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Jeff Bridge's iconic character "The Dude" asks us to simply "take it easy man." Loosely based on the tenets of The Church of the Latter-Day Dude, host Chad Bartalone sits down with people working to embody a Dudeist vibe, wondering out loud the tough questions about life, our interaction with the world and those we share it with, modernity and our responsibility as humans, and cultivating humanity itself. Through deep contemplation, asking questions that outlive any possible answers, each se ...
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The Future of Social Work with Stephen Jenkinson
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I have been looking forward to this conversation for a very long time. I spent time on Stephen’s farm in Ottawa a number of years back during a time in my life when very little made sense other than a trip to a faraway place only to return from whence I came. I have thought about my time at the Orphan Wisdom School a great deal and many happenings …
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On the podcast today is Jessica Dieter. Jessica is a Qigong instructor in the greater South Bend, IN area. I met Jessica around 2013 when she was offering Qigong classes in the park here in town. After working with her, it initiated my dive into Qigong practice and eventually my curiosity into Daoism. Have you ever tried to sit and meditate as you …
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Justin Rhodes: The Apron-Wearing Permaculture Chicken-Ninja Master
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Also available on Youtube! (https://youtu.be/HX3UDslPsEE) This week on the podcast is permaculture farmer and YouTube Vlogger, Justin Rhodes. With over 840,000 subscribers, Justin reaches MILLIONS of viewers as he invites his fans to take a chance at a life that perhaps walks a little softer in the world... a very Dude proposition indeed. Justin de…
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Carlaine Reynolds: Peace Corp Volunteer, Orphan Wisdom Apprentice
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TBA--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abiders-urban-achiever/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abiders-urban-achiever/support
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Jake Mitchell (Psychedelic Society of First Responders): Compounding Stress and our Interpersonal Relationships
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In the latest session of the podcast, Jake Michel and I welcome one another back for a simulcast of both our shows. Jake and I have never met in person but when we talk it feels like we've known one another for years. I love doing podcasts with this guy, it really is a great flow. In this episode, we discuss varying levels of cumulative and acute s…
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Jack Cain: Psychedelics and Buddhism
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Alright, ya'll here it is... the long-awaited, ever procrastinated, perhaps overdue Season 3 of the podcast!!! I am so freaking excited to announce that we're kicking off the season with the return of Indiana NORML's Jack Cain! Jack had a long and successful career in sales and has dedicated his life to the service of people. In his most recent cap…
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Bullets4Life Indiana: Takisha Jacobs & Loria Perez
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In the season finale of the show, I interview Takisha Jacobs and Loria Perez from Bullets4Life Indiana and Connect 2B the Change. Loria and Takisha are no strangers to pain and grief. Both of them "Angel Mothers," a term they ascribe to parents in their shoes; they have both had children die to gun violence. Faced with a fork in the road, they both…
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Opiate Addiction and the Island We're Becoming: INORML Part-3
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Hey everyone, welcome back to the show. Today is part-3 of the series with the Indiana chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. This episode is a little different in that Jason Straw (INORML Vice-Chair) and Jack Cain (former Vice-Chair) spend the hour interviewing me about my work in Paramedicine and the subsequent stu…
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The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: Roundtable Discussion: Part-2
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Today's podcast is PART TWO of a round table discussion with members from the Indiana chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). This was fun man. Jack Cain, INORML's Organizational Director, invited me to his house in Indianapolis Indiana where we were joined by Jason Straw: Vice-Chair, Angel Phillips: Communica…
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The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: Roundtable Discussion: Part-1
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Today's podcast is a round table discussion with members from the Indiana chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML). This was fun man. Jack Cain, INORML's Organizational Director, invited me to his house in Indianapolis Indiana where we were joined by Jason Straw: Vice-Chair, Angel Phillips: Communications Direct…
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Photographer Melies Kish: The Faces of Life
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****SPECIAL OFFER: Book Kish Photography and mention the podcast by name and receive $10 off your session!***** "To preserve the essence of everyday life through photographing the human condition in all of its raw beauty while reconnecting humanity with faces and their stories emphasizing hope purpose and passion while making a lasting impact" -Mel…
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I've been following David's work for a couple of years now. He's a moderator for the Dudeism Facebook page, a place where folks congregate to discuss the tenets of the philosophical/religious movement known as Dudeism. In this session, David addresses Dudeism from the perspective of an "Elder Dude." We trace the origins of Taoism and break apart to…
