Our Universe is Mental with Jimmy Jacobs

Jimmy sits down this week with his friend, roommate & life manager Caitlin. As Jimmy tries to sort out his existential journey, Caitlin opens up about the recent tragedy of her friend's suicide and how it brought her closer to her friends. Caitlin also talks about her 20 years of being straight edge and why she finally gave it up.

You may know her from the opening song of the podcast- it's all around good dude and funny person Sarah Shockey. In this episode, Sarah and Jimmy compare notes on personal growth. Sarah tells hilarious stories from her childhood, talks about her early creativity and shows her appreciation to the beauty of the sky.

The Innovator of Violence Tommy Dreamer gets EXTREME...ly deep and personal this week when Tommy opens up about his love of wrestling, family, loyalty, his dying father's advice to him, and why he went public about his dark thoughts of murder/suicide.

Jimmy talks to his new friend, writer, director and all around fun person Julie Zhan. Jimmy and Julie met at a personal growth workshop, so they get real introspective. Julie talks about her struggle letting go of control, her relationship to her work and being in the entertainment business as an Asian American. Julie's short film Zoetic is available on HBO Go and HBO Now.

Former WWE Intercontinental Champion, current public speaker and the happiest person on the planet, Marc Mero joins Jimmy Jacobs to talk about how he went from being a successful professional wrestler to losing everything (including almost his life), how he went on to gain so much more. Jimmy and Marc discuss death, how to stay positive, and the effect Marc has on the lives of the kids he talks to...

It's the first edition of Bryan and Jimmy's Book Club. This week, Bryan Danielson and Jimmy Jacobs talk about The 5AM Club by Robin Sharma. The 5AM Club is a self improvement book, written as a narrative, giving advice on how to use your days to maximize the results in your life. There's a lot of good stuff in this book, and as Jimmy and Bryan discuss, there's also a lot of bad.

Do any of us really know who we are? Great dude and wonderful friend Sami Zayn comes on the podcast to try to the answer the question, "Who am I?" Sami also addresses why he tries to withdraw from systems he objects to, his guilt, how we live like kings, gratitude and nihilism. Sami recently relaunched Sami for Syria which you can donate to at samiforsyria.com

He's got his PHD in Mathematics, he's a philosophy wiz, and most of all he's the brother of Jimmy Jacobs. Dr. Nicholas Scoville, professor at Ursinus College, sits down with his brother and talks about the nature of happiness, why logic and reason have brought him to Catholicism, and what it means to live the good life.

The drummer from Fall Out Boy, Sect and Racetraitor, straight edge vegan anarchist Andy Hurley sits down with Jimmy Jacobs to discuss his love for music, capitalism, and why it's important to him to reconnect to his activist roots.

The world's first one-legged professional wrestler and recovering addict Zach Gowen opens up to Jimmy about his tough upbringing, surviving cancer at a young age, his time in WWE, active addiction and his life now in recovery.

He's been on Joe Rogan and Conan, now writer, comedian and podcaster Jamie Kilstein is talking with Jimmy Jacobs. Upon their first meeting, Jimmy and Jamie get deep talking about depression, addiction, gratitude, getting in touch with your masculinity, and what it's like to have it all then lose everything.

Jimmy talks to Amy Dresner, the author of "My Fair Junkie: A Memoir of Getting Dirty and Staying Clean." Amy gets raw and real when she opens up about addiction, recovery, dopamine triggers, social media, changing lives, her time on a chain gang and so much more.

On the first episode of the Jimmy Jacobs Doesn't Know Podcast, Jimmy talks to longtime friend Bryan Danielson about fame, success, consciousness, animals' souls, living forever and so much more. And at the end, they start a book club!

Professional wrestling personality and recovering addict Jimmy Jacobs comes to the realization that he doesn't know anything about life.