With the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii on the news, I was lucky enough to get Geophysicist and Volcanologist Paul Segall to discuss in depth how volcanoes work, the formation of the earth, earthquakes, tsunamis, and other very real cataclysmic events that have and will happen on this planet.
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I wanted to talk to Lindsey Quinn, the Managing Editor for The Hustle, after noticing how much better they are at delivering news well. Instead of obnoxious click-bait sponsored articles, The Hustle sends good quality tech and business news to my email inbox that I actually want to read every day.
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My fascination with the Netflix documentary Wild Wild Country lead to a conversation with today's guest Daniel Shaw, who has personal experience being in a cult. He is a psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC, and most recently wrote a book called "Traumatic Narcissism: Relational System of Subjugation."
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After practicing internal medical for 30 years and being a trustee on a hospice board, Dr Sam Harrington decided to refocus his life on informing others on how they can live the best end-life possible. He shares the personal experience of his father's death, and explains how sometimes the best option can be to refuse medical treatment.
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Tim McTauge, Underoath's guitarist joins for a conversation about their inner-band dynamics and how it applied to the songwriting process and production, specifically with their new album "Erase Me."
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Hunger Games actress, Angel Giuffria, was born missing half of her arm, but has embraced the life of a "cyborg" using augmenting prosthetics to enhance her life. We go in depth about the mechanics of and customization of her arm. She's also heavily involved in the transhumanism movement, and interested in how humanity is progressing to a higher level of human-machine integration.
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Tipi is a French research program used to resolve conditions such as depression, PTSD, fear, anxiety, anger, and grief, among others. Cedric and his colleagues claim that Tipi can permanently regulate unhealthy emotional and behavioral patterns.
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My guest today, Ed Lyon, is considered (according to Roseanne Barr) to be “the funniest tax guy in America." He has appeared on over 500 television and radio broadcasts and has spent his career making tax law understandable to the average joe, and adding to it a sense of humor.
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Johann Hari is a best-selling author and has given a most-viewed TED talk on addiction. His latest book, "The Lost Connections" has been hit with some controversy as it explores deeper causes and alternative treatments to depression beyond anti-depressants.
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James holds degrees in physics and mathematics, including a doctorate in the latter, and works primarily as a voice calling for honest reflection upon, and thus change in, our religious and cultural landscape.
We discuss the almost religious behavior of the movement behind Jordan Peterson as well as the behavior of activism on the left, much of which seems to be underpinned by Critical Theorists and academia.
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Kelly Hogan lost over 100 pounds and gained her fertility after going on a low-carb diet and then cutting out carbs entirely by eating only meat. Believe it or not, she's been going strong on that for 8 years, and is healthy as ever. Hear for yourself!
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Steven Salzberg is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University. He also worked on the Human Genome Project, sequenced the genomes of many bacteria, and his research group develops software for DNA sequence analysis.
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Jamie Kilstein is a well-known stand up comedian, radio show host, writer, and host of the new Fuck Up Pod. We discuss the ins and outs of beginning to do open mic comedy, and Jamie shares some of his experience with the misery of being a twitter activist.
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Emery and As Cities Burn are on the road this week, so we passed out the mics and captured a conversation about what it's like playing tiny shows and big shows, funny mistakes local bands make, and funny demos that people give and send to labels.
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Mohit Mamoria is the CEO of Authorito and lives in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. He is a web developer who now studies finance and economics and has much to say about the possibilities of decentralized technology and the future.
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Steve Stine has been teaching guitar for over 20 years and has taught millions online. His style and approach is fascinating and certainly applies well outside the realm of guitar and music. We explore lessons, music theory, and modes, as well as alternative and online types of learning.
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By popular demand, I invited the other half of my band, Toby Morrell, on to discuss "I Quit Church" along with Zach Bolen, who produced the album. We do a listen through of the whole album and talk about how it was created and things that stick out to us about it.
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Ashok is a Pulmonary Physician who's working on using gaming to improve the medical field. I was interested to talk with Ashok because the use of technology and entertainment to solve antiquated institutional problems like healthcare fascinates me.
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Aaron and I discuss the themes and events behind Copeland's album "Beneath Medicine Tree" for the Labeled podcast, which turned out to be a great thing to share with you all here as well.
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Professional Mind Coach Vinny Shoreman hypnotizes Matt, but first they get into to the concept of taking charge of your mind and the way you think.
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Dave Feldman is a senior software engineer who began a LCHF diet in 2015, and has studied it extensively since. Through his engineering mind, he's noticed patterns in his study of the diet similar to the distribution of objects in a network. This has allowed him a unique perspective on the way our bodies work, which he calls the Cholesterol Code: Reverse Engineering the Mystery.
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It seems like everyone these days is talking about artificial intelligence, but James Barrat literally wrote the book on it. His book "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era" describes the potential dangers of humans developing artificial intelligence that could eclipse that of humans. Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking, just to name a few, have all warned of these dangers.
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