Escaping Society: Recent Episodes
Gumby Montgomery
We hope to share our experiences of the various ways we’re attempting to escape the mad prison walls of our failing society. We encourage feedback and questions from all outlaws, hobos, and the generally curious. Maybe by sharing our stories, we can learn together and support all of us who love the Earth, who want a future for all children, and who are desperately seeking ways to heal. It doesn’t have to be this way, so let’s begin the new dawn NOW. For videos on some topics discussed and more, check out our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOX9oJ_ XgipyAS6eeeJXGbQ.
Twelfth season finale! And whew... we barely pulled this off. Looking forward to a break and, if I’m lucky, less talking, talking, and more listening to the wind, the water, the fire, and things that matter.
On the road again, we discuss what we’re leaving, where we’re going, and how the ecotone between the two has been treating us. And then... we talk about other things that I’m not remembering. I look forward to listening to this one myself!
With the soft music of gumby’s abbreviated coughs and productive nose blowing in the background, we take you on a journey through Teresa’s gaulded a-hole into exploited children, Marxist perverts, hitchhiking red flags, Nazi Reading Hours for children, and spoilers on a couple of shows. Our time indoors continues. Leave your souls at the door.
We’ve been indoors for a week and we’re feeling all kinds of out-of-sorts so... I don’t even know what the hell we were trying to talk about for a lot of this episode. And that’s the kind of hot mess that this is. Enjoy!
We pick up where we left off two years ago with the buddha’s Great Departure from the kingdom in his quest for liberation, and end at his first great understanding of The Middle Way.
Broadcasting from our little cloud of stink, we celebrate signs of Spring, cycles within cycles within cycles, the Way of the Wasp, tire sandals, pine carpeting, frigging, Dun, coffee filters, and we sprinkle it all with a touch of Cedar Fever! Our mental bowel movement here is assisted by Andy Ward, Tom Brown Jr., Daniel Quinn, the Hairy Potter, Charlie Cheon, Samuel Thayer, Tom Elpel, Rufus, Rerun, Martin Lawrence, Albert Camus, Terrence K. Williams, the Kalahari Bushmen, Laurens van der Post, the CryptoNaturalist, and many others, and I’m sure they couldn’t all be prouder! Bing.
Doin’ some f$ckin’ spring cleanin’, y’all. Catharsis for the shadows in our souls... we purge, we f$cking puurrrgggge!
We’re surviving Imbolc. This week has sucked, y’all. This week sucks so much, if we’d put it to work at a truck stop we’d be rich. We celebrate Sherlocke’s birthday, remember T’s dad, Mike, and g’s mom, Nancy, discuss our whispering demons, and oh, here’s how to hard-boil eggs: Cover eggs with water, bring to a boil, remove from boil and let sit for 12 minutes, drain, then run eggs under cold water. Ta-daaa...
S’aponin, essays? What’choo want? We got quotes; we got William Shatner, Vernor Vinge, John Trudell... You like thinking? Or thinking about thinking? Well, we think about Fermi’s Paradox, chasing dreams, sarcasm, hell, we thinkin’ thoughts we never thunk before! No? Maybe you one ‘o them evil nerds inventing us into oblivion. Well we got ramblins for the Nerds of Hell too; we got the Singularity, EMPs, Forever Chemicals, we got deep fakes, Deep Voodoo, which all puts us in deep sh$t. And stick around till the end- we even gots Asian girls doing “bush craft” with their tiny hands after dark... listen now! Tom Waits for no man! We got a little something for ever’body and their half brothers!
Little bit of Ayn Rand and Diogenes, little bit of M3GAN and The Northman. I share some of the many things I’m learning and experimenting with regarding bushcraft cleaning, Teresa discusses a plane crash in Nepal and the passing of an elder, and Sherlocke don’t discuss squat.
We ring in the New Year with burning plastic and blowjob spots! Welcome to season twelve. Stick around and learn you a little something about van repair, the power of tripods, how to survive a mini Ice Age, public shaming for non-compliers, the benefits of hunger, and there may even be a Hooters calendar. All this and more, this week on... Escaping Society...
Happy Thanksgiving and Friday of Color, y’all! We battle against the interference of a weed high that got right on top of us and technical difficulties, maybe from the Technological Singularity itself. We do a thorough book report on Weinstein and Heying’s “A Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the 21st Century”, apologize to Gabby Petito and for our “Hobo Buddy Burner” YouTube video, share comments from our YouTube channel (even the ones with negative condensation), and give deep thanks for unrepeatable days, winter boots, freedom (and justice!), Rambo, and eachother. Season finale here, folks. Eleven seasons. And the “escaping society” experiment continues...
We do a book report with dramatic readings from “Gender Queer”, quote Henry Rollins, Tim from Maine, and Shannon from Creedmoor, talk about racism, racism, and more racism, the reincarnation of grass mats, outwoking the woke, how to be hated, and gumby announces his bid for president 2024 on a Dark Age platform with his new preferred pronoun- spitting.
A thick piece of fluffy white bread... “It’s the dramatic return of your friend from afar, Mike H.!”... and a thin crusty heel of bread on top, mustard optional.
We go digging into the past to research the origins of where our current cultural views of sex and gender come from. Alfred Kinsey, the father of sex, and John Money, the father of gender. Listen, and then you decide... IS ALL “love” “good love”?
