a broader perspective. He's worked with notable actors like Bryan Cranston and has had a short accepted into the Cannes Film Festival. This is an absolutely phenomenal episode, and immediately felt like one of the best since I started the show. Be sure to checkout Brandon's existing work: Writer's Block - a short film starring Bryan Cranston https://vimeo.com/81902364 Vicky & Jonny - accepted into the world renowned Cannes Film Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbUswuLHJU4&app=desktop

Andrew and I discuss the acting, cinematography, writing, and more of Alfred Hitchcock's landmark film, Vertigo. It's the first in a series we'll be doing together exploring our top 5 best films of all time. Most importantly, we reference the male libidinal economy. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/?ref_=tt_urv https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=168MsyGJ9yU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsM8dlQTnho

Friend of the show Avery Sudduth stopped by the studio for an impromptu chat on our shared love of all things X-Men. Topics covered include costumes, art, writing, style, film adaptations and more.

Sarah Hay will be launching her own podcast soon, so I wanted to host her to discuss criminal justice reform, social justice, religion, and spirituality in the 21st century.

Andrew Stamper joined me to share some insights into the challenges screenwriters face. We shared a little about some of our favorite films. We had a great time geeking our over our favorite films to wrap things up. It's a conversation any film geek will enjoy.

Marwan was my very first guest and joined me to talk about his recent trip to visit his father in Egypt. We also talked a little bit about the region and his plans for 2018.

Dr. Jay Banner is the F. M. Bullard Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences and Director, Environmental Science Institute, College of Natural Sciences. Dr. Banner shared insights into the impact of urbanization of streams, the challenges surrounding creating a sustainable future for the state of Texas, and how climactic change can be studied via stalagmite deposits.

I brought friend of the show, Scott Williams, back to discuss what it would take to motivate him politically, the perils of modern living, and more schizoid content.

Jennifer Cox is a returning guest. I brought Jennifer on to discuss feminist perspectives. It automatically felt like one of the stronger conversations I've been able to have on the show so far, and I'm confident you'll agree. We discussed concepts of identity, negotiating ones own privileges & biases, and finding oneself after growing up in a evangelical community.

I had the opportunity to sit down and riff with AJ Norton of Psycological Warfare With AJ Norton. He's a local Austin podcaster, and I think we share a similar outlook in terms of the kinds of discussions we want to have. We focused on the confluence of economics, the media, and politics from a broad perspective. https://soundcloud.com/psychowarfare https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/psychological-warfare-with-a-j-norton/id1265694390?mt=2 http://psychowarfare.com/ https://www.facebook.com/psychowarfare/ https://www.patreon.com/psychowarfare

Gilbert Rivera is one of my absolute favorite people to talk to on any subject, so it was a real pleasure to have him on the show. We start off discussing Net Neutrality, and in true schizoid fashion venture into politics, economics, and philosophy. I've been pitching the idea of doing a current events podcast together, as well.

Dr. Ivan Marquez, a professor in the Philosophy department at Texas State University joined me this week to discuss political philosophy through the lens of the enlightenment, modernity, and postmodernity. We discuss theory from thinkers such as Jean Baudrillard, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Martin Heidegger, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Lacan, and Karl Marx. We start with a introduction to modernity, trace it's origins in the Enlightenment, and the postmodern reaction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Kant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Baudrillard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Lacan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Lyotard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Foucault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Derrida

I really enjoyed sitting and talking with Dr. Justin Hart about his work as a roboticist. We primarily focused on his research, but also touched on topics like the uncanny valley and philosophy of the mind. http://justinhart.net/ https://robotics.utexas.edu/people