The Michael Ostrolenk Show

Ostrolenk speaks with Dr. Lacey Chittle, a functional medicine specialist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Chittle explains functional medicine, a root-cause approach to treating medical conditions. Chittle's own experience with autoimmunity, IBS, chronic pain and fatigue lead her to discovering the immense benefits of functional medicine, an experience that inspired her to practice functional medic...

Ostrolenk speaks with Sempai Jessica Lara, one of the chief instructors at Potomac Kempo in Alexandria, Virigina. Lara details her background in martial arts and how her mother and father have inspired her career. Lara also speaks to her experience teaching women’s self-defense classes, the importance of situational awareness, and the techniques and strengths women can use during self-defense situ...

Ostrolenk speaks with Brent Gleeson, Navy SEAL combat veteran and accomplished entrepreneur, author, and acclaimed speaker. Gleeson begins by detailing what led him to join the Navy and how the lessons he learned from that experience were instrumental in his success in business. He now uses these lessons to guide business leaders in developing successful work environments. Gleeson describes some k...

Ostrolenk speaks with Stew Smith, Special Ops Team Coach at the US Naval Academy, former Navy SEAL, and author of several fitness books. Ostrolenk and Smith begin by discussing Smith’s recent book Tactical Fitness For the Athlete Over Forty, one of Smith’s best-selling books that focuses on increasing strength and avoiding injuries. Ostrolenk and Smith also discuss the many training programs he ha...

Ostrolenk speaks with Dr. Stuart Sovatsky, author of Advanced Spiritual Intimacy. Sovatsky will soon be leading a four-day spiritual retreat entitled The Heartpath of Enlightenment through Sacred Music. In line with the topic of the retreat, Sovatsky speaks on music and the power of meditation and gratitude. The retreat will include musicians Partha Bose- Sitar and Indranil Mallick- Tabla. To lear...

Ostrolenk speaks with Christopher Preble, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies at the Cato Institute. Ostrolenk and Preble discuss the recent passage of the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act) without provisions for BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure). Preble details the common arguments against BRAC – which likely resulted in its lack of inclusion in NDAA – and the reasons...

Ostrolenk speaks with Jim Turner, co-founder of The Transpartisan Review and co-author of Voice of the People. Ostrolenk and Turner begin by discussing how people are withholding themselves from politics, and the changing nature of our society that has led to this. Although a partisan culture flourishes in DC, this is contrary to the transpartisan way in which many communities conduct themselves....

Ostrolenk speaks with Russ Greene, Director of Government Relations and Research for CrossFit, on potential regulations that threaten CrossFit operations and more broadly on how these legislative actions represent the regulatory capture prevalent in our country. Since its founding in 2003, CrossFit has grown to encompass 14,000 gyms and affiliated business, all of which are broadly permitted to se...

Ostrolenk continues his conversation with Dan Grazier, Jack Shanahan Fellow with the Project on Government Oversight (POGO, on the F-35. The United States Government continues to purchase F-35s at an alarming rate, including plans to purchase 94 F-35s in fiscal year 2018, despite the fact that the design is incomplete, numerous operational issues have been identified, and the operational testing p...

Ostrolenk speaks with Mattie Duppler Springer, a former Hill Staffer, Public Policy Consultant, and Yoga Instructor. On October 6, Springer will be competing in GORUCK Tough (https://www.goruck.com/tough/), in which contestants carry rucksacks for 10 to 12 miles through various terrain. Springer, who will be competing for the first time, explains how she came to sign up for GORUCK Tough, and what...

Ostrolenk speaks with Dennis Stoika, creator and Chief Instructor of Modern Era Warriors, an integrated, reality-based defense and fitness program. Stoika discusses his career history in the FBI, law enforcement, and the Marine Corps, and the training he received throughout his career that led him to create Modern Era Warriors. Using an integrated approach, his program includes mental training, ph...

Ostrolenk speaks with Greg Amundson, athlete, author, speaker, and founder of Satvana Yoga, Krav Maga Santa Cruz, CrossFit Amundson and Faith Works Ministry. Amundson chronicles what led him down the path he has followed, starting with inspiration from his father, a career in law enforcement, and the teachings of God. Ultimately, it was moments in his life that taught him to focus inward that insp...