We just let ourselves talk for as long as we felt like it. Our conversation took us into Subway, 2,500 years back in time, across the sea to China, past Smugville, into another look at Bernays, old white men, and Alone... where they’re killing the poor white weasel. We even take a stab at answering that question only puzzling to our modern culture, what is a woman? So build your cabin, tighten your belt, and see how long you can hang without hitting that red button.
Here. We discuss farts... again... I know, I know, but YOU try living in a van with an old dog and a girl from OH and see if farts are not a big part of life. We also share an article about a woman warning against van life, and then spend the rest of the episode discussing views that we have changed since we started the podcast. Trigger warning for sensitive listeners. There’s even a wild Persimmon orchard along the way!
Teresa recaps her trip up to OH to visit family, we discuss the disease of the mind spreading through our society, and some other stuff...
All by my lonesome... I ramble on. When the looord made meee... he made a raaamblin’ man.
Heading down from God’s country, Mount Olympus, back to dirty ole’ Durm for the winter, we share some final thoughts and highlights about our summer in the mountains. From stories about the characters we’ve met to the blessings we’ve received, we say farewell to Paradise for the season. “The mountain’s got it’s own ways.” -Bear Claw
Happy Autumn Equinox! We discuss mah “Bible Flute”, the ethics of sharing food with Yellowjackets, Go Grocery, the quiet little mountain town of Spruce Pine and how insidious wokies might start a race war, the preciousness of water, and even throw in a little something for all y’all wholesome butter-based white people.
Here we go again... now with sprinkles! We share some recaps about our summer in the mountains, discuss the difference between stupidity and ignorance, and Teresa talks about her hair. Again. Y’up. It’s a penetrating and cerebral brain fest here...
We’re back at it. Turns out, there was a lot more to be said about how to crap in the woods...
Our final epersode, y’all! F$ck the walking dead, f$ck the machines, and double plus f$ck their dehumanizing bullsheeit and lies. We are human beings. We are the grandchildren of supernovas. We carry oceans in our veins, thunderbolts in our minds, hurricanes in our lungs, and we will never die, as they have never lived. We part ways with words of encouragement and gestures of defiance. Can you hear? Even now, the psychopaths are losing... and they’re terrified. The machines are failing, fading, and what shall replace the wetiko? The return of the true human beings. Get ready.
We may be running out of things to say. It’s all been said. There comes a time when talking about things needs to make way for doing them.
Here we go again... I don’t even remember what we talked about so... I’ll be listening to find out as well!
Nancy Sue Montgomery. June 17, 1956- February 2, 2022. She was only a hobo, but one more is gone
We unpack our tool box in Clown World, revisiting Castaneda and casting spells in the wild life. I do a commercial for King of the Mountain (now for the low low price of $800!), and we consider the three gates of speech as we jabber away about Annie Wilkins- a woman who KNEW the taste of LIFE, and about the clash between the wisdom of building tribe but not liking people. Might walking backwards or anal beads help wake you from the dream? This episode is best paired with finely ground cannabis, served with a generous side of fuck it.
Cloudy and bone chilling, we unenthusiasticly share some of our thoughts and ponderin’s. Cain and Abel, our confederate dog tent, is anybody NOT brain-washed, the kindness of strangers, and the self-inflicted problem that is us are some of the topics we consider this week.
On a chilly, sunny January day, we check in about what’s happenin’ in our stinky sock little corner of the wilds. We discuss Dr. Robert Malone, Bjorn Andreas Bull-Hansen, tell-lie-vision, trying to stay anchored in sanity, and as always, ancestral skills. We explore the ethics of vetting who deserves care in a hospital, and who gets to say what is offensive? gumby takes back the more accurate term “sex change” and ditches the fallacious and manipulative “gender affirmation”. Is the plandemic beginning to wind down? What might the next phase of the plan be? And how will we continue to live with friends and family who support vaccine passports and openly say we deserve to suffer, to die, for not complying with their beliefs, their values? All this and more THIS week on... ESCAPING SOCIETY.
Oh, we got into a lil’ o’ EVERthin’ in this episode, from Abbott and Costello and gross videos to breaking bottles and bad electricity. We discuss Facebook penalizing our page and the clear insanity of their minion “fact checkers”. We speak on hunting ethics, Charles Bukowski, rewilding... and even throw in a Keanu Reeves impression a time or three, the performance of which is STILL better than any movie the man has ever acted in!
From Christmas morning through New Year’s Eve, we take you along on another week in the life of a couple of dirty, smelly, deplorable, unrepentant, unjabbed rubber tramps! And this brings the year of 2021 to a hot and uncertain close. May we take responsibility for ourselves, our choices, and move ever closer to escaping the prison walls of the limits of our perceptions, our indoctrination, our own weak excuses, of society in 2022, the year of Soylent Green. Don’t just be furniture while we eat eachother! Rewild, resist, unplug, breathe, walk your talk, and take a $%@&! RISK! GO!!
It’s Christmas Eve, and we turn on the recorder with no particular plan in mind. Our babbling leads us into shows we’ve watched, books we’ve read, thoughts we’ve thunk, smells we’ve stunk, and Teresa’s dead dream of dentistry. Toilet blades. Fermented egg nog. Ghostbusters. Here’s an hour of us. No refunds.
