Escape Your Algorithm

Flock Safety Links https://eyesonflock.com/ https://haveibeenflocked.com/ https://deflock.org/ Recorded 03/31/2026  By humans, for humans Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. ONLY available live on Podbean UNTIL May 18, 2026 Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm 

Maven, Cali Pitts, K-Dubb Tha Ambassador escape to these stories: UN Commission on the status on women Live Nation ready to settle, States are not The philosophy of indoctrination and how to fix it Not Yet ‘Game Over’ In Iran Eavesdropping on a briefing from Pentagon Recorded 03/10/2026  By humans, for humans Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm bonus link: https://brownpoliticalreview.org/spray-painting-politics-from-bed-stuy-to-la-boca/

Maven, Cali Pitts, Lisa, Anne, BluntNinja, Joshua discuss metacognition and the nature of time, plus Super-Spectacular Day We wander through ideas of who or what is doing the talking inside our heads, thinking about past, the future and the now of time, Buddhism, Reincarnation, “Consensus" Reality and other concepts. Sources: two videos provided by Cali Pitts and "The Core Error of Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Certainty about “Consensus" Reality" Recorded 03/05/2026  By humans, for humans Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Cali Pitts, Miaaa, Smokie Rae-Dior and K-Dubb Tha Ambassador and Maven discuss: Carl Sagan's Baloney detection kit Genius Mathematician Emmy Nother related discussion of men's and women's roles in western culture It's A Super-Spectacular Day Clips of an interview with Scott Ritter from Mintpress News  related discussion of attacks on Iran Recorded 03/03/2026  By humans, for humans Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Cali Pitts joins Maven, AKA Sareh Nayde and wander all over the place, including Carl Sagan's Baloney detection kit POTUS SciStarter project for April Freedmans Bureau Records Culture Is the Mass-Synchronization of Framings Reveal interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones of 1619 project Le Show with Harry Shearer - AI Chat bots It's A Super-spectacular Day Recorded 2/24/2026 by humans, for humans.  Proud member of KCGN Radio Network.  Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Maven welcomes Cali Pitts for stories about  POTUS of the day  Sagan's balony detection kit Black History is American History - Fern Gayden California’s Best City Council Should Never Grow Up America Is Not a Democracy The Constitution and the American Left Recorded 2/19/2026  By humans, for humans Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Maven welcomes Josh, Cali , K-Dubb, and Alyze for stories about  POTUS of the day Death of Jesse Jackson Sagan's balony detection kit Are there more than 5 senses? Black History is American History - Henrietta Lacks Recorded 2/17/2026  By humans, for humans Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Cali Pitts, Miaaa, Alyze Chicago, Ayanna, Blunt Ninja, Mr BGreat join Maven On this episode  YouDontKnowAfrica.com Carl Sagan's Balony detection kit part 2 Black History IS American history - Marcella Walker McGee and Lewis Allen McGee community activists and part of the history of Unitarian Universalism Phrontistery.info word nerd segment Chicago River flowed backward "As Nations Trample Rights, Cities Enshrine Them" Recorded 02/12/26 Always made by real humans, for real humans.  Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Maven and Ayanna Escape The Obscure Law Destroying Black Homeownership in America etymologies  nincompoop, tchotchke from million experiments.com "50 Ways to Meet Your Neighbor" https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-obscure-law-destroying-black-homeownership-in-america Escape Your Algorithm cultivates a wide range of ideas and points of view in the belief that diversity creates a more resiliant community. Come contribute your ideas and listen live on the Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am Pacific time. Always made by real humans, for real humans.  Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. The Good Conversation Network. Recorded 02/07/26 Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Cali, Josh, MrBGreat join Maven for great conversation.  The opinions of individual guests are their own and may not represent the views of the podcast or other guests. Segments: Expiration of New START corporate layoffs POTUS #5 Black History IS American History: Betty Reid Suskind (From The Kitchen Sisters podcast) etymologies cobalt, album Why Approved American History Textbooks Contain Missing Links  (Heads up: this conversation touches on some sensitive topics. Can you handle views you don't agree with? Listen and find out.) The topic of teaching American History in K-12 led an extended cultural and political conversation the online algorithms tend to bury and seach engines fail to find. What is the value of teaching history today? What roles do identity and assigning blame play in making a future we want?  Where are the missing tools for accountability? Escape Your Algorithm cultivates a wide range of ideas and points of view in the belief that diversity creates a more resilient community. Come contribute your ideas live on Podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am Pacific Time. Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. The Good Conversation Network. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm Always made by real humans, for real humans.  Recorded 02/05/26

