Best Serious Fun Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 58: Friends, Foils, and Frenemies (w/ Vallari Chandna, Justin Kavlie, & Anup Nair) 51:21

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It's the third and final episode of Serious Fun, live from the 2024 Brown County Library Pop Con! For the grand finale, Bryan sits down with Cofrin School of Business faculty Dr. Vallari Chandna and Anup Nair, as well as UWGB Communication professor Dr. Justin Kavlie, to talk through the greatest duos in pop culture! Why do we love these pairings? …

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Episode 57: Be A Con Pro (w/ Nicole Rastia) 48:02

7d ago48:02

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Goodness gracious, another Serious Fun! This is the second live episode from the 2024 Brown County Library Pop Con, and this week Bryan sits down with cosplay and convention expert (and former student) Nicole Rastia to provide a seasoned guide to convention survival and etiquette! Ever wondered how to put a cosplay costume together? Curious about c…

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Episode 56: Smile Because It Happened (w/ Raina Telgemeier) 52:04

15d ago52:04

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In the first of a trio of shows recorded at the 2024 Brown County Library Pop ConTM, Bryan sits down with best-selling, six-time Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Raina Telgemeier! Raina is the author and artist behind beloved books like “Smile”, “Guts”, “Ghosts”, and “Sisters”. With nearly twenty million copies of her work in print, Raina is one of …

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Episode 55: Self-Doubt Does Not Exist In This Dojo (w/ Grant Patterson) 1:28:35

3M ago1:28:35

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On this episode of Serious Fun, we tie on our headband and take it to the streets with Grant Patterson, Head Sensei of the WNFC Esports Dojo and CEO of WNFC LLC. Grant sits down with us to talk about fighting games and how his organization uses them to teach kids skills like confidence, decision-making, and determination that can help them elsewher…

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Season 4 Episode 6 Talking Tyranny with Margaret Anna Alice of Through the Looking Glass 48:03

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Send us a text The times are fraught with lies and confusion. I am excited to be speaking to Margaret Anna Alice who is another truth seeker and teller. Smart, unabashed, she tells it like it is without fear. She is very good with words like philanthropath - a psychopath masquerading as a philanthropist. An example of this is Bill Gates. Basically …

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Season 4 Episode 5 Grieving 31:28

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Send us a text This episode talks about grieving and how and why an approach using both naturopathic medicine and the expressive arts can keep you balanced and sane, literally in this difficult but precious time. Grieving the loss of a loved one is not easy work. This is why it's so important to do whatever you can on your own to balance your body …

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Season 4 Episode 4 Hospital Error - How My Husband Died - Part 2 32:23

6M ago32:23

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Send us a text This episode completes the tragic story of Avi's passing by hospital error. This is Part 2. Although the cause of his original problem was TDap vaccine we did get him well after two heart attacks and a stroke. There was nothing wrong with his brain and his heart and body were healing after we initially got him well with homeopathy an…

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Season 4 Episode 3 Hospital Error...how my husband died.. Part 1 13:59

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Send us a text This story is mine but what I have realized over the last 14 months is how many people have a similar one. Our hearts have broken, losing a loved one, due to ineptitude, exhaustion, ignorance and/or prejudice. The fact that natural medicine is basically banned in hospitals at least in North America is no longer acceptable. Natural me…

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Season 4 Episode 2 Speaking with Tamar Dunbar, American Israeli Independent Journalist and Blogger 45:59

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Send us a text Reflecting on the state of Israeli citizens and who an Israeli citizen might be, Tamar Dunbar sheds light on the conditions after the massacre of October 7th. You can find her blog at Israeldreams.com and on Instagram @eemahleh. From Dr H: We need to heal the divide to understand the Jews are an ancestral tribe and deserve, need, hav…

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Season 4 - Episode 1. October 7, What's True about the Massacre? Talking with Emergency Physician Dr Mona Balogh MD (ret'd) 48:44

10M ago48:44

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Send us a text The October 7 Massacre. Between the atrocities committed to the reaction of the world to it there is a sense of tumbling into the bleakness of the human mind that I have never experienced before. Friends, good friends of mine, were in denial. From the first day I heard, "That's not true, babies weren't beheaded, women weren't raped,"…

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Episode 54: GameChangers - The Games That Made Us (w/ Juli Case and Chris Williams) 1:02:14