We indulge in some geeking out on Carlos Castaneda and the separate reality he was taught under his Yaqui teacher, Don Juan. I compiled a list of some of my favorite quotes and passages from his books, books that have been influential and stimulated many a thoughtful conversation during our days trampin’. Hope something here challenges what you think of as reality.
Wow, season ten! We catch up on our last month and a half of barbarianism, and discuss this dystopian, transhumanist shroud that’s falling.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? When you find yourself in the madness and sin of Sodom, why bother raising your voice against the evil? For the rest, listen to episode 72, “Adshusheer”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? “U” is for Ultra. For the rest, listen to episode 96, “ABCs of C.I.A.”, season 8.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Purchase your sanitized, sterilized, exorcised little creepy genetically modified, customized cloned replica of a human baby now and we’ll throw in a matching designer handbag made with shit you’ll never see in nature, carefully selected to match your new babies’ skin color at half price, but ACT NOW! For the rest, listen to episode 104, “5. Rise of the Trans Human”, season 9.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? I so declare we shall learn about the president who tried to change the rules of football! For the rest, listen to episode 37, “Harrison- Coolidge: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1889- 1929), season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? gumby discusses the U.S. president who least wanted the job, but got stuck with it anyway. For the rest, listen to episode 35, “Lincoln- Cleveland: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1861- 1889)“, season 3.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Have you ever REEEALLY paid attention to wiping your ass? For the rest, listen to episode 38, “Anything Goes”, episode 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Why did Moses and his people have to cross through 40 years of wandering in the desert between slavery and freedom? For the rest, listen to episode 106, “Mile Marker 106: Alphabet Soup, God’s Word, & Mike H.”, season 9.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Why do the words “sex” and “gender” get used interchangeably sometimes, separately at others, and why all the confusion and manic need for the validation of others? For the rest, listen to episode 107, “Mile Marker 107: Poopin’ Lady, the Cotton Ceiling, & the Tao of Waraji”, season 9.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa totally bombs Obomber. For the rest, listen to episode 47, “Carter- Trump: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1977- 2020)”, season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Sitting silently, doing nothing- Spring comes and the grass grows by itself. For the rest, listen to episode 81, “hobozen”, season 7.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We discuss who would and wouldn’t survive a zombie apocalypse, and why they need to bury “The Walking Dead”. For the rest, listen to episode 108, “Mile Marker 108: The Fart Puddle, Mencius, & the Age of Demagoguery”, season 9.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? gumby shares one of his favorite poems, Carl Sandberg’s “Wilderness”. For the rest, listen to episode 39, “Leaf Stories and Singing Stones“, season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We discuss our 23rd U.S. president, Benjamin Harrison, a cold bastard among cold bastards. For the rest, listen to episode 37, “Harrison- Coolidge: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1889- 1929)”, season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? gumbydamas predicts the future weeks, nay, MONTHS before the plandemic hits! For the rest, listen to episode 38, “Anything Goes”, season 4.
Season 9 finale! We share our rabbit poop ponderings, our water seeking wanderings, and our Rock Bottom yonderings, all while celebrating with the company of one of our favorite floral friends. From Trump to BLM, through the shady woods of Facebook fiction, our bottomless ignorance, and the breath of death- collecting pine sap along the way, of course- we tie another one off. Pray for RAIN!
Remembering gumby’s guitar, getting our fan battery stolen, surviving the onslaught of Set... This week we discuss how wokeism attacks logic, that racist POC, Gandhi, and some of the lessons we’re learning in this ‘Waking Life’. Oh, it’s a scene, man.
Trying out a new format that doesn’t require so much homework... We check in about the skills we’re working on, our latest spoils, and discuss sexual preferences, biblical stories, Gabby Petito, and our transhumanist series.
I’ll level with you. This episode went sideways on us, derailed, and turned out completely different than what we were shooting for. Two rubber tramps trying to stay on schedule during a particularly crazy time... it is what it is. Still, I think we got into some probing discussions about some timely topics. So, submitted for your approval... git WOKE.
Well, let’s wrap up this trans timeline, shall we? Exploitation of vulnerable people- women, children, misfits, the mentally ill. Utter dependence on unnecessary toys provided by people we have no reason to trust. Eve, Lucifer, stupid Facebook avatars, pig people... Damn. I identify as a human being trapped in a machine who needs OUT!
Back into the Devil’s Garden, chasing simulated rabbits down virtual holes, the pieces keep coming together, popping into place, from the UK 2010 Equality Act to a man, a rapist, named Karen White incarcerated in a womens’ prison where “she” sexually assaults 2 inmates, this video game spirals us down into our own fall... the Matrix has us.
We celebrate and share our findings, our stories, our love of the oldest mountains in the world. “The Scenic” stretches from MAD ANTHONY Waynesboro in VA down yonder to Qualla, the ancestral land of the Cherokee. We love these Appalachians, one of those precious haunts where the wild spirits survive.
Wow, past the century mark, 101 episodes deep into this rubber tramp adventure! We pause to check in about how things are going during the plandemic.
“Roko’s Basilisk” is a thought experiment, an idea considered so dangerous in some circles that even the mention of it is banned. And it may be where we’re heading. As the Transhuman teeters on the abyss, the birthday of it’s own technological god looms...
