MARS MESSINA PRESENTS

Episode 102 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS requests that you find a comfortable place to lay down/sit, and wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing. We are taking a time out from the stress of the world. Mars knows places, and is going to take you there... To correspond with MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, email thisismarsmessina@gmail.com To donate to this podcast, Venmo @mdm773. Thank you.

Episode 101 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS takes up where we left off last week, when we talked about how a STEM education was once made much more effective and successful combined with a Liberal Arts education, and can be, again. This week, we are creating a new school concept that would revolutionize society and get us back on a winning track that creates a much more curious, creative, compassionate a...

Episode 100 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS takes a close look at the history of our educational system. There was a short span of time when a student was fortunate enough to not only learn a trade or a profession, but had to take mandatory Liberal Arts classes. The first, of course, taught the student a specific career path and how to make money in it. The second taught the student how to think critical...

Episode 99 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS explores the body's largest organ, the skin - aka, the integument. We will study the different strata and structures of the skin, and discover that it is - all at once - a communications system, an architectural structure, a military defensive system, a Streets & Sanitation unit, and a fashionista. We will also address the most common types of skin cancer, h...

Episode 98 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS reports the latest news concerning the almost Made-For-TV circus side show that is Alex Murdaugh's murder trial and his subsequent conviction of the double homicides of his wife and son. We will also take a look at the prominent family, who dominated the legal landscape of South Carolina for generations and had a voracious appetite for getting what they wanted.....

Episode 97 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS is the first, and I hope not last, Book Review episode. This show's featured books are a mix of new, classic, fiction, non-fiction, novels, epic poems, and meditations. The FIVE books are: 1) THE PLAGUE, by Albert Camus, 2) THE CREATIVE ACT: A WAY OF BEING, by Rick Rubin, 3) JOHANNES CABAL THE NECROMANCER, by Jonathan L. Howard, 4) A TALE OF TWO CITIES by Charle...

Episode 96 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS studies a scientific theory that is both ancient and modern, the field of PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY. We will trace the subject back to its beginnings, engendered through the teachings of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Researchers have picked up these ancient studies, once again, in the last couple of decades. We seem to be aware of the body-mind connection, but wha...

Episode 95 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS takes a close look at the First Amendment of the US Constitution. We will address what it actually says, what it means, what it protects and does not protect, and how we apply it into our daily lives in an effective way and in a way that elevates society. Plato said that the law is "the ally of the city". So, why do we use it like a sledgehammer? BEDTIME STORIES...

Episode 94 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS launches with a quick news item, before getting on with the subject of the episode. The news item is concerning the Chinese high altitude balloon that has flown into US airspace. Is it a wayward weather balloon, like the Chinese claim? Or, is it a surveillance balloon sent deliberately, as the US reports? The main subject: how to create a "living" vision board t...

Episode 93 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS speaks on the mysterious, powerful and dangerous Chicago Outfit, a branch of the Mafia in the United States. At the height of its powers, the Outfit was involved in such things as racketeering, gambling, rum running, and other illegal and legal activities. They are also suspected of being behind an assassination attempt on Fidel Castro, and the realized assassin...

Episode 92 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS wishes everyone a Gong Hei Fat Choy, as we help usher in The Year of The Water Rabbit. Not only will we talk about the Chinese calendar, zodiac, customs and celebrations, we will help you choose the right food on your Chinese take out menu to help bring good luck into your new year. We will also talk about what the Water Rabbit means in relation to good luck, fo...

Episode 91 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS talks about the revolutionary app called, ChatGPT. ChatGPT is AI (Artificial Intelligence), specifically the type that is known as a chatbot. It is an operational Large Language Model that chats with the user on a human conversational level. It is most often compared/contrasted with a Google Search Engine. With the search engine, you input data, and more data is...

Episode 90 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS updates its audience on this week's events concerning the Moscow, ID murder case of 4 University of Idaho students. Because the news surrounding the Probable Cause Affidavit (PCA) is so ubiquitous in the news right now, I will not rehash the details, as you are probably aware of them. Instead, I am presenting a timeline built from the PCA, other court documents,...

