It’s solo pod romp time, superstars; and in this episode I’m pulling back the curtain on the youth-worship scam, the war on aging, and why elderhood is being erased from our culture. I get into vanity, propaganda, the recycling hustle (yup, you’re probably paying more to “be sustainable”), and how billionaire “philanthropy” is running the media circus/downfall of Western civilization.

Consider this your permission slip to ditch the scripts, embrace your sun spins, and reclaim your own definition of beauty and badassery, as you are so inspired.

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Show notes:

· Opening riffs: slammed finger, broken monitor, DIY recording setup.

· Housekeeping: books, reviews, newsletter, Brain Supreme supplements.

· Recycling rant:

o Paying more to refill than to buy new.

o Lack of incentives for true recycling.

o Idea of creating jobs for youth, disabled, or unhoused to wash/label containers.

o Frustration with Santa Fe’s city policies + Soros-funded justice programs.

· On youth jobs vs. illegal immigration labor debates.

· Service industry memories: Nordstrom, waiting tables, and lessons of service.

· De-normalizing the attack on aging:

o Western erasure of elderhood vs. cultures that honor elders.

o Botox, fillers, dye, and surgery as “stealing” the aging process from society.

o The “you don’t look your age” compliment = toxic hierarchy of youth.

o The language trap of “I am X years old” vs. “I have X years.”

o Gray hair, skin changes, and embracing time as art.

o Personal anecdotes: friend offended at gray hairs, Justine Bateman called “haggard.”

o Choosing curiosity and reverence instead of fear and rejection.

· Vanity & the 12th Gene Key:

o Shadow of vanity vs. gift of discrimination.

o Medicine journey insights on vanity.

o Occam’s razor: simpler to expand our definition of beauty than fight aging.

· Broader critique:

o How vanity feeds death-phobia and pharma/medical profits.

o Normalization of cosmetic procedures as another control mechanism.

· The Matrix & propaganda:

o Cancel culture, early writing on gender reassignment, Betterarchy insights.

o Vanity as last shadow to release on the road to self-realization.

o Practices: sitting with judgment until finding beauty (elderly women at YMCA, ecstatic dance).