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  • Dr. Jason Brennan is a Flanigan Family professor at Georgetown Business School who agrees that democracies outperform most historical alternatives, but suggests that some form of Epistocracy (meaning the rule of the knowledgeable) could be worth experimenting with. In other words, the more of an informed voter you are, the more weight your vote carries. He covers why democracy may not be as bullet proof as we believe, what the practical applications of epistocracy could look like, education’s disappointing impact on informed voting & the right and wrong way to become a more informed voter.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 136: VIRTUE SIGNALING. CAN WE MAKE IT STOP? NACHOS & NARCISSISM

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    Guest: Book - https://a.co/d/3INKj7z

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  • Former ecstasy dealer, Jason Edwards, tells his story of what led to prison, the types of people you find there & the mindsets that can pull you in & lift you out. You’ll also hear about the day he walked out of prison, how he won over the trust of his boss & now owns a million-dollar business. Stay to the end where he shares his message to prisoners, their family members & naysayers.

    This episode originally aired February 17 & 24 2020 in a two-part series.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 37: FROM EAGLE SCOUT TO INMATE

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  • This episode is a relaxed hybrid conversation/interview with Scott Johnson, the host of What Was That Like, a true crime fan favorite with over 10 million downloads.

    Scott recently invited me to co-host a weekly segment on his show, so I this episode is an introduction to him and a behind the scenes from both of us on what it takes to make a great podcast.

    You’ll hear how Scott vets his guests, Podcaster pet peeves, what episodes we’ve recorded, but Not aired, topics too taboo for our shows & how podcasting has changed our minds.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 119: INTERVIEWS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

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    Guest: https://whatwasthatlike.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/WhatWasThatLike | https://www.instagram.com/wwtl_podcast/

    WWTL episodes mentioned: Jen, episode 1 - Jennifer caused a fatal accident https://WhatWasThatLike.com/01 Travis, episode 30 - Travis lost his son https://WhatWasThatLike.com/30 Mark, episode 5 - Mark gave his kidney to a stranger https://WhatWasThatLike.com/05 Stacy, episode 157 - Stacy gave away her kidney https://WhatWasThatLike.com/157 Laura, episode 151 - Laura's pain became her purpose https://WhatWasThatLike.com/151

    Other podcasts mentioned: Serial https://serialpodcast.org/ | School of Podcasting https://schoolofpodcasting.com | Jordan Harbinger Show https://jordanharbinger.com | Birth As We Know It https://birthasweknowitpodcast.com

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  • If you watched the Netflix special (un)well, you may have seen Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Rachel Bernstein, in the episode on Tantric Sex. She is a mental health professional specializing in cult psychology, manipulators & systems of control. In this episode, we discuss what defines a cult, who is most vulnerable to cult recruitment & a gut-wrenching listener question. She also tackles Scientology, gangs & Jehovah’s Witnesses & even MLMs.

    This episode originally aired on November 16, 2020.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 134: HE VOTED OBAMA & JOINED THE KKK: THE HOW & THE WHY (PART 1)

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    Guest: https://www.patreon.com/join/indoctrination | Support After Manipulation (SAM), a ZOOM support group for people who have been in cults, in manipulative relationships, and other environments that enforce intense amounts of control. Concerned friends and family of those in these environments are also welcome to attend. Every other Wednesday from 6:00 pm-7:30 pm PST. $50 per group session. To register please contact Rachel at [email protected] | https://twitter.com/RBernsteinLMFT | https://www.instagram.com/indoctrinationpodcast/ | http://www.rachelbernsteintherapy.com/ | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indoctrination/id1373939526

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  • At age 38 and only 8 weeks of training, Merry Morgan Holotik Henderson became 1 of the 4,700 people to summit Mt Everest & 1 of the 605 women. She shares how she went from non-athletic theatre nerd to mountaineer & what you don’t know about what it takes to get there. She shares what she learned about sherpa culture, how cerebral edema can cause your brain to deceive you & how it’s never too late to start at the bottom.

    This episode originally aired on March 3, 2020.

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    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 214: WHAT ARE THE RULES OF MONOGAMY? THE PSYCHOLOGIST SWINGER

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    Guest: https://summit30a.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/merrymoe30a | https://www.compass.com/agents/merry-morgan-holotik/

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  • What exactly is considered "sexless"? What are we counting as sex? What would cause someone to not want to have sex all of a sudden?

