William Knows Nothing

I share a homicide story that happened recently in Philly to a 25 year old who was a victim of a deadly shooting while he was walking his dog. I go into the awareness of your emotions, feelings, and of course the values of your life, and time here on this planet. (or simulation for those who learned the ways of "unplugging")

I share a bunch of metaphors and ideas in general that help me continue to push my pyramid up my pyramid no matter what obstacle comes my way. I hope this is helpful for somebody as all I do is helpful for myself. May you all find peace within. May you all learn from your suffering.

In this episode, Dez joins me for a great conversation about Philosophy, His background with Martial Arts, Bruce Lee, and others as our guides for a way of living, living in the present, and much more.   There were some technical difficulties getting my recorder to record and I had to use my tablet for recording. I hope that doesn't take away from a great conversation Dez and I had.&nbsp...

In this episode, Bassil Hafez, a Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and a Professional MMA fighter (6-1-1) joins me with an awesome conversation. We talk about his recent title fight win in the CFFC welterweight division against a tough opponent, Christien Savoie, who was undefeated with an 8-0 record. We go into his backstory, his life as a Mixed Martial Artist, the adversity he faced including a...

In this episode, David Kuong, a good friend, Martial Artist, Actor, Fitness Trainer, and a man with many other interests. Joins me for the second time on my show and we talk about everything. Recent events in 2020, society in general, issues with social media & mindsets, we go the whole 9 in this one. I'm pleased David joined me again, as we had a great time recording this episode. We hope thi...

I attempted to bring up a book I'm digging through called, "Striking Thoughts: Wisdom for daily living" featuring a shit ton of aphorisms (the word I forgot lol) from Bruce Lee. Kind of a coincidence that he died at 32 and I recorded this on my 32nd name day. I mainly wanted to talk about philosophy and my way of living in this episode and share some utilitarian wisdom I have learned to apply in m...

In this episode, I talked about Optimism vs Pessimism, the balancing of both, and being a realist. I went over some details of not letting fear being the reason you don't do something. Be it the fear that comes from your past traumas, insecurities, or the fear of judgment from others. Learning to sit with shit that makes you feel uncomfortable. and I go at it again with the masker vs anti-masker s...

Practice using simple techniques learned from different practices of breathing, becoming aware of thoughts as thoughts, and focusing your attention.  I'm not a certified teacher and just wanted to put something out there for anyone interested in the practice.

I go over a bunch of different topics that hovers in my mind. Topics such as creating art, the experience of enlightenment/awakeness, learning from knowing nothing, attachment to beliefs & group thinking, the practice of being, Philly police & looting, thoughts as thoughts, balance, feeling emptiness in stillness, and impermanence & being present.  I really wanted to focus on why...

What do you get when you have two quarters? You get 50 episodes! *Dad Joke alert* My lovely wife joins me on this 50th episode. I do my best to treat her like a guest and ask her the usual life questions I am curious about with the perspective of others.  I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it with her. I'm always pleased to sit by my wife to have a conversation/podca...

In this episode, I am grateful to have a great discussion with Mark Gallagher. He is a 6th-degree black belt in Kenpo karate, Brown belt in Jiu-Jitsu, and the owner of AmeriKick Martial Arts in NE Philly. We talked about his experiences as a teacher, Kenpo Karate as an adaptive striking art, what makes someone a martial artist, and the AmeriKick Cares Foundation that provides free Martial Arts for...

Rap Artist Namik joins me on this episode to talk about the release of his recent album. We go over some details as to how he developed the album, his influences behind his work, and we have a general discussion around today's rap music. We also talked about other topics involving sharing our opinions and not getting offended by the views of others. I had a lot of technical issues dealing with thi...

I have a great conversation with Donny, who is a host of his own podcast "Challenge Your Beliefs" along with his other podcast "Whatever Talk" that I recommend checking out. Especially if you enjoy this long conversation about the actual means of open-minded discussions and how we shouldn't limit ourselves based on beliefs, ideologies, etc. We pretty much go into various topics that "Free-Thinkers...

