The Way

Dr. Juan Bartolomei is a spine neurosurgeon at Yale, and in 2013 he was named one of "US News and World Report's Top Doctors".  Dr. Bartolomei has a passion for what he does and believes surgery should be a last resort and not a first option. When faced with a new issue, he likes to focus on the body as a whole, rather than looking at the spine as an independent piece. In this episode, we dis...

Today's guest is Don Grant; a professional voice actor whose work has even appeared in Super Bowl commercials.  There's a lot to discuss in the profession of voice acting, from the technical to the historical. In this episode, he shares his perspective that comes from decades of practicing and performing. Tune in to learn more, or you can always just tune in to hear my voice outclassed for an...

Christina Hoag has a long history in the world of Journalism. While traveling the world, she ended up living in Venezuela and was lucky enough to become one of the few journalists present during the 2002 Venezuelan coup. This is especially special when you realize the airports were closed down during this less than a week ordeal. Chavez was temporarily overthrown and this reporter has the inside s...

Danny Gold has directed documentaries and written numerous articles on MS-13. Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS - 13 , is an international criminal gang. In Los Angeles they were created during the '70s however, the large control they possess is found in El Salvador. There the people have to pay 'rent', and the children are recruited as early as 9! Learn about their rival gang, how to "leave"...

Eating Disorders are a dangerous thing. While it depends on how you categorize the statistics if you google "deadliest mental illness" eating disorders are ranked first. Roughly 70 million people worldwide are affected by this illness and just about all researchers agree this is an understatement. Although the people affected by this disorder are primarily women, what people may not hear or realiz...

Warning for the episode below in description Vicki Lau is an expert in all things "Visual Effects" (VFX). While she specializes in compositing, she has developed many other software skills used in films and shows like Guardians of the Galaxy, Aquaman, Brooklyn 99, and The Walking Dead... to name a few. On top of this Lau has a history of working on Virtual Reality (VR). In fact, she performed a Te...

Toby Muse is a journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker. His work has appeared in The New York Times, CNN, BBC, and The Guardian among others. Not only that, but he has spent his life in Colombia from 2000-2017. Why you ask? To talk with the farmers and cartels members to follow the creation and expedition of a Kilo of cocaine. Using these experiences he wrote a book called Kilo: Inside the C...

This week we took a look at the philosophy of existentialism. In this episode, I sit down with philosopher Adam Godwin who discusses existential therapy, determinism, nihilism as well as other topics. Godwin holds a Masters in Philosophy and a Bachelor's in psychology. He now teaches courses in Udemy .  

Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, a longtime journalist who covers fandom, film, and television. As a journalist, she has written for The Daily Dot and has recently started her fast-growing Behind the Seams channel on youtube. What knowledge surrounding film does she know you ask? Gavia has a lot of in-depth knowledge about what costume design tells us in film and television. Whether it's what is used or why...

Anderson Silver just released the third book of his Stoicism for a Better Life Series. When it comes to the fundamentals of Stoicism, its relation to Determinism as well as its overall impact, Silver is the perfect candidate to inform those interested. Website - https://stoicismforabetterlife.com/ You can find his books here: Stoicism for a Better Life

Jack F. is in the top 9% of the United States Chess Federation league. Not only that, but he was impressive enough to beat me in only 16 moves (maybe that's not as big of an accomplishment). In this chess-related episode, we discuss everything from strategy, the Polgar sisters, the influence of robots and artificial intelligence, and quite a bit of philosophy.

With her co-authors, Tessie Castillo published the book Crimson Letters: Voices From Death Row. A story compiled of writings from prisoners on death row. One of her co-authors is Lyle May who has been facing death row for 21 years now; since the age of 19. In this episode, Lyle called in from death row to talk about what can only be shared with a history inside death row, facing the court systems,...

Kaitlyn Bailey is an advocate for sex work decriminalization. Once a sex worker herself she is now the director of communications for a national advocacy organization, host of the oldest profession podcast, and has written numerous articles for newspapers such as Vice. In this episode, we discuss the evidence and stigma that can be found around decriminalizing sex work, or as Kaitlyn puts it "the...

Adam Plant is an ugly artist. Founder of Easy Sleez and head of over 25+ other artists, Adam found his nitch creating what he calls "ugly art". Now don't get it confused with bad art, since it is very well crafted and put together. In this fun episode, I asked him about a variety of topics such as censorship in the art community,  traditionalism, and what his experiences have been in general....

Max Mills is a liberal who has written numerous political journals and Charles Mills is a conservative who has done the same for names like Sean Hannity. Democrats and Republicans disagree on many topics in America and our economy is no exception. While there are some occasional agreements, this episode addresses a range of topics including Supply-Side Economics, Wealth Taxes, the Middle Clas...

Thomas Derr in the process of writing a thesis on the history of video games; the history between the sexes to be more specific. This episode dives into the history of gaming from capitalism to the summer of love to even the cold war. Statistics and biology are brought up between the sexes to help understand how gaming culture got to where it is today.

100 years later and we're in another epidemic. Ben Kitchings has a master's degree and has spent a lot of time studying the Spanish flu along with reading and hearing stories surrounding COVID-19.  In fact, the first season of his top 100 documentary ranked podcast "The History Voyager" was on this very relationship between the two viruses. In this episode, he shares what the Spanish Flu was...

For good reason hemp could very well be a game changer when it comes to pollution and reducing large quantities of waste in our society. Hemp is a cousin to marijuana within the same cannabis family. What that means is with an ineffective 0.2% thc content, it has been deemed illegal to grow in the United States of America. However things are changing as Beth- a pro-hemp advocate and farmer- in Ore...

Joshua Shea is an established author and TEDx speaker where he goes around to talk about his experiences and knowledge on porn addiction. In this episode Joshua brings statistics around the prevalence and issues of porn addiction with some bizarre real life experiences, cat fishing being one example. (If you're interested in learning more check out www. RecoveringPornAddict.com after the show...

Jessica Leichtweisz and Aidan Almond have just finished a book about the stories they have seen surrounding autism. Jessica has been helping children facing autism for 20+ years now, and Aidan- who is autistic himself- has begun to do the same. Tune in to hear them talk about autism's history, what it is, and statistics around the topic to name a few things. To learn more check out their website a...

Ruslan is a bartender and citizen who currently resides in Kazan', Russia. We begin this episode with a discussion about social life in Russia and viewpoints on BLM. After this introduction we transition into internal politics which covers a variety of topics from Russia manipulating COVID-19 statistics, too what the Russian school curriculum's teach under a Putin leadership. CORRECTION: Two days...

Well informed through education, research, and experience. Tune in to hear this interview about the knowledge and experience behind acid. Including how it was found, its effects, its impact, and more.

Here we sit down with a political science major in a Political Episode based around the rabbit holes of what can be seen around Super Tuesday. From the candidates to redlining to economic policies found in Japan, we address many political detours based around Super Tuesday.