We continue to discuss the legacy of Gilgamesh, the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and the implications of wanting to transcend the “biological limitations” of being human. Our timeline takes us into the late 1990’s this time as transhuman agendas, sold so well to us in the 80’s, involve themselves more in our politics, our bodies, our minds and lives. Are you so sure you’re not already thinking their thoughts? THIS... is the revenge of the nerds.
Humans, like every known phenomenological thing, are in transition. But where are we transitioning from? What are we transitioning into? And are we being led there... by whom? Why? As we daily sacrifice more of our humanity to the machine, we’d better start asking.
Let’s ask some questions. What would someone from another world think of our culture and how we behave? What would this “someone” be like themselves- what kind of questions would they ask? And why the hell are electric cars now making obnoxiously pretentious sounds like a liberal choir of woke angels? What UP with THAT...?!
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Meet the first president of this great American experiment, the Town Destroyer... For the rest, listen to episode 33, “Washington- Jackson: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1789- 1837)“, season 3.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Here, I begin describing the tactics of “controlled opposition” before I knew the word for it. For the rest, listen to episode 60, “Any Friend of the Devil...”, season 5.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa schools us on our 22nd president, a rapist, racist, cradle-robbin’ all American boy. For the rest, listen to episode 35, “Lincoln- Cleveland: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1861- 1889)“, season 3.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? gumby reads an excerpt from a book by Tom Brown Jr. describing Grandfather Stalking Wolf’s relationship to water. For the rest, listen to episode 29, “Lifeblood”, season 3.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Well, here’s some color-challenged jokes for ya, mayonnaise edition. For the rest, listen to episode 66, “Knock Knock”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa asks gumby why he’s doin’ what he do. For the rest, listen to episode 53, “Pretending- Interview: gumby”, season 5.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Hear the missing verse from that hobo classic, “Big Rock Candy Mountain”! For the rest, listen to episode 38, “Anything Goes”, season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? If the C.I.A. finding ways to fund itself independently, and convincing us to BEG them to put the tools they use to spy on us in our homes doesn’t disturb you... you’re already a Borg. For the rest, listen to episode 96, “ABCs of C.I.A.”, season 8.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? I rail against the propaganda used by the media to corral us into vaccine compliance while completely ignoring or dismissing or discrediting any concerns or arguments voiced by people with other points of view. For the rest, listen to episode 62, “F[iretr]ucks GIVEN!!!”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Yeah, yeah, we know the “smurf minute” is over 3 minutes long... For the rest, listen to episode 69, “Smurf Village”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa asks gumby’s mom what advice she would give to her younger self. For the rest, listen to episode 71, “Rebel Without A Cause- Interview: Nancy”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa tells us why “B” is for Project Bluebird in the C.I.A.’s mad alphabet of mind control, human experimentation, and assorted evils. For the rest, listen to episode 96, “ABCs of C.I.A.”, season 8.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We take a look back at “The Trump Phenomenon”, recorded while he was still in office. For the rest, listen to episode 47, “Carter- Trump: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1977- 2020)”, season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa shares a beautiful “Easy Essay” by Peter Maurin challenging the way our culture teaches us to perceive these “ambassadors of the gods”. For the rest, listen to episode 65, “The House That Peter Built”, season 6.
For our season 8 finale, we dip our toes into the sordid, shocking history of Truman’s monster, the Central Intelligence Agency. From cyborg pussies to hallucinogenic cigars, we cover the whole damn alphabet. “A” is for AAAAAH! Does anyone have a conspiracy theory I can borrow? All of mine turned out to be true!
We continue our exploration of Etienne de la Boetie2’s book “Government- The Biggest Scam In History EXPOSED”. Parts of it inspired us and blew our minds... other parts carry the faint odor of a rat’s balls... Come not here if ye brain is turned off!
This episode uses Etienne de la Boetie2’s great book, “Government”- The Biggest Scam In History EXPOSED, as a platform to discuss some of the topics he covers in this book, along with issues raised by the author’s story.
Has the cheese slid off your cracker, or someone- or everyone!- you know? Are you more scared of the so-called “normal” psychopaths who smile as they kill, than the dingbats having a healthy, negative response to an entire society going “off the rails”? Well, you’re in the right place. If you’re crazy and you know it, listen up!
We plumb the depths- or our interpretation of it, anyway- of what the Buddha saw that inspired him to “go forth”, and what those sights might have to teach us. Age. Disease. Death. Renunciation. So bring your ego and listen to my lies...
We take turns reading another gospel from the apostle, Daniel Quinn, this time from the holy book, “My Ishmael”, in which Ishmael explains part of our culture’s history to Julie by describing an imagined planet named “Terpsichore”. It was interesting exploring our own evolving views through this short tale. As always, Quinn gets us thinkin’.
A sort of follow-up to my solo attempt to give listeners a window into a week in the life of a rubber tramp last season, we recorded a week of our life in (and out of!) the van together this Spring. Panhandling. Backpacking. Hitchhiking. The good, the bad, and the ugly... it was quite a week!
We met Rachel during a wild cordage workshop we were leading, hosted by an intentional community named Common Ground. Turns out that Rachel is building her own community, The Rainwater Collective, and we were very happy to visit her community and to record this interview in their sunny garden. We discuss an array of topics ranging from tribe and government to technology and racism. Hope ya enjoy it!
