Escaping The Cave: The Toddzilla X-pod

*When memory collides with myth and borders refuse to disappear.* This week’s broadcast cuts through nostalgia, mythology, and manipulation — from the reality of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath to the performance art of political protest, and Europe’s current struggles with borders and "shifting populations." Todd weaves firsthand accounts with sharp cultural critique to show how old wounds and new delusions collide. Revisiting the legacy of Hurricane Katrina: lived experience vs. media spectacle. “Moonbeam” politics — when activism becomes performance instead of substance. Europe’s modern turmoil: "shifting populations", cultural assimilation, and "renewed identity politics." The dangers of ideological cosplay and self-mythologizing movements. Why remembering the past without illusions matters for navigating the present