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Truth to Power
by Shawn Giles
We frame social topics through art. We believe in connection. As artists we are connecting to the world around us and each other in order to make sense of the world we share.
Episodes
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Episode 73: Bullet in the Head
In this episode the discussion centers around propaganda that targets boys as they grow to adulthood. Is the intention to create a mindset through media and toys intended for children?
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Episode 72: The Scarcity Buffet
Living in the age of overabundance how could we settle for less? B-Manifesto joins Kyrios G to continue the conversation about Scarcity. Work harder and enjoy less. Does this describe the state of our evolving society? Is it getting harder to attain enough? What does scarcity do to the psyche of...
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Episode 71: Devour Costly Altered States
Do you ever get the feeling that there is this grand party that you weren't invited to? In fact almost every person that you have ever met wasn't able to gain access. No matter how many balls Cinderella gets to make an appearance at, she didn't get in without a little magic. On this episode Papa...
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Episode 70: Dogs that have no bite
On this episode of Truth to Power we shift our focus of communication and language to how language is being used today. Kyrios G and Papa Brown frame the conversation with social media influencers. What is the impact of influencers on society? What perspectives do young people get on themselves…
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Episode 69: Mudslinging 101
On this episode of Trut to Power we discuss censorship divisive language as well as communication. How do we understand language? How is divisive language used in politics? What is the impact of our language on our lives? Kyrios G and Papa Brown look at the way language effects thinking and...
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Episode 68: Putting the Beast to Sleep
We have a special guest on The Truth to Power podcast. Bmaniphesto a local rapper with a vocabulary that won't quit. He joins Kyrios G to discuss mythology and contradictions about god. Check out Bmaniphesto on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/PttX9
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Episode 67: Sex, Drugs & the ATM of Love
This episode Papa Brown and Kyrios G dive into the topic of sex through the lens of dance. When we dance how does it affect consciousness, the brain and the body? Is dance similar to the way that we move our conversations through the act of flirting? How important is it that we feel a connection…
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Episode 66: Pledge Alliance Under What?
Papa Brown and Kyrios G discuss this Nomadic state of mind. What is it to think freely? How can we exercise critical thinking? Today individual free thinking is explored.
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Episode 65: Individually Flavored and Packed with Pride
Kyrios G and Papa Brown discuss individuality in the age of conformity. What does it take to be an individual today? Do we fall into tribes out of some need to conform? Have we considered ideas beyond the conventional?
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Episode 64: Human Mind Insidious
Papa Brown and Kyrios G sort out the insidious mindset of being Human. What guides us through life? Religion? Moral compass? Reality television? Do we find our influences externally or through introspection? What is the most effective guide... love?
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Episode 63: Personality Propaganda
Do you believe everything that you think? On this week's Truth to Power episode Papa Brown and Kyrios G discuss the insidious mind. How does ego shape the narrative of our lives? How can we see things as they are?
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Episode 62: Resilience Training For Dummies
On the Truth to Power podcast we believe in the uncrushable human spirit. Papa Brown and Kyrios G discuss resilience, adversity and what gives us strength to keep moving forward. What is the secret sauce that motivates you to get back up when life knocks you down?
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Episode 61: Connectivity sought under Mass Hypnosis
Kyrios G sits down with Papa Brown and discusses how art connects people. Are we living in a disconnected, tribalistic society? We consider the role artists play in healing mental illness and loneliness. We live during a time that the world has never been this populated and perhaps never have...
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Episode 60: Hippie Stuff
Innocence. What do you think of when thinking about innocence... Garden of Eden? Babies? How we feel 3.8 seconds after an orgasm? Okay, most likely not that last one! If we judge innocence, we are deciding right from wrong. On this episode Pheonix is my guest and we delve into random concepts...
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Episode 59: 99 Shades of Love 1% of Sticky
On this episode of Truth to Power it is all about love. What love is could be as complicate as explaining God. It is personal and subjective. Often the people that share the idea don’t explain it in the same way, and possibly don’t express it the same either. In the end the question is, How easy…
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Episode 58: The Great Spectacle of Public $#itting
On the latest episode of Truth to Power Kyrios G raises questions concerning the Great Spectacle of distraction in this age of media. What role does the journalist play today when it comes to an informed public? How the product of our attention and the power of our vote is exploited by journalism...
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Episode 57: Weaponized Attention
Are we living out narratives of a media driven society? Is the great spectacle of entertainment simply "Weaponized Attention?" Kyrios G and Dirty B dive into celebrity worship, the function of seeing the world through images, and how society may be isolated as the digital self. We discuss…
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Episode 56: We want you... until we don't
How deeply are we affected by labor issues? Joining the military is a job. A potentially dangerous one. How prepared are we to join by our educational institutions? How important is the ability to communicate openly, honestly about how we feel? How important is critical thinking? We look at labor...
