Escape Your Algorithm
Escape your Algorithm is dedicated to creating moments where energies and ideas align, to finding things we didn’t know we were looking for, to broadening our knowledge and adding texture to our understanding. Together we discover what is outside our algorithm and discover a world of opportunities to learn from each other. Bring your curiosity and escape with Maven on Podbean. Always made by real humans, for real humans. Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm
Episodes
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.
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 num...
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/e...
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 disagr...
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
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...
- 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 12/09/2...
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 sh...
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 Intervie...
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
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