The Power of Ideas

2024. Ep 8. Credit Card Points & Financial Health - with Darren Aasen

Growing up, credit cards were always a thing I feared. It was a way to get in trouble with money. And indeed, like many (I am sure), I got into some credit card debt early on in life. Recently, however,...

2024. Ep 7. The Astrology of Death...and Bitcoin?

A few years ago, the woman who taught me much of what I would come to know about astrology told me about her theory on the astrology of death. The skepic in me was, well, skeptical. Yet, what she ended...

2024. Ep 6. All Saturn in Pisces Everything. With Black Girl from Eugene

We had a plan! Then, in true pisces fashion, we threw the plan out the window.  While I had come in thinking we were going to discuss racial consciousness, our pre-recorded talk went down the road of "what the f***...

2024. Ep. 5. Lying & Serious Religion

Why do we lie? We all lie. So, perhaps a better question is - how do we lie? This question then leads to a different, and even more important one - WHAT IS A LIE?  In this episode, I tackle these questions...

2024. Ep. 4. The Biracial Agenda(?) & Tacit Racism W/ Black Girl from Eugene

Is there such a thing as the "biracial agenda?" Shortly after my previous conversation with Ayisha, I heard a clip from Van Lathan about what he called the biracial agenda and "biracial supremacy." It was a provocative claim instigated by...

2024. Ep. 3. "If you're half black, you're just black?" w/ Black Girl from Eugene

2024. Ep. 2. Chat GPT with Trevor Auldridge Reveles

Artificial intelligence is changing. More speicifcally, it is rapidly improving. And it may change the world, potentially faster than we can imagine. Over the last year, Chat GPT has made this clearer than ever and abstract conversations about it took...

2024. The Greater Good?

In this episode, I want to explore some themes that I expect to come up over the next year and beyond. Astrologically speaking, 2024 marks the beginning of a twenty year period that relates to technology, artificial intelligence and social...

The Sociological Imagination: A Framework for Listening to the Podcast

In this episode, I return with a framework that I hope will accomplish two things. One, help people understand the overly complicated and often misunderstood question of  "what is sociology?" And, second, use it as a framework to help listen...

Dan Duvall - Becoming a (sober) Comedian

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Retrospective Astrology & Mercury Retrograde in Gemini

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IN THE ETHER w/ Black Girl from Eugene

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Mitchell Balfe Pt. 2 - Shared Imaginaries and Dungeons & Dragons

Mitchell is not ignorant to the stigma attached to Dungeons and Dragons. His response to a friend who invited him to join a DnD campaign? "Dude. I don't wear capes." But as fate would have it, he has become deeply...

Mitchell Balfe - Goals, Effort & Life

Mitchell Balfe has a variety of interests and because of his tenacity and "obsessive" (his words) personality, he has seen some success in various interesting domains. While I asked Mitch to be on the podcast to talk about his expertise...

Shadin Khreis - The Struggle for Palestinian Liberation

Today is a special episode. While usually, I try and keep it light even when talking about difficult subjects, we are living in a moment where there is a "conflict" in Palestine going in which the United States has incredible...

Quinton Richardson Brown - Overcoming Adversity

In today's episodes, I talk with my nephew, Quinton. Q is wise beyond his years and striving every day to become the best version of himself. And he isn't just saying it, he is doing it through his actions. Attempting...

Shelley Maddox - What is Love?

Venus is the planet of love. But what is love? And moreover, what is love, astrologically? In todays episode, I talk with my good friend Shelley Maddox about these questions. We frame the conversation around our own astrological placements (Venus...

Ayisha Elliott - New Moon in Aries, New Beginnings & Ayahuasca

We're back. Season 3 (2?) for another does of that Astro-sociology worldview.

Kacie Rogers - Becoming an Actress

Kacie Rogers is an actress, writer, producer and all around interesting person. I was lucky enough to meet Kacie while I worked on the film Low Low (available on Amazon Prime for freeeee) and Kacie was one of the lead...

TPoI Solo Episode: How did I get here?