    These are all questions I unpacked with Xanet Pailet. She was a successful healthcare lawyer married to an attorney with two children. She lived in a beautiful home in NYC as well as a sexless marriage. At age 45 and no sex for over 15 years, she considered sex as something she was just done with.

    Now she is a full time intimacy educator with a fulfilling sex life. You’ll hear about resentment caused pain, the stuck place of indifference, what men are afraid of, medical procedures that can cause painful sex & listener Q & A from my Facebook group.

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    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 214: WHAT ARE THE RULES OF MONOGAMY? THE PSYCHOLOGIST SWINGER

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    Guest: https://www.passionateintimacyretreats.com/ |https://www.powerofpleasure.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/xanetpop/ | https://twitter.com/powerofpleasure | https://www.facebook.com/xanetpop

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  • Dr. Loretta Breuning is a PhD researcher & author. Since becoming unconvinced by prevailing theories on human behavior, she has researched everything from monkeys to the mafia. Now she’s not only helping people hack their brain, she’s shedding light on how the altruistic outlook may be popular, but ultimately damaging.

    In this episode, she explains WHY we believe that if we are unhappy something is wrong, how simply “getting back to nature” can backfire, the problem with happiness studies & (this is important) how to start your own happiness plan.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 162: WHY AM I NOT HAPPY? ANCIENT BRAINS & MODERN EMOTIONS

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    Guest: https://innermammalinstitute.org/ | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-happy-brain/id1377502232 | https://www.instagram.com/inner.mammal.inst/ | https://innermammalinstitute.org/course/ | https://www.facebook.com/LorettaBreuningPhD | https://twitter.com/lbreuning

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • The highlight of teenage Tony Dushane’s existence was the short car ride with his crush as they were dropped off to preach door to door. In this episode, he shares the negative impact purity culture within the Jehovah’s Witness community had on his family, the awkward moments he can laugh at (& made a film from) & the advice he would give if he had a teenager.

    This episode originally aired July 5, 2021.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 191: DISENTANGLING FAITH FROM RELIGIOUS TRAUMA

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    Guest: www.tonydushane.com | http://www.drinkswithtony.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/tonydushane/ | https://www.youtube.com/user/DrinksWithTony | https://www.facebook.com/Confessions-of-a-Teenage-Jesus-Jerk-93141619869/

    Novel Writing Workshop via Zoom March 18 - May 6, 2024 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern - $375 https://www.tonydushane.com/novel/

    Screenwriting Workshop online asynchronous April 8 - June 3, 2024 - $475 https://www.tonydushane.com/screenplay

    Feature Film I at UCLA online asynchronous April 10 - June 18 - $720 https://www.uclaextension.edu/writing-journalism/screenwriting/course/feature-film-i-script-x-4101

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • The message given at every commencement speech is, “Go into the world & make an impact!” This makes anyone who gone on to lead an ordinary life to feel like an extraordinary disappointment.

    Dr. Brandon Warmke is an Associate Professor & philosopher at Bowling Green University who believes that living a quiet life is not an underachieving consolation prize.

    In this episode, he shares the dangers of moralizing, are Christian missionaries performing helpful service or performing pathological altruism, filters over formulas, the case for solitude, voting vs volunteering and bad versions of curiosity.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 136: VIRTUE SIGNALING. CAN WE MAKE IT STOP? NACHOS & NARCISSISM

    Guest: https://twitter.com/brandonwarmke | https://brandonwarmke.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-warmke-8894991a9/

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • By the time she was twelve, Carissa Phelps had run away from home, dropped out of school, and fled blindly into the arms of a brutal pimp. After years of being trafficked, she was able to escape, graduate from UCLA with a law degree and an MBA, and become an attorney working to help at-risk youth & end the infrastructure behind human trafficking.

