A Journey Through Whimsical Chaos
SpaceTomatoes
Space Tomatoes is an unscripted interview podcast hosted by homesteaders Havok and LX. Havok records from his 10 acre farmstead in North Carolina, LX from his garden homestead in Florida, and between chores they sit down with veterans, economists, farmers, doctors, and independent thinkers.
The conversations cover liberty, homesteading, health, economics, tech, and culture, with no scripts, no softball questions, and no approved narrative. Expect honest questions, uncomfortable truths, and the occasional wild tangent from people who live what they talk about.
Listen on Fountain, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and everywhere you get your podcasts. New episodes drop regularly. If you want tidy self-help and polished monologues, no hard feelings. If you like curious hosts and guests with something to say, pull up a seat.
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Oct. 9, 2026
Life in Woke America with Author Joel Rakow, Secret Labs, and the Liberty Scorecard S3-EP15
Havok and LX sit down with Joel Rakow, author of Life in Woke America, for an unscripted pass at the novel that started as a full story he woke up already knowing. An orphan coming of age in the COVID years, with billion-dollar sports, robots, and an America more woke than usual. Joel walks the real Reedley, California lab (congressional report, vials labeled Ebola, HIV, hepatitis, COVID, the “one mouse is not a bioweapon” argument), the fictional forward base in Amarillo, and why the pursuit of
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July 31, 2026
Human First AI Why Replacing Humans Is a Terrible Business Strategy with Derek Crager S3-EP5
In this episode of The Space Tomatoes Podcast, Havok and LX sit down with Derek Crager, founder and CEO of Practical AI, creator of Pocket Mentor, and author of Human First AI, for a refreshingly pragmatic conversation about AI that actually serves humans instead of trying to replace them. Derek makes a compelling case that the current AI will take all the jobs narrative is both overhyped and dangerously shortsighted. He argues that the real opportunity lies in using AI to think with humans,
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Oct. 3, 2026
The War That Didn't Happen Herman Forwood on Twilight of Democracy and the Empathy Cliff S3-EP14
What if the war stopped in 1939, after Kristallnacht and the invasion of Poland, and the world still had to live with what it almost did? Author, podcaster, and history student Herman Forwood joins Havok and LX on The Space Tomatoes Podcast to walk through Twilight of Democracy: World's Descent into Darkness, the alternate-1950 historical fantasy he started in 2022. Not baby-Hitler fan fiction. A second-chance world, Anne Frank at 21, a weakened Soviet Union that never got the Nazi scientists, J
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Aug. 21, 2026
Eight Stages of Revolution - Intel Vet Rick Hoppe Maps the Path from Grievance to Rupture S3-EP8
Retired intelligence officer and author Rick Hoppe joins Havok and LX for a deep, no-BS breakdown of modern revolutions. From his 32 years in the intel community (including the Iraq surge) to the eight-stage process that every successful (and failed) revolution has followed since the mid-1700s, Rick lays out the real mechanics of legitimacy, rupture, and why you can't bomb your way to freedom. We dig into coups vs. true revolutions, color uprisings, the Iran situation, algorithmic cages, and wha
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Sept. 11, 2026
You Don't Own That Tractor Agricultural Agorism with Geoff Wacker S3-EP11
We sit down with Geoff Wacker Ohio poultry farmer, Zero Fox Farms, and author of Agricultural Agorism: From Soil to Sovereignty for an unscripted pass at the oldest market in the world: dirt, chickens, handshakes, and the people who still trade without asking permission. Geoff puts a name on what homesteaders already do. Agorism is the action of the free market. Black and gray when the white market is rigged. Then he walks it into the field: corn and soy lock in, subsidy paychecks that buy le
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July 24, 2026
The Liberty Solution Why the State Can't Coexist With Freedom with Derek Wills S3-EP4
This week on Space Tomatoes, Havok and LX sit down with Derek Wills (AncapAir), author of The Liberty Solution. Derek walks us through his journey from hardcore Republican → constitutional conservative → libertarian → full ancap, and how reading Murray Rothbard completely rewrote the book he was working on. We dive deep into why the state is inherently incompatible with liberty, the myth of "necessary evil," reputation as the ultimate enforcement mechanism in a stateless society, and why IP i
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June 12, 2026
From Mob Lawyer to Meditation - Bob Martin’s Wild Journey S2-EP24
What happens when a trial attorney handling organized crime cases walks away from the legal world and embarks on a path through social work, meditation, and personal growth? In this episode of Space Tomatoes, we sit down with Bob Martin former attorney turned clinical social worker, meditation mentor, and creator of The Flow. We talk about organized crime, burnout, reinvention, mindfulness, politics, culture, and the unseen forces that shape our beliefs and decisions. Bob's story is a remi
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Oct. 23, 2026
22 Million Kids a Year - A Marine's 5-Page Fix for Family Courts
Keith Barton spent 16 years and a lot of dollars in lawyers inside America's family court system. When he stopped hiring lawyers, he won his own appeal pro se. Then he wrote the fix in 5 pages, and now he is running for Congress in Texas to make states fund fathers instead of custody wars. The math behind the mission: 22 million kids flow through family court every year, and studies he cites put 70 to 85 percent of violent crime behind people raised by a single parent. Equal parenting means h
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Oct. 17, 2026
No Guests Just Chaos | Space Tomatoes S3-EP16
Havok and LX go full host-only chaos no guests, no script, just two homesteaders talking about the weird, practical, and mildly unhinged side of running a podcast in 2026. From cold calling experts (and feeling like a used car salesman with nothing to sell) to building a local AI agent that drafts clips, schedules posts, and writes show notes while Havok still hand edits every video, they cover the real workflow behind Space Tomatoes. They also dive into Instagram and TikTok confusion, why smart
