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We had a guest drop by just as we were set to record our 75th episode, and it turned into a fruitful conversation with a certified bad ass.

In one of our favorite episodes ever the gang talks about Queen Elizabeth, #MeToo, and the sexism in the mother effin' room. 

We discuss the media's handling of the FBI raid, the seizure of documents from Mar-a-Lag, and the narratives that take hold in the media and political landscape.

School vouchers, Roe, mid-field prayers, January 6 hearings, and squirting. We have a lot to catch up on.

Mark English, a Qigong energy practitioner under the Shaolin Kung Fu tradition joins us to talk about energy breathwork, breatharians, bodywork, fasting, celibacy, and the history of the Qigong practice.

Futurist Micahel Bruno climbs up in the Crow's Nest with us to see what the hell is on the horizon in all directions. We touch on Fukuyama's End of History, what that means given the situation with Russia and Ukraine, the global population crisis (not quite the narrative we've been taught to fear), balancing freedoms with control of misinformation, the hope of change millennials and gen z can bring about, and so much more. One of our favorite conversations with one of our favorite guests. 

Kirstin Olson, host of the Rational in Portland podcast and area trial lawyer, joins us to talk about issues affecting Portland, Oregon. Homelessness, ANTIFA, cultural clashes, race, political structures, and the growing pains of a city that went from a timber town to a national destination. Should Portland strive to be an international city, comparing itself to larger west coast cities? Or should it embrace being a human-scale city, more in the realm of Austin than Seattle?

Talking mind expansion and plant medicine with our favorite Fed.

We're familiar with birth doulas, but today death doula Tonya Abernathy joins us to share her deep experience of intimately being with people as they end this phase of life/existence.

Reposting this interview of Hoyt Richards that we did back in July because it seems more topical than ever. In it, Hoyt used his own intense experience as a cult member to highlight ways in which we all are designed to fall into cultish behavior.When I spoke to Hoyt this week he said:"What I endured and learned from my cult experience is more relevant today than even when I was going through it...our society is quite cultish by nature. So many of the masses have been indoctrinated in extremist narratives. Very black and white, binary, all or nothing thinking. Where are the shades of gray? And where is the critical thinking?"Hoyt recently started his own podcast called "WhaTheFlok" in which he and co-host Chele Roland talk to people about their cult survival stories. There is no more engaging voice on this topic and we hope you check it out wherever you get your podcasts.  WhaTheFlok Podcast

Divorces are at a high point, a covid related phenomenon...or perhaps the splits are occurring over disagreements over Joe Rogan and the regulation of conversation?

Amy Vandenbroucke of POLST (Portable Medical Orders) joins us to discuss getting our shit together, by which she means advance care planning in relation to end-of-life decisions. Whew! Starting the new year with comfy conversations that people don't stress about at all. Amy has some ideas that may make the subject more approachable and empowering for those of us that don't rush toward this topic naturally. Links discussed:POLSTThe Conversation ProjectPrepare for Your CareGo WishGet Your Shit Together

John "Dubby" Dubin, founding partner of Pineapple Brothers Lana'i, joins us to discuss the ethics of hunting. Dubby run a deer hunting outfit out of the island of Lana'i, Hawaii and has hunted all over the world, always harvesting the meat of any animal he has killed. Does having a direct connection to our meals matter in a modern world? Is there a cost to losing this connection?Dubby was also on the FBI SWAT team for many years and just so happened to be trained by our beloved Marty Gilvary upon entry to the Bureau. He came armed with stories and tap shoes.

The Supreme Court hears a case that essentially has aspects of Roe v. Wade in the balance. We talk about a variety of issues connected to and adjacent to the topic, as well as our own role in these conversations. Referenced in the episode: Hear the Supreme Court Proceedings Why You're Wrong - and Right - About Abortion The Dishonesty of the Abortion Debate

We finally talk about #PornShoulders, then dip into college football before diving right into porn wholeheartedly, as one does.

"Julia" joins us to discuss a difficult topic through which she is still in the process of traveling: the limited conversation we have and allow about adoption. 20 Things Adoptive Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents KnewDeclassified AdopteeAnne Hefron

Author and healer Dmitria Burby joins us to talk about her journey of rediscovery, getting back in touch with an inner truth she had gradually wandered away from during a high-powered corporate career, and how she hopes to touch people in need of a similar rediscovery themselves.

Our friend Jay joins us from San Francisco to talk about the vast world of plant-based medicines, their role in the Great Awakening progressing through society, and his journey from devout Christian to student of spirit gardening (yes actual gardening) and plant-based guide.

A lively discussion on COVID vaccines, vaccine mandates, and the limits of persuasion.

Observe constantly that all things take place by change, and accustom thyself to consider that the nature of the Universe loves nothing so much as to change the things which are and to make new things like them. For everything that exists is, in a manner, the seed of that which will be.-Marcus Arelius