Realizing Stuff

Discussing Caitlyn Jenner’s run in the Gavin Newsom recall election, Chemtrails Over the Country Club, and shadow work.

In a very special episode of the podcast, Stephen and Erin interview Erin’s mom. Asking the hard-hitting questions: why does she still stand by Barack Obama? What was it like to live through 9/11? And what was Erin like as a child?

Review of episodes 5 & 6 of Adam Curtis’ Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Erin reads entries from her old diaries, discussing Khloe Kardashian and Meghan McCain, whether or not we should go through a science fiction phase, nihilistic thought as the subjugation of the nineties kids, and what possible options we have for our collective future.

Review of episode 4 of Adam Curtis’ Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Erin describes her past life meditation experience, we discuss whether or not there’s such a thing as having an original personality, popping off about the internet and anonymity, and adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategy.

Review of episode 3 of Adam Curtis’ Can’t Get You Out of My Head. Discussing possible apocalypses, consumption as addiction, and our clown economy - including a plea for someone to come mansplain Modern Monetary Theory to us.

Join us for a giddy discussion of episode 2 of the new Adam Curtis docuseries. Praying for the celebrities on Cameo, Erin’s lukewarm takes about our exploration of Mars, whether or not colonizing space is inevitable, what a non-violent society would look like, and literally what is communism.

First episode of our review series for Adam Curtis’ BBC docuseries “Can’t Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World”. We touch on individualism vs. collectivism, pattern recognition and logical reasoning in conspiratorial thinking, maps and personality quizzes as forms of control, and whether or not exaggerating is lying.

Addressing the Kimye divorce rumors - when things started to fall apart and what's next for Kim and Ye. Erin also presents some investigative reporting on the Trump protests.

Opening up our 2020 holiday special episode with a performance of rape culture classic "Baby It's Cold Outside". Discussing the emotional void of the holiday season, our roses and thorns of 2020, the meaning of life, and who is the enemy.

Discussing online anonymity and the Jordan Peterson phenomenon — why the left hates him, why psychologists hate him, and why Realizing Stuff loves him <3

Relevant Material:

Opening scene from A Dangerous Method

Modern Times: Camille Paglia & Jordan Peterson

The Intellectual We Deserve, Nathan J. Robinson