I share shit and certain folks will always find a way to go against it. That's Okay! Just don't hate me for sharing shit you don't want to believe. I discuss some events that occurred from sharing valuable insights to help us move forward. In this episode, I specifically share some updates on covid-19.  A documentary made by Shawn Stevenson on Mask facts. You can watch that here:  https:...

John Gorbe is a professional guitar player and a teacher of the instrument. We go over a lot of good stuff including emotional responses, the problems with society being offended by thoughts and words, his profession being affected by the lockdown, and we take a deep dive into the art of music and the interpretations we feel from all aspects of art. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I enjoy...

Why do you think we hate? Why are we so attached to our own race or the race/skin color of others? Human Behavior continues to fascinate me and after playing The Last of Us part 2 I've seen some things in the game based on tribalism, beliefs, and wars over land.  We are interesting creatures that seem to be heading in an odd direction based on the challenges we all face as a society and as in...

In this episode, I welcome my guest Kwadjo aka "Q". We took a deep dive with our discussion inspired by Patton Oswalt's rant with Joe Rogan on The Matrix. I had a fun time with this episode talking about The Matrix, sharing ideas with the simulation theory, and bringing the matrix into a way of taking care of our mental health. (unplugging so to speak.) I hope you guys value this episode as much a...

I welcome Amateur MMA fighter Becca Evans back for another episode. We talk about her getting eye surgery because of the limitations with contact lens in MMA. We go over the Fighter's Mind, her fight day routine,  experiences from some of her fights, and the effectiveness of trash talking in MMA.  If you love what you hear, you can follow her on Instagram at @giraffe_mma and my Instagram...

In this episode, I am grateful to have a great discussion with Marco Perazzo. Who is the owner and head instructor at New Jersey Martial Arts, the Main co-host of the Ninja Rob Podcast, and a family man of three. We had a great conversation varying from parenting, to teaching them martial arts at a certain age. We talked about Autism, Solving problems from Martial Arts, and not just for self-defen...

Michael Bruneau is an Assistant Professor in the department of the Health Sciences at Drexel University. He's also a clinical researcher, Jiu-jitsu practitioner, and an overall awesome dude to speak with. We talked about how he's working from home for Drexel University, his perspective on how schools will be different in the future, his experiences with meditation, his interest in starting his own...

A training partner shared a few pages from a book he's reading on "The Mastery of self" and I wanted to read it in this episode. It's a great short story that ties in with this episode on our focus and attention. I think I forgot to mention that the fog can mean anything referencing not yourself or a distraction that takes your focus away from your goals and purpose. I share some perspective on ho...

I go into more of my lucid dream training, Why yoga is the best thing I believe we can do during this soft quarantine, how I built my habits (this was inspired by a recent episode from Sam Harris involving bad habits vs good habits), I bring up some more of what I see people doing, and all is just interesting to watch as humans continue to show what humans do when they lack mindfulness. At least t...

I go over the books I'm currently reading/juggling in between throughout my days of this soft quarantine. One of the books I've picked up is about exploring the world of lucid dreams and I get into that. And I talk about Thinking critically in a place where there's so much information that can confuse people and drive them all over the place. It's hard to trust people and we have to learn how to b...

I go over my current understanding of my different personalities and how meditation with Sam Harris helped me see something different in regards to what I understand about the self, I share a horrifying recent experience involving my child, how I deal with my stress or emotions, and I give some first impressions of a book I'm reading from Sebastian Junger called "Tribe: On homecoming and belonging...

I recorded this from my phone after listening to Mike Tyson and Eminem interviewing each other on a podcast and it inspired me to share some thoughts on today’s experiences. Btw what I felt is gone. But that’s the whole point of practicing mindfulness. To understand thoughts as thoughts and everything else that consciousness will bring into your reality. I get a little emotional (perhaps an unders...