12M ago1:02:14

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Video games! You love 'em! You know you do! But some games are more special to us than others. Some games inspired us, or challenged us. They made us see the medium and the world in a different way. Some even changed the entire industry. These are the GameChangers, and this week on Serious Fun Bryan sits down with Dr. Juli Case and Dr. Chris Willia…

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Episode 53: Listener Beware, You're In For A Scare(y good time) (w/ R.L. Stine) 56:03

1y ago56:03

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In our second live show from the Brown County Library Pop-Con, Bryan is joined by legendary author and master of kid-oriented horror R. L. Stine! In this wide-ranging interview in front of a massive live audience, we talk about writing horror for younger audiences, the impact Tales from the Crypt has on a young mind, tips and strategies for a proli…

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Episode 52: You Meddling Musicians (w/ The Shake Ups) 1:02:12

1y ago1:02:12

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Serious Fun returns with another slate of live episodes from the 2023 Brown County Library Pop-Con! This week, Bryan sits down with Patrick and Savannah O'Connor of power pop band The Shake Ups and discusses their unique blend of cartoon and musical influences in front a live audience! This "animated" conversation also covers copyright and licensin…

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Season 3 Episode 4 - Chronic Pain, the basics to heal, the mind-body connection 39:25

1y ago39:25

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Send us a text Chronic pain can seem endless and the situation hopeless. But that doesn't need to be the case. Because the brain gives the orders we can manipulate the situation when we understand neural signaling pathways and other pathways and organs to calm the pain response. In fact there is little difference in dealing with physical or physiol…

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Season 3 Episode 3: Speaking with Kara Dansky, how the trans movement hurts women and girls 33:12

1+ y ago33:12

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Send us a text Kara Dansky is a feminist, attorney, public speaker and author of The Abolition of Sex, How the "Transgender" Agenda Harms Women and Girls. This is a must listen to episode. When you hear that women are not just in prisons with violent male sex offenders but are locked in the same cell you can't help but realize something is very cuc…

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Episode 51: Grappling with Neokayfabe (w/ Abraham Josephine Riesman) 1:23:28

1+ y ago1:23:28

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What can professional wrestling and its largest figurehead tell us about our social and political moment? Turns out - a lot! Author Abraham Josephine Riesman returns to Serious Fun for an in-depth discussion about her new book "Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America". Riesman breaks down McMahon, his empire, his connections to politi…

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Season 3 Episode 2 - SAG-AFTRA and the RTWA, a play in ten minutes! Written and performed by SAG-AFTRA actors. 10:35

1+ y ago10:35

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Send us a text This is a very short episode:) But to the point. SAG-AFTRA is making a huge mistake once again extending the Covid vaccine mandate in their RTWA - return to work agreement. So many actors are suffering from this including having to sell their homes. Please help support non-jabbed actors. It's our right to medical freedom, no matter w…

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Season 3 Episode 1 Chuck Slavin, SAG-AFTRA member and organizer, speaks to Dr Heather. 32:50

2y ago32:50

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Send us a text This is the 80th episode of Dr Heather Uncensored! We are excited to share this bare bones (without any characters or music) conversation with actor and activist Chuck Slavin on the state of the Return to Work Agreement at SAG-AFTRA, the union of actors, singers, and dancers. It goes for all the crew unions too. Please share it with …

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Season 2 Episode 32 Ethel returns; then listen to the Introduction - beginning of audiobook - for new book, Transforming Trauma, a drugless and creative path to healing PTS and ACE 34:52

2y ago34:52

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Send us a text This episode sees Ethel returning from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, believing the mandates are over. Little does she know the SAG-AFTRA board - Duncan Crabtree-Ireland et al - informed by uninformed medical doctors have extended the mandates til the end of January 2023. So absolutely unfair, ridiculous and ignorant!! Main part of this e…

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Episode 50: The King of the Monsters (w/ Miriam Brabham and Zack Kruse) 58:00

2y ago58:00

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In our final live Serious Fun from the 2022 Brown County Library Comic-Con, Bryan sits down with Zack Kruse (UW - Green Bay Sheboygan) and Miriam Brabham (UW - Green Bay Main Campus) to once and for all answer that question that gnaws at us literally and figuratively - who is the all time greatest, gnarliest, creepiest, most symbolically relevant m…

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Episode 49: The Nefarious Gourdon Seed (w/ Robb Mommaerts) 54:28

