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 and friends of the KGCN Radio Network.
Proud member of the KGCN Radio Network family of podcasts.
Always made by real humans, for real humans.
Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm
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 and friends of the KGCN Radio Network.
Proud member of the KGCN Radio Network family of podcasts.
Always made by real humans, for real humans.
Links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm

Interesting things we didn't know we needed.
Join Maven on an adventure into the world wide web and the world IRL (In Real Life)
Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am pacific
Live
Episodes
Episodes
Jan 1, 2026
Jan 1, 2026
34 min
Bonus holiday episode with Maven featuring Blunt Ninja, Cha Cha, Mama Bear, KDubb, Cali Pitts and Mocha the CatSome adult language. seven laws of pessimism #2Long live the aeonophiles!https://aeon.co/essays/the-discovery-of-aeonophiles-expands-our-definition-of-lifePresident Benjamin HarrisonRecorded 12/23/25 Made by real humans for real humans. Fake people: F off.More links at protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm
Jan 1, 2026
34 min
Dec 30, 2025
#142 Paying attention and Being Present
Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 2025
37 min
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 12/23/25More 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
Dec 30, 2025
37 min
Dec 23, 2025
#141 Nuclear Incarceration vs Kurt Vonnegut
Dec 23, 2025
Dec 23, 2025
53 min
Featured Video: Every Nuclear Bomb Detonation in the 20th CenturyAnimal of the Day Think Again, Adam GrantReading: Foma, Wampeters and Granfalloons, Kurt VonnegutElectronic Frontier Foundation's White Paper on Flock ALPRMaven and Cali Pitts on prisons, jails, mass incarceration and the carceral bureaucracy of the USMade for real humans by real humans on 11/25/25Show links protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm
Dec 23, 2025
53 min
Dec 22, 2025
Dec 22, 2025
34 min
Digital Protection:How to opt out of training google AI with your Gmail How to check whether your passwords and logins have been compromisedTapas Topics: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, Etymology (Antarctica, Pundit)Articles:Mind-altering ‘brain weapons’ no longer only science fiction, say researchershttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/22/mind-altering-brain-weapons-no-longer-only-science-fiction-say-researchers1.3 billion leaked passwords exposed online in massive new collection — what to do now and how to check your passwordshttps://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-passwordsWhat Socialism Got Righthttps://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
Dec 22, 2025
34 min
Dec 14, 2025
Dec 14, 2025
1 hr 6 min
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 11/13/2025Show links protopage.com/escapeYourAlgorithm
Dec 14, 2025
1 hr 6 min
Dec 12, 2025
#138 Wikipedia, Chernobyl, Trump Thanks Us
Dec 12, 2025
Dec 12, 2025
1 hr 3 min
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 12/09/25In the live Podbean audience: Kdubb, mamabeartracy, bluntninja, KGCNRadio, RalphWilliamPodcast, JustJimShow links protopage.com/escapeYourAlgorithm
Chornobyl’s Multi-Billion Dollar Tomb Is No Longer Effective After Drone Attackhttps://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 historyhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15150661/Wikipedia-Larry-Sanger-CIA-hijacked-entries.html
Thank You for Your Attentionhttps://brownpoliticalreview.org/thank-you-for-your-attention/
Dec 12, 2025
1 hr 3 min
Dec 8, 2025
#137 Time Traveling with NASCAR UFOs
Dec 8, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
36 min
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 ColumbusNASCAR's court caseRecommended Listen Ren "Losing It"Made for real humans by real humans on 12/04/25Show links protopage.com/EscapeYourAlgorithm
Dec 8, 2025
36 min
Dec 4, 2025
#136 Vape Batteries in The Foster Portfolio
Dec 4, 2025
Dec 4, 2025
52 min
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-cellsKurt Vonnegut The Foster Portfolio read by LaVar Burtonhttps://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
Dec 4, 2025
52 min






