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
Erin asks Stephen the hard-hitting questions about his beliefs, love language, and self-love (and in true Realizing Stuff interview style, also answers the questions herself).
Relevant Material:
American Beauty, Sam Mendes
We brought on OG Realizing Stuff family member Benson to talk about his spiritual thesis/meaning of life, why the polls don’t work, and live out his life dream of calling us pretentious douchebags.
And be sure to check out Erin’s guest episode on Benson’s podcast Purity Wing!
Relevant materials:
The Social Network
Capitalist Realism, Mark Fisher
Postscript on the Societies of Control, Gilles Deleuze
We’re going war-on-drugs about social media! Kicking it off by exercising our theatre kid muscles, we share our spiritual healing experiences with acupuncture and dream therapy, and discuss our personal experiences with social media and how we could imagine a better future.
Relevant Material:
The Social Dilemma, Netflix doc
Postscript on the Societies of Control, Gilles Deleuze
How to do Nothing, Jenny Odell
We're back discussing Trump's COVID diagnosis, Claudia Conway's TikTok leaks, and graphic design's role in shaping our democracy.
We’re back for another round of 2020 astrological predictions. Caroline explains her block world / omega point hypothesis, we review the triumphs and failures of our previous 2020 predictions, and forecast 2020 election astrology.
The first Realizing Stuff live pod, held on zoom. Stephen gives an artist talk and Erin leads the Q&A.
Discussing the weather in California, the Alex Morse / Aaron Coleman progressive congressional candidate hit pieces, and whether or not we as a society are stuck repeating cycles and patterns over and over again in a narrative arch that’s too long to comprehend in a human lifespan.
We discuss the K-Hive’s ascendence to political power and then Stephen interviews Erin about onlyfans, invasive plants, and life in the pandemic.
We’re psychoanalyzing Kanye: his latest meltdown and society’s response, the evolution of Kimye, and where he goes from here. Opening up with a discussion of who would win in a stan war tournament, and what the deal is with QAnon psyop KW Miller.
It’s Realizing Stuff’s first birthday! We celebrate by answering questions from the Realizing Stuff fam, and introduce our official intro song. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions, and anyone who has tuned in to our psychotic little podcast during the past year. Love you all <3