2y ago54:28

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It's a spooktacular celebration of the craft of drawing on a new Serious Fun! In this live episode from the 2022 Brown County Library Pop-Con, Green Bay artist Robb Mommaerts talks about his style, influences, and work on properties like Klawde the Evil Alien Warlord Cat. Robb also demonstrates how to draw and create original characters from scratc…

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Episode 48: Writing The Stories I Wanted to See (w/ Lori M. Lee) 57:08

2y ago57:08

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Serious Fun returns with the first of three live episodes recorded in front of a live audience at the Brown County Library Pop Con on October 1, 2022! First, Bryan sits down with acclaimed, award-winning author Lori M. Lee to discuss her work on books like Pahua and the Soul Stealer, as well as representation in fantasy and science fiction, breakin…

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S 2 E 31. Speaking with Naturopathic Dr. Michael Mason-Wood 31:14

2y ago31:14

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Send us a text Things are a-changing; Pfizer director admitted when asked by Rob Roos, member of the European Parliament, that the vax was never tested for stopping transmission (and it doesn't.) The narrative is interestingly and excitedly unraveling. Still don't understand why smart people have gone along with it but then you see people driving a…

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Season 2 Episode 30 Speaking with homeopath Kim Elia 32:23

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Send us a text So much going on including Hurricane Ian...pls stay safe everyone that way! Six weeks and we'll be voting for the mayor. I am excited to promote Rick Caruso who is for medical freedom and is clearly a genuine human being wanting to make LA work. More on that sometime. Today I spoke to Kim Elia about Homeopathy and his upcoming docume…

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S 2 E 29 Mass Transformation - In or out? 27:13

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Send us a text In Season 2 Episode 29 I speak to you alone about the role we all play in poking through the reality of mass fear that has penetrated our planet over decades but is truly coming as an affront to our liberties now in Covidtime. Questions to consider: What is Mass Formation, and how does it relate to Totalitarianism? How does Totalitar…

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Season 2 Episode 28 with International Healer and Shaman, Ariann Thomas 33:37

2y ago33:37

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Send us a text #intergenerational lineage #ancestors speak So excited to interview Ariann Thomas, B.S., J.D, intergenerational and international healer. A teacher, ceremonialist, speaker, and Shaman, she carries the profound subtle energy of an elder, advisor and wisdom carrier. She engages in energetic healing work having studied healing in the na…

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Season 2 Episode 27 Speaking with the Alaskan wilderness adventurer, Marta McCary 36:05

2y ago36:05

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Send us a text An extraordinary experience and story from one courageous and wise prepper!! From her book Miracle in the Mountains, available on Amazon: "At 19, Marta walked away from the university to answer a deeper calling from the wilderness. Trekking alone for months, amidst the vast, potent beauty of the northern mountains, nature taught her …

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Season 2 Episode 26 Speaking with Dr Stephanie Seneff, MIT scientist 47:02

2y ago47:02

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Send us a text Dr. Stephanie Seneff's paper on the mRNA vaccine brings to light its dangers and the possibility of heart inflammation and prion disease. Her work on Deuterium is also discussed and is fascinating. Her work on glyphosate (Round Up) has been discussed in earlier episodes with her book Toxic Legacy available worldwide. You can find ear…

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Season 2 Episode 25 A WAY IN #2 By myself talking about growing emotional and mental strength 19:56

2y ago19:56

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Send us a text This episode is about getting centered. When the whole world is topsy turvy and filled with lies and deceit we need to start with our own minds. We gather moments of breath in, breath out, nowhere to go, nothing to do, simply breath in and breath out. Over and over as we allow ourselves the chance to let our thoughts unfurl and feeli…

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Season 2 Episode 24 Speaking with Leslie Manookian, president of Health Freedom Defense 35:28

2y ago35:28

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Send us a text The Health Freedom Defense Fund's latest win was getting the airlines to rescind the mask mandate!!! And now onto LAUSD: to stop the vaccine mandate that forced teachers including my husband to be fired. Leslie Manookian is the president and founder of Health Freedom Defense Fund, a nonprofit which seeks to rectify health injustice t…

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Season 2 Epi 23 Speaking with Dr Joseph Pizzorno ND about the mighty mitochondria 46:27

