More on the dream I had on the beach in Florida.

In the Season 1 finale, as a 78 year old man, I look back upon the toll of grief, fractured memories, and the haunting regret of past decisions, set against carillon bells in academia. As the echoes fade, this episode closes one chapter while hinting at Part 2, a fake textbook called ACADEMIA CULPA: The Fundamentals of Big-Box University Autocracy.

Where the mundane transforms into the divine and back again. Amid laughter, revelations, and feline-inspired wisdom, our charismatic speaker-turned-academic dean, introduces the ultimate fusion of empathy, design thinking—delivering a masterclass in transcending the inbox to touch the soul.

A satirical look at a meeting where I was informed of the university’s decision not to renew my faculty contract. Laced with bureaucratic empathy, backhanded compliments, and corporate doublespeak, the conversation reveals the performative nature of leadership and accountability in academia.

Modeled after Rennala, Queen of the Full Moon from Elden Ring, I step into a bluish corridor of academia, where towering tomes and spectral scholars surround the Snake Oil Queen—the dean who ended my academic career. As her gilded defenses and cursed knowledge assail me, I face a surreal boss battle against the guile, betrayal, and institutional power she wields.

A surgical look at a meeting with an academic administrator that unfolds as a theater of hushed whispers, veiled threats, and selectively spun narratives—a performance of forced submission thinly veiled as a promotion discussion.

On the descent into a fiery colosseum to face Kuhnyve, Lord of the Tenitūra—a grotesque amalgamation of serpent and academic dean, sustained by the bureaucratic decay and misplaced ambitions of academia. Armed with a bespoke blade forged from broken promises and dashed tenures, we battle through Kuhnyve’s phases, enduring relentless assaults and cryptic taunts as the beast resurrects itself through the collective energy of exploited scholars.

On the intersection of technology, music, and memory through the making of CARSON, an MC Debris album that deconstructs MIDI files and reimagines pop culture. Along the way, the narrative critiques academia’s corporatization.