Knocked Conscious with Mark Puls

Join Mark as He welcomes Larken Rose. We discuss his upcoming event "Approaching Humanity", as well as his new book. We'll also discuss our approaches in sharing the message of Liberty. Buckle up, boys and girls. Should be a bumpy, but fun ride.

This week on Knocked Conscious with Mark Puls, the vibes are suspiciously optimistic. That’s right, it’s White Pill Wednesday. Mark welcomes Mark Maresca of the The White Pillbox Podcast and Substack fame for a conversation that dares to ask the forbidden question: What if everything isn’t completely doomed? In a world fueled by outrage algorithms, doomscrolling, collapsing timelines, and people a...

Mark welcomes back legendary adventurer, storyteller, and professional line-stepper John Graham, founder of the Giraffe Heroes Project and author of "QUEST — Risk, Adventure and the Search for Meaning". This time, we leave the safe little cubicle of “normal reality” behind. Mark and John dive deep into the strange waters of paranormal experiences, psychic phenomena, synchronicities, intuition, con...

Well, the FBI hasn’t shut us down, YouTube hasn’t fully vaporized us, and somehow neither Mark nor Jake has been fist-fought in a Buc-ee’s parking lot over a political take yet, but all good things, especially questionable ones, must come to an end. This is the FINAL episode of If By Whiskey. After offending activists, confusing boomers, annoying libertarians, horrifying Reddit moderators, and tre...

Mark and Jake are back! This week’s episode is the conversational equivalent of kicking a hornet’s nest with a philosopher holding the stick. They’re joined by Dominic Scarcella, author of Good Neighbor, Bad Citizen. It's a book that politely (and then not-so-politely) asks: What if being a “good citizen” is exactly how things go wrong? Yeah… we go there. This episode dives into the uncomfortable...

What happens when you lean all the way into the “woo”… and don’t apologize for it? This week on Knocked Conscious, Mark sits down with William (@iam4iamWe on X) for a deep, unfiltered dive into the mysteries most people either mock or secretly wonder about at 2am. We’re talking Hermeticism, the “One Mind,” the idea that separation might just be the greatest illusion ever sold, and whether “we are...

This week on If By Whiskey, Mark & Jake throw open the saloon doors and let Colin (@_brainzilla_ on X) of colinprograms.com walk in like a one-man stress test for the internet. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when you mix coding skills with zero interest in playing nice online… yeah, that’s this episode. Colin’s been lurking in the digital trenches—building things, breaking things, and po...

This week on If By Whiskey, Mark & Jake welcome John Graham of the Giraffe Heroes Project—a guy who didn’t just talk about making a difference… he built an entire global movement around it. John is the Executive Director of the Giraffe Heroes Project, which has spent decades spotlighting ordinary people who take real risks to do the right thing (aka the folks making the rest of us look like we...

This week on If By Whiskey, Mark & Jake pour something strong and welcome the one and only Toni Bones—self-proclaimed OG libertarian, professional line-crosser, and veteran of more legal battles than most people have had hot dinners. Toni pulls up a chair to share her story—how a love of liberty turned into a front-row seat (and occasional defendant’s chair) in the never-ending clash between t...

This week on If By Whiskey, Mark and Jake pour something strong and invite Amity (@amitylee13 on X) to help make sense of a world that’s clearly running on bad decisions and zero adult supervision. What follows? A no-BS, no-filter dive into the week’s headlines, cultural absurdities, and whatever else gets dragged into the blast radius. Expect sharp takes, side-eye at the establishment, and the ki...

Clock out...permanently? This week on If By Whiskey, Mark and Jake are joined by William (@iam4iamWe on X) to raise a glass to the end of work as we know it and drink to whatever comes next. We’re talking UHI (Universal High Income). The robots aren't just taking our jobs, they giving us...an allowance?! Is this the long-promised age of abundance, or the most comfortable soft-launch of a dystopia...

Pull up a chair, pour something strong, and prepare for a lively night of liberty, laughs, and a little theological curveball. This week on If By Whiskey, Mark and Jake are joined by Jacob Winograd of The LCI Green Room for a wide-ranging, good-spirited romp through the latest news, politics, and whatever else happens to wander into the conversation. Expect sharp takes, questionable transitions, a...

