Pineal Podcast

Mike is a guy I follow on Twitter and wanted to have a deep conversation with. Links to his stuff are below.https://x.com/flakyfarseerhttps://michaelpeifer.substack.com/Follow me on Twitter:https://x.com/PinealpodcastPlease listen and share if you feel called:https://open.spotify.com/show/6wPOWTG9zdZ9PHwLJJdaXehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pineal-podcast/id1542477295

Jessica Rose has a BSc. in Applied Mathematics, an MSc. in Immunology, a PhD in Computational Biology and a two Post Docs in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.Follow her work here:https://substack.com/@jessicarhttps://x.com/JesslovesMJKhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jessica-Rose-24Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love. Music saves. Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ and find them on Twitter @chinwavemusic  Follow me on Twitter:https://x.com/PinealpodcastPlease listen and share if you feel called:https://open.spotify.com/show/6wPOWTG9zdZ9PHwLJJdaXehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pineal-podcast/id1542477295

Find Dr. Scott Hankinson on Twitter @DrSHankMDDo Vaccines Make Us Healthier?https://rumble.com/v4qjw9i-updated-2024-version-asking-the-question-do-vaccines-make-us-healthier.htmlHappy Bugs https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Bugs-Erin-Hankinson/dp/B0BQXW571C Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love. Music saves. Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ and find them on Twitter @chinwavemusic

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Will Hobson is the Chair of the Libertarian Party of Oregon and also the host of The Oregon Libertarian Podcast.You can find his podcast here https://www.callin.com/show/oregon-libertarian-podcast-IXItWUyMSE and find him on X @ https://twitter.com/OregonLP Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic 

Dr. Sabine Hazan is a leader in microbiome research and fecal microbiota transplantation, or as she terms it, refloralization of the gut.You can find her on Twitter @SabinehazanMD I encourage you to watch her Tik Tok video which has over 2 million views on Twitter  https://twitter.com/SabinehazanMD/status/1639852682008727553?s=20 Her book, Let's Talk Sh!t, is available at her website https://progenabiome.com/shopSpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic 

Glenn Greenwald is one of the greatest journalists of our time and we discuss the ethics of eating animals.You can find his nightly show on:Rumble https://rumble.com/c/GGreenwaldTwitter @ggreenwaldand all his various works at this link https://linktr.ee/glenngreenwaldSpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Jimmy Dore is the host of The Jimmy Dore Show and a self described pothead comedian doing a show from his own garage.You can find his show on:Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@thejimmydoreshow Rumble https://rumble.com/c/TheJimmyDoreShow  Twitter @jimmy_doreand at JimmyDore.comSpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Jacque Salomon is the founder of the Seeds to Inspire Foundation in Arizona. Jacque is an American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Health Equity Achieved through Lifestyle Medicine (HEAL) Initiative Committee Member, collaborator/supporter to Let Our Ancestors Rest Campaign, Founding Board Member of SimpleVeg, Board Member for Eat for the Earth 501(c)(3), former Pod Advisory Committee Member for PlantPure Communities and proud former Community Liaison to Stand Up ASU student club.https://www.seedstoinspire.org/jacque-salomonSpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Sean St Heart is a philosophical sociologist and cofounder of Charitable Humans. He is the host of the podcast Coup Save America.You can find Sean's podcast on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coup-save-america/id1624175133 and broadcast on citizens.am radio stationYou can find Sean on Twitter @coupsaveamerica and Facebook seanesthearthttps://charitablehumans.ngo/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Dan Pulju is the Pacific Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate from Oregon. You can find information on Dan's campaign at https://danforsenate.org/ and find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DanForUSSenate and on FB: @danforsenateusSpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Jeffrey Boadi is a plant-based health and wellness advocate and cookbook author who actively shares his health journey on social media hoping to inspire others to take positive steps in their own lives.You can find Jeffrey here:https://www.thewealthofhealth.co.uk/instagram.com/jeffreyboadihttps://twitter.com/jeffreyboadi_

