Knowledge Without College

Mark Bell is a World- and American record holding Power lifter, Fitness and Weightlifting expert, Podcast Host and the Creator of the "Slingshot", as the ultimate bench press accessory tool. He has an amazing career and life story, which is highlighted by consistency, effort, and focus, which he embodies perfectly. He suffered injuries which would leave most of us incapable of continuing normal li...

Jay Campbell is the Amazon Best Selling author of three change making books in the optimization health care space, and the author of the 2018 #1 overall Men's Health book: "The Testosterone Optimization Therapy Bible: The Ultimate Guide to Living a Fully Optimized Life". Jay is a master at manipulating and tweaking the human endocrine system to optimize performance and health, which we talk about...

Patrick Ryan is an incredible individual, he works in IT, is an author and a military robotics expert. Patrick has one of the most wealthiest minds in terms of life experience and general knowledge, regarding everyone and everything. This is one of the longest and most interesting conversations we have ever made for KWC Podcast, as Patrick spoke not only about technology, but also about psychology...

Wim Ouboter is a Swiss entrepreneur, inventor, former banker, and owner of a company called “Micro-mobility” which specializes in innovative and unconventional means of transportation, for people of all ages. He also invented the popular "Razor" scooter from the 1990's, which we talk about in this Podcast as he shares his ideas of what modern transportation should look like. His company has a new...

Shaun Leverett is a Certified Personal Trainer, widely recognized for his expertise in functional training, Muay Thai, and his commitment to developing and implementing innovative fitness training sessions. He achieved this, by working in the Fitness Industry for over 25 years, among others as the "Health and Fitness" editor of both "Inglewood Today" and "Crenshaw Today" Magazines. But no, today's...

Lance Stander has been in the automobile industry for over 37 years. He opened Hillbank Motor Corp located in Costa Mesa, California in 1999 after years in South Africa where he worked with his father. In 2005 Lance purchased Superformance and he is the worldwide distributor for all Superformance built cars. This is an American automotive company which has been designing, building and marketing sp...

Dr. Emery N. Brown is a statistician, anesthesiologist and neuroscientist. He is the "Warren M. Zapol" Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School, as well as a practicing anesthesiologist. At MIT he is the "Edward Hood Taplin" Professor of Medical Engineering and Professor of Computational Neuroscience, as well as the Director of the Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, and the Di...

Joe Quirk is a very well-known and respected American writer (author), novelist, as well as an Ambassador for the non-profit organisation called the Seasteading Institute. He opens up his mind as we talk about this Project in detail, and his experiences with education in general, and how those helped shape the character he represents today. Joe made this one of the most beautiful KWC conversations...

Mike Spadier is an expert in marketing, who owns a company called "Heart of the Sun", where he also works at right now. He started his journey while working at Onnit.com with Aubrey Marcus and Joe Rogan as a marketing agent, creator and manager, in two previous occasions. We talk about the process of dropping out of College and taking a gap year, as Mike shares his experience, as well as his previ...

William von Hippel is a scientist and professor at the University of Queensland, Australia. He is a very open-minded, eloquent and educated individual, having received his Doctors degree in Psychology at the University of Michigan. Today, he is an evolutionary psychologist and author of the book "The Social Leap", which I recommend and which we talk about during the Podcast. His work has been feat...

Trace Rucarean is another colleague of mine who is employed by (my former company) Sungrade Solar, and probably has the most fun job in our company (his words). He is very successful, open-minded and a one-man show in terms of everything digital that happens in our company. We had a great time talking about Cryptocurrencies, young people working in the present time, and automation of everything ar...

Vineet Verma is a very successful and charismatic person, originally from India but currently working here in California as a screenwriter, producer, editor, 2D and 3D animator. His projects include work with Stella Artois, Glamour Magazine, GQ Magazine, Yahoo, Christian Louboutin, Nine West and he has written and directed the TV Series "Stitch" starring Michael Wright and Harry Lennix. He was ver...

