Just Dumb Enough Podcast

Most people are at least vaguely familiar with the inhuman treatment that happened inside concentration camps during World War 2. The thing most people have never heard, is that Germany was not the only country that engaged in collecting and imprisoning specific ethnic groups. In fact, the one we are talking about today was claiming to be the most freedom forward place on Earth while also building...

When this show started, I found myself fascinated with all the things we think we know, but still get wrong. Sure, it can be as complex as psychology, but it can also be as simple as stretching. My guest today is Diane Cherico. Diane started working in the Massage and Chiro-therapy field 24 years ago and along the way found Active Isolated Stretching. It was one of those innocuous things she didn'...

A dream home is a funny concept. It's easy to critique these custom houses as being imperfect, and yet we each build a list of must haves in our mind that barely amount to a sensible structure ourselves. So where is the point we leave reality and enter daydream? My guest today is Julie Laughton. Julie has been working in the architecture and home design world for 40 years. She now runs her own com...

My first autism episode was by far one of the two most requested topics to date, and it was well received by all of you in the lovely Just Dumb Enough audience. But in talking to listeners, many people still wanted more. Something even more personal. So now I'm revisiting the topic with an all new expert and a different angle. My guest today is Deann Hampton. Deann has been mother to two twins for...

How do you define yourself? Do you start with: Your gender? Your race? Your religion? Your politics? My expert today would tell you any of those are the wrong things to start with. My guest today is Sara Ting. Sara is the Author of the Sun Poem as well as President and Founder of World Unity Inc. She specializes in promoting diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) by raising awareness of yourself...

Coming back from the American holiday, I figured we'd do a short episode on a well recognized, non-toxic, social media. My guest today is Joe Apfelbaum. Joe is CEO of Ajax Union, a marketing company that has 15 years of experience helping people in all fields build effective strategies. One of the most important of these is the proper use of the social media site: LinkedIn. It's something I was aw...

It seems to be a trend with this show's audience that most conventional topics never perform as well as the unusual. So to feed into your insatiable lust for the abnormal, I've got an expert today who's speaking about our past lives and how they impact the people we are today. My guest today is Christa Okon. During some routine oral care, Christa found herself having visions of Adolf Hitler and Na...

My last episode featured my youngest guest ever, and now we're rolling into this interview with a man who describes himself as "an old timer", I think being the oldest guest I've had on the show. (Sorry I'm sick during the Intro/Outro) My guest today is Stuart Lichtman. For 50 years now, Stuart has been teaching people to make their unconscious work for them. New research with functional MRIs has...

I've always loved writing; I think it's just such a fantastic outlet for creativity. But back in high school, I would have never dreamed of actually writing and completing a novel. Well my expert today published her first novel when she was still in middle school! My guest today is Shanti Hershenson. As I said, Shanti wrote her first novel back in middle school, at the age of 12. And this wasn't j...

Talking about a near death situation can be a little vague. Does it mean you're totally uninjured, but could have died? Or do you have to have flat lined for it to count? The threshold seems unknown, so I invited an expert to explain his many near death experiences. My guest today is Chris Jankulovski. Chris has had 8 near death experiences. Let that sink in for a moment. Now that you've processed...

Everyone wants to get rich in the stock market, but there's so much confusion and bad advice out there. It's not an easy thing to do right, but with my experts help today it might just be a whole lot simpler. My guest today is Ron Tank. Ron has been a full time investor in the stock market for 28 years now. It hasn't all been sunshine and rainbows, he made his fair share of mistakes early on and p...

If I were to say: Picture a cult. What kind of image do you get in your mind? Hooded figures around a bloodstained alter? A forest commune of hippie types practicing free love? Or a large , identically dressed congregation being led in a mass ceremony? What if I brought you and expert who was part of a cult for 20 years and still lived his life from his own home just like any other normal person?...

Not everyone gets married. Frankly, it's not right for everyone, and that's totally fine. Also, not everyone who gets married, stays married. Divorce is never an intended outcome, but it happens very often. However, as my expert shares with us today, having a child in the middle of the divorcing parents needs to be handled with far greater care than two people who just don't work anymore. Welcome...