Erin Galvin goes by Just.A.Thought on Twitter and Substack. She is a self proclaimed anti-establishment peasant seeking other anti-establishment peasants to organize the revolution.https://twitter.com/e_galvhttps://substack.com/profile/78572308-erin-galvin?utm_source=user-menuSpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Doreet runs Elegantly Raw Doreet, formerly Serenity Foods, teaching her clients about Earth Powered EcoCuisine, wellness and awareness with a social conscience. You can find her on twitter at https://twitter.com/SerenityFoodsand all of her places uses Link Tree https://linktr.ee/ElegantlyRawDoreetSubscribe to her Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYF0WIg_eX08DHvUmMWfiXwOr find her on her website at https://www.elegantlyrawdoreet.com/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Aaron started the Peace on Drugs podcast. The name of his podcast says enough about what we discuss. I hope you enjoy our conversation and thank you for listening!You can find him on twitter at @thepeaceondrugsand find his podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peace-on-drugs/https://open.spotify.com/show/7JlM1esvY8R0yuBRm1SMMw?si=f666f567d49343c0or on his website https://thepeaceondrugs.com/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Conrad is a comedian, author, and podcaster. We spend the hour talking about the search for deeper truths and what to do when you find them. You can find him on twitter at https://twitter.com/conradg315and find his podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/conrad/id1459208977https://open.spotify.com/show/4U2E12a8rDxzXQmgb0devxhttps://conrad.buzzsprout.com/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Today's conversation is with Dr. Kamand Kojouri, a poet living in the UK. Her words on love and anyone who has the courage to speak on it are especially important as so many forces exist that seek to sow division in our world. As she says in her book, "The only path wide enough for us all is love."You can find her at her website https://kamandkojouri.com/ or on Twitter https://twitter.com/KamandKojouri/ and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/KamandKojouri/Her book God, Does Humanity Exist? is available for purchase https://www.amazon.com/dp/1984949306/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Today's conversation was with Jemille, a retired doctor living in California. We found each other through the AMC Ape movement and had a wonderful conversation about AMC, movements for positive change, health and nutrition and psychedelic drugs. Neither of us are financial advisors and nothing contained in this podcast should be construed as financial advice.You can find her on twitter at https://twitter.com/JemilleHardySpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Peter McCoy wrote the book Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing & Working With Fungi and founded Mycologos, the world's first school dedicated to all that mushrooms, lichens, and micro fungi can offer. He wants to inspire a new generation of mycologists to help heal the world. He is a wealth of knowledge on all things fungi and we discussed climate applications, psychedelic mushrooms and nutrition. I believe in the power of plants and I also believe in the power of fungi. This episode is for them.You can find his book here:https://www.radicalmycology.com/Or sign up for online classes at Mycologos to learn more about fungi and apply your own knowledge in the world:https://mycologos.world/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

@mcsquared34 is a Part-time rhymer, working-class grinder. Philosopher and Zen enthusiast. Satirist and critic of wealth and power; Anarcho-syndicalist and Disciple of Chomsky. I found him through interactions on Twitter and invited him to have a conversation on his views of the world. We discussed philosophy, theories of change and animal ethics.  Find his musings at https://twitter.com/mcsquared34  Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Birrion Sondahl is a ski instructor at Keystone Colorado and cohost of the Crawdads & Taters Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/crawdads-and-taters-red-state-rebels/id1559745153He is a former Bernie delegate and we talk about creating change within the Democratic party and the system, modern monetary theory, the drug war and about the way our system devalues humans. Here's a link to his writings on Substack:https://birrion.substack.com/You can find him on Twitter here:https://twitter.com/birrionAnd here's a link to his work at Real Progressives:https://realprogressives.org/author/birrionsondahl/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love. https://twitter.com/chinwavemusicSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/pinealpodcast)

Jamie Woodhouse, founder of the Sentientism Podcast, is espousing the ideas of evidence, reason, and compassion, which he believes should be the guiding principles of our society.  These ideas form the basis for the meaning of sentientism, basically these ideas extended to all sentient beings.  Jamie has created a thriving community that is using these ideas to challenge existing narratives. Find out more info about Sentientism here: https://sentientism.info/Check out his podcast on Spotify, Youtube & Apple: https://open.spotify.com/show/3c9OG5Mwf7PGChWFYBzuQI?si=aqpnpWLlRRiXv62pRT5usw&dl_branch=1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMfzOpbOeXRhZBXYRHkpPEghttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sentientism/id1540408008?uo=4&itscg=30200&itsct=podcast_boxor join the conversation in their Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/2000192466918170Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.https://twitter.com/chinwavemusic