Ostrolenk speaks with James Scott, a Senior Fellow and co founder of the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology and the author of more than 30 books (https://www.amazon.com/James-Scott/e/B01IPLQKSQ/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) on health IT, energy sector cybersecurity, nation state cyber espionage, and more. He advises to more than 25 congressional offices, caucuses, and committees on cybe...

Ostrolenk speaks with Kurt Couchman, Vice President of Public Policy at Defense Priorities. Ostrolenk and Couchman discuss the United State’s current military operations around the world and what Congress should do to reclaim its war powers. The 2001 and 2002 authorizations for use of military force (AUMF) remain the basis for many military operations, although Congress has not given authorization...

Ostrolenk speaks with Michael Jaco, a 24-year veteran of the elite US Navy SEAL TEAMS and former Security Officer for the CIA. Jaco now shares his knowledge in books and a two-day course on unleashing intuition. Jaco speaks on how he learned through his ample experience to hone his intuition, and how everyone has the capability to do so. By reaching a higher level of consciousness, a person can de...

Ostrolenk speaks with Dan Cerrillo, a certified U.S. Navy Master Training Specialist who spent over 14-years on active duty, 13-years of which were spent within Naval Special Warfare Command’s. Cerrillo is the founder and owner of Spartan Seven: The Ultimate SEAL Adventure, designed to teach participants the combat skills, leadership, and mental toughness all SEALs possess. Cerrillo details how th...

Michael Ostrolenk — a leading expert in the field of transpartisan public policy, program director and master coach for SEALFIT’s Unbeatable Mind Academy — has a world of fascinating insights on how best to integrate Eastern and Western notions of self in order better to flourish as a human being on individual and grander scales.

Ostrolenk speaks with Lynnette Bukowski, founder and executive director of LZ Grace Warriors Retreat, and the wife of a Veteran Navy SEAL. Lynnette talks about her personal experiences, her husband's journey to assist fellow Navy SEALs, and how this led her to start LZ Grace. LZ Grace provides a place of respite for warriors and their families, through activities, rest, and interaction with others...

Ostrolenk on 2016 elections and the hope for Liberty by Michael Ostrolenk

Ostrolenk speaks with Justin Goddard, Director of Neuro-fit Systems Australia. Goddard first discovered Neuro-fit at its base in Los Angeles as he and his wife were looking for programs to help their own daughter recover from autism. While many other programs and treatments sought simply to manage autism, Neuro-fit became a key component to the recovery piece by recalibrating the way the brain and...

Michael Ostrolenk is interviewed as a part of the American Citizens Summit, a free online event featuring respected political leaders, grassroots visionaries, business pioneers, change agents and advocates who are leading the way to actualize the full power of democracy by building bridges across divides.

Michael Ostrolenk is interviewed as a part of the American Citizens Summit, a free online event featuring respected political leaders, grassroots visionaries, business pioneers, change agents and advocates who are leading the way to actualize the full power of democracy by building bridges across divides.

Ostrolenk speaks with Michi Iljazi, Communications and Policy Manager for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA). The TPA is a non-partisan, non-profit advocacy group that works on issues that impact American taxpayers. Focusing on Pentagon spending, Iljazi speaks about why so much money is wasted in defense spending and how the misallocation of resources makes America less safe. Iljazi further d...

Ostrolenk speaks with Nan Swift, Federal Affairs Manager at the National Taxpayers Union (NTU). Swift speaks about the projects she works on through the NTU to achieve legislative outcomes favorable to taxpayers. Her recent work includes collaboration with Taxpayers for Common Sense on defense spending. Swift also elaborates on the Budget Control Act and the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) f...

Ostrolenk speaks on transpartisanship and how prioritizing the ends over the means can be an efficient way to collaborate. In working across the aisle, it’s likely that others agree with the ends you seek, but may not agree on the means. If you are curious and flexible to compromise on the means, it is often possible to obtain the ends that both parties desire.