Academia Obscura

Chris Little
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A podcast exploring the intersection of philosophy, esoterica, history, and consciousness—where ancient symbols meet modern thought. Academia Obscura dives into hidden knowledge, spiritual discipline, and the deeper forces shaping human experience, challenging listeners to question everything and live with intention.

Episodes

  1. 3h ago

    Why This Economy Could Enter a Great Depression in Two Months

    Chris delivers an urgent, wide-ranging economic and geopolitical warning, arguing that escalating conflict in the Gulf, energy shortages, rising interest rates, and fragile debt markets could converge into a severe global financial crisis. He connects those risks to Japan’s rates, the unwind of leveraged investing, vulnerabilities in U.S. military and industrial capacity, weakening dollar influence, and the possibility of China increasing pressure on Taiwan. Throughout, he urges listeners to take the threat seriously and prepare for higher prices, tighter credit, and supply disruptions. He closes on a more personal note, sharing how he is preparing through practical supplies, yoga, and efforts to support a local homeless shelter. He also talks about momentum in his tantric yoga work, gratitude for his mentor, and his intention to return to occult-focused episodes—especially a future series on angels—while continuing these economic updates.

  2. 5d ago

    Hoover, Suez, and the October Problem

    Two weeks ago I put a board full of blinking red lights up and said I wasn't predicting anything. Four of them changed color, and on Friday Kevin Warsh gave his first Jackson Hole speech as Fed Chairman and opened with a joke about not being Ben Bernanke. This one's narrower. Two pieces of history doing two different jobs: Suez 1956 is how the fire starts. Hoover 1931 is how the fire department makes it worse. In 1931 Britain left gold on September 21st, the New York Fed hiked October 9th and 16th to defend the currency, and 512 American banks closed that same month. The rate decision and the seizure weren't five months apart. They were the same three weeks. Also in here: the 1932 open market program that worked and got shut down anyway, why the guy in Tokyo just stops showing up to the auction, South Korea's crash that nobody here connected to us, and the government's own stress index saying I'm wrong. I correct five things I got wrong last episode, up front. MY LOCKED PREDICTIONS — grading these on air in October Fed hikes 25bp — Sep 16 BoJ hikes 50bp — Sep 18 Yen rallies 5 big figures in 72 hours — Sep 21 Brent above $102 for five consecutive closes — Sep 30 CFTC leveraged-fund net shorts down 20% — Oct 2 SRF record on an ordinary day + SOFR 10bp over IORB for three days — Oct 15 One session where the 10-year rises and the S&P falls 1% — Oct 30 If they don't print, I was wrong, and I'll say so right here. I use AI to help draft and fact-check. Anything that gets through is on me — tell me and I'll own it.

  3. Aug 1

    Astrological Forecast for August 2026

    August is not a month to coast on autopilot - it is eclipse season, and this forecast maps the exact pressure points that could reshape leadership, reputation, and strategy. If you want to know what the rest of 2026 is asking of you, this conversation with astrologer Victoria Martin gives you the clearest playbook yet. Host Chris returns with Victoria Martin for a sharp, highly specific look at the August eclipses, the Mars-Neptune tension that follows, and the Sirius conjunction arriving at the end of the month. Victoria breaks down why this stretch is less about random chaos and more about timing, triage, and making the right moves before the window closes. You'll discover: Why the solar eclipse acts like a "new moon on steroids" and what that means for decision-makingHow the lunar eclipse shifts the energy toward confusion, publicity problems, and reactive damage controlWhy Mars square Neptune is the perfect time for troubleshooting chemistry, nutrition, addictions, and false momentumWhat the Sirius-Mars-Saturn combination suggests for leadership, authority, and overextensionWhy this is the last major proactive window of the year, and how to use it wellVictoria also connects the dots between the year's earlier planetary patterns, the "Gothic spring," and the bigger karmic themes still unfolding. Chris pushes on the practical side of the forecast, asking how to tell whether what you've built is actually solid, how to avoid grandiosity, and what these eclipses mean for people trying to lead, organize, or protect what matters most. If you've been feeling the year tilt toward bigger consequences and sharper choices, this episode gives you language for what's happening and a way to respond without getting swept up in it. Essential listening for anyone trying to make sense of August, the rest of the year, or their own place in a very strange moment.