    She shares names of corporations listed in lawsuits for supporting trafficking, how she was trafficked and escaped, the trafficking ecosystem & the unexpected ways we all may be supporting trafficking.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 11: LEARNING HOW TO HEAR THEM: HOW KIDS DISCLOSE SEXUAL ABUSE

    Guest: https://www.runawaygirl.com/ | https://a.co/d/iYRWw3c | https://www.linkedin.com/in/carissaphelps/

    HEAL TRAFFICKING https://healtrafficking.org/

    PEARR TOOL https://www.commonspirit.org/physician-enterprise/key-programs/human-trafficking

    SURVIVOR ALLIANCE https://www.survivoralliance.org/

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • After selling a successful business, a series of serendipitous events led Matt Simpson to research Ayahuasca as a healing modality for trauma. The experience was so healing, that he never returned to the rat race or his addictions. He now coaches others on how to properly and responsibly use psychedelics to heal trauma and addiction. In this episode, you’ll hear the big problem that plant medicine can cause, the manic bubble of psychedelic enlightenment, and behavioral sobriety vs rooted recovery & around the 25-minute mark, he answers questions from listeners.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 160: COULD MAGIC MUSHROOMS CURE ADDICTION?

    Guest: https://www.instagram.com/worththefightbook/ | https://www.facebook.com/worththefightbook/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-simpsonwtf/ | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worth-the-fight-podcast/id1480588649 | https://www.worththefightbook.com | https://www.nltrans.org/?fbclid=IwAR2WP09wo2Up0QCKOGL_3B7yyrBKNjyWbImNnRujmSZHx5P5rXleNos2z34

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • Dr. Bruce Greyson was the protégé of Near Death Experience Researcher, Dr. Raymond Moody. Dr. Greyson was raised in a scientific household with no particular religion, his interest in near-death experiences was a scientific one that started when an unconscious patient of his described (in detail) a conversation he had with another woman in a different room. Despite the scrutiny of his peers, he spent the next 50 years collecting, cataloging & studying thousands of modern accounts of near-death experiences (NDEs). In this episode, he shares evidence that consciousness exists outside the body, terminal lucidity, astral projection & many stories illustrating the unexplained.

    This episode originally aired on July 26, 2021.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 148: ARE TECHNOLOGY, RELIGION & UFOs CONNECTED?

    Guest: https://www.brucegreyson.com/ | https://med.virginia.edu/perceptual-studies/ | https://www.iands.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/Bruce-Greyson-MD-114742627009060 | https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-greyson-4154b4173/ | Book: https://amzn.to/3iL3ULr

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • Gary Arndt is a photographer, travel blogger & podcaster whose list of visited countries is so long, where he hasn’t been is actually a shorter list. In this episode, we challenge what exploring culture is and is not, the Parochial vs cosmopolitan mindset, how to save money & increase your human connection, his surprising moment in Oman, cultural travel tips & the good and bad of cruises.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 49: AMERICAN POLYGLOT: CROSSING BORDERS OF LANGUAGE & COLORISM

    Guest: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/?hl=en | https://everything-everywhere.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyarndt/ | https://twitter.com/EverywhereTrip | https://www.facebook.com/EverythingEverywhere

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • In this conversation-style episode, I talk with the hosts of the Bledsoe Said So podcast, Ryan Bledsoe & Nick Fermanides. Ryan is the son of former guest & UFO experiencer, Chris Bledsoe. Their family & the strange phenomena happening at their home has been studied by NASA, the CIA, academics & the defense intelligence agency & thanks to their small Southern town & Pentecostal community, they’ve also received a lot of backlash. In this episode the three of us talk about the intersection of our Pentecostal upbringing & phenomena as well as the role plant medicine has played in our spiritual journeys. We covered our favorite things from our experience with the church, divine creativity, ritual seeking vs surrender & I share about my first magic mushroom trip.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 207: ARE ALIENS ANGELS? FAITH & PHENOMENON WITH CHRIS BLEDSOE

    Guest: https://www.instagram.com/rybledsoe/ | https://www.instagram.com/nicholasfermanides/ | https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bledsoe-said-so/id1573038290 | https://twitter.com/BledsoePodcast | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTiYvok1lXCcdKHKyNxi7jw

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • Melissa Garner is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who specializes in assisting women in recovering from trauma & toxic relationships. In this episode, we’ll briefly discuss how people end up in these kinds of relationships, paint a picture of types of abuse & the reasons people stay, create a safety plan & how to support those in abusive relationships. We also address when the female partner is the abuser.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 15: THE IMPORTANCE OF BOUNDARIES & SELF-CARE IN RELATIONSHIPS

