RockneCAST

In this episode, I explain why Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney absolutely suck at making arguments to support Ukraine War propaganda. Finally, I challenge them to answer one question that they have never answered relating to this supposed existential threat posed by Russia. That failure dramatically demonstrates why they are just con men seeking to make a buck. High school debate team could crush these...

Whoa, just watched Sisu movie. It's one of the best actions films I've seen in a long time. It's what would have happened if Tarantino had directed First Blood. This movie is one giant can of whoop ass. Real dudes should watch it!!

Just finished Elon Musk biography by Walter Isaacson. In this episode, I focus on the five step optimization algorithm that Musk uses for all his factories and businesses. I also address the two corollaries that accompany the five step optimization process.

In this episode, I cover how to optimize your morning coffee boost and how to minimize your afternoon crash.

Just finished reading Last of the Mohicans , one of the great early American novels. In this episode, I discuss my favorite part of the book. Read this book! Then watch the movie !!

Just listened to awesome podcast featuring comedians, Joe Rogan, Shane Gillis, and some guy named Matt McCusker who also is a comedian. They had a segment on bombing in front of audiences, those shows where everyone thought they sucked or weren't funny. It got me to thinking.... Is that what makes Rogan, Rogan? This podcast is for everyone too afraid to suck.

This episode is on Author Steven Pressfield and the Practice of Creative Work. I learned about Pressfield through Joe Rogan's love of Pressfield's book, The War of Art . Rogan keeps a ton of copies to give to anyone doing creative work or wanting to making living doing creative work. Pressfield worked as a writer for 17 years before he sold his first screen play. He waited another 10 befor...

I just read The Heart of Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh and will be discussing the Four Noble Truths. Whoa, this is an amazing book that is life changing. It should be shared far and wide. It has so much much wisdom to make you the best version of you. In this episode, I focus on the Four Noble Truths through the lens of Buddha and Thich. Loved this one!!

It's Ground Hog Day! Just listened to the most amazing podcast, "The Trent Shelton Podcast." In his most recent podcast , he interviewed a dynamic entrepreneur named Marquise Hill about the gift of adversity. It's a great show. Tune in! What jumped out to me was Marquise's statement on consistency, showing up day and day out. He called it the "cheat code to success.&quot...

Get outside and walk after dinner. In this episode, I identify the five benefits of the after dinner walk!

It's my birthday!! When I opened up my daily devotional Living God's Way by Reuben Youngdahl, I saw Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things in him who strengthens me." In this episode, I discuss how I learned about this verse, T he Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale, Tim Tebow, the Mayo Clinic, and Marcus Aurelius.

In this episode, we'll cover the benefits of connecting the mind and body through meditation. We'll cover the work of Thich Nhat Hahn, how to meditate, and why it is so essential to performance

In this episode, I share my one day overnight trip to the Melleray Abbey outside of Dubuque, Iowa. I offer tips if you go, share what I learned, and explore the value of practicing silence, something the monks do very well. I also share how you can bring the silence back with you to restore balance to your hectic lives.

In this episode, I cover the Huberman Sigh, a breath work technique popularized by Dr. Andrew Huberman , a Stanford professor of Neuroscience. It's an ancient technique to act as a kill switch for stress, especially when you're feeling totally overwhelmed or anxious. Huberman did not invent this nor did he do the first research, but he popularized this through his excellent Huberman Lab Po...

Whoa dudes. Just had an amazing moment yesterday while shoveling snow drifts in the cold winter wind. Listened to amazing Greatest Showman song, thought about what I learned from Thich Nhat Hahn about the practice of happiness, and became inspired do jumping jacks to this song. Listen, be inspired, do jumping jacks. So much gratitude to our brother MLK, Jr. for making the ultimate sacrifice to lib...

In episode, I explore the relationship between alcohol and a red face, how I learned about it, and what I did to reverse it. Appearance is one of the many things people don't think about in connection with alcohol consumption. It's nearly guaranteed. If you drink every day or heavily on weekends, it'll make you look like crap!! The good news is that you can reverse this by stop drinkin...

Whoa, Theo Von just released his interview with Tony Robbins! You can see the interview here. I share my reaction on the first 45 minutes and on what I learned on how to reset the mind, the body and the spirit. This is my first episode, post RockneCast reset. Loved making this one dudes!!

After nearly four nears of the RockneCast, I finally have a theme... kind of. In this episode, I cover the new focus for the RockneCast relating to habits advancing your mind, body, and spirit. I explain why it's taken me so long, and what I'll be doing moving forward this year. I also finally know who this podcast is for... Dudes, both young, old, and middle aged. This episode was a fun o...

It's official. I am coming out of the closet and voting for Donald J. Trump. In this episode, I explain my journey from fear to courage to publicly support Trump. I also explain the policy justification Trump, and I respond to the common personal attacks that are used against Trump supporters. Finally, I explain why Trump, rather than being the next Harold Hill, is actually one of the most aut...

Through the lens of a recent PBS Frontline Documentary, The Discord Leaks , which examines how 21 years told Air Force Guardsman Jack Teixeira leaked national security secrets, I argue that the Washington Post and PBS are gaslighting the American people about the impact of those leaks on national security. I also argue that the Washington Post's tagline "Democracy Dies in Darkness" i...

Here, I explain why Nikki Haley is such a horrible candidate. I also reveal at end my endorsement for President.

In this episode, I explain, in my opinion, why Special Counsel Jack Smith' s Motion to Expedite US Supreme Court review in the DC Jan. 6 case demonstrates that he may be a Sith Lord, and that he well be Count Dooku's errant son, Darth Tyrannis. All statements made herein are based upon good faith opinion based upon perceptions only and are intended as political parody.

In this caffeinated episode, I explain why we should stop using WW2 as the ONLY argument to support Ukraine war funding. I recently saw a Youtube video of Brian Kilmeade, of Fox New and Vivek. In that episode, Kilmeade pulled out the WW2 trump card, and in this episode, I explain with great clarity why Kilmeade is wrong and why we need a new framework for advocating or opposing Ukraine War funding...

Javier Milei, the Argentinian "Trump", recently won the presidency of Argentina. In this episode, I explore why he won, what we can learn from it, and what it means for the U.S.

I just read Stephen Ambrose's book Citizen Soldiers , which covers the US Army from the day after D-Day on June 7, 1944 through the surrender of Germany. Loved this book!