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 KMO, Marty and Olga welcome Kc Wayland to the Z-Realm to discuss his on-going audio drama, We’re Alive: A Story of Survival. It turns out that Kc counts himself neither as a particular fan nor an aficionado of the zombie apocalypse genre, but his dedication to his character-driven narrative shines through in this conversation. The gang tries to pry out some of answers to some of the long-unaswered questions about the origin and nature of this particular zombie plague, but Kc keeps a tight lid on the We’re Alive box of secrets.
You can now reach all three Z-Realm hosts by sending a single email to mail@z-realm.com. We’d love to hear from you.
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 Occupy C-Realm KMO welcomes Liz Reitzig of Raw Milk Freedom Riders back to the program to talk about the FDA’s campaign against raw milk and families who trust their own judgment more than they trust that of federal agencies in state of regulatory capture by giant agribusiness corporations. KMO plays devil’s advocate and mounts a strong challenge to his own libertarian ideals as they discuss the presidential candidacy of Ron Paul. KMO brings in the voices of Joel Salitin, Sheriff Richard Mack, and Mike Daisy to put the raw milk question into a larger context.
Music by Dan Bull.
Read Nicole Foss’s essay The Storm Surge of Decentralization.
Join Albert Bates and Cliff Davis for the 7th Annual Maya Mountain Research Farm Permaculture Design Course.
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 KMO welcomes Nicole Foss (AKA Stoneleigh) of the Automatic Earth blog to the C-Realm to discuss the need for re-localization; something which central authorities will work to quash lest it interfere with the conveyance of wealth from the periphery to the center. Nicole explains what she means when she describes cash as “a pile of unmade choices” and why she cannot offer her uncomplicated support for political movements like the Tea Party or Occupy Wall Street. She does voice her strong support for permaculture and for restoring soil fertility.
Music by Andrew Woods.
Click here to learn more about the 7th Annual Permaculture Design Course at Maya Mountain Research Farm.
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 Join KMO, Marty, the lovely Olga and Love in a Time of Zombies author, Paul Gude, for some advanced pop culture geekery. KMO and Paul speculate on the origin of the hulking, undead monsters that populate movies like the Resident Evil films and tie them to the evolution of super-human comic book physiques. Marty fills in the gaps in that evolutionary fossil record with his knowledge of video games in the survival horror genre. In addition to drawing from The Walking Dead, the Resident Evil Films, and the Crazies (both the Romero original and the 2010 remake), Olga’s enthusiasm for the on-going, fictional podcast drama, We’re Alive: The Zombie Story of Survival, transforms this episode into an extended preview for future coverage of the We’re Alive internet phenomenon.
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 KMO welcomes Mark Robinowitz of OilEmpire.us back to the C-Realm to discuss economics, protest, and the management of mainstream worlviews by the corporate media. Mark explains why he regards the presidential election as a form a theater and why he holds no enthusiasm for the candidacy of Ron Paul.
Music by Kurt Liebezeit.
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 KMO talks with Bruce Damer and Galen Brandt about what it’s like to have crossed the threshold into 2012 after so many years expectations built up listening to Terence McKenna novelty and concrescence. Other topics of discussion include upgrading our personal and societal operating systems, the complexity of our world made by nerds, and the reality of the situation on the ground in Pakistan and how it differs from the worldview propagated by the screaming media. Music by Mawwal.
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 KMO welcomes C-Realm Podcast regular, Eric Boyd, back to the program to talk about the protest movements of 2011, the need for, and roadblocks to, a debt jubilee, and whether there is any meaningful distinction to be drawn between extreme libertarianism and anarchism. They both stick their necks out and make predictions for 2012.
Music by Garret Wayseer.
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 KMO welcomes Doug Lain back to the program to discuss his novella, Wave of Mutilation, a tale of bizarro fiction in the fourth-wall-shattering tradition of VALIS. The discussion, of course, turns to Occupy Wall Street, and Doug suggests that the prevailing anarchist mentality of the protest movement could learn something from Marxist Communism, even though Doug admits that he doesn’t know enough about Marxism to call himself a Marxist. KMO concludes with readings from David Brin and David Graeber.
Music by Tiny Machines.
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 What does 2012 hold in store? KMO put that question to Steve Keen, Nicole Foss and Thomas H. Greco. In the second half of the program, KMO shares recordings from this year’s ASPO-USA conference and responds to questions from listeners. Music by Resist Not.
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 KMO welcomes KunstlerCast host, Duncan Crary, back to the C-Realm to talk about his four-year intellectual apprenticeship which has culiminated in his new book, The KunstlerCast: Conversations with James Howard Kunstler. Duncan extols the virtues of life in Troy, New York, which requires of him neither cell phone nor automobile. The conversation turns to the Occupy movement, the Ecovillage Training Center, and, of course, podcasting. KMO concludes the podcast with praise for David Graeber’s new book, Debt: The First 5,000 Years.
Music by Deertick.
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 Episode 26 focuses on the “Mid-Season Finale” of season 2 of AMC’s The Walking Dead. This longer-than-average conversation features KMO, Olga and Marty covering the entire episode but focusing heavily on the conclusion. Suffice it to say that, if you have not watched this amazing episode, do NOT listen to the podcast until after you’ve seen it. This episode shook some of us up and reinvigorated our enthusiasm for the rest of season two which will be resuming in February of 2012. Please listen to the show and let us know what you think.
 KMO welcomes filmmaker and novelist Timothy Scott Bennett back to the C-Realm to discuss vision quests and the search for a new story by which to orient the human relationship to our world. For 10,000 years, humans have lived the story that the world was made for our use, and this programming has brought us to the edge of ecological ruin. In the second half of the conversation Tim reads from his new novel, All of the Above, and Tim explains why he mixed concerns about peak oil and environmental degradation with aliens, UFOs, and other seemingly frivolous and fanciful elements. Monologist, Martin Dockery describes how the police could brutalize protesters without having to live with the consequences of having their actions captured on video.
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Music by Kyrstyn Pixton.
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 This episode of the C-Realm Podcast features a conversation between KMO, Guy McPherson, Kurt Cobb, and Henry Warwick. Guy hopes for a crash of industrial civilization in the near term, Kurt warns that saying “collapse” in front of a general audience is like cursing around children, and Henry details his criticisms of ecological rhetoric; criticisms that apply to the peak oil and climate change crowds as well. Music by Tiny Machines.
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 Episode 25 returns to AMC’s The Walking Dead and focuses on the 6th episode of the 2nd Season. KMO and Marty are joined by Mike from the Flickers from the Cave Podcast on this episode. We talk about the revelations of the episode and touch on the role that each of the characters play as a representative avatar for their own specific race/gender/etc.
The episode is titled “Secrets” for a reason, many things were exposed to the hard light of day. Listen in and see if you agree with our opinions and let us know what you think.
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 KMO welcomes anti-economist Professor Steve Keen to the C-Realm to detail the limitations of neoclassical economics as well as popular misconceptions promulgated by advocates of alternative economics. Professor Keen disposes of the “moral hazard” argument against the inevitable debt jubilee and provides some advice for weathering the looming economic tumult.
Music by Fernando Tarango.
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