We talk a little about the world of free stuff, particularly the Really, Really Free Market.
We, rehabilitated damn yankees ourselves, discuss the southern culture that we have adopted and has adopted us. We try to address some of the misunderstandings about the south and share the south that we have come to know, love, and call home, y’all.
Season eight, yes, season EIGHT! Why? Not because we are gaining a growing audience or because we’re raking in the big bucks or because there’s anybody left out there that has both sanity AND courage even if we did make any sense and could reach them... but because it’s better than internet porn. Sometimes. So here’s what’s goin’ on with US roundabout now...
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Here’s our hobo rendition of the fight song, the call to revolt from George Orwell’s “Animal Farm”! For the rest, listen to episode 61, “The Last [Pig] in Europe”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? During his interview, Mouse reveals the controversial origins of Covid-19. For the rest, listen to episode 87, “Society’s Ulcer- Interview: Mouse”, season 7.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We share the almost unbelievable and little told story of 29th U.S. president, booty chasin’ gangsta, and tool of the outrageously corrupt Ohio Gang, Warren G. Harding! For the rest, listen to episode 37, “Harrison- Coolidge: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1889- 1929)”, season 4
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? After reading Ortiz’s book, “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States”, we discuss the way we’re taught to view the whites and the Indians upon first contact, and what motivated the colonists’ behavior. For the rest, listen to episode 26, “Indigenous Peoples’ History of the U.S.”, season 3.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We delve into one of the highest rated U.S. presidents, Harry Truman, as he plunges us into the darkest chapter of our evil empire. For the rest, listen to episode 42, “Hoover- Ford: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1929- 1977)”, season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? What would your life look like if you treated every single day as a rehearsal for your last day on Earth before it catches you unprepared? For the rest, listen to episode 50, “Death Cult”, season 5.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We look to the fires of our ancestors to consider what a world without science might look like. For the rest, listen to episode 79, “Black Magic/White Science- part 2”, season 7.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Here, we begin an exploration of the supposed “benefits” of our society, and why things may not be all that they seem... For the rest, listen to episode 9, “Drain On Society”, season 1.
Season 7, epersode 84, seeeeason (drum roll, please) FINALE!! gumby, still by himself and trying not to drive hisself cahrrrAZZZZY records a week in the life of one rubber tramp hobo, which just happened to be one of the lamest, hardest weeks in the van yet. So get’cher lame on, grab a beer or sniff some glue, and join me for a little trip down the road...
gumby is all on his own for this one, flying solo, so he takes this opportunity to address our backlog of “listener write-ins”, which makes this kind of an “Interview: Y’all” episode. God help us all... And for the record, those gurgling, belchy sounds a couple times there were Sherlocke.
Drugs, nature, homelessness, politically incorrect impressions... what does this guy not have to share? Here’s an interview with one of gumby’s “back in the day” pals.
This is our fourth installment in our “Native Literacy” series in which we hope to offer tips and share stories related to reconnecting, understanding, reading, and SEEING that wild world out there, that home we’ve become estranged to. In this episode, we return to the topic of tracking animal signs using the elders, the doorways of who, what, when, why, where, and how?
We continue our exploration of magic and science as we play “devil’s advocate” to address some of the defenders of science. Science is A truth... not THE truth... and does it’s truth serve life...?
We rail against science pretty often, and sometimes people ask, “What’s your beef with science?” Well this is our effort to explain and explore the reasons why we aren’t adherents to the dark art, the deadly religion of SCIIEEENCE!!
Greeting, you whores of Babylon! This week, we’re discussing that old coyote, that whirlwind of the sacred and profane, that wildtender of tomorrow’s hopes, Finisia Medrano. So roll a joint, get’cher reach around on, and enjoy!
We try to talk about something that can’t really be talked or theorized about... only EXPERIENCED. The Survival Overnights! Anyway, we took a shot at it. Just know that if you don’t visit the survival link on our webpage, you have not really EXPERIENCED this episode.
We talk about the benefits of immersing ourselves with playfulness and abandon, in that wildness just outside your door! Get naked. Talk with the sky. Play with the night. Dance in a puddle. It just might make you a little less crazy...
Welcome to our season 7 premier, and it’s our “Prepper” episode! We share a few basic tips we’ve picked up from others, talk about when TSHTF, the nature of said S, is it already HTF, should we even worry about TF, and WTF am I talking about ROFL FML. Is it even possible to follow those intrepid Boy Scouts and “Always Be Prepared”?
