The Symbiosis Now Podcast

The Local Skeptic joins in with conversation about immune system functions, as Tyler chimes in about our current agricultural tactics and our modern food system. Given the complexity of our culture and the symbiosis needed in society, we must alternate our perspectives accordingly in order to reach new ways of understanding. Music by: Ngungunhana X

Tyler and Skeptical Sam talk about how the health and immune systems of the People must be taken seriously, especially as we continue to struggle with the pandemic. Many marketing gurus, and indeed medical doctors, will make you feel as if they have the cure for you all packed into a bottle of prescription pills, but in reality we must address our diet and nutrition first and foremost to find heal...

Engaging in dialogue is vital to our growth, and acknowledging things that we may feel uncomfortable acknowledging is how we proliferate our vigor. Marketing is a psychological phenomena that occurs when the consumer is essentially exploited for capital gain, where the consumer indeed becomes “in charge” of what to market towards. All is fair in a free market, but when the revolution is being sold...

It seems more pertinent now than ever before in the history of humanity to become as complex and as interdependent as we possibly can throughout our communities and capabilities. With neo-fascism being a large part of how the federal government has dealt with the Civil Rights Movement of 2020, and as we charge toward election day, we must have a sense of urgency to continue having these conversati...

Plenty of thoughts pass through our minds, as clouds or as anvils, momentarily. In this episode, Allison brings us into a realm of symbiosis while simultaneously reminding us that most thoughts we explore are thoughts formed based off of social conditioning. As controversial the conversations shared on Symbiosis Now may be, our intentions are clearly for you as the listener to go beyond the podcas...

Only two countries in the world allow direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertisements on television and essentially all modern media platforms, which brings together those of us who are aware of it happening in order to share actual conversations about it. Skeptical Sam is here with us for this episode, bringing of course skepticism and information to talk about.

Referenced in this episode, dystopian leadership can be non-fiction. When mass delusion is forced upon cultures, dysfunction is not only the inevitability, but in fact seems to be the goal of the operation. Therefore, if the U.S. is truly free, then we must continue to exhibit and express our freedoms to address our direction and reason for development, especially when placing agencies in control...

Friend and guest, Josh Silva, brings the question to the table: “Do aliens exist?” As we dive into conversation ridden with the never-ending question of “why?”, things such as the pyramids around the world and recent technological advancements bring us to a vague understanding of just how unknown many parts of our existence even exist at all.

It is important to face common stereotypes and stigmas among humanity in order to end them. Addressing ageism, optimism, pessimism, realism, all while under the scope of skepticism, Tyler and Allison wonder whether these are types of philosophies, mentalities, or a blend of beliefs. Humans are good, humans are bad, humans are...real. But what is “real” anyway?

As police brutality reaches all corners of our society, Tyler elaborates his run-in with law enforcement and the court and jail system back in 2014. This episode was recorded to shed light on the drug market among the youth, the prison-industrial complex, injustices within our communities, systemic oppression, and police brutality, while providing a testimony by sharing experiences. The goal as a...

Is the history we learned growing up, within our oh-so-great education system, just a story to tell, perhaps from a capital-protecting point of view? History indeed must be relearned. The Local Skeptic ushers a whirlwind of perspective-altering lenses to shapeshift our mental cognizance of how history seems from a skeptical standpoint.

The flag of the United States represents many things, and it’s history, along with it’s symbolism is definitely something to look into. With protests, coronavirus, and many changes happening rapidly, the nation doesn’t seem very “free”. Can the U.S. handle true freedom? Furthermore, is blood truly thicker than water? Buckle up, and ride with Tyler and Allison on this fast-paced, tangential cogniti...

As earthquakes shake our world, and dust clouds blanket certain parts of the country, political and civil unrest are complimented by coronavirus cases skyrocketing, and 2020 has more up it’s sleeves. And analogously resembling magicians, our leaders also have more rabbits to pull out of hats with such strange commentary, divisive rhetoric, and the public perception being practically manufactured....

As 2020 rolls on, so do our politician’s campaigns. Who cares, right? Well, we kind of have to care. When the current president releases campaigning rhetoric that contains Nazi symbolism and verbage - it matters. As information gets leaked decades after crimes against humanity have been committed, the modern human wonders what operations of the dehumanizing kind are taking place currently, in toda...

The Local Skeptic drops in to talk with Tyler and promote the Age of Awakening that humanity is finding itself in the midst of. The conversation flows from growth and adaptation, to indoctrination, “education”, overload of information, intake of medication, and continues into many variations of relations and speculations.

Hey there you rebel you! Allison shares an old reading response regarding cotton in the south and the slave codes implemented during that era, and mentions rebellion and how protests can take form during civil unrest. Tyler dives into the sludge of disconnection while speaking on behalf of where our food comes from, and how critical it is for man to be able to survive with or without governmental...

In this episode Tyler and Allison discuss the veil of privilege and the disconnect between those with and those without privilege. It’s easy to care about something if it directly affects you, although all things affect us all indirectly. The system benefits some , allowing those some to exercise privilege, while the “others” must fight for true equality and freedom. This indeed lays weight upon t...

Cameron Arias escaped from the infamous, covid-impacted, protesting streets of Los Angeles, bringing his thoughts to the podcast through discussion with Tyler, foremost being the current protests happening around the world. Protesting can be done by focusing time, energy, and indeed our money into the facets of our world that we wish to see grow and proliferate. Cameron takes advantage of our focu...

As June rolls on here in 2020, most of us are finding that humanity has been under attack for quite some time. This begs the question: Does history repeat itself? History undoubtedly determines the future, and some argue that many controversial times in history have continued in momentum toward our modern day, never ceasing to be part of our world. Skeptical Sam suggests that racist and/or dehuman...

How do people become police? Allison shares her personal experiences with police, as well as her biological father being a sheriff in the local county, which alludes to how some people do become police officers. While sharing these experiences, we keep in mind that these are personal accounts, and do not completely justify reasoning to defund law enforcement, but definitely represents one of many...

The house is on fire! Everyone’s well-being is at stake, and our leaders want to fight fire with fire. Throughout this critical period of self-examination we must ask ourselves: How did we get here? The answer is not as straight-forward as we would like to think, but in this episode of Symbiosis Now Tyler and Allison describe the colonial folly of America, the staggering injustices that historical...

The ship is going down! All hands on deck! While those who may sit by and feel as if today’s Black Lives Matter Movement does not affect them, the world is changing in this pivotal moment and has presented the calling for us to stand with this movement more now than ever before, because we are all on that ship that is sinking FAST. Racial tension is alive in the world, as it has been for some time...

Tyler and Allison, with heavy hearts, share Kendrick Johnson’s story found on allthatsinteresting.com. It is paramount for us all to remain aware of injustice in our world, and to demand injustice when necessary. Please do not fall into the trap of toxic positivity when learning about tragic occurrences, for if we remain in an “out of sight, out of mind” mentality our world will continue to reign...

Challenging their perspective on Black Lives Matter, Tyler and Allison had a moment of silence for George Floyd by laying facedown for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. The intention was to imagine a grown man on top of their neck while handcuffed, and the results were enlightening. Going into full discussion of fresh perspective, we hope to find solutions to together on how to stop such dehumanization. G...

Tyler asks the classic, perhaps overused and transparent question of, “How are you?”, in reference to our current state of being in the U.S., specifically California. Some of the discussion in this show is  inspired by current events that have lead to ideologies such as “Essentialism” and how those “essential workers” are expected to operate. Which is decided by who exactly? This pierces into...