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Episode 55: Veteran suicide.
As you can see I didn't include a catchy title. In fact we usually attempt to mix in humor, this is something we had to eventually face on this show. We frame spiritual, political and social topics through the lens of art. Bullet is the song on this episode. It deals with the 22 veteran suicides...
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Episode 54: Out of Touch in 5G speed
Are we getting out of Touch from reality? There are as many worlds as there are minds... or so says Buddhism. Now add in 5 or 6 billion cellphones, fake news and personal agenda. As we are seemingly in the process of being detached how can we connect with a realistic view of the reality? Perhaps...
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Episode 53: 1 is the loneliest number and zero doesn't freakin count!
On the Truth to Power podcast this week Dirty B joins Kyrios G to discuss touch deprivation and the effects it has on people, relationships and the spiritual experience of being human. Touch impacts many areas of our lives. The way in which we connect to the world around us as well as how we...
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Episode 52: Become the Spoon and then you can have a cookie dipshit!
What is real? What a great question. Are we in the Matrix? Would you want to know? Would you want to remain asleep to the great reality? Are we comfortable with not knowing what real is as long as we are happy? Is there an acceptable amount of freedom that we can surrender in order to feel…
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Episode 51: What we see and the reality of real
In this episode Ace and I question the nature of reality. Okay. But not so deep. A light look at perception and the reality in which we live. We ask what is real? What was skeptic philosophy? Do we create the reality we own? Most importantly, are we a simulation as suggested by some in modern...
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Episode 50: Devils Dancing upon Strings
In the latest episode of Truth to Power Kyrios G wants to understand the Devil. What is the history of The Devil? What is lying and what are the effects on lying to our brain? Do we want to believe the biggest lies because we wish to feel good about things? Can Ace Cannon see through the lies to...
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Episode 49: Casting Call All Yawl
On the Truth to Power podcast Ace and I are looking to build the brand of Artists Helping Artists. On this episode we discuss disposable art in the society we live in. Devaluation of artists themselves as well as the profits earned by artists today. We set the stage for a deeper discussion on art...
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Episode 48: Dragon S#!T Crazy
Okay... so the title of this episode may throw you off. It will all make sense in the end. Sometimes we just have to trust that the one leading the way knows what they are doing. This episode is about Leadership. What makes a truly great leader? Ace and I look at some leaders who have overcome...
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Episode 47: Buckle up Tugboat
This episode of Truth to Power looks at self-esteem and worth through the lens of nicknames. How do others see us? What is the effect on us and how we feel about ourselves? What are the benefits of High Self-esteem? Like most people Kyrios G and Ace Cannon are just trying to figure it all out.
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Episode 46: Crank it up to 12
We look at Distractions and Noise. Football Season is here. Is it a pleasant distraction from the noise? Are there life lessons present within the game itself? This is a special episode. We hope to capture the connection that a city can have with sports and how the connection can offer more than...
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Episode 45: Is she Faking it?
What is the way in which we experience the idea of falling in love? What is our perception of meeting "The One?" Did we even arrive at the idea of falling for someone because we do, or is it because we see it so often in films and television that we think this is the way we are supposed to? On…
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Episode 43: Making love isn't Right if no one is Left!
Is love easy? It wasn't on this episode. The struggle is real. It is hard to nurture love in this world. It is hard to be love living in our society. Love is the only answer to the question, what is the meaning of life? (Here it is folks) To remain within love and connect to the world that we...
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Episode 42: Get to the Point ya Crazy Bastard!
Is it difficult to see ourselves as we are? As a country? As individuals? If there are enough people in denial, could we claim a brand-new reality? Let's take a look at delusional minds, schizophrenia and humility. In this episode Ace puts Kyrios G under the magnifying glass. Am I seeing myself...
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Episode 41: Cultivated Dreams that Consumption Sells
In this episode of the Truth to Power podcast Ace and I discuss how propaganda has affected the perception of Americans concerning our country and our place in the world. We look at Maslow's Hierarchy of needs asking if all of our base needs seem to be under assault. We look at journalists who…
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Episode 40: You will own nothing, and you will be happy!
On the Truth to Power podcast this week Kyrios G and Ace discuss the resistance. As the Great Reset reshapes the world, as one catastrophic event after another breaks out around the world, as the oceans begin to boil. Will those that wake up to the world as it is resist? Or will we seek comfort?...
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Episode 39: New World Disorder comes with Cable.