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? The streets teach, they talk, through many mouths including this homeless preacher in the deep, dark belly of a bitter cold night... For the rest, listen to episode 38, “Anything Goes”, season 4.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Part of being an unwashed feral hobo with sporadic access to hot water is embracing the nasty, celebrating the gross, and drinking in the stink. For the rest, listen to episode 70, “Mile Marker 70”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We give a critique of the book by Jensen, Keith, and McBay, “Deep Green Resistance”, and the resistance movement in general. For the rest, listen to episode 54, “F[iretr]uck ME!!!”, season 5.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? We tear the Space Race a new arsehole as we drop f-bombs all over scientists and the poor animals they experiment on. For the rest, listen to episode 62, “F[iretr]ucks GIVEN!!!”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa reads some of our favorite words from Peace’s “Steps Towards Inner Peace”. For the rest, listen to episode 20, “The Peace Pilgrim”, season 2.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Hear this harrowing tale of determination and revenge as Timmy takes on his childhood hero... Bobo! For the rest, listen to episode 66, “Knock Knock”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? gumby talks about that distributor of “fake news”, that slave raper, slave breeder, that champion of the Electoral College, that hateful bastard and founding father, President Thomas Jefferson. For the rest, listen to episode 33, “Washington- Jackson: U.S. Presidents EXPOSED (1789- 1837)”, season 3.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa asks gumby and the chorus frogs why the leftists get so much of their ire. For the rest, listen to episode 53, “Pretending- Interview: gumby”, season 5.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa shares an inspiring pledge written by Shirley Williams of the Black Panther Party. For the rest, listen to episode 67, “Dead Or In Prison”, season 6.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? gumby shares an Aesop fable that helped shape the course of his life. For the rest, listen to episode 5, “The Dog...”, season 1.
Up for an Escaping Society quickie between seasons? Teresa and I discuss over-population, mouse experiments, and Daniel Quinn! For the rest, listen to episode 45, “Quinn’s Boiling Frog”, season 4.
We explore our place, home sweet home, Durm. For this, our season 6 finale, we discuss colonialism, slavery, race, the sacred hoop, knowledge of place, and exactly what the hell are colonists supposed to do when we don’t wanna play for the evil empire anymore, the Indians act just like us, and who the hell wants to go back to Europe?!
Teresa interview’s gumby’s mommy! She shares stories of her life of poverty, crime, hitch-hiking, homelessness, and coping with the madness of society. Thanks, mom!
70 episodes deep into this crazy life being hobos, van-lifers, and decidedly politically INcorrect podcasters, we discuss rubber tramp updates, gross hobo “games”, the trans lobby, history, and other weird rants...
We journey along the mycelium woods wide web to learn about one of our more ancient ancestors, an under-appreciated and mystifying grandmother full of generous gifts, perceptual gateways, deep intelligence, and profound surprises. Bet’cha learn something... or your money back (Unless you donated. We’re keepin’ that)!
Whether you’re out on the tramp or civilization has collapsed, we need to be prepared to patch ourselves up. We cover hobo first aid, sharing our stories, experiences, and research. We hope this gets ya thinkin’, but as always- DO YOUR OWN HOMEWORK and PRACTICE!
It’s a Black Panther Paaarty (of self-defense)! Listen to a couple of honkys try to whitesplain one of the most well organized and inspiring resistance movements in modern American history! From dealing with pigs to caring for their OWN damn communities, these folks knew their business, dig?
Who’s there? It’s us, sharing some of our favorite dirty jokes because any hobo worth their grits needs some irreverent stories and offensive jokes to regurgitate around the jungle fires! Sensitive blondes from Poland maaay wanna skip this one...
We share our experiences and what we’ve learned about Catholic Worker Houses and Christian Anarchists. Jesus is just alright with me! Let’s talk about it, shall weeee?
We geek out on birds, from personal stories to information that can help begin to lead us into a more informed listening and literacy of all the ancient songs in the symphony of Now.
This ain’t checkers, y’all. We recorded this episode while playing a game of chess, and share some of the insights, thoughts, and lessons we’ve derived from this deceptively simple little board, this game of strategy, in passing...
Warning. We’re about to let slip the dogs of profanity, yes again (f$ck you!), on bikers, the Space Race, Napoleon, slobs, censorship, even gumby’s own treacherous butthole. Nothing is safe. Listener discretion is advised.
Back down the rabbit hole to explore the Orwellian dystopia of “1984” and the cautionary tale of “Animal Farm”. If you agree with everything we say, turn on your brain and listen again. “Four legs good, two legs betterrrrrr...”
In defense of the devil’s advocate, the questioners of herds, the challengers to the mob, and all those willing to stand up and be the black sheep.
Count yer blessings... We discuss why an attitude of gratitude is so powerful, so necessary for wilderness survival, van life, or just surviving this crazy existence. Thank you, listeners, for listening to our nonsense and supporting our adventures, and of course, don’t forget to stop and smell those rose- er, Honeysuckle!
We share Redacted’s “16 Mind-Blowing Facts About The Police!” and use those talking points as a platform to share our own experiences, opinions, and observations. Anyone escaping society WILL run into the fuzz sooner or later, and you’d better be prepared for the confrontation! As Woody Guthrie says to his sleepy hobo, “I know the police cause you trouble. They cause trouble everywhere.”
For this, our 57th episode, we check in about what we’ve been up to, what’s on our minds, stuff, thangs, stuff and thangs, thangs and stuff, deep penetrating topics of dire relevance, shootin the boolsheet, and all that Jazz...
In this, the second episode in our “Native Literacy” series, we try to tackle the topic of ecology and seeing the forest through the trees. As we reacquaint and fight for this wild, green world, let’s not neglect our education of it, particularly how it functions as a web, a system, Mother Gaia. We hope that this is a start to a good and growing foundation for this understanding.
We celebrate and discuss this outlaw, this organizer of resistance, this warrior against the rich and powerful whose tales of defiance we’ve been sharing for 800 years! Behold, ye merry folk, ‘tis bold Robin Hood!
