E317 Rachel Rettman has one of the most interesting stories. She’s the child of a bitter divorce, was taken from sleep to a “wilderness therapy” camp and subsequent “behavioral therapy” boarding school, became addicted to opiates, became a master Pilates Continue reading →

316 Bill Persky is a five-time Emmy-winning writer, producer, and director. From The Dick Van Dyke Show, to That Girl (which he co-created), to Kate and Allie and Who’s the Boss, Persky is a tv legend. At 90, he’s still Continue reading →

E315 Victoria Lily Shaffer is the founder of Pup Culture Rescue. She’s an animal welfare advocate and the author of Pup Culture: Stories, Tips, and the Importance of Adopting a Dog. Along with her team and volunteers, she rescues Continue reading →

E314 Dedrick Warmack returns to discuss Reconstruction, WWI, The Red Summer, WWII, economics, Civil Rights, economic rights, The Rainbow Coalition, poverty, abortion, education, Queen Victoria and her grandchildren’s wars, who built America, and so much more!

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E313 Sara Schiller is co-founder of Sloomoo Institute, an interactive playground of slime “celebrating joy through sensory play.”  She’s the co-founder of Wooster Collective, a website that showcases and celebrates ephemeral art from around the world. She’s a Continue reading →

E312 Cooper Shaw is a dialect and performance coach, writer, award-winning actor, playwright, and director. She got her start with Chicago’s Second City Conservatory Program and her MFA in Acting from The Actor’s Studio Drama School in NYC. She was Continue reading →

E311 Dedrick Wormack grew up in Chicago, a kid with great potential: smart, savvy, and godly. Navigating the bonds of family, corruption, gang life, church, and tragedy, he watched as the determined and deliberate destruction of the neighborhoods he Continue reading →

E310 John Lefebvre was arrested, for the second time in his life, for co-founding and operating a business that was dealing in billions of dollars between online gamblers and Internet bookies and casinos. Over night, he went from being a Continue reading →

E309 Dr. Jonathan Flint, FRS, is a British behavior geneticist and psychiatrist, and Professor in Residence in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. He is co-director of the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, working to “cut Continue reading →

E308 Buck Angel is a porn actor, producer, and documentarian.  He tours the world speaking about human sexuality. A trans man, he has strong opinions about what that means, and is adamant in his position against young people irrevocably Continue reading →