Samah Damanhoori speaks about her upbringing in Mecca, fighting for her freedom, and writing and producing the animated film 'Medina Papel.' Music: 'Low Blow' by Jo Obsession.

Liron

Aug 22nd, 2018 43m 4s

A talk with Toronto-based singer and songwriter Liron.

Xiorro DJ Set

Jan 29th, 2018 38m 18s

A wicked DJ set by Xiorro. Recently featured on deviation.us, Felton Cortijo (aka Xiorro) and Christina Hernandez are the founders of the Brooklyn-based collective known as Alkhemy. Check em out!!

Merlin "Otto" Marquart -- Deviant For Life

Apr 7th, 2016 1h 23m

A talk with Merlin 'Otto' Marquart, spanning over half of a century of fun-filled, deviation-abundant living. Now in his 70's, the deviations proceed unhindered. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

#18: Self Medicating in the Middle East

Mar 21st, 2016 30m 23s

Whereby I make excuses for the recent dearth of podcast episodes, discussing the constraints of my NYC living situation, and gloriously making up for lost ground with a story of smuggling/deviating mushrooms into Qatar. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO

#17: Digital Space-Time: A New Continuum with Mr Rui

Feb 10th, 2016 1h 32m

Back by popular demand, Mr Rui and I resume where our last talk left off. Touching on a range of topics from postmodern society to post-scarcity economics and the need for a new digital space, it's a doozy. Listen up and take notes! Music: 'Lo

A trip to Lebanon, and a touch of humanity.

Jan 19th, 2016 56m 2s

Can we be human? Humane? The story of a lighthearted trip to Lebanon in 2010, shared with the intention of humanizing our perception of people, and refugees, from the Middle East. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

#15: Hitchhiking, acting, and other good things with Norman Steiner

Jan 13th, 2016 1h 36m

A talk with Norman Steiner about the merits of life on the road. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

Trolling for Office: Trump and the Nature of Opposition

Jan 8th, 2016 21m 32s

Trolls on the Internet, Trump running for office... It's all the same game. Don't feed the trolls. Rather, embrace the Deviation principle of non-opposition and dance on by. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

A talk with Nahid Ahmed, aka the Homeless Chef

Dec 28th, 2015 1h 24m

Chef Nahid Ahmed cut his teeth at a number of renouned restaurants such as El Bulli and the French Laundry before establishing his own name with Malt n Mash, a pop-up in New York's Meatpacking District. The Homeless Chef is now looking to find

#12: The Bumpkinville Water Gauntlet

Dec 20th, 2015 47m 38s

A backcountry taste of Myanmar's water festival. What happens to a lone Deviant traveling through rural Myanmar during the annual water festival? Includes a brief introduction to the Deviant's Dictionary. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com

#11: Living Freely, a talk with Mr Rui

Dec 8th, 2015 1h 25m

Mr Rui is a good friend of mine. We discuss his atypical life and the nature of living with a free mind, as a Deviant. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

God or No-God? The question is irrelevant.

Nov 23rd, 2015 24m 3s

As a non-oppositional pursuit, Deviation refuses to enter the religious debate concerning the existence of God. Hear why. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

#9: Are we big boys and girls?

Nov 4th, 2015 46m 33s

Turn the water off, folks, and reap the rewards of curating a free mind. Also, a reading of the new first chapter to Myanmar 'n Me: Deviant Without a Cause in a (Former) Military State. May also contain some unspoken deviancy in the pauses betw

#8: Ash's Life Update

Oct 20th, 2015 38m 2s

An honest and true stream of consciousness monologue about being back in the USofA and my general life situation. Also includes a reading about why Deviation principle #4 is Honesty and Truthfulness, not Honesty or Truthfulness. Music: 'Low Blo

#7: A Middle Finger and a Qatari Jail Cell

Sep 30th, 2015 32m 38s

A reading of the introductory chapter to 'The Idiot of Funkyville' in which the author is detained in a Qatari jail for showing the bird. Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

Nine Conceptions of Freedom in Ancient Greece

Sep 25th, 2015 13m 4s

As a means for clarifying the first Deviation principle: Freedom is a process, we discuss nine different ancient Greek conceptions of freedom.Music: 'Low Blow' by JO (https://vk.com/jimmieoder).

#5: A talk with Hugh Bayati

Sep 17th, 2015 1h 20m

Hugh Bayati is a high performance coach and speaker whose approach to his work is sympathetic with the Deviant's quest to repurpose existing structures. Hugh helps people learn to repurpose the structures of their mind. Maybe he occasionally en

#4: BASE Jumping Deviants

Sep 8th, 2015 15m 26s

In which the purpose of Deviation is elucidated by way of an oftentimes snarky take on the social role of skyscrapers, occasionally repurposed by BASE jumpers. BASE jumpers, because they go astray of law and custom in repurposing towers, are gr

The Value of Knowing About Value

Sep 1st, 2015 31m 20s

Wielding Marx's labor theory of value in critiquing an explicitly vacant TED talk concerning 'justness' and corporate behavior. There is much value in embracing a theory of value, especially in the midst of an abundance of empty media. There ma

"Finding Myanmar" Excerpts

Aug 25th, 2015 53m 15s

A reading of the Introduction and first two chapters of Finding Myanmar: Off Script in a (Former)Police State. Includes Footnote #1: Bourgeois Rationale and Footnote #2: The Exception Clause. Maybe it also includes a few random acts of unexpect

Intro to Deviation

Aug 20th, 2015 48m 29s

Laying down the fundamentals of Deviation as a playful form of defiance. Includes the Deviant's Ethos and the Principles for Ethical Deviation applied to real life examples. You may also find some unintentional deviancy not stated here up front

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