Seems like the perfect time for blasphemous rants and random profanities. If we didn’t offend you with last season’s “F[iretr]uck” episode, maybe we’ll get’cha this time. And, as always, f$@k you!
Teresa interviews gumby because we live in a van and haven’t gotten anybody we find interesting to agree to lean into our little scavenged IPad in a park with us so, yeah... he’s a hobo, a scavenger, a contrary, an advocate of devilry, and a first class arsehole on any day ending with a “Y”. Enjoy!
We begin an exploration of “tracking” with some stories about what tracking means to us and how we got started. Is “literacy” just the ability to read the books we create, or awakening to the stories that all natives learn to hear and read?
We discuss Jeff Gibbs’ documentary “The Planet Of The Humans”, green energy, and related topics.
We discuss the Grim Reaper, the Grand Finale, the Last Stink, the Final Heartbeat and what it means to live with the ever present, “nearby delicious freedom of death”. Welcome to the Death Cult.
We kick off season 5 by celebrating Spring and the new year by sharing Walt Whitman’s “Song of the Open Road”, a standing tradition of gumby’s.
The last chapter of our maniacal, insidious presidents episodes! Let’s take a closer look at the last seven men who have led us to the brink of collapse, and let’s not be fooled AGAIN!!
We discuss violence- How far our culture has been willing to go to inflict it on others, how our government uses it to control it’s own populace, how we’re taught to abhor it while we benefit daily from (and become increasingly dependent on) it’s spoils, and how this contrasts with native, non-empirical views on violence. Let’s question who claims this monopoly on violence and how they use it.
We take turns reading the brilliant essay “The Boiling Frog” from Daniel Quinn’s book, “The Story Of B”, throwing our own inebriated two cents in as we go.
Some tips we’ve picked up (and a couple we haven’t tried yet!) on cooking outside without the modern trappings of a kitchen. Heat... food... everything else is just flourish!
We indulge in a little psychological Spring cleaning, cathartic anger management, by getting some “f$ck you’s” out of our system. The great thing about not getting paid for these is we don’t have to give a damn who listens to this string of profanities. We hope something here offends you and, if not, well, F#@K YOU!
From the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War II to Vietnam, the Freedom Riders, and MK Ultra, we enter the darkest chapter of U.S. history yet as the powerful find perverse ways to control our minds while developing weapons capable of destroying the planet in a never-ending war of terror...
Enter the mind of a hoboess! I interview Teresa to see what I can extract about her explorations and unique experiences without a house, escaping society, with the shovel, pliers, and dentist-vacuum-thing of my questions...
We venture down the rabbit hole to explore “the inverted truth”, some of the topsy-turvy, bass ackwards Doublethink we’re fed, from smoking to get thin, to nuclear bombs for national security... it almost makes sense if you stand on your head long enough!
We attempt to use the clumsy tools of mind and speech to delve deeper into the ancient, mysterious world of what gets called “animism”. As Lipan Apache, Grandfather Stalking Wolf once said, “Every leaf tells a story, every stone sings a song...”
We fling off the shackles of theme and structure to share sick beats on our hobo stove, how to stop a sneeze, the true story of the time molasses literally almost killed Boston, and what we’re all here to learn. From Beatnik poetry, Buddhism, and Daniel Quinn to a hobo song, Christianity, and Derrick Jensen, ANYTHING goes!
The U.S. Presidents lead us out of the corruption and slime of the 1800’s, up and over the century mark, and right into the slime and corruption of the 1900’s. Lies, abuse, racism, cover-ups, and more than a few atrocities we don’t even have names for, the proud tradition of politics roars into the 20’s!
We explore how our food is controlled and how controlling the food is a well known and used tactic for controlling us, then begin a conversation (since we are still learning ourselves!) about how to liberate this food, which is a highly subversive act! For, as Quinn says, “If the food wasn’t under lock and key, who would work?”
The Civil (or Buchanan’s) War, Reconstruction, the Gilded Age, Black Codes... the fall of the fiercely fighting plains Indians through buffalo slaughter immediately followed by the rise of veterans who have had enough of the presidents’ bullshit- the fiercely fighting Hobo Army!
And the “Manifest Destiny” continues... trespassing, murdering, and spreading good Christian values from sea to shining sea and beyond until the country’s ready to rip itself apart from the goodliness of it all! We put the next group of bastards on trial (spoiler- they’re guilty) for where they’ve led us.
Slave rapers, trespassers, child scalpers, liars, and voracious land-eating megalomaniacs... yes, it’s those “framers” we keep hearing the senators of this country so often referencing in proud and reverential tones! We put ‘em all on trial for their actions as we explore who they were and what they intended for us.
We give our best shot at telling the magical and incredible story of Grandfather Tindeh, and how fire shaped us into “the Fire People”, as well as some practical tips of reacquainting yourself with fire and emergency ways to call on it for help.
We discuss what we’ve learned about the life and writings of Ted Kaczynski, a man who questioned then opposed industrial society, rejected it for a quiet life in the woods and when the violence of our culture found him again, stood up and fought it. We hope his example inspires, and that those who have been led to dismiss him as a violent terrorist may see him and the society he pitted himself against from a different perspective.
