Raccoon Radio by Cynic With a Soul

The Cost of Everything When Profit Replaces Purpose

In this episode, I read my blog “The Cost of Everything: When Profit Replaces Purpose.” It’s a raw look at how profit-driven systems have reshaped our education, politics, and even our identities—leaving us disconnected, divided, and easier to control. We’ll talk about how survival mode keeps us from thinking critically, why debt has replaced opportunity, and what it really takes to step outside the game they want us to play.

They Keep Us Tired For A Reason

Some of us never got to just be kids. We’ve been in survival mode for so long, it’s easy to forget what rest even feels like. This episode of Raccoon Radio dives into the exhaustion of living in a system designed to burn us out—and how healing begins with naming what we’ve been through. From ten years of therapy to a life-changing C-PTSD diagnosis, I open up about the journey of reclaiming rest, questioning the systems that profit off our burnout, and realizing we were never the problem. This one’s for the overthinkers, the overworkers, and the ones who feel like they’re always on the edge of collapse. Stay steady. Stay human. And stop mistaking your neighbor for the enemy.

Shotgun Rider

I didn’t find love after healing.I found it while I was still surviving. This episode is a reflection on what it means to be seen when you’re still lost in the dark — and how real love doesn’t wait for you to have it all figured out. It holds space. It stays. And sometimes, it helps you find your way back to yourself. This one’s for the ones still in the thick of it. The ones learning how to choose themselves — even when it feels messy.

Patriotism, Propaganda, and the Part They Don’t Post

In this episode of Raccoon Radio, I sit down with a TikTok creator to talk about that bill—yeah, the big one everyone’s arguing about without actually reading. We unpack how it's not just impacting service members, but quietly shaping the lives of everyday people in ways most haven’t even noticed. It’s less about what’s being said, and more about what’s being left out—and why so many of us stopped asking the right questions in the first place. We don’t claim to have all the answers. But we do think it’s time to start paying closer attention to the patterns that got us here.

The Fear That Raised Us

We talk a lot about trauma, but not always about the fear that raised us. Not the fear of monsters under the bed — I’m talking about the fear we inhaled like air. The fear passed down in glances, in rules that didn’t make sense, in silence at the dinner table. The kind that told us to be small, stay quiet, and never question why the grown-ups were always tired or angry. In this episode, I dig into the emotional atmosphere that shaped a lot of us — homes where survival came before safety, where control wore the mask of love, and where fear taught us more than our parents ever said out loud. If you’ve ever felt like your anxiety had a blueprint, this one’s for you.