After 4 months of doing this tiny podcast for fun, I pause to think back and speak on how it came to be in its current iteration. In short, I look at how it came to be a podcast about...

Emily Koval - Homelessness to HomeFULLness

To help, i.e. donate, volunteer or just get involved and know more about what we talked about in this episode, follow these links.  https://www.citynet.org/ https://sbact.org/

In the Sky with Black Girl from Eugene - August 1st - Mars in Aries Square Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn in Capricorn

Not only do we discuss the astrology but we also talk Cahoots, an alternative to policing that Ayisha has a personal connection with. And I give myself a new nickname - the woo woo Guru. (it's trademarked, you can't steal...

14. Robin Woodward - The Astrology of 2020, Part 2.

To contact Robin about a consultation, email her at [email protected] or visit her website at beingmyownself.com   

Robin Woodward - The Astrology of 2020, Part 1.

Robin Woodward has been doing astrology for 31 years. So she knows her stars. Meaning, when I wanted someone to help me explain what all this madness in 2020 was, she was the first person I thought of. Interestingly, if...

Robin Woodward - Becoming an Astrologer

Robin has been studying astrology for longer than I've been alive. I met Robin when I was searching for someone to do my first astrology reading and came across her website. I quickly came to realize that her brand of...

Trevor Auldridge - Building Community & Hope

In this era of recording police brutality and the fight around dismantling white supremacy, what is becoming obvious is that it is not enough just to protest. Communities need to organize.  How do we do that in a way that...

Ayisha Elliott - Mixed Race Identity, Blackness & Friendship

Right now, a light is FINALLY being shone on police brutality in the US. A conversation desperately needed but its never as simple as it seems. In this conversation, me and Ayisha discuss the issue of blackness in the context...

In The Sky with Black Girl from Eugene - June 2020 - Neptune, Mars, Moon Conjunction in Pisces

As I did a few weeks back, I am introducing a new segment. This one I am calling "In The Sky."  My intention is to choose a particular astrological aspect going on in the sky and discuss with Ayisha (Podcast...

Dr. Ada Onyewuenyi - Psychology, Sociology & Race

Dr. Ada Onyewuenyi is a professor of Psychology who does research on the identity development of black youth across the diaspora. In this episode, we talk about everything from psychology, sociology, education and, of course, a little astrology. We do...

Jenn Whetham Pt. 2 - Hypnosis & Structures of Mind

In part 2 of our conversation, we talk hypnotism, Freud, Shakespeare, Macklemore, Astrology, Mental Models and so much more. In short, we dip, dive, twist and turn around what makes the mind the mind. This one is hard to summarize...

#6 Jenn Whetham Pt. 1 - Structures of Learning

Jenn works for the Washington State Board of Community and Technical Colleges but, as you will hear, she is so much more. With a passion for faculty, students, learning and Email, yes, email, she is trying her best to help...

Michael Jordan & The Tenth House w/ Katy Larsen

Today, I am trying something new. I am calling it "The Tenth House." Anyone that knows a little about astrology knows that the tenth house symbolizes the career. So, I thought that an interesting idea would be to look at...

Katy Larsen - Becoming a Nurse

This is a rebroadcast of an episode I recorded with Katy in mid 2018. We discuss the interesting story around how she became a nurse, what it means to her and a little about about basketball. If all goes well,...

Michael Sayre - Access to Wealth

Michael is an entrepreneur with a life full of stories. He's lived in LA, Amsterdam, Puerto Rico, South Africa and now is stationed in Southern Mexico working on his next project. We sat down to talk about his life and...

Nicole Morse - Pacifica & Archetypes

Nicole is a recent graduate from Pacifica University, a higher learning institute that specializes in Depth Psychology, Mythological Studies and other non-traditional disciplines here in Santa Barbara, Ca. She completed her degree in Clinical Psychotherapy and we sat down to...

TPoI RELAUNCH: Ayisha Elliott (Big Sis!)

Ayisha Elliott is a mother, a sister, a daughter, a dancer, a philosopher, an intellectual and, most importantly at the moment - podcast host of "Black Girl from Eugene," a podcast where she takes the menagerie of her life experiences...