Barbarian Noetics Podcast

What's up to all my renegade frondeurs* and owl-eyed wunderkind!
Welcome back everyone to the second installment of a BNP Original Series about the life of Fidel Castro and the macro-history of the Cuban Revolution.
Part 2 covers Cuban history from the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 (and subsequent ceding of Cuba from Spain to the U.S.) to New Year's Eve of 1958, when U.S. puppet and brutal dictator Fulgencio Batista flees Cuba in the face of imminent defeat to Castro's guerrilla army (Batista makes sure to steal away $100 million dollars of Cuban treasure when he flies out of Havana in the middle of the night).
Three major players in the Cuban Revolution are brought into the world during this timeframe. On August 13, 1926, Lina Ruz González gives birth to one Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, and on June 3, 1931, she gives birth to Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz. On June 14, 1928, Celia de la Serna y Llosa gives birth to Che Guevara.
Thank you for spreading the word and telling friends about the BNP ! It's the main way I reach a larger audience and grow the pod.
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Thanks again y'all!! I love and appreciate each one of you.
One Love,
Conan
*(fron·deur /ˌfrônˈdər/ noun: frondeur; plural noun: frondeurs; 1. a political rebel)
TRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE

Dykotomi - Corvid Crunk (Official BNP Intro Track)

Audry Funk - Somos Guerreras (feat. Rebeca Lane and Nakury)

Mindful Vibes - Episode 32

Lirico En La Casa - El Motorcito

La Bayamesa - National Anthem of Cuba

Criolo - Eterea

Rebel Diaz - Libertad

LTB Music - Late Night Chillin Funky Jazz and Hip Hop Mix

The Beatnuts - Look Around (feat. Dead Prez)

Tulipa Ruiz - Efemera

CITATION OF SOURCES:

1) Fidel: My Life (A Spoken Autobiography):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life:_A_Spoken_Autobiography

2) https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/cuba-how-workers-and-peasants-made-revolution

3) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuba-remembers-revolutionary-past-present-180960447/

4) Fidel Castro's Grand Strategy in the Cuban Revolution:

https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1115&context=papersandpubs

5) https://themobmuseum.org/blog/rise-castro-fall-havana-mob/

6) FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1958–1960, CUBA, VOLUME VI:

https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1958-60v06/d130

What's up exquisite people!
Hope y'all are hanging in there. Much love always, beaming out from the hot and sunny Sonoran desert to wherever you may be. Thank you for tuning in and supporting the BNP.
This episode it's an honor to introduce y'all to Afghan War combat veteran Stephen the Infantryman. Stephen served as an Army Infantryman in Kandahar Province in Afghanistan, during the Obama surge in 2008-2009. He deployed for 13 months.
About 7 months into his deployment, Stephen's platoon was hit by a suicide bomber while they were on foot patrol at a bazaar outside Kandahar. Stephen lost friends, and witnessed horrific injuries to his fellow soldiers and Afghan civilians alike, including children.

I wanted to bring Stephen on the pod to speak about what he saw and experienced in the Army and in Afghanistan, and to track his journey, physically and psychologically, from being an 18 year old young man eager to see action, to a combat veteran back in the U.S., trying to reintegrate into American civilian society and thrive, while dealing with trauma and unanswered questions from the war.
I also wanted to have him on so he could help educate and explain, in his own words, to civilian and veteran civilian listeners alike about how best to support veterans who are returning home from deployments abroad, and especially how best to be consciously receptive when a veteran opens up about trauma experienced on deployment and throughout their time in the military.

I'm very thankful to Stephen for taking the time to come on the BNP and share with us his stories and experiences serving in the Army, and being deployed in Afghanistan.
A couple housecleaning items:
I have a new, more easily memorable website URL now: barbarian.buzzsprout.com.
We're still on Instagram @conantanner.
Email the pod at barbarian.noetics@gmail.com.
I'm in the process of upgrading my audio equipment, and I could really use your financial support at www.patreon.com/noetics. I know it's a lot to ask right now- but even $1/month is incredibly helpful to help me offset the costs of researching, hosting, creating and improving the quality of the pod. You can also cancel at any time.
Please spread the word, tell a frien d, and don't forget that RRS action (rate, review, subscribe). You all make it possible for me to expand the podcast, reach more people, find more inspiring and compelling guests like Stephen, and build our tribe of philosopher-barbarians. So, thank you all! You are appreciated.
TRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE

Corvid Crunk (Official Intro Track to the BNP)

Pandrezz x Nymano - You Should Have Known

Mindful Vibes - Episode 29

Mindful Vibes - Episode 11

Tupac - Better Days (Pandrezz Remix)

Kendrick Lamar - The Recipe (feat. Dr. Dre)