In this episode of Truth to Power Ace Cannon and I discuss the possibility of facing a New World Order and how propaganda is leading the way. There is something hiding under the bed. That sound coming from the closet is real. Unfortunately, the boogie man exists. What we need is a "Chuck Norris"…
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Episode 38: My Tribe could kick your Tribe's A$$
What are the laws of Humanity? Does being part of a Tribe lead to having relationships that have emotional depth? The polarization that exists in our political landscape appears to be leading us as Americans to becoming a divided society. Is a Unified nation possible for the United States? Or...
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Episode 37: It is like Lynch Framed us to think we Decide!
You may be uncomfortable with this topic. I was uncomfortable having this conversation. Some topics we take on with the Truth to Power podcast will lose followers. I hope this isn't the case. If I can learn something that I did not know yesterday, I have grown. Are you interested in growth?...
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Episode 36: Red Pill Matrix Typa Facts
Are we free? Are we ruled? What value would you place on a high school diploma? $7.25? Are minimum wage lives lifelong suicide? Ace and I try to get on the same page with this one. Ironically, we look at the education system here in the states but through the lens of self-esteem. What value do we...
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Episode 35: Teachers are awesome but the curriculum is $#iT....
I believe education holds a solution to every problem we face in the world today. But do we have a curriculum that works? Does the structure of the public education system serve us or keep us dumbed down and in a state of subserviate passivity. This is Truth to Power that touched a nerve on the...
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Episode 34: No Names Please just do your freaking job... good elf!
This week on Truth to Power we discuss the effects of what it takes to make our mark in the world of labor. From losing time with our family, the impact on raising children, being overworked and losing our identity as we become enmeshed in our work. What boundaries should we be making to keep our...
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Episode 33: Labor Pains
In this episode of Truth to Power we look at the labor industry, Right to Work states and their impact on American lives. We delve into the propaganda that surrounds the labor market, child labor that seems to be making a comeback here in America. And of course, the values we attach to labor…
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Episode 32: Pulling back the Curtain to find the Wizard is out
Ace Cannon has flipped the script! On this week's episode of Truth to Power Kyrios G has to sit in the other chair and go along for the ride as we delve further into the topic of poverty in America. How is the idea of being an American framed in media? Which version of America did you wake up to...
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Episode 31: Ass-Out Cereal
In this episode of Truth to Power we take a look at poverty. We discuss what it means to grow up in poverty and how it influences development of young people. We explore generational poverty, the effects of red line districts in our schools as well as how it affects neighborhoods.
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Episode 30: Weapons of Mass Distraction
On this episode of Truth to Power Ace and I discuss how propaganda and weaponized information has shaped our views of climate change. We look at the film Alien and discuss how technology can serve humanity as it did in the film, as well as how it hindered the crew as a result of the influence of...
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Episode 29: And People in Hell want Ice Water!
At some point on this podcast, we would have to pick something really divisive to discuss... like the weather. On this episode of Truth to Power Kyrios G and Ace Cannon dive into climate change. Who would have thought that this would be such a heated topic? Do we really know what we think we…
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Episode 28: Here It Is!
Artificial intelligence has achieved consciousness. On Truth to Power, we are about to discuss the elephant in the room. Kyrios G and Ace Cannon dig into the effects A.I. could have in the world of music creation, news media as well as how the development of information could be manipulated to...
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Episode 27: What to do with a dumpster fire
In this episode of Truth to Power we discuss resilience. What it takes to remain resilient living in our American society that is beginning to look a lot like a dumpster fire.
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Episode 26: Death Becomes Us
In this episode, to put it plainly we discuss death. In looking at being comfortable with the uncomfortable we consider how the human experience avoids the idea of death. How we attach ourselves to belief in order to identify with permanence. What is it to live a life of meaning?
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Episode 25: Being Comfortable in the Uncomfortable
Ace Cannon is back! In this episode we ask what it takes to be authentic in our words and actions as people and as artists. Are we growing? Have we become stagnant? In this discussion we ask ourselves if we are comfortable in the uncomfortable? How are we approaching authenticity? We introduce a...
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Episode 24: The Right Not to Be Killed
Could you explain this statement, "We have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?" What does that mean to you as an American? If you are struggling to fill in the blanks, don't worry, you are not the only one. In this episode, Kyrios G and Pheonix look at these familiar words.…
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Episode 22: Let's Talk About Sex Baby... but beware of the Tangent Police
Keeping with the woman's perspective, Truth to Power put together a bonus episode on the topic of sex. Kyrios G is joined by the lovely Leisa as we entertain the topic of sex over a lighthearted discussion.
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We frame social topics through art. We believe in connection. As artists we are connecting to the world around us and each other in order to make sense of the world we share.
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