Scooter Downey is a very interesting, young, up-and-coming film director and writer, who is known for his work in "It's in the Blood" (2012), "Elixir" (2015) - writer and "Hoaxed" (2019) - director. "Hoaxed" is a newly released documentary, which he co-directed with Jon du Toit, with the help of famous Mike Cernovich as Producer. It is easily one of the best documentaries I have seen in a really l...

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and one of the world’s foremost Bitcoin and open Blockchain experts. It was really an honor and privilege, to do our weekly "open and relaxed" conversation with him. We talk about Bitcoin in particular, it "not dying" and having more and more involvement in our society and life's everyday activities. He is a true professional and...

Kupah James is a very talented and successful young individual, working primarily as a Celebrity DJ, with some his previous experiences involving events organised by the New England Patriots, Boston Red Sox, Boston Childrens Museum, AOL, Google, Expedia and even former president Bill Clinton.  He also operates as a very well-known Dance/Fitness instructor and model, achieving the same level o...

Juan Agustin Marquez is a four-time Emmy awarded filmmaker, best known for his documentaries 100,000, The Last Colony  and his national music TV show: Té Para Tres con Pili Montilla .  Juan's continued commitment to the arts, entertainment and education has earned him a spot as one of today's top Latino filmmakers, and we were very honored to have him on the show. Enjoy! 

Seamus McNally is an award-winning director and acting coach for film and television in New York City, he also serves actors at the top of their field in delivering some of their most convincing, nuanced work, often with very little time to prepare ( Orange is the New Black , Vinyl , Alex Haley’s Roots and more). He is currently working at another acting school and directing a fascinating document...

Mike Schmitz is a fellow colleague of mine who co-hosts two Podcasts at the moment, one being Bookworm with Joe Buhlig and The Free Agents with David Sparks. He is an author as well, his book "Thou Shalt Hustle" is an excellent example of what content he focuses on as a producer and reader. Definitely one of the best conversations we've had on KWC lately. Enjoy!

Zain Jan is first and foremost, my friend, and one of the first guest speakers to be featured on the KWC Podcast. A lot has happened in the past 12 months since he was on the show. We are focusing on communication in general, and how important it is for the success of everything, and everyone around us. Hope you agree. Enjoy!

Andy Galpin has a Masters degree in Human Movement Sciences, and Ph. D. in Human Bioenergetics. A professor of Kinesiology at the Center for Sport Performance at CSU, he is also the founder and director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Exercise Lab. In addition, he is the co-author of UNPLUGGED with Brian Mackenzie and Phil White, and co-hosts the Body of Knowledge podcast. Enjoy!

Nathan Ogden is a very special individual, introduced to us through our mutual friend and former guest Devin Thorpe. Nathan truly represents perseverance. He has a unique life story to share with us, battling through the toughest of injuries and surviving, emerging as an author and a real hero of our time. Enjoy!

Christopher Stare is the last one in our series of guests from the Libertarian party, he is a candidate for the California State Assembly representing District 51, running in the General elections on November 6.. He has a PhD in Cognition and Neural Systems from the University of Arizona, and has done research on the biological bases of learning, memory, and sleep. Enjoy!

Mimi Robson is a Civil Engineer, with the majority of her projects revolving around repairing and reinforcing commercial buildings, that have been damaged by earthquakes, fire, wind and severe weather. She is also the Chairman of the Libertarian Party and was running as a candidate for the 70th District State Assembly. Enjoy!

Devin Thorpe really is deeply optimistic, he is an author, educator and speaker, who calls himself a "Champion of Social Good". His experience as an investment banker, CFO, treasurer and mortgage broker earned him a keynote speech at the United Nations. His books on using money for good, personal finance, crowdfunding and corporate social responsibility were read over 1 million times, while his Yo...

Zoltan Istvan is a Libertarian futurist, journalist, transhumanist and a political activist. He was a reporter and writer for the National Geographic Channel, Wired, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, his writings and ideas have appeared on Yahoo News, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Beast and other media sites. He was a candidate in the 2018 California gubernatorial elections, and the US Presidential...