Who recognizes the stage names: "The Undertaker", "The Ultimate Warrior", or "Rowdy Rody Piper"? My guest today is Chris Whaley. Chris was a professional wrestler who turned holy man of god. He also had a movie produced about his life called "The Masked Saint" that went up for some awards and even won! He's here today discussing what those early days of wrestling were like and the way he handled h...

Is all discrimination mean spirited? Because everyone does it at some point or another, often unintentionally. So is everyone mean at their very core? Or is it just that most of us are handling everyday situations with minimal thought? My guest today is Dr. Frank Douglas. As an immigrant in America, Dr. Douglas experienced a lot of interactions that were less than positive, and he encountered a lo...

For some people, an afterlife is a guarantee. For others it's a fantasy. But regardless of which way they lean, most people report the thought of having a life after death to be comforting. Our biggest issue has always been proving it. But maybe my expert today will change that by providing us with something more. My guest today is Craig Hogan. Craig is the President of the Afterlife Research and...

It's funny that so many of us either know the word "Didgeridoo" or know the sound it makes, but we don't know anything else. I know I was absolutely clueless when my expert today approached me and pitched the idea for an episode. I was even more surprised to learn that it can aid or eliminate sleep apnea. My guest today is Pitz Quattrone. Pitz is a Didgeridoo expert with over 25 years of experienc...

The housing market is one of those things that is always on the mind. No matter what country you live in, the thought that a sudden market change could leave you without a home is terrifying. But when is the right time to buy? You don't want to overpay and be burdened by a mortgage beyond your means. That's where my expert today comes in! My guest today is Orli Dudaie. If there's a job in the fiel...

Not all pole dancing is stripping, just like not all dancing is ballet. It's a fitness and exercise activity that gets a lot of bad press. So today I have an expert who can show us what pole dancing really is! My guest today is Carla Gilfry. Carla also goes by the stage name "Frankie G" and is the owner of the Stilleto fitness and  pole yoga gym. She has just about 20 years of experience, and in t...

Last episode my expert remarked that scientists might say the world is too far gone, and that we're beyond the tipping point with our planet. That got me thinking, and I sifted through my expert contacts to find one who could tell us if that's true or not. My guest today is John Pabon. John came over to the sustainability field two decades ago after leaving his position at the United Nations. Toda...

A prophesy. The concept makes me think of fictional novels about destined heroes or doomed villains. But this writing hook actually has roots in real history, and my expert todays brings us not one, but two prophesies about our planet. My guest today is Dr. Anita Sanchez. Anita is part Indigenous North American and partly belonging to another set of tribes. She grew up in a family that promoted de...

The world is full of nicotine products: Cigarettes, Vaping, Chews, Pouches, and all the way down to medical sounding Topical Patch. No one in the entire world is under the impression any of them are healthy, but a very large population finds it impossible to stop. My guest today is Natalie Clays. Natalie was a smoker for 20 years, not ever really loving the addiction, but unable to find a way out...

Oh boy, this one might get me in trouble! If you didn't read the title of the episode: Explicit Content Ahead! My guest today is Liv LaRue. Madame LaRue has been a practicing courtesan for the last 10 years, as well as a guide to new escorts in her area. For those unfamiliar with the words "Courtesan" or "Escort", they are terms referring to sex workers; more commonly called prostitutes (although...

Human Echolocation. Those two words make me think of a superpower more than a natural ability. But as my expert today informs, it's actually entirely possible. My guest today is Kevin Lowe. Kevin was just your average kid going to high school when a nightmare condition and unfortunate complication left him 100% blind. It's a harrowing story, and we bond a bit over some weird similarities in our li...

Getting a book published seems like a long and intense process. But in todays world we have more options than ever when it comes to publishing your book. So what is it that you want to write? My guest today is Noah St John. You may remember Noah from our previous interview where he taught us how to get out of our own way so we could succeed for a change. Now he's back to teach us about how we writ...