Socrates died for your sins, and unlike Jesus or Santa Claus or whatever, he had the good taste and refinement to stay dead, so that we could all keep on sinning. #vegan #vegans #veganism #veganmovement #veganfuture

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AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.

With supporting roles for Michelle Latimer, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

This… THIS is why everyone hates Eisel Mazard.

Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts

AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.

Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts

AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.

The ultimate "how not why" video, concluding with an admission that I can't answer the latter question. And, perhaps, the ultimate "meaning of life" video as well. This was remixed from a recording in 2018, and to paraphrase 50 Cent only slightly, "I AIN'T CHANGED". #quitvideogames #quiteverything

Here's my blog: https://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2025/10/black-hammers-long-shadow-or-growing.html

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Here's Melissa's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@heimudan/videos

Oh, yeah, and I do have a Patreon, where you can actually talk to me: https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts

Implicitly, this is a significant contrast to my old "manifesto" titled On Community, although it does not address the thesis of that video, directly, in any way: if you regard this as a manifesto, it is addressed to the youtuber (or podcaster) as a solitary intellectual dissident, cultural critic, commentator and comedian --not as the center of an incipient community, pulling together like-minded people (as per "the spirit season one") with an ambition to accomplish something more than they could ever attempt alone.

Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

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AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.

The excuses are harder to quit than the thing itself, bro.

This… THIS is Why Everyone Hates Eisel Mazard.

Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts

AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.

"Offending people, being offended, it's not some kind of minor footnote to what comedy, social satire and politics are all about: it's a really important, central, integral part of what we're doing in comedy."

This… THIS is Why Everyone Hates Eisel Mazard.

Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts

AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.