Freedom lovers, grab a glass and pull up a chair — If By Whiskey is going live! 🥃 This Wednesday, March 25 at 8pm ET, Mark and Jake welcome Valerie Leigh, President & CEO of FreedomFest, the world’s largest gathering of free minds, free markets, and people who refuse to apologize for either. We’ll dive into everything you need to know about FreedomFest 2026, happening July 8–11 in Las Vegas —...

This week on If By Whiskey (LIVE Wednesday, 3/18 at 8p ET), Mark and Jake invite you to pull up a chair, pour a drink, and hang out for a laid-back, wide-open conversation about the week in news—and whatever else comes to mind. It’s part headlines, part live chat Q&A, and part “where did that even come from?” as the guys follow the conversation wherever it leads. Whether you’re here for the ta...

Mark and Jake are joined by the mighty, the marvelous, the man who bravely wanders the no-man’s-land between political tribes armed only with logic and a sense of humor. Andrew Heaton (@MightyHeaton on X). Host of The Political Orphanage and author of Tribalism Is Dumb, Heaton drops by If By Whiskey to talk about why humans keep forming political dodgeball teams and immediately start throwing rock...

What do you get when you mix three guys, microphones, and just enough self-awareness to be dangerous? Probably cheaper than actual therapy — and way more entertaining. Mark of Knocked Conscious welcomes Brent Freeman (@bgetsbetter on X) of the Aiming Up Podcast and Tyler Todt (@tyromper on X) for a laid-back, occasionally insightful, and possibly irresponsible conversation about men’s health. From...

Mark and Jake pour a stiff one and welcome the one and only Suzanne Sherman — aka @CowgirlEsq — constitutional attorney, rancher, and author of FEDERALISM: How Decentralization Can Save America. Yes, you read that right. She can quote the Constitution, argue the 10th Amendment, and probably outshoot you before breakfast. This week on If By Whiskey, we ask the dangerous question: What if the soluti...

Jake and Mark are back behind the microphones (and possibly behind a few glasses), and this time they’re joined by the always thoughtful Brent Freeman of Aiming Up and the sharp-tongued Rob Yates of The Libertarian Parry for a conversation that starts with fireworks and ends somewhere in the astral plane. We’re diving headfirst into the now-infamous Tuck vs. Huck interview — the takes, the tension...

No filters. No script. No sacred cows. Mark sits down with Kristan T. Harris of The Rundown Live for a conversation that kicks the hive and laughs while it buzzes. Media narratives, inconvenient questions, internet rabbit holes, and the stories polite society pretends not to hear — it’s all on the table. Expect sharp takes, dark humor, and the kind of back-and-forth that makes you say, “They reall...

Pour a glass, brace your worldview, and maybe hide your foreign policy takes under the table — because this episode of If By Whiskey gets a masterclass in history, war, and why everything is way more complicated than your favorite talking head told you. Jake and Mark welcome the legendary Scott Horton — host, researcher, war-history deep diver, and walking encyclopedia of U.S. foreign policy — for...

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Jake and Mark welcome Free (@SmarterGameShow on X) — the man brave enough to ask America’s elected officials the most dangerous question of all: basic knowledge. As the host of “Are You Smarter Than A Politician?”, Free spends his days discovering just how low the bar can go… and then filming it. This episode is a free-flowing, whiskey-fueled romp through political absurdity, civic faceplants, une...

This week on If By Whiskey, Jake and Mark pour a stiff one and welcome Dr. Miachel Rectenwald (@RecTheRegime on X)—author, philosopher, and professional buzzkill of establishment narratives. From woke academia to regime-approved “truth,” nothing escapes unscathed as Doc Rectenwald dissects modern insanity with scalpel-sharp logic and zero patience for nonsense. Expect big ideas, dangerous question...

What happens when two Marks get knocked conscious at the same time? 🧠💥 You get a conversation that refuses to stay inside the box—white pill or otherwise. On this episode of Knocked Conscious, Mark welcomes Mark Maresca (@markmaresca3 on X), host of The White Pillbox Podcast, for a wide-ranging, mind-bending dive into the ideas, narratives, and uncomfortable truths shaping the modern moment. Exp...

Jake and Mark crack the bottle and welcome Natali & Clayton Morris of Redacted News (@RedactedNews on X) for an episode that treats the mainstream narrative like a piñata—and swings hard. From media sleight-of-hand and government “trust us” moments to war hype, economic panic, and the stories that mysteriously never make the evening news, nothing survives without getting side-eyed. Natali and...