Maven is joined by Cali Pitts, Compton DJ, K-Dubb Tha Ambassador, Alyze Chicago and Smokey Rae-Dior On this episode  Carl Sagan's Baloney Detection kit (part 1) Some People Think in Words, Others Think in Pictures & Feelings Pervasive surveillance: Body cams for ICE, local police and prison guards Black History is American History: Who was Mary Winston Jackson? Always made by real humans, for real humans.  Proud member of KCGN Radio Network. Listen live on podbean app, every Tuesday and Thursday at 9am pacific time. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Cali Pitts, Alyze Chicago and BluntNinja join Maven to escape together Etymologies People who are performatively nice in public, but hostile behind closed doors. Question from Cali: Why do people involve themselves with people they don't care about? Memory Crafters Preserve Black Women’s History Collective Rethinking: How to Have More Nuanced Conversations Flock ALPR in the headlines, an update Recorded on February 3, 2026 on the Podbean platform.  Come listen live or join the conversation Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9am Pacific/12pm Eastern Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Maven is joined by Cali Pitts and  Kdubb tha Ambassador POTUS Doomsday clock of the union of concerned scientists Podcast clips from Infinite Monkey Cage Dec 16 2025 Dunbar number (cognition and limits of friend quantity) Disagree Better Sept 9, 2025 Mental Models  Lateral thinking Elections administration in the USA Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm Recorded on January 27, 2026 by real humans 

Cali Pitts and K-Dubb Tha Ambassador join Maven for a quick and silly little episode. (May contain some curse words.) from the Book of Totally Useless Information -Why keyboards are arranged that way; POTUS Chester Arthur; The Little Zen Companion Bonus fellowship convo about Little Shop of Horrors. Made by real humans for real humans on January 20, 2026. Links to most of the content: https://www.protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm Join Escape Your Algorithm LIVE on the Podbean App Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern Subscribe and rate in your favorite podcast app. 

Cali Pitts, Kdubb The Ambassador and Alyze Chicago join Maven and discuss the book Think Again, about avoiding the pitfalls of overconfidence; word history of "shambles"; basics about the 20th president leads to a discussion about the presidency and then to aliens?  Also this episode: a few notes on getting older, Alyze Chicago shares some of her bucket list and Maven gives some context for upcoming elections conversations: the number of elected officials in the USA. Made by real humans for real humans on January 20, 2026. Links to most of the content: https://www.protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm Join Escape Your Algorithm live on the Podbean app Tuesdays and Thursdays 10am Pacific and 1pm Eastern Subscribe and rate in your favorite podcast app. 

Maven is joined by Alyze, kdubb, and  bluntninja Escaping to 1 of the 7 laws of pessimism, a clip of trevor noah's podcast on work, notes on getting older, Dale Carnegie vs. Lin Yutang: How To Stop Worrying and Start Loafing  made by real humans on 1/13/26 links at https://protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm

Maven is joined by Cali Pitts, Blunt Ninja,  Keron, Mama bear Tracy, Smokie Rae-dior and KDubb for a full show.  (The too-much-fun hour-long cool-down after-party will be available exclusively for the podbean fan club members and discord subscribers. Download the podbean app and join the fanclub) Think again two word origins and two words that sound dirty but aren't  Redefining criminality https://www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/enforcement-regime/ Freedom with Purpose https://freemindgazette.substack.com/p/context-basics Space X launches more problems https://www.propublica.org/article/spacex-faa-launch-airlines-safety-explosions-florida-caribbean Grazing on public land https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-public-lands-investigation-takeaways WikiFlix.com A clip from Dan Schreiber's "Lazy Code" podcast, "The universe is ONE ELECTRON" Recorded, as always, by real humans on January 13, 2026 on the Podbean platform.  Join us live on Podbean Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am PST.

Inside the campaign to close California’s remaining women’s prisons https://wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/inside-the-campaign-to-close-californias-remaining-womens-prisons/ 4th 0f seven laws of pessimism https://quillette.com/2024/01/26/the-seven-laws-of-pessimism/?ref=thebrowser.com The Technological Transformation of Consciousness https://freemindgazette.substack.com/p/the-technological-transformation Think Again: Treating disagreements like a dance instead of a battle Obscure musical instruments https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/obscure-musical-instrument-words Made for real humans by real humans on 12/25/25 More links https://www.protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm#Sources/Show_Links