  4. Jul 24

    Blinking Red: The Risk Ahead for the US Economy

    This week, a detour from the usual esoterica into something just as strange: the plumbing of the global financial system, and why so much of it is blinking red at once. Consider this a tail-risk field guide, not a doom prediction. Chris walks the whole dashboard one warning light at a time: an energy crunch running through the Strait of Hormuz, an AI stock bubble held up by companies financing each other in a circle, a munitions shortage that leaves Taiwan more exposed than ever, a debt load rolling over into higher rates, a dollar facing quiet challengers, and a shadow banking system holding half the world's money with none of the safety net. Then the piece that ties it together: a Federal Reserve boxed into a corner where every lever it can pull makes another problem worse. None of these is necessarily the one that breaks. The argument is scarier and more interesting than that. They're all wired into the same foundation, the US Treasury market, which is still the strongest in the world but no longer invincible. Pull one thread and you feel it everywhere else. It's calm today, and this episode is about what the calm is sitting on.

  5. Jul 15

    Doublethink, Oil Shocks, and the Chocolate Ration w/ Stacy

    Chris and his sister Stacy finally sit down to talk Orwell's 1984, using the novel as a jumping-off point for a wide-ranging conversation about authoritarianism, demagoguery, and how closely the book's mechanics (the two minutes hate, doublethink, Big Brother as an idea rather than a person) map onto the current moment. From there the conversation ranges into Fed leadership and monetary policy, the Israel-Gaza war and the politics propping up Netanyahu's coalition, the unfolding Iran standoff and its ripple effects on oil and global food supply, gender and sexual politics both historically and in the modern religious right, and Chris's own attempt to define his political identity somewhere between libertarianism and pro-union social democracy. Next time: Fahrenheit 451.

  6. Jul 3

    My Faith: Part 1

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  7. Jun 26

    The Ancient Queens of Sumeria w/ Demetria Nanos

    In this episode of Academia Obscura, host Chris Little interviews Demetria Nanos, head administrator for the Fellowship of Isis in Chicagoland and a board member of the International Pagan Society (IPS), about what sets IPS apart and its five pillars, focusing on education and scholarship. Demetria explains IPS’s integrative approach connecting spirituality with science, economics, history, and cultural context, using examples from the Bhagavad Gita, karmic ideas, and tantric perspectives. The conversation explores new DNA-based archaeological findings suggesting many lavish “royal” Sumerian tombs at Ur may have belonged to women, challenging earlier male-centered interpretations, and discusses Sumerian influences on biblical and mythic narratives (Abraham and Sarah, Samson and Gilgamesh, Esther/Ishtar, Mordecai/Marduk). They recount key elements of the Gilgamesh and flood stories, reflect on modern religious media and propaganda, and close with how to contact Demetria and plans to cover more IPS pillars next time.

  8. May 23

    2026 Astrology Forcast w/ Victoria Martin

    Host Chris interviews Chicagoland astrologer Victoria Martin, who has practiced since the mid-1970s and full-time since 1982, including a 20-year run as Bloomberg Business News’ on-staff astrologer interpreting statistical commodity-market charts. She explains her forecasting style as a “weather report,” her preference for working with about 100 fixed stars rather than 12 zodiac signs, and her emphasis on new and full moons, eclipses, and mass psychology. Martin outlines an intense start to 2026 with multiple new-moon conjunctions, discusses eclipse-related public confusion and unrest, and describes May’s new moon conjunct Uranus as a formative window focused on technology and groups, with July favoring alliances and August’s solar eclipse emphasizing leadership; after August she expects fewer proactive opportunities. The episode also discusses Chicago’s esoteric scene, ley lines, and contact details for readings and her free forecast email list.

  9. May 3

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A podcast exploring the intersection of philosophy, esoterica, history, and consciousness—where ancient symbols meet modern thought. Academia Obscura dives into hidden knowledge, spiritual discipline, and the deeper forces shaping human experience, challenging listeners to question everything and live with intention.

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  • Creator
    Chris Little
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Academia Obscura
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