Going in Blind with Zach Tidwell

Dr. Laura Sicola is an educational/cognitive linguist, TED/TEDX speaker, former professor, Neurolinguistic Programming(NLP) practitioner, and Executive Communication Coach with decades of work in the field. Topics covered include what cognitive linguistics is, the art of social sciences, how we process language, what’s wrong with academia, why most doctoral graduates don’t end up being professors,...

Lynn Johnson is the Founder of All In Empowering Futures. A social worker by trade, her work in the penal/probation system has led her to work with the country’s most vulnerable populations. from leading an innovative program in Colorado to help guide families out of poverty, to being appointed in President Trump’s first term as the Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Famili...

Dr. Kevin Young is a historian, author, and professor specializing in Latin American history, Revolutions, and U.S. foreign policy in the region who believes the recent indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro suggests potentially imminent American military action in Cuba, given the recent kidnapping of Venezuelan President Maduro following similar legal moves. In this conversation, we exp...

Dr. Betty Kovacs’ life’s work in comparative literature and theory of symbolic/mystic language has culminated in discovering that much of ancient history—and especially early spiritual teachings—may have been deliberately hidden, altered, or destroyed. The conversation dives into newly surfaced texts, the formation of religious canon, and how institutional power may have reshaped the original mess...

Sean Baptiste is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer(CCO) Of DreamKey Syndicate, where he and his team are reinventing the wheel of creative artificial intelligence platforms to ensure humans continue being the foundation of creative endeavors, whilst making sure they always get paid when their work is used, and setting a new precedent for ethical artificial intelligence implementations. A l...

Scott Silver is the Managing Partner of Silver Law Group. His began his legal career defending corporations on Wall Street, and has since switched teams to deliver justice and reclamation compensations for those wronged by corporate greed, Ponzi Schemes, fraudulently marketed funds, products, and more. You can find Scott at silverlaw.com Zach’s book is on the way it’s officially in the hands of an...

John “TIG” Teigen is a United States Marine Corps veteran and former CIA Ground Response Staff(GRS) paramilitary contractor who defended a CIA annex and American consulate in Benghazi, Libya during the 13-hour battle that began on September 11, 2012. John shared his story from Marine Corps infantryman, to private contractor, and eventual path into the elite GRS unit that took him on more than 60 d...

Dr. Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Ph. D., has been named one of the Top 25 Greatest Innovators in the field of virtual reality(VR), and has been innovating in using the technology to diagnose, analyze, and treat complex mental health conditions for decades. He is also the Director of Medical Virtual Reality at the Institute for Creative Technologies at the University of Southern California. In addition to...

Danny Combs is many things; a Grammy-winning musician, entrepreneur, educator, disability advocate and policymaker, to name a few—but today we focused on his work in teaching the autistic community trades, the namesake for his nonprofit, TACT. After his own son was diagnosed with Autism 15 years ago, without being given resources to assist him, Danny decided to pave a path forward for his son and...

Richard Anderson is a microbiologist with an expertise in molecular biology and biochemistry, who has now written several books: “Evolution of Life: Big Bang To Space Colonies”, a nonfiction book that spans from the beginning of our universe, through the formation of life, all the way through human evolution and to our seemingly inevitable future amongst distant stars. He and Zach tackled those su...

George Goulburn left his corporate life in the Australian government to strike out on a new career as a male escort. He and Zach discussed the shift, George’s past and present relationships, monogamy, open relationships, ethical nonmonogamy(ENM), and what work as a male escort is like. Along the way, George offered surprising insights into how men and women differ in this space, what women want fr...

Patrick Winn is an award-winning investigative journalist and author whose latest book covered a nearly sovereign Methamphetamine state inside of Myanmar, which produces roughly 70% of the world’s methamphetamine using it’s 30,000 troops to project it’s power in the region. China supports them, and their stimulants are flooding the Southeast Asian black markets in a an entirely different way than...

Steve Bigari is a West Point graduate, proponent/facilitator of skilled trades training in underserved communities, and massively successful entrepreneur bringing EI from the cyber world to the real world in all re7alms—from wearables for skilled trades workers like welders, electricians, and carpenters, to medical applications, restaurants, and beyond. The intro for the episode doesn’t do this ma...