Small grab bag of fun to explore. 25th POTUS 3rd of the 7 laws of Social Pessimism Parts of 1943 bestselling true story One World by Wendell Wilkie Recorded 12/25/25  Made by real humans for real humans. https://quillette.com/2024/01/26/the-seven-laws-of-pessimism/?ref=thebrowser.com more Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Bonus holiday episode with Maven featuring Blunt Ninja, Cha Cha, Mama Bear, KDubb, Cali Pitts and Mocha the Cat Some adult language.  seven laws of pessimism #2 Long live the aeonophiles! https://aeon.co/essays/the-discovery-of-aeonophiles-expands-our-definition-of-life President Benjamin Harrison Recorded 12/23/25  Made by real humans for real humans. Fake people: F off. More links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

A grab bag of items that asks for attention and presence. The Daily Zeitgeist clip Surveillance is sapping our humanity The Anti-Sports Personality of the Year awards 2025 One of 1000 places to see before you die: The Grenadines Excerpt : We can feel it coming How much is a trillion? 7 laws of pessimism Intro and #1 Made for real humans by real humans on 12/23/25 More show links protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm https://unherd.com/2025/09/surveillance-is-sapping-our-humanity/ https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/dec/17/the-anti-sports-personality-of-the-year-awards-2025?ref=thebrowser.com https://freemindgazette.substack.com/p/we-can-feel-it-coming https://quillette.com/2024/01/26/the-seven-laws-of-pessimism/?ref=thebrowser.com  

Featured Video: Every Nuclear Bomb Detonation in the 20th Century Animal of the Day  Think Again, Adam Grant Reading: Foma, Wampeters and Granfalloons, Kurt Vonnegut Electronic Frontier Foundation's White Paper on Flock ALPR Maven and Cali Pitts on prisons, jails, mass incarceration and the carceral bureaucracy of the US Made for real humans by real humans on 11/25/25 Show links protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Digital Protection: How to opt out of training google AI with your Gmail  How to check whether your passwords and logins have been compromised Tapas Topics:  1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Etymology (Antarctica, Pundit) Articles: Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/22/mind-altering-brain-weapons-no-longer-only-science-fiction-say-researchers 1.3 billion leaked passwords exposed online in massive new collection — what to do now and how to check your passwords https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/online-security/1-3-billion-leaked-passwords-exposed-online-in-massive-new-collection-what-to-do-now-and-how-to-check-your-passwords What Socialism Got Right https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-socialism-got-right/ Show links:  protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm Made for real humans by a real human on 11/25/25 

Giant Armadillo Narcissism James Burke on Hardcore History 2008 Hobo code 1000 places to see: cattedrale di santa maria la nuova Flock Explained from Law and Disorder with Kat Brooks Matt Stoller Big and conversation with Maven, Ayanna, Bluntninja and Cali Pitts  Made for real humans by real humans on 11/13/2025 Show links protopage.com/escapeYourAlgorithm

Animal of the day, a US President Fact Card, Literary Term, About Time Card, articles about Chernobyl's damaged nuclear power plant, Langley contributes stories to Wikipedia and why Donald Trump is  "Thanking you For your attention in this matter" Then Cali Pitts and Maven discuss their ideas about the US constitution and institutions and their effects on our shared, divided community. Made for real humans by real humans on 12/09/25 In the live Podbean audience: Kdubb, mamabeartracy, bluntninja, KGCNRadio, RalphWilliamPodcast, JustJim Show links protopage.com/escapeYourAlgorithm Chornobyl’s Multi-Billion Dollar Tomb Is No Longer Effective After Drone Attack https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/chornobyl-drone-strike-breach/ Wikipedia co-creator Larry Sanger reveals how the CIA secretly hijacked entries to re-write history https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15150661/Wikipedia-Larry-Sanger-CIA-hijacked-entries.html Thank You for Your Attention https://brownpoliticalreview.org/thank-you-for-your-attention/

To brother Cali and brother Deeko,thanks for joining for the live show. Highlights include  Literary Term, Etymology of the day, and Time Knowledge,  (in order Farce, Fact, and International dateline) The shape of earth, according to Columbus NASCAR's court case Recommended Listen Ren "Losing It" Made for real humans by real humans on 12/04/25 Show links protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Cali Pitts of KGCN Radio and Maven are escaping algorithms YouTuber turns disposable vapes into battery wall that runs his whole workshop https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/youtuber-builds-power-system-using-vape-cells Kurt Vonnegut The Foster Portfolio read by LaVar Burton https://levar-burton-reads.simplecast.com/episodes/the-foster-portfolio-by-kurt-vonnegut Made for real humans by real humans on 11/11/25  For more show links protopage.com/escapeYourAlgorithm

