Information to contact our guest below! We will be discussing will be of the unspoken impact of female philosophers and philosophers of color. Today there is a lack of female representation in classical philosophy. The contributions of philosophers, thinkers, and innovators of color seldom are included in modern day discourse. 

Learn about the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut, the African philosopher Zera Yacob, known as the African Descartes writing Enlightenment era ideas before western philosophy. We discuss influential women in philosophy such as Diotima of Mantinea, Hypatia of Alexandrea, and Héloïse d'Argenteuil. 

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Our guest is Mxstress X  is a Dominatrix, Exotic Trustee, Evil Genius, and Ego Assassin who has an insatiable bloodlust for knowledge and mental exploration. She is an artist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and kink educator. She works as consultant, but prefers the term mental mercenary, offering her knowledge of various topics to those brave enough to pay the price to expand the horizons of their mind. She’s also an activist, community organizer, event planner, creative director, and fetish model, among many other things it would be your utmost pleasure (or pain) to experience. She is currently raising hell and working on projects in the fields of sex tech, crypto art, and research and development, and welcomes all correspondence and cash from potential investors and acolytes to her cause.

Time to get witchy! It's the beginning of the Hyperian Shadow Season and we speak with a practicing witch about the true nature of magic. Is magic real? What is magic? Our special guest will be answering this question and performing two poems from their newest book "Eden: Reclaiming your divinity through Poetry and Self Expression" OUT NOW on magickofeden.com. Our special guest is KaSandra Turner is the witch, spiritualist, founder and creator of Magick of Eden. She is an American writer and poet whose mission is to seek truth and self-actualization through healing and integration. She is well known and respected for her ability to merge the arts of poetry and magick to help rejuvenate the hidden and rejected aspects of herself. She actively serves her community through providing tarot and oracle readings and provides guided messages for those she resonates with. KaSandra hopes that through her work she is able to spark a sense of purpose in the lives of her soul tribe and aims to connect with others and the Divine.

What's the Poet's truth about the patriarchy? Our returning guest is writer, director, and fashion designer Emi Electra, MFA Film join us in conversation about how the toxic effects of the patriarchy harms everyone, non- binary, women, and even men. We also discuss Emi Electra's fashion brand, and the progress on her latest feature film project. 

The patriarchy is a force of unbridled division and separation. It's so one dimensional it can't be brought into synthesis. For this very reason, it must be completely destroyed.

* Special Guest Episode* *Featured Poet and performance* Why is community important? Should we unite in community under Reason? Is it necessary for a prosperous society to unite under a common goal?  On this episode, Kai, The Tortured Orator, discusses the uncomfortable truth of community. Kai has a conversation with special guest, Alex Petunia, a nurse, poet, and community organizer.  Alex Petunia is a nurse poet who has worn a kaleidoscope of hats, like drumming in an all-girl rock band, hippo-ing in a space ship, and road tripping with the moon and her poetry. Her writing invites you to hug a tree, frolic barefoot in with the Earth and share a breath with yourself. Her poetry has been published in works such as the In the Words of Women's International Anthology and the Las Lunas Locas' I Rite to Live Anthology. Through the Community Literature Initiative's Poetry Publishing Program, she crafted her first collection of poetry, which is due to come out in 2021. She hosts One Mic One Globe virtual open mic series and Meditation Mondays writing sessions through the Los Angeles Poet Society, while also being a TA for CLI Season 8. Writing has been her centering practice while she sips tea with a snake around her neck, puppies by her side and a cat meowing for more poems. On this episode we also discuss the importance of the individual within a community, the importance of discourse, debate, discussion, diversity and critical thinking. Alex Petunia also performs two poems, so be sure to listen throughout the entire podcast.

In this episode, Kai, The Tortured Orator, speaks with special guest Arjuneus Kumar on the topic of veganism and sustainability.  Arjuneus is a digital creator and an activist. He utilizes his talents and degrees in biology and psychology to help educate, inspire, and entertain others about veganism, and the impact animal agriculture has on our health, environment, and future. Support Arjuneus on his Yotube Channel "The Vegan Knight" and on Patreon at patreon.com/arjuneus. 

We discuss if the animal agriculture industry sustainable ecologically (on earth) as well sociologically (how it effects the prosperity of our society) and psychologically (it's impact on our human psychology ). When we look at these two aspects we see that a future society cannot grow mentally or physically on planet earth with such a destructive practice (animal agriculture) in place. 

Arjuneus, our guest, describes this as "animal objectification". He introduces psychology concepts such as "The Meat Paradox" and other academic studies. He discusses how and why he became vegan and his vision for a future world more tolerable of plant based eco-friendly food solutions.