What's up to all my Barbarous Revolutionaries and Insuperable Love Bugs!
This episode is the first installment of a BNP Original Minisode Series about the life of Fidel Castro and the history of the Cuban Revolution.
Open your mind and let go of preconceived notions as the BNP revisits Fidel Castro's singular legacy, and we take a deep dive into the makings of the remarkable island nation of Cuba.
Cuba has successfully stood up to and withstood the inexorable hostility of the world's greatest superpower just 103 miles off its shore for the past 61 years, since Fidel led the successful Cuban Revolution, overthrowing the U.S. and Mafia puppet dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959.
This first episode begins all the way back through the misty sands of time, and examines pre-European Cuban history with a look at the indigenous inhabitants of the island, including the Taino people. We go up to 1898, after Cuba's first two wars of independence, the first being the 10 year war of independence against Spain from 1868-1878 and the second being Jose Marti's 3 year war of independence from 1895-1898. In 1898 the U.S. defeats Spain, ending the Spanish-American war, and Spain fully cedes Cuba to the United States.
The second BNP Minisode installment of Revisiting Fidel is coming soon, and will pick up from there.
Thank you for listening and supporting the BNP! Please spread the word and tell a friend, and don't forget to rate, review and subscribe on whatever platform you use to listen to podcasts. Check us out on Instagram @conantanner, and on Patreon at: www.patreon.com/noetics.
Until next time, be well everyone!
One Love,
Conan
TRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE

Dykotomi - Corvid Crunk (Official Intro Track for the BNP)
Mindful Vibes - Episode 11

La Bayamesa - National Anthem of Cuba

Mindful Vibes - Episode 13

Mafalda - Las Que Faltaron (feat. Rebeca Lane)

What's up all you beautiful rowdy scoundrels and scandalously salubrious scalawags!
The BNP here, comin' in hot with a mind-melter and horizon-dilator of an ep featuring not one, ladies and gentlemen, but two PhD's together in studio, speaking concurrently but with therapeutic flow and amiable cadence about the current wild and woolly goings on in the world. (By in studio I mean they called in from their undisclosed self-isolation hovel hundreds of miles away. "In studio" is a mindset people, a lifestyle. Nay, a religion. Instudioism. A fine way to live.)
We chat about the sociology of and collective consciousness around Covid-19, from an analysis of American society's reluctance to wear face masks, to the proverbial 'unmasking' (pun intended) of the OG neoconservative think tank figures and pundits who are busily escalating tensions against China. In between, there's a superfluity of topics guaranteed to whet your brain whistle and sate the cosmic yearnings of your crystalline pineal gland.
I also ask Sylvie and Ernest what it was like personally and psychologically when they were teased and ridiculed early on for warning people to get ready and stock up well before anyone was taking it seriously.
Finally, as I'm wont to do, we end on a positive tip, discussing the need for backyard victory gardens and the many benefits to American people we would see if Big Pharma were to be nationalized.
Thank you for listening and supporting the BNP. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend about the pod. Check me out on Instagram @conantanner. Email the pod at: barbarian.noetics@gmail.com. Thanks y'all!
One Love,
Conan
TRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE

Corvid Crunk (Official Intro Track of the BNP)

Mindful Vibes Episode 14

Sampa the Great - Energy (feat. Nadeen Din-Gabisi)

Johnny Guitar Watson - Ain't That A Bitch

Kronika - Refresh (Mix)

Lil Duval - Smile (feat. Snoop Dawg, Ball Greezy, Midnight Star)

What's up to my mellifluous collectivists and marvelously barbarous Bolivarians!
I'm quite stoked this episode to introduce you all to esteemed writer, editor and political analyst at Venezuelanalysis.com, Ricardo Vaz. Ricardo's articles have appeared on Mint Press News, Monthly Review, Truthout, Counterpunch, and many other alternative media sites.
Ricardo joins us all the way from the northernmost range of the Andes to talk South American geopolitics, regional Populism and the Venezuelan grassroots resistance to American imperial aggression.
Venezuelanalysis.com is an independent pro-Bolivarian news outlet, and an invaluable source of popular, on-the-ground information about the current state of affairs in Venezuela. The site's main objective is "to provide a counter-narrative to mainstream media coverage of the Bolivarian Revolution, based on the perspective of leftist and grassroots movements in Venezuela. We aim to cover daily news about Venezuela, as well as to contextualize these developments with in-depth analysis and background information."
The GoFundMe that Ricardo mentions at the end of the episode can be found here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-venezuelans-feed-themselves100% of your donation goes directly to helping the Venezuelan people feed themselves amidst sanctions and the embargo. Specifically the donations go to:
***Seeds for grassroots efforts linking small-scale farmers in the countryside to low-income urban communities (100 pounds of seeds are needed—that will grow a lot of food!) Recipient group: Plan Pueblo a Pueblo
***Establishment of a community seed bank and seed multiplication center in the Plains region, supporting both rural and urban farming initiatives. Recipient group: El Conuquito del Barranco
***Livestock production to provide organic fertilizer and diversify diets for Andean farming communities. Recipient group: Vertientes de Agua Viva Cooperative
***Tools to support Indigenous youth farming projects. Recipient group: student group of the National Indigenous University
***Other efforts as possible, if the funding goal is exceeded.
Thank you as always for listening and supporting the BNP. Spread the word, tell a friend, and don't forget that RRS action (rate, review, subscribe). You all make it possible for me to expand the podcast, reach more people, find more inspiring and compelling guests like Ricardo, and build our tribe of philosopher-barbarians. So, thank you all! You are appreciated.
You can support the BNP financially for as little as $1/month at patreon.com/noetics. Check us out on Instagram @conantanner, and email the show at barbarian.noetics@gmail.com.
Until next time,
One Love Everybody,
ConanTRACK LIST FOR THIS EPISODE

Dykotomi - Corvid Crunk

Oatmello - Dove (Mix
JJ Niles - Venezuela

Tokyo Jazzhop (Mix)

Lil Supa - Valorate

The Embers - Uptown Funk