Episode 89 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS highlights two diets - Veganism and Weganism, which is a Wild Game diet. Both diets consist of whole, organic foods. Both diets eschew processed food items. Both diets are ethical lifestyles. One diet is completely absent of animal meat and products, while the other's main feature is animal meat and products. We will talk about the health benefits of each, the p...

MARS MESSINA PRESENTS wishes one and all a very Happy New Year with Episode 88. First up, we have bittersweet news - there has been an arrest made in the murders of 4 University of Idaho students in Moscow, ID. We will then proceed with a short and sweet New Year's Eve ritual - a short yoga session, a tea ceremony, and a burning ceremony. I invite you to gather the items you will need for the ritu...

Episode 87 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS explains why the date of April 8 makes for a good Christmas story subject. We, here, at MARS MESSINA PRESENTS wish you and yours, one and all a very Merry Christmas! To send correspondence, email thisismarsmessina@gmail.com To donate to this podcast, Venmo @mdm773. Thank you.

In Episode 86 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, we learn that researchers have set the Doomsday Clock at 100 seconds to midnight in 2022 - the closest we have ever been to nuclear war. This is saying a lot, because October 27, 1962, is considered the most dangerous day humanity, as a whole, has ever experienced. We are going to talk about the Cuban Missile Crisis, a moment in time when the entire planet f...

Episode 85 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS asks, "What was in the water in Florence during the Renaissance?" At a time when humanity in all of Europe seemed to hit on all cylinders, Florence was the crowning jewel of this enlightened time, and engendered unparalleled genius. We will talk about the meaning of genius in terms of the Renaissance, and focus on - perhaps - the premiere genius of that place an...

Episode 84 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS first opens with the latest on the Delphi Murder Case. We move on to the main subject of Super Agers - people aged 80+ who have superior cognition and better memories than the average person in their 50s or 60s. If we are not yet 80+, we can train our brains, now, so that we may be Super Agers when we grow up. There is no BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSH...

Episode 83 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS speaks about the recent  11/13/22 murders of 4 University of Idaho students while they slept in their residence near campus in Moscow, Idaho. There has been a lot of speculation connected to this horrific crime, and very few facts released by law enforcement, which includes Moscow Police, Idaho State Police, and the FBI. We'll try to parse the case and set...

Episode 82 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS revisits two controversial pranks that became legendary. Both occurred in Chicago: the Max Headroom Signal Hijacking (the cyberpunk takeover of two local TV stations, in the middle of broadcasting) and the promotional stunt at Comiskey Park, original home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team, known as Disco Demolition Night, in the middle of a doubleheader. On...

Episode 81 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS aims to teach its listeners how to recognize and thwart the attacks of a manipulator. You will learn emotional and mental techniques that will protect you against someone who might try to use you or control you. Related to this, we will also speak somewhat concerning physical self defense. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF closes today's episode with a...

Episode 80 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS is a double feature. The subjects have nothing to do with each other.  The first story is the latest update on the Delphi Murder case. After 5 and a half years, an arrest has been made in connection to the murders of teenagers Abigail Williams and Liberty German, of Delphi, Indiana. The next subject is Mars' report on a dating experiment to which I subjecte...

MARS MESSINA PRESENTS wishes one and all a Happy Halloween with Episode 79. Mars puts her own embellishments and colors and spins on this retelling of a favorite, old, classic, Chicago-style Urban Legend: The Eerie Tale of Resurrection Mary. Ghost story fans and Chicago history fans, alike, have heard the stories before: a young woman dressed in white walking up and down Archer Avenue. Cars swerve...

Episode 78 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS procures the spirit of Voodou Queen, Madame Marie Laveau, to tell her story - of being a Creole woman and a Voodoo practitioner in a mixed race society. We explore a brief history of how the religion of Voodou arose in New Orleans. We learn that Laveau's story is interwoven with fact and fiction and has largely been colored by a white perspective. We attempt to...