My attempt to reconcile wetiko, freeganism, anarchism, animism, bushcraft, and all of the other inspiring and provocative topics I find myself reSEARCHING, as well as considering one possible path that utilizes them all! So here it is, the “Exit” door- let’s BLOW this popsicle stand!
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. We discuss the life blood of Mother Earth, the state of water in our modern world, survival skills for finding, evaluating, and treating water, and what this all means for our health. We ARE water!
We discuss homelessness in the U.S., some of it’s challenges and the way we’re taught to perceive it, then contrast that with houselessness, an empowering “rucksack revolution”, a “Tribe of Crow” movement escaping the prison walls of our culture. Homeless is a state of mind.
gumby and Teresa discuss their own experiences with hitch-hiking, what they’ve learned, and are learning about the original carpooling.
Our audio book report on Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s book “An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States”. We discuss colonialism and other topics inspired by this book. Yep, a couple more white folks talkin’ ‘bout Indians so keep your brain turned on, take it all with a grain of salt, and don’t you dare believe a damn thing we say.
Welcome to SEEEASON THREEE...!!Recorded during a Survival Overnight in the woods in which we were sleeping in shelters we built, we expand on the ideas introduced in season 2, episode 21 “Back To Reality”’s shelter discussion.
In this, our season 2 finale, we complete the sentence begun at the beginning of this season, “Dumpster Diving and... Other Scavenging” by discussing tips and experiences of scavenging beyond the dumpster. After a second take immediately following our disastrous attempt at an “um” and “like” smoking game, this is a bit of a spacey and rambling episode. Enjoy the ride!
The rest of our 2 part foraging episode. Not only do we delve deeper into some tips and our philosophies on wild plant collection and eating, but we begin responding to some of the questions and comments that a few of you are finally sending us!
Teresa and gumby discuss the role foraging for wild plants plays in their lives. We share some of our favorite plants, harvesting and preparation tips, and, as always, much unsolicited advice, and opinions on stuff and thangs. YOOOU’RE WELCOME!
We discuss the priorities of survival whether you’re lost in the woods, wanting to get lost in the woods, or civilization and all it’s simulation and artificiality has finished collapsing and you’re handling the shock of coming back to reality. It’s time to wake up. Prepare yourselves!
We share some of our favorite stories about this extraordinarily inspiring woman who crossed America 7 times on foot without any money, accepting only what was offered during her pilgrimage for peace.
We delve deeper into our criticism of recycling, make our case for why upcycling is far superior, and share some of our favorite upcycling projects, some with videos on our YouTube channel.
In this episode, we introduce upcycling, discuss how we got into this mess with more trash than we know how to handle, and begin a critique of recycling...
We discuss Christopher McCandless (a.k.a. Alexander Supertramp), his efforts to escape society, and what we’ve learned from him, how he has inspired us.
We’re just talkin’ bout “goin’ barefoot”. Take yer shoes off. Set a spell. Y’all come back now! Ya hear?
In this continuation of our Herbalism Unplugged episode, we follow our 20 favorite plant healers with tips, stories, opinions, and anything else we think is important or hope will be helpful for the person escaping society seeking help from the Plant Tribes.
We share our 20 favorite, tried-and-experienced wild medicinal plants, how we use them, and what they’ve done for us as humans escaping society and pulling away from the dubious treatments of modern medicine. Many of the plant people discussed have YouTube videos on our website to help you further.
Kicking off season 2 with an exploration of dumpster diving: it’s benefits, our experiences, why we have so much waste, useful tips, aaand MORE...!
Following our episode 2 “Movies” podcast with our season 1 finale about our favorite escaping society and generally thought provoking documentaries, from living with grizzlies and starting a cult to dismantling private schools and tripping acid on a road trip. Enjoy!
A follow-up to our 2nd episode “A Truly Mobile Home” in which we check in about how van life is going and focus on what we’ve learned about finding places to park our mobile home.
A podcast we hope reaches as many parents (and kids!) as possible. To all the parents who have implied that they’d be more apt to scavenge, rebel, hit the road, and escape society “if I didn’t have kids”...
How do you justify benefitting from a society you don’t want to contribute to? This is our answer.
We talk dirty, from tips (and shaft!) on cunnilingus to coming out with your hobosexuality! We also share our challenges getting along in a van together and trying to live among the walking dead...
How to doo your poo and other dirty deeds without the luxury of a bathroom, the more ecologically sane practice of humanure composting, the challenge of relieving oneself without being a consumer, and perhaps the lamest rendition of a Beastie Boys Song you’ll ever hear (if you’re lucky!).
We give tips and methods for keeping clean, washing clothes, dishes, and generally maintaining good hygiene if you’ve escaped your house or are escaping consumer culture.
Teresa and gumby discuss life with a dog on the road, share tips on caring for a dog without money, and, of course, stories of “the dog”...
Teresa and gumby discuss their efforts to simplify and what it means to them to be “minimalists”.
Teresa and gumby discuss the part movies have played in their lives, stories, propaganda, and some of their favorite “anti-establishment” movies.
Teresa and gumby describe van life, why they’re choosing it, their history living out of vehicles, pros and cons, as well as tips, tricks, and concerns to consider whether you’re just curious or have already embarked on the road.
gumby and Teresa introduce themselves, share a bit of their back stories, and explain why they’re doing this podcast, why they (or you!) would want to escape from society.