2+ y ago46:27

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Send us a text In this this episode we talk the benefits of naturopathic medicine. Dr Pizzorno or Joe as we called him when he was president at Bastyr University when I went there (he's also one of the founders) and I discuss his latest research: the mighty if wee mitochondria, and how we can keep it healthy to keep us in the best health and free f…

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Season 2 Episode 22. My experience with Covid, the problem with SAG-AFTRA, and what you need to do 30:10

2+ y ago30:10

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Send us a text Have things changed in the last 2 1/2 years? Has it all gone back to normal for you and your family and friends? What kind of things should we be paying attention to? What have you learned about yourself? Society? Healthcare? Tyranny? I talk briefly about my experience finally with Covid (or was it the flu?) from deer. The PCR test c…

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Season 2. Episode 21. Speaking with Ginger Breggin, co-author of the best-selling book COVID-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey 50:52

2+ y ago50:52

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Send us a text Ginger Ross Breggin is a lifelong reformer. She has been an editor of newpapers and magazines, and has a background in publishing and public relations. She has co-authored or coedited four of her husband's - renegade psychiatrist Peter Breggin - books including Talking Back to Prozac which sold one million copies. This latest endeavo…

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Season 2 Epi. 20. Patrick Wood, author and technocracy and transhumanism expert 59:03

2+ y ago59:03

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Send us a text I met Patrick at the Crimes Against Humanity Tour. His talk on Technocracy was hugely enlightening to me and I suspect will be for you. He's also the sweetest man: super smart and sweet, what could be better? Oh and very conscious and articulate. You will enjoy this episode! Especially if you have been wondering about transhumanism a…

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Season 2. Episode 19. Dr Sarah Myhill: U.K. medical doctor, naturopathic physician, expert in chronic illness; author 57:34

2+ y ago57:34

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Send us a text Speaking with the astute Dr Sarah Myhill whose experience as a British medical doctor led her to what works in chronic illness: naturopathic medicine. And no vaccines to poison us. Getting to the root of the problem. Her belief in the power of naturopathic medicine led her to deregister from the UK's General Medical Council and regis…

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Season 2. Episode 18. Is it Safe to Fly? Talking with Dr Kevin Stillwagon, pilot and retired chiropractor 1:03:17

2+ y ago1:03:17

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Send us a text There are so many reasons people are not flying these days: mandatory masks are thankfully mostly a thing of the past...a good thing for many reasons. But if you want to or have to what else do you need to know? I speak to Dr Kevin Stillwagon, a pilot and a health professional who has insights into these concerns. Here is his bio: Dr…

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Episode 47: The Godzilla Door 29:18

2+ y ago29:18

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This week, Serious Fun brings you what you've been craving - academic lectures! Recorded on April 18th, 2022 as part of the Climate Change Teach-In at UWGB, Bryan talks about the movie "Don't Look Up" and the broader question of pop culture metaphors for scientific and social issues. How do metaphors work? Is Don't Look Up a successful one? Are the…

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Season 2. Episode 17. Asserting religious liberty with Rabbi Michoel Green, profound, outspoken, caring 1:10:06

2+ y ago1:10:06

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Send us a text I love honesty and bravery, qualities I look for in people to interview. And Rabbi Michoel does not disappoint. He is clearly a scholar, extremely compassionate and has a great sense of humor, another characteristic on the top of my list in awesome humans! I hope you enjoy this interview whatever religion or no religion you are. And …

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Season 2. Episode 16. Gender Dysphoria or just Dysphoria? Part One. Interview with Walt Heyer. 46:45

2+ y ago46:45

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Send us a text This episode will make you think. BIO: Walt Heyer was a husband, father and corporate executive who underwent gender reassignment surgery at the age of 42 and lived eight years as a woman. Through effective psychotherapy and faith in God, Walt was restored to his male gender thirty years ago. Walt now speaks at conferences around the…

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Season 2. Episode # 15. Teri and Seabury: Folk Musicians from Humboldt singing original Covid songs!! 58:15

2+ y ago58:15

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Send us a text Ah some music...yay! Teri Smolens and Seabury Gould join me all the way from Northern California to sing original songs from their album, Newsicals, written during Covidtime. One of a kind!! BIO: Teri Smolens, the singer - songwriter, has a lifelong connection to folk music and a background in musical theater. Growing up in the 1960s…

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Season 2. Episode #14. With the sublime and courageous psychiatrist, Dr Peter Breggin. 50:35