Ayianna and Cali join Maven for conversation outside the algorithm Sources in this episode (also at Protopage.com/Escape Your Algorithm) Clothes from beer and pharmaceutical waste History of "Yo" Want to be a better learner? Start by noticing how you think. Humanity's Endgame Made for real humans by real humans on 11/20/25 

Segments include: "Best of The Left" on Nuclear Arms, "Capitalists Hate Capitalism" primer on Modern Monetary Theory, parts of "Humanity's Endgame", four "random" chapters from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and etymology of the day. Show links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm Made for real humans by real humans on 11/18/2025  

Bring your curiosity and escape with Maven on Podbean.  Always made by real humans, for real humans.  Recorded on November 11, 2025 Armistice Day and author Kurt Vonnegut's birthday Our live studio audience included Podbean hosting legends Mama Bear Tracy and Ralph William of W-ESN, Cali Pitts and Lisa of KGCN Radio Network and Deeko of Ascot Radio.  History of Armistice Day (now Veteran's Day) Animal of the day Excerpt of Interview with Kurt Vonnegut Thinking again A few short chapters of Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Literary Term Show links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm To join the live recordings, download the podbean app iOS and Android.

Recorded on November 4, 2025 Maven with guest Cali Pitts Excerpt of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy  Election Day News (brief) Opt Out of Facial Recognition bookshop.org Show Links @ protopage.com/escape your algorithm

Recorded November 4, 2025 animal of the day etymology think again tips hitchhiker's guide t the galaxy News: Cop convicted of killing Sonia Massey in her home What Insect can suck it? Co-Evolution bookshop.org Show Links @ protopage.com/escape your algorithm

Recorded on October 30, 2025 Maven with Guest Host Cali Pitts Corn and Soybeans from Matt Stoller's BIG Epigram Hitchhiking cat returns home Show links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Recorded October 30, 2025 Animal of the Day, The Moon is Moving Away from Us, Think Again, a Zooniverse.org project and more. Joined this episode by Blunt Ninja, Mama Bear Tracy and Cali Pitts. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Recorded on October 28, 2025 Join host Maven for Animal of the day,  Zooniverse.org crowd science project recommendation, SNAP benefits 101 (including discussion with Cali Pitts) excerpts from "Ascendance Of Algorithmic Tyranny" Links https://protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm

Recorded on October 21, 2025 RGB Color spaces Hedgehog facts Clips from Upstream podcast interview with Cory Doctorow May 2024 For links, protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Recorded on October 7, 2025 In disasters, IPAWs emergency alert system goes unused Word of the day: pandemonium  Upstream interviews Cory Doctorow Podbean Studio guests KGCN Radio's Cali Pitts,  W-ESN's Ralph William and Mama Bear Tracy, BluntNinja, BenJahova, and Fair Use Show links at protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm Join our live tapings on the Podbean app: currently Tuesday and Thursday 10am  and 5pm Pacific (1pm and 8pm Eastern)

Recorded 10/09/2025 Pigment and word origin of the day World's Smallest flying machine Economic Bill of Rights Animal of the day Fetishizing Jobs The Political Orphanage Links available at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Recorded October 9, 2025  Topics include: Banned books week Timbuktu Clips from The Political Orphanage podcast, including on origin of the GDP, the financial sector, and commoning. Links (where they exist) at protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm

Recorded October 14 , 2025 This episode: Warthog, Epic, Album, Guy Standing interview on The Political Orphanage, Improved pay and conditions for incarcerated firefighters in California. Hosted by Maven, Guests SueUK Mama Bear Tracy Check out related links at protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm

Recorded 9/04/2025 Roadside Attractions and Bullsh*t Jobs. Panel: Host Maven and Cali Pitts 

recorded September 23, 2025 Clip from UNFTR interview  with economist and best-selling author Yanis Varoufakis. His latest book: Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism.  For links and bonus material: protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm

Recorded September 23, 2025 For more about the content, check out https://www.protopage.com/escapeyouralgorithm  

Recorded live September 18, 5pm PDT on Podbean. See links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Included in this episode: history of the commons and more. Links to read more about some of the stuff we've talked about here, plus some bonus videos and suggested reading visit protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm 

Dedicated to finding things we didn’t know we were looking for, plus updates on Cop City activists in Atlanta, colour of the day and more. Recorded live 5pm 9/16/25 

Finding things we didn’t know we were looking for. Today: Airlines selling data to government, breaking together, museum of colour, 1000 places to see before you die. Plus mashups.