Off the Kufs- A Middle-Aged Guy's Words While Walking

3 months have passed and I wanted to give context as to where I have been and what I've been doing. School winding down to baseball mostly baseball with my kids. And maintaining my lifestyle without my routine. And summer school and my anxiety and insecurity about new school years in general with a sneak peak to Off the Kufs Season 2. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This goes from he end of WW2 to Eisenhower. It covers domestic life post WW2 and foreign policy including Containment and the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and Berlin Airlift. Also detail on the Korean War. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

In some ways, losing the 115 pounds last year was easier than the battle of sustainability. Reminding myself of why I never want to go back to where I was or how I felt physically is important. This episode deals with the grind of routine and the quiet of maintaining a healthy life. This episode is where I'm at now and how I get through the days. Advice on keeping on and not going back to before. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This episode dives deeply into WW2 from the US perspective. Then it talks about the US involvement after Pearl Harbor in both theaters of Europe and the Pacific along with the home front. Also war conferences and the role of FDR and later Truman. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

A detailed look at the stock crash and the Great Depression with detail about FDR and his New Deal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

A look at the 1920s in US History from Flappers to Jazz, Prohibition to Babe Ruth. The Presidency of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. The Harlem Renaissance and Lost Generation of writers and more. The decade was more about conflict and consumerism than anything. The radio and Model T Ford were supreme. But this decade long party ended sadly. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This episode talks about the lonely path of having opinions on COVID and how it continued to change with new information. It discusses sometimes good-intentioned governments errors throughout at every level. And my own COVID experience. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This episode gets into why I choose the NFBC for my leagues and why the Best Ball Cutline fits my needs and wants the best. It goes through my secrets on how to beat it and profit and then a player by player breakdown of March 27th 7pm draft that I consider to be the best team I drafted this season-and why. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

A linear walk as we ready for the upcoming baseball season of how and when I got into fantasy baseball and football. The story is so much about me and my dad. And it was and for me still is the fabric of our lives. A 40+ year journey. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

Details about Wilson's initial reluctance to join the Great War in Europe along with Americans neutrality in the early stages. The push from Teddy to be prepared or more than that, to fight the Germans. And the reasons why after pledging in the 1916 Election that he kept us out of war, why Wilson brought us into the war. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

A study of the Progressive Era including the achievements of Teddy Roosevelt in trust-busting, conservation, and running the country as a whole. Taft and Wilson's Progressive achievements as well. Different levels of government information from municipal to state to federal. The 16, 17, 18, and 19 Amendments are discussed in detail. Also the muckrakers like Upton Sinclair and Jacob Riis and others and their impact on this era. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This episode discusses how important it can be for your physical and mental health to have routines. It also gives other tips and bits of advice. Lastly, looking for opportunities to make extra money on the side while walking. Telesales? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This episode delves into the journey of being great. Anecdotes about Kobe Bryant, a Will Smith character, and a few of my former students. It is about the power of trying to be great in life in whatever you're doing. It is about the continuing quest to keep growing and learning and dreaming of what you want out of your life. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

Misery loves company. Stop wishing it was Friday! Stop saying, "these kids can't" and start saying they can. Every kid needs a champion and it begins with you and your attitude. Let's stop being negative fellow teachers. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This episode gets into detail about the mental aspect of diet and exercise. Overcoming obstacles with yourself and how others perceive you as well. And the mental health battles. It's a lifestyle change and those that don't live healthy, which was me for many years, find many ways to rationalize and marginalize the people who changed. Keep your eye on the data. Your body and blood, lung and heart data will tell the story as much as the scale does if you're doing the right thing. And those extra years doing healthy things with your children and grandchildren are worth the small sacrifices in the short-term. It's all mental, however. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

Specific examples of what I eat, when I eat, and the rationale. And why it is working. Many products are local. Many are ordered online. Anyone looking for foods that will not turn to sugar should give it a listen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

This episode dives deep into what matters most as an educator. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

A linear walk through my life from age 6 through college in the context of me as a student. Including the death of my mom and my troubled teen years academically, and some redemption in college. It ends with getting the career I have now, 21 years later! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

Where I was at when I started my healthy living journey, the pills and all. Type 2 Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, IBS-D, and High Cholesterol all gone and getting off of all my pills. How I did it and how I am maintaining it. Food tips. Fitness tips. Advice on how I went from 290 to 175 and kept it off. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

An introduction to me and my background on my life bad eating habits. Focused on the 2021 journey of getting off 7 meds for Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and IBS-D. Also going from approximately 290 to 175 with healthy choices and exercise and dedication. Future episodes will talk about maintenance and then a shift gears to education, teenagers, sports, American history, poker, fantasy sports, baseball, parenting, and more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason-kufs/support

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