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Curious about jazz? Ever wonder how musicians can learn so many songs by heart? Or are you one looking to expand your skill set? John Elliot has some ideas you might find interesting. He's the author of Insights in Jazz , which lays out a roadmap to learn over 200 jazz standard songs, along with a podcast of the same name . In this episode I interview John about his Lego bricks methodology for bre...

We don't have enough time in a day, always putting our personal desires, goals, hobbies-- the places we get most fulfillment from, last. What if you could flip that though? What if you could find just 10 minutes a day to spark yourself down a whole new track. Learning that thing you've been meaning to for years, getting back in shape, finishing that painting, or just starting to read again. In thi...

We have a completely untapped resource in the U.S. that would help reduce emissions, decrease supply chain strain, not to mention reduce energy costs for many regions of the country. Why the U.S. can't tap into that, is the subject of the Jones Act. A century plus old piece of legislation that bans any ships operating within the U.S.' waterways that's not American built and crewed. In this episode...

A hot discussion on web3, what it is, how it can be implemented, and all the conundrums between. This is a first for the series, as we have a discussion with previous guests, Josh founder of web3 travel platform stay365 & Dr. Yusef Smith , M.D. and founder of Propane Fitness . Dive in to hear us talk about... what is web1, 2, and 3... let's not repeat the sins of previous waves on the web with thi...

This episode is an abridged version of the rise and embrace of Christianity into western society, and government with returning guest Associate Professor of History at The King’s College in New York City Steele Brand Starting near Christianity's inception, Steele walks us right into the middle ages, where he lays out what religion and government was like in the ancient world... how Christianity go...

🍄 Unlocking the Healing Power of Psychedelics with Dr. Ryan Westrum Psychedelics have been making a comeback in recent years, with studies showing their potential to treat conditions like depression and anxiety. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Ryan Westrom, a psychedelic integration therapist, about the benefits and challenges of using psychedelics for healing. We discuss the John Hopkins study o...

In this essay I'm trying something new, since this is neither my essay, nor my reading of it. I was inspired to post this after recording episode 44 with Tom Bennet and after hearing his story, it reminded me of the ideas within Self-Reliance. So I went looking for an audiobook of it, inspired to search Spotify, when I found what you're about to hear. I reached out to Adam and asked if I could pos...

my interview with Felipe Fernández-Armesto where we talk about... the role food has on our culture... a view on how to better understand the past... the reality of Magellan you've probably never heard, including his criminality and altering of his legacy, partially from the way he died... how to wrestle with false stories playing with true bits to suit someone's agenda... a paradox of our time, is...

Want to know the current state of the fentanyl crisis in the US and how we got here?... there's been a rapid rise in overdoses, what's causing it?... what is fentanyl and how is it getting into illegal drugs?... along with a thought on how we can cut down our overdoses to a third of what they are now, through a strong dose of American pragmatism. Episode artwork, Dall-E, prompt: DALL·E 2023-02-15...

my interview with Tom Bennett, owner of Bennett's Farms, where he explains what regenerative agriculture is... his journey to starting it... how regenerative ag needs less input compared to factory farming, less overhead and thus, less barrier to entry... leasing farm land vs buying it... how fast the land will quickly re-wild if we allow it to, and a whole lot of inspiring anecdotes between. If y...

In this conversation I'm joined by a friend of mine Richard Crazythunder to talk all things Christianity, Jesus, religion, philosophy and what utilities all of those ancient ideas have for living in a modern society of silicone. We touch upon the complexity of our time, and the false security that we crafted in which we say we're a higher order species, yet are unable to handle nuclear weapons, le...

the following essay is nothing original, but everything we need that's essential to thrive now, and long into the future. both as individuals, and a species. because to think, plan and create a thriving existence a thousands years from now, it doesn't start with government programs, rapid industrialization or elon musk. but with each of us individually, in our own heads and right now, continuously...

