Narratively Speaking

Western civilisation exhibits many characteristics of your average, garden variety evil empire.

But how did we get here? And what stories keep us complicit in a system that we would probably find abhorrent if we truly faced its underlying reality? Is it all a big inter-generational conspiracy or something more systemic? Perhaps plain old human nature?

Let's muddle our way through some unqualified and ill-conceived thoughts on the topic, shall we?

God Bless America - Frank's Rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJaLrINeZPc

Parallels between Rome and the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCvyg679bsg

Russel Brand and Yuval Noah Harari on Power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta4U8G03q98

Johan Galtung on the end of the US Empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfcoNlhxRow

Richard Wolff on the coming collapse of the US Economic System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60FrsWm9OAc

7 Stages of an Empire in Decline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7Gc1bv-Mj4

The younger we are, the more the stories we are told affect us. So the stories we are told as children are the ones we'll repeat and propagate in later life.

It seems like these inter-generational cycles of violence and abuse are everywhere, but what of the more subtle traumas we're subjected to in childhood?

In this episode, let's discuss the various ways families inevitably fuck each other up!

Good Will Hunting clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQht2yOX9Js

Nadine Burke Harris TED Talk on the far-reaching effects of trauma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95ovIJ3dsNk

Why you can't remember childhood trauma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFqj-2HjUDI

The Mind of Jake Paul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bpkr91p2xY&list=PLDs0tNoNYTz1P3dO8m5Wdv0WE2lPTQSJm

Self Esteem in Children: https://raisingchildren.net.au/toddlers/behaviour/understanding-behaviour/about-self-esteem

Diet and nutrition are important to everybody, but when you make an earnest attempt to improve your knowledge in this area, it's often confusing, contradictory and ultimately discouraging. There seem to be so many contradictory studies and points of view that it's impossible to determine what diet is truly healthy for a human.

Is there an agenda at play? And how do we find a story that makes sense of it all?

In this episode of Narratively Speaking, Harv shares his own battles and tries to sort out the truth from the nonsense.

Mikhaila Peterson with Joe Rogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fncJdVjy5U

What I've Learned: why the Carnivore Diet works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isIw2AN_-XU

Footsoldier on the Carnivore diet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHtf_oK75bg

Gojiman on the Carnivore diet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsVD7NBrkLg

Nestle CEO Peter Brabeck on water: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzaV8tg6hno

Elon Musk looks like he's never toked on a doobie before, and yet he's telling us, completely sober, that we're probably living within multiple nested computer simulations, like Russian nesting dolls.

What is he banging on about? Is there any evidence for this? And why does this idea keep surfacing in popular media?

Let's see if we can sort it out...

Platoon Clip "I am reality": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bw8UM1eLFo

Popcorn Lobotomy Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdHQBomyVGo

JP / Wandering Soul Records: https://wanderingsoulmusic.bandcamp.com

JP's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joel.pearse

Riddle / Simulation theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CyN8rYdX6g

Another explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRmZ_sNf2mE

Elon Musk with Joe Rogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cM690CKArQ

Russel Brand considers Simulation Theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkYsMinnh5s

Dr Sylvester James finds computer code in reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc4GOkHfxBY

Oooh, Mind Control! It's one of those stories that is pretty hard to believe, so much so that most don't give it much consideration.

But is there any truth behind the myth? Let's look at it more closely...

The Manchurian Candidate clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAoPkeKquN4

Today Show Anchors Hypnotised: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njE-YvyET2I

Is Hypnosis Fake? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RA2Zy_IZfQ

Tom Silver on Brainwashing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMDnMjiLIMg

Discovery - Brainwashed to Kill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gO72dK4HjA

Sirhan Sirhan on the Kennedy Assassination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjFpVhiZy_I

Fritz Springmeier on the Alex Jones Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feTLK6_EMqQ

The only thing worse than having a job is not having one. But what happens when robots and AI take all our jobs? Is there a way to survive in a world without jobs?

This is where the establishment narrative falls apart...

Fight Club Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf8RbAGWxqY

Veritasium - Will Robots Take Our Jobs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deMEXCsB7L4

Kevin Surace on the next Ranaissance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNF9U_Bvo50

George Carlin Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls8RXqyZDsk

The only thing worse than having a job is not having one. Why does it seem such a rarity that people are employed doing something they enjoy? Why do we feel compelled to work a job at all?

It's all down to story...

The Office intro clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLwpCS5I1aw

The Story of Your Enslavement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbp6umQT58A

Joe Rogan on menial jobs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biBAIg8IdAU&feature=youtu.be&t=863

George Carlin Rant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14SllPPLxY

Zeitgeist Addendum - The Federal Reserve: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0pQNkX8jLM&feature=youtu.be&t=993

Corbett Report - A Century of Enslavement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IJeemTQ7Vk

The Illuminati, an all powerful, mysterious group of anonymous shadowy figures with designs on full spectrum dominance of the entire planet.

But are they real, or is this just another story told by conspiracy theorists with nothing better to do? Let's dig in!

There Will Be Blood - The Deal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdddIJd3bLc

How to spot a psychopath - Jon Ronson at TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaBTbMW3vbc

Stanley Kubrick's daughter speaks truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ4qAYsLN74

Keiser Report - Psychotic people make the best brokers and traders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AulY4CW3Qyk

James Corbett and Dr. Tjeerd Andringa on the Kakistocracy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbKjbWaLt6I

One in five CEOs are psychopaths: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/psychopaths-ceos-study-statistics-one-in-five-psychopathic-traits-a7251251.html

The disturbing link between Psychopathy and Leadership: https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/04/25/the-disturbing-link-between-psychopathy-and-leadership/#500d21304104

Fame seems to be an almost irresistible attraction for many people. But why do we place value on the attention and adoration of large numbers of people, when almost every story we're ever told about fame is a negative one?

Let's examine some of the stories we tell about fame...

Celebs speak on Fame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYDKCx4hSQQ

Vrillex on Beyonce and her clone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pCXEhkVcGg

Requiem for a Dream - The Red Dress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYcKftzUS_Y

Jay Dyer - 6 Signs of MK Ultra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3C22r6B6uo

Roseanne on Breaking The Set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLTsdC0lasc

Michael Jackson speaks about Sony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt6zVypo72E

MK Ultra documents: http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/cia-mkultra-collection/#

CIA Article on MK Ultra: https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150073-8.pdf

Death is one of the fundamental things any self-aware sentient human has to come to grips with.

But how do we do that, when all evidence seems to indicate that death is final, and there is nothing beyond? Of course, that's where story comes in...

Bill Nye on the Afterlife: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziwDvejyrA0

Today Show on Science and the Afterlife: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM073TBPLmk

Sam Parnia on NDEs and Consciousness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KaPGnRJZfg

AWARE study results: https://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/aware-results-finally-published-no-evidence-of-nde/

Skeptico interviews Sam Parnia: https://skeptiko.com/sam-parnia-claims-near-death-experience-probably-an-illusion/

BBC om Transhumanism - Could we live forever? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STsTUEOqP-g