Lauren Sauer is a Registered Dietician Nutritionist in Denver, Colorado.  During our conversation we talked about her education, the rigorous standards and testing that one must undergo to get those credentials, and how to be healthy when there's so much misinformation.  You can find more information about her business here https://www.denvervegannutritionist.com/ and find her Tik Tok here https://www.tiktok.com/@d.v.nutritionist?lang=enHere's the article with video about ventilation shutdown from The Intercept that we discuss on the show https://theintercept.com/2020/05/29/pigs-factory-farms-ventilation-shutdown-coronavirus/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Mikey Ledvora was one of my best friend's younger brother's growing up. I heard he had struggled with addiction issues throughout his life and he was gracious enough to come on my show and share his story. Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Today I sit down with Tim and Micah from the band Chinwave who provided the intro and outro music for the podcast. We talk about music family, getting out in nature, accessing flow states and how to create a more compassionate world.Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Kevin Haberman is a cannabis entrepreneur in Denver, Colorado. He has been in the industry for nearly a decade as cannabis continues to ride the wave of the public grappling with understanding and acceptance. We talk about his time in and the future of the industry, the prison industrial complex and climate change. We should always talk about climate change.Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Marcelino Riley is a 3 time American Ninja Warrior competitor.  We should all have the attitude of abundance that this Ninja preaches. We talk about his experience with training and recovery, the best way to impact your community and the importance of a mediation practice. We should all cheer for him in the upcoming season of American Ninja Warrior.You can watch his Season 10 attempt here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW3PPrT010U and his Season 10 submission video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Ppb7rQlyMSpecial thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Sarah Hewson is an activist and organizer with Direct Action Everywhere and the 2018 winner of the PETA TeachKind's Teacher Appreciation Contest. We talk about social justice and how to best create awareness and change in a world that seems to be suffering from a lack of compassion.You can watch one of DXE's heroic animal rescue actions that we discuss in the podcast here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr95Hir8bzwHere's a link to the article by Glenn Greenwald in The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2017/10/05/factory-farms-fbi-missing-piglets-animal-rights-glenn-greenwald/Special thanks to Chinwave for the intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Matt Pospeshil is a professional dancer and dance educator who has performed all over the country and on national television. We talk about his experience in the dance world, how COVID is changing the arts scene and how disease in the family changes one's perspective. You can help Diane get to the doctor & infusion treatments at https://www.gofundme.com/f/23zfci12c0Special thanks to Chinwave for the new intro/outro music. Please listen to their sound at https://www.chinwave.com/ Supporting music and especially live music is important. Music is love.

Brad Factor is a 3rd generation business owner in Chicago, IL. He voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020 and both times I supported Bernie Sanders. I think we have more in common than our society and the media wants us to think. In this episode we challenge each other and explore this divide.   

Mike Markoff is an actor on the CW TV Series Death Squad.  In 2009 we were on a trip to Israel together.  This is the first time that we've seen each other since that journey.  In this episode we talk about interconnectivity, Kabbalah, Avatar, politics and Diamond Dallas Page DDP yoga.

Josh Parnell is a marine corps veteran who served 2 tours in Iraq. In this conversation we talk about war and the military industrial complex, how engineering teaches you to challenge your assumptions, and breaking things down to what's important and getting rid of the noise.

Today I go down the rabbit hole with Adam Fohrman.  We go lots of places discussing psychedelics and religion, how burner culture impacts life experience in the default world, climate change and protecting our water quality, and health and nutrition.Adam recently started his own podcast called "The Heals!": True stories of incredible healing journeys. Check it out here on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/1kTzJ7Ohk5ZTTD2ZITeFJgor Apple podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-heals-podcast/id1617319045

Today's awesome conversation is with Matt Toth.  Matt is the owner/proprietor of Blue Sky Fungi in  Molalla, Oregon.  He is a local mushroom farmer, skydive instructor, former base jumper and occasionally a volunteer firefighter.  Matt's ability to look at and see the world differently allows him to envision solutions that we grately need for our future.Support a local farmer and buy some mushrooms, tinctures or extracts at https://www.blueskyfungi.com/

Today's inspiring conversation is with Jeffrey Bill.  Jeff is a former collegiate athlete, CGA first team all American and NCAA Qualifier from 2007-2008 in gymnastics.  The lessons he gained from gymnastics including a tireless work ethic and positive attitude in the face of adversity have carried over into his adult life helping him transform into the person he wants to be.

Aaron Wolf, Iraq war veteran and owner of Adventures Accessed LLC an outfitter, guide and backpacking company, talks about military service as a youth, struggles transitioning to civilian life, what it means to be human, enjoying the freedom of movement and how to best cultivate respect for life.In Chicago, Illinois or Asheville, North Carolina? Support a veteran owned business and take a trip in the woods with Adventures Accessed LLChttps://www.adventuresaccessed.com/

My partner Melissa and I reflect on experiences of life, change and growth on our shared journey over the past 7 years.  We met in Chicago, Illinois, moved to Boulder, Colorado together and next stop is Bend, Oregon.

Thank you for being and welcome to the Pineal Podcast. I'm Josh and "I know that I know nothing." So I created this podcast to help awaken my spirit. Every week I'll track down individuals on their own journeys to explore the ways they think, how they acquired their views on life and seek to discover areas where commonality be found.  Please like, follow and subscribe if you'd like to be notified when new episodes are available and thank you for joining me on this adventure!