This episode is a conversation with repeat guest Dr Yusef Smith M.D. on how to maintain peak health with a simple program anyone can do... how difficult it is to be a doctor these days with social media and an information war on what is healthy... musings on how gatekeepers are losing their grip on authority to an algorithm, and people are leveraging that to get in the game... how everyone is a bo...

On December 4th 1969, a 21 year old man was assassinated by the status quo, because the powers that be wanted him gone in order to, 'prevent the rise of a messiah who could unify, and electrify, the black nationalist movement.' That man was Fred Hampton, and the status quo, was the Chicago Police Department working on behalf of a covert program called COINTELPRO. That program is an abbreviation fo...

this interview, beyond trying to capture a truly mind-bending reality about the world we live in, gives a glimpse into the elephant in the brain stuck at the center of our scientific community. the assumption that we know all there is to know about water, how it forms on our planet or how it's used in our cells to power life. those are the norms my guest Dr. Gerald Pollack has smashed with the hel...

JW is one of the founders of stay365, a website looking to take on airBnB with web3; where users own their data, and where stay365 takes the first crack at setting the standard smart contract for the rental and travel industry. I found stay365 from JW's brilliant twitter marketing strategy, turns out has something to do with him starting the company as well, which we get into. As well as what stay...

my guest for this conversation i found from an incredibly insightful twitter thread about the healthcare system in the UK, and was a delight to talk to live. over the course of the conversation we hit on how life is a series of sisyphean efforts, who can we trust at this point online, the media in all it's various forms, before ending on the existential threat of what is in our environment playing...

For this episode, you’ll hear the second part of my conversation with returning guest Rowan Price, we go deep on all things web3, centering mostly on another great podcast episode from Tim Ferriss' show, where he's talking with Naval Ravikant and Chris Dixon ( link below ). As we talk, we go back and forth on a few things. Rowan, an alumnus of the early stages of the .com boom & bust, has a really...

this conversation covers a healthy amount of ground, and unintentionally dovetails quite well with the previous episode on the Chinese government's external propaganda. it's with returning guest, Rowan Price. Rowan is an internet nomad, currently living in the EU and is a wealth of knowledge in everything modern history, literature, politics and much much more. some might remember him, from episod...

In this episode, we will be talking about China's propaganda externally, how the Chinese Communist Party weaponizes access to their economy to police it abroad. As well as, how they masterfully create wire services to push stories they want out in the world, use what they make in their factories or movie studios to shape how people think about the country, or it's territories, and perhaps more sho...

In this episode, we talk about how the Great Recession motivated a ghost to develop the next metamorphosis in finance, the web, and ground truth. With so much going on in the world, so much content to consume, it's easier than ever to miss major changes that are re-writing the foundations of what powers our civilization; money & information technology. In this episode, I speak with Dr. Merav Ozair...

This episode was a delight for me, not only for the company I had for this conversation, but that it was able to be recorded in person. A luxury I rarely have for this show. Having moved back to the Midwest, i was able to take my guest up on an offer to visit them when they're teaching at Notre Dame, and be able to spend an afternoon chatting with one of the best historians of our day, who would l...

For this installment, I asked a previous guest at the University of Leicester to come back on and talk more about the programming tools he uses, and ways he uses them for his analysis of satellite data to track climate change. There are parts of this episode that get a bit technical, even with that fair warning, I encourage the less technical of my listeners out there to give it a go. Because thro...

In this episode I'm joined by returning guest, professor of theology at Emory University, Dr. Dianne Stewart. We talk about one of my favorite thoughts, if Jesus was Christ, along with questions if social media movements could be a religion, where do we go as beings as we further march down the technological path we’re set on, to say nothing of how to adapt to it now, and end with discussing how c...

In this episode NASA Scientists Dr. Norman Loeb, spends time explaining the means and mechanisms scientists have to understand climate data, what he’s been working on as it relates to the earth trapping more heat and how that translates to our planet in the coming century. (0:00) - Introduction: Climate Change Narratives (5:37) - Discussion on personal interests and hobbies (8:28) - Heat Trapping...