Dr. Doug Cardell is an Evidentiary economist, author, and economic policy expert discussing why socialism is—and always has been—doomed to fail. His work has spanned from serving as an aide to a Member of Congress, leading as a corporate CEO, consulting the Arizona Department of Education, and teaching as a Professor of Mathematics. His expertise in economics, economic policy, mathematical modelin...

Christopher Willars turned to crime after being kicked out of the Air Force, and wound up with a 144-year prison sentence after being found guilty as the getaway driver in a robbery. The others involved will all likely spend the rest of their lives behind bars, but Christopher is back out after nearly two decades in prison. Combined, he spent multiple years in solitary confinement with the longest...

Jill Chalsty is the Founder of the Overcoming Obstacles life skills curriculum, which she developer to fill critical gaps in education systems around the world, and has now taught over 180 million students worldwide. She’s achieved this while enduring breast cancer and a double mastectomy—all whilst caring for her late husband, who battled Dementia—and subsequently having gone on to persevere thro...

Levi and Stephanie Ware founded the Melodic Caring Project in 2010 after they had to bring a live concert to a sick child’s hospital room after an emergency bone marrow transplant prevented her from attending. Now they’ve worked with bands like Cold Play, The Black Eyed Peas, Direks Bentley, and other major names to help these kids see through the darkness. They’ve also extended their services to...

Dr. Robert Christophor Coppes is a board member of the International Association of Near-Death Studies (IANDS) and author of "Impressions of Near-Death Experiences”. His work points to consistent afterlife experiences across all cultures and religions, veridical out-of-body projections, and an idea that religions centered around a judgement-dependent afterlife have it all wrong. You can find Bob’s...

Amie Ichikawa is Executive Director and Founder of Woman II Woman, and a former inmate who started making waves after her years in prison by speaking out against the fraud in our penal system, politicians pushing legislation that opens children to victimization, and men invading women’s prisons. Today, much of her efforts are focused through Woman II Woman , where she’s helping other women navigat...

Dr. Heather R. Spence is a marine bioacoustics expert with a PhD in behavioral neuroscience whose background as a musician and composer led her to focus on how ocean life communicates with sound, the impacts of sound on aquatic environments, and researching the world’s coral reefs. Her groundbreaking the work not only educates the public, but it also bridges the gap between conventional scientists...

Dr. Mario Duarte is President and CEO of Project Dynamo—a group conducting international, on-the-ground operations across the world to free human trafficking victims, remove American citizens stranded in conflict zones and natural disasters, and reunite separated families when governments fail to do so. And he had some chilling information to share about child trafficking in the United States— inv...

Zach’s book is on the way it’s officially in the hands of an editor, and on the final path to publishing! If your new to the show and haven’t heard his incredible story, go back and listen to the show’s trailer, or visit Zach’s website at zachtidwell.com . To get the big news when it’s going to print, join his email list on the website. Follow And Support The Show Follow, rate, and review the show...

Ron Hardman is a software engineer turned master blacksmith, which led him to founding Kilroy’s Workshop—an American skilled trades school and shared workspace where creators of all kinds can learn everything from blacksmithing and blade smithing, to CNC machining, welding, additive design and manufacturing(3d-printing), and everything in between. Kilroy’s Workshop now has locations in multiple st...

Mark Steven Porro is a multi-talented creative professional who has lived a remarkably diverse life. His parents lived through the Great Depression, and his career began in industrial design of all places— before rapidly expanding into Hollywood, where he spent 28 years building a career as an actor, writer, and director, appearing in shows like Hill Street Blues, Castaway with Tom Hanks, and even...

Alexis Arralynn was born into a fundamentalist Christian doomsday cult. She was groomed and abused throughout her childhood, manipulated by her mother, father, and eventual husband, and only escaped the life after an attempted kidnapping of her children in her thirties. It’s a harrowing tale filled with self-discovery and reinvention. She’s also an entrepreneur and podcaster. You can find Alexis’...