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Oct. 9, 2026
Life in Woke America with Author Joel Rakow, Secret Labs, and the Liberty Scorecard S3-EP15
Havok and LX sit down with Joel Rakow, author of Life in Woke America, for an unscripted pass at the novel that started as a full story he woke up already knowing. An orphan coming of age in the COVID years, with billion-dollar sports, robots, and an America more woke than usual. Joel walks the real Reedley, California lab (congressional report, vials labeled Ebola, HIV, hepatitis, COVID, the “one mouse is not a bioweapon” argument), the fictional forward base in Amarillo, and why the pursuit of
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Oct. 3, 2026
The War That Didn't Happen Herman Forwood on Twilight of Democracy and the Empathy Cliff S3-EP14
What if the war stopped in 1939, after Kristallnacht and the invasion of Poland, and the world still had to live with what it almost did? Author, podcaster, and history student Herman Forwood joins Havok and LX on The Space Tomatoes Podcast to walk through Twilight of Democracy: World's Descent into Darkness, the alternate-1950 historical fantasy he started in 2022. Not baby-Hitler fan fiction. A second-chance world, Anne Frank at 21, a weakened Soviet Union that never got the Nazi scientists, J
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Sept. 25, 2026
Dead Stages George Fontes on Surviving the Shutdown and Changes S3-EP13
They shut down the weddings, the concerts, the corporate blowouts, and the paychecks. George Fontes (World Ablaze Podcast) ran a 27-year live events and production company with 32 people on payroll when COVID hit. The entire industry went dark. Remote Zoom galas, government-funded church LED walls, tour riders that demand a half-million-dollar console, and the slow realization that once clients buy the gear they stop renting it. Havok and LX sit down with George for an unscripted ride through th
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Sept. 18, 2026
From Bronze Star to Plot Armor Matt Hasty on Orders, Anarchy & Charleston Stages S3-EP12
Bronze Star. Retired Army chief warrant officer. Congressional candidate who outpolled Kanye in Louisiana’s 5th. Now he’s acting, directing, teaching camera work in Charleston, and writing screenplays because he “really thinks he’s the only person in the world that can write good movies.” Havok and LX sit down with Matt Hasty for an unscripted brawl that starts with artistic outlets after politics dies and ends somewhere between posse comitatus, propane-tank pigs, Punisher Max, and whether th
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Sept. 11, 2026
You Don't Own That Tractor Agricultural Agorism with Geoff Wacker S3-EP11
We sit down with Geoff Wacker Ohio poultry farmer, Zero Fox Farms, and author of Agricultural Agorism: From Soil to Sovereignty for an unscripted pass at the oldest market in the world: dirt, chickens, handshakes, and the people who still trade without asking permission. Geoff puts a name on what homesteaders already do. Agorism is the action of the free market. Black and gray when the white market is rigged. Then he walks it into the field: corn and soy lock in, subsidy paychecks that buy le
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Sept. 4, 2026
One Term Only - Evan Jaqua Breaks Politicians Addiction to Power S3-EP10
Havok and LX sit down with Evan Jaqua, globe-trotting founder of the Solutions Party, for an unscripted wrestling match over the oldest political drug of all: power. After 20 years in Japan, time in communist China, and two decades in South America, Evan came home convinced career politicians, rage-bait news, and immortal parties are the common denominator behind government failure everywhere. His fix is blunt: one term, no reelection, no running for the next office while you serve. Then he stac
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Aug. 28, 2026
Why Am I Still Sick? Dr. Kevin Smith Returns to Kill the Check Engine Light S3-EP9
Welcome back to Space Tomatoes. Havok and LX bring repeat guest Dr. Kevin Smith, functional medicine practitioner, published author, and founder of the Chronic Conditions Center in Pittsburgh, for another unscripted pass at the question his new book is built on: Why Am I Still Sick? Smith’s argument is blunt. High blood pressure, low thyroid, neuropathy, and a pile of other “chronic” labels usually get managed, not solved. Stop the pills for a couple of days and the dashboard light comes back. I
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Aug. 21, 2026
Eight Stages of Revolution - Intel Vet Rick Hoppe Maps the Path from Grievance to Rupture S3-EP8
Retired intelligence officer and author Rick Hoppe joins Havok and LX for a deep, no-BS breakdown of modern revolutions. From his 32 years in the intel community (including the Iraq surge) to the eight-stage process that every successful (and failed) revolution has followed since the mid-1700s, Rick lays out the real mechanics of legitimacy, rupture, and why you can't bomb your way to freedom. We dig into coups vs. true revolutions, color uprisings, the Iran situation, algorithmic cages, and wha
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Oct. 25, 2026
22 Million Kids a Year: Keith Barton's 5-Page Fix for Family Courts
Keith Barton spent sixteen years and roughly half a million dollars on lawyers inside Florida's family court system, then fired them, wrote his own appeal, and won it. His verdict on the institution: it is a black box where "best interest of the c…
Oct. 10, 2026
Joel Rakow on Life in Woke America, the Reedley Lab, and the Word That Vanished
In November 2023 the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party published the findings of a bipartisan investigation into an unlicensed laboratory found in Reedley, California: thousands of samples of labeled, unlabeled, and encoded pot…
Oct. 4, 2026
The War That Didn't Happen: Herman Forwood on Twilight of Democracy and the Empathy Cliff
What if the war had stopped in 1939, after Kristallnacht and the invasion of Poland, and the world still had to live with what it almost did? That is the question Herman Forwood built a novel on, and on Space Tomatoes S3-EP14 he brings it to the t…