2+ y ago50:35

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Send us a text Often called "the conscience of psychiatry," Dr Peter Breggin has been my hero, influencing my practice since writing Toxic Psychiatry in the 80s. He has written many more books since, including Talking Back to Prozac and now COVID-19 and the Global Predators: We are the Prey with his wife Ginger Breggin. See www.breggin.com, and wee…

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Episode 46: A Civilized Konversation (w / David Craddock) 1:31:00

2+ y ago1:31:00

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If you were waiting for a new episode of Serious Fun, well...your wait is over. Also, maybe get some other things going on in your life? I mean, do what you will, just seems weird that you await this podcast with bated breath. That said, this is a real good episode! A great one, I daresay! The illustrious writer and author David L. Craddock joins u…

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Season 2. Episode 13: Dr Heather (and Ethel and Sylvie) talking about the state of division of family and friends 27:32

2+ y ago27:32

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Send us a text This episode was really fun to do because it brings into the account of what we know about Covidtime..and why it is so important to empower ourselves. Time to tell the truth with confidence and the knowledge and conviction that our bodies are sovereign ground. Our bodies, our choice. Yesterday SAG made it mandatory to get the booster…

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Season 2. Episode 12: Raw and unfiltered audio #2 with Seth Rick from the People's Convoy. Stopped in Indiana 27:18

2+ y ago27:18

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Send us a text I was able to catch up with Seth again, this time in Indiana as the People's Convoy rests for a day. (The first one was a bit harsh as we were sorting out how to record. This one should be better quality although not mixed etc. ) It is a historic event, make no mistake, and it is supposed to be non partisan. Thanks to the people like…

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Season 2 Episode #11 Raw audio from the U.S. People's Convoy: speaking with trucker and beekeeper Seth Rick 33:37

2+ y ago33:37

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Send us a text So exciting there is a US convoy! I adopted Humboldt County beekeeper Seth Rick as my trucker and went to see them as they gathered at Adelanto Stadium for the beginning of the historic cross country journey. It was so windy and cold it was hard to stand up! Although this is rough and raw it gives you an idea of what Seth is experien…

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Season 2. Emergency Episode #10 - What's going on in Canada 13:14

2+ y ago13:14

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Send us a text Trudeau's Emergency Act is pathetic. The truckers came in peace, their bravery applauded yet Trudeau is running scared, refusing to end mandates even though the data this is correct and so many countries, provinces and states, have already done so. Today the Ottawa police attacked Alexa Lavoie, a rebel news reporter, most likely beca…

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Season 2, Episode # 9: With Mohawk Chief Joseph on dealing with COVID trauma 37:55

2+ y ago37:55

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Send us a text Speaking with Mohawk Chief Joseph De La Luna in the Santa Monica mountains. The Chief's mother was a Mohawk Chief and his father is a Cherokee Chief. This episode focuses on the stress caused by COVID and how to get back our center and peace, an essential to a good life, through native and natural healing. Support the show #truth #ap…

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Season 2. Episode #8. With ethics professor, Dr. Julie Ponesse, Canadian hero! 52:31

3y ago52:31

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Send us a text Oh the times are so ridiculous, sad, annoying, unjust and everything else as mass psychosis continues unabated. And then there's Canadian professor Dr. Julie Ponesse who wasn't thinking she was doing anything unusual rejecting the jab. Fired by Huron College of Western University after 20 years of service, she is now fighting for all…

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Season 2. Episode #7. (#53 in all) Smallpox and the early naturopathic doctors, an interview with Dr. Sussanna Czeranko. 58:08

3y ago58:08

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Send us a text Dr. Sussanna Czeranko returns to talk more about vaccinations, this time focused on smallpox. There are the whisperings that we will be subjected to a virus we thought was long gone. With this episode you will learn what we can do, that we do not have to be at the mercy of damaging and potentially deadly vaccines. The Hevert Collecti…

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Season 2. Episode #6. Vaccinations and Naturopathic Medicine. With Dr. Sussanna Czeranko. 44:05

3y ago44:05

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Send us a text This episode continues the discussion between Dr. Sussanna Czeranko and Dr. Heather based on early naturopathic writings. See Season 2, Episode 4 for the initial conversation that is based on Dr. C's book, Mental Culture (a 19th century term for the mind- body connection.) Naturopathic physician and editor of the Hevert Collection, a…

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