This episode was very special to me, as Drexel University professor George Ciccariello-Maher sits down to discuss various subjects regarding the American right's reaction to his Twitter comments as well as the state of political discouse in America. The real meat and potatoes for this episode is Venezuela, a nation currently in a state of turmoil that has been so drastic it seems almost impossible to work out of.

His literary work has been indexed here, and includes We Created Chávez: A People's History of the Venezuelan Revolution, Building the Commune: Radical Democracy in Venezuela, and Decolonizing Dialectics. All of his works are available at Amazon.com, also indexed here.

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I'm once again joined by the dishonorable, disreputable and infamous D.E.O. in a sharp turnaround of our post-election malaise. We also expand on more ruminations about the immigrant and minority experience of living in an ever-changing America and an increasingly strange modern world.

Also, don't forget to check out D.E.O.'s podcast at Crowd Interference, as well as checking him out on Twitter.

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So, how does a well-to-do Jamaican dude end up in Iowa, to turn things around and merge work with vacation in Mexico? How does an outsider make sense of a more multicultural Egypt than he expected?

Kemi Fuentes-George is a professor at Middlebury College in Vermont, and the author of Between Preservation and Exploitation: Transnational Advocacy Networks and Conservation in Developing Countries. He's travelled to different locales in the name of environmental research and the pursuit of better understanding of ecosystems and the real-world consquences of socioeconomic factors as they relate to the environment. Also, he's pretty goddamn charming.

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Today I'm joined by author, journalist, documentarian and man of many opinions, Brin-Jonathan Butler. Butler has written some of the most essential pieces on boxing, Cuba, the struggles of athletes and finding humanity in it all through the prism of sport.

His works include the brief but excellent documentary Ali vs Stevenson: The Greatest Fight That Never Was on Vimeo, as well as works such as Farewell Champions of Havana at RoadsAndKingdoms.com and The Poison Oasis with Mickey Duzyj for SBNation.com.

He's also authored A Cuban Boxer’s Journey:

This time around, I'm joined by my good friend D.E.O. after a crushing election week. Topics include: growing up in immigrant households, being the "other" while growing up, facing day to day life, internet culture shaping human interaction, the Uncle Ruckus phenomenon, and what the hell we do now with so many living in actual fear.

British/Canadian writer/producer/director/refined gentleman Timothy Bissell addresses his work dealing with historical oddities, life in Canada and shirtless men punching each other in the head.

From there, we discuss living with Tourette's and attempt to dispel misconceptions regarding the condition.

Today I'm joined by law enforcement veteran and drug legalization advocate Raeford Davis, and get caught in a long lot of sad stuff despite our penchant for optimism.

In this episode I discuss various subjects with one of my favorite people on the internet, dealing with life in Mexico, effects of the drug war, the best tacos on earth, and my hatred of Michael Dudikoff.

First episode, lots of growing pains. Immigration attorney extraordinaire Mirriam Seddiq joins me to talk about legal matters, growing up in an immigrant household in America, as well as just how to be a grownup. Baby noises are made as a knucklehead wannabe podcaster decides to do an interview with an uncomfortable infant in his arms.

Excellent conversation that gets cut short in the end, but totally worth it.