    Guest: https://www.facebook.com/selfcare.selfhaven/ | https://www.self-haven.com/ | https://www.instagram.com/self_haven/ | https://www.thehotline.org/

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • Dan Wise was the office manager of a Georgia pill mill. Before going to prison, he made a Hail Mary YouTube video asking for advice on how to survive a prison sentence. After serving 2 of his 5-year sentence, he re-entered the world to discover that the video had become popular & he was inspired to make a business coaching others on how to make the most of federal prison. In this episode you’ll hear about life at a pill mill, thriving in prison, what a prison consultant does & the revolving door of the system.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 18: FELON TURNED ENTREPRENEUR PART 1

    Guest: https://www.youtube.com/@RDAPDAN1 | https://rdapdan.com/ | https://www.facebook.com/RDAPDan | https://www.linkedin.com/in/rdapdan/ | https://www.federalprisontime.com/daniel-wise

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • KC Davis’ personal growth journey began at 16 when she entered a rehab center for drug addiction & mental health issues. It continued at 19 when she became an evangelical Christian. Since then, her journey has taken some winding turns. She’s now a licensed professional counselor, author & host of the podcast Strugglecare, where she shares skills for survival & self-kindness for her fellow self-help rejects. In this episode she explains the tyranny of introspection, why she wanted to be the perfect drug addict & the grey area of improvement.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 58: DEPRESSION OR SADNESS? HOW TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?

    Guest: https://www.strugglecare.com/ | https://a.co/d/5wwVKiF | https://www.tiktok.com/@domesticblisters | https://www.instagram.com/strugglecare | https://www.amazon.com/shop/influencer-73f222c6 | https://www.facebook.com/StruggleCare/

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • Sarah Vermunt had a public meltdown in a Publix that made her realize the career she was in & the Ph.D. she was pursuing was not at all what she really wanted.

    Many can relate but remain stuck in expired jobs because they don’t know what else they would do. Sarah is now a career coach & best-selling author of Careergasm.

    In this episode, you’ll hear what to do if you don’t have time for soul searching, why picking a job is like trying to orgasm, how to reverse engineer your next career & how to know if you’ve outgrown your career.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 190: DOES A CAREER CHANGE MEAN YOU’RE A FAILURE?

    Guest: https://www.careergasm.com/careergasm-crash-course |https://www.instagram.com/careergasm | https://www.facebook.com/careergasm |https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-vermunt-55857836/ | https://twitter.com/careergasm

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

  • "We made an agreement with each other that we would not eat each other no matter how hungry we got." Douglas Robertson is the author of The Last Voyage of the Lucette. He was just a teenager when his family was lost at sea for 38 days.

    In this episode he shares more than just a survival story. He shares his unique coming of age story & an opportunity to recalibrate what crisis is. You’ll also hear about killer whale attacks, eating sharks, drinking turtle blood, sea water enemas & adjusting to life on land after being rescued.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 138: LIFE IN THE VEGAS TUNNELS: CLOWNS, CRICKETS & CRANK

    Guest: https://www.facebook.com/groups/survivethesavagesea/ | https://a.co/d/4PIalGL | http://www.survivethesavagesea.com/

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    Sponsors: https://uwf.edu/university-advancement/departments/historic-trust/ | https://www.ensec.net/

    Special thanks to Kari Dennison, Victoria Jackson, Rebecca Arcelay & Sandra Goodwin for helping me name this episode!

  • Fraidy Reiss is the founder of Unchained At Last, an organization dedicated to ending forced and child marriage in the U.S. In this episode, she shares her personal experience of being forced into an abusive marriage, how she finally escaped with the help of a cereal box & the work Unchained is doing to end child marriage in the US.

    This is a remastered episode that originally aired on September 14, 2020.

    If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 6: FORMER MENNONITE TURNED FASHION DESIGNER: REINVENTING YOURSELF

    Guest: https://www.instagram.com/unchainedatlast/ | https://www.unchainedatlast.org/ | https://www.facebook.com/UnchainedAtLast | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0LxkeDOUncyJ1reFenntgA | https://twitter.com/unchainedatlast

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