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Child Advocacy in Divorce with Dr. Michael Sheehan
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Dr. Michael Sheehan received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Marquette University before receiving his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from St. Louis University in 1971. He was the director of training for the Drug Education and Training Center at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Insitute; visiting professor at the University of Michigan Scho…
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Backcountry Hunters & Anglers: Rob Seilheimer & Sam Shoaf
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“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.” -Edward Abbey Rob Seilheimer & Sam Shoaf join me from …
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**PREVIEW** Child Advocacy in Divorce with Dr. Michael Sheehan
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Episode premieres Wednesday, August 12.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abiders-urban-achiever/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/abiders-urban-achiever/support
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Jake Mitchell: Sometimes you Hear the Bullet (Psychedelic Society of First Responders Simulcast)
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Jake Mitchell is the host of the Flight Of Thoughts podcast. He is currently working at two supervised injection sites in Toronto performing overdose response, crisis counseling, and harm reduction work; while teaching Basic Life Support skills, Mental Health First Aid, and various addiction/mental health workshops. Jake has several years of clinic…
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Book Raffle Winner and New Drawing Announced: Solo Session
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Hey everybody! Today I'll announce the winner of the Arthur Haines book drawing as well as a new book drawing! I have decided to purchase a copy of Arthur Haine's book, A New Path for a second book raffle. In addition, Mark Townsend, independent minister and author of The Traitor's Child, has donated a copy of his book to the show. Here's what we'r…
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**New Episodes Released Every Wednesday** --------------------------------------------------------------------- "It's interesting that Easter is still determined by the moon, you know? You can't get away from it. There is a real paganism deep within Christianity... which Christians don't like to admit..." -Mark Townsend Mark Townsend is a former An…
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Tim Enright - Musician/Journalist Unplugged: House of the Rising Sun
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"You need to leave enough space in your songs so that people can put themselves in there. True songwriting... moving forward, being human, is to evoke those emotions that are human. We need to see ourselves in others." -Tim Enright on musician David Gray Tim Enright is an accomplished musician who attributes his love for music to his first 45 recor…
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Arthur Haines: “Liberty” Without Responsibility
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**New Episodes Released Every Wednesday**This week I welcome Arthur Haines to the show. Arthur is a Maine hunting and recreation guide, forager, ancestral skills mentor, author, public speaker, and botanical researcher. Coming across his work several years through Daniel Vitalis' "ReWild Yourself" podcast, I first came to speak with Arthur a few ye…
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Tony Gibertini: Psychadelic First-Responder
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**New Episodes Released Every Wednesday** My guest today is Firefighter/Paramedic Tony Gibertini. Tony and I met when he was undergoing training to be a firefighter in Northwest Indiana. Our arrangement was one that proved difficult, if not impossible, to have conversations like the one you're about to hear. The traditional educational system is in…
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Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones): The Colonized Consciousness Part 2
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**New Episodes Released Every Wednesday** --------------------------------------------------------------------- Today, I welcome back Jerome Patrick Flynn in part 2 of our discussion on the Colonized Consciousness. In the second half of our conversation, Jerome and I discuss the broken connection of the dominant culture to natural patterns of livin…
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Tracey Wheaton: Malignant Capitalism & Pathological Co-Dependence
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**New Episodes Released Every Wednesday** --------------------------------------------------------------------- My guest today is Tracey Malesa-Wheaton; LCSW. It's been a few months since we originally recorded, but the conversation is as pertinent today as it was when we sat down together. Tracey and I discuss pathological co-dependency; how and w…
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Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones): The Colonized Consciousness Part 1
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My guest today is Jerome Patrick Flynn. Here in North America, he is probably best known for his portrayal of the sellsword character, Bronn, in the Emmy award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones. Or perhaps you know him from his appearance in Netflix's Black Mirror or the 2019 Action/Thriller ‘John Wick: Chapter 3.’ What is perhaps not so well know…
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*PREVIEW* Jerome Flynn: The Colonized Consciousness
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Full Release Date: May 6, 2020 My guest today is Jerome Patrick Flynn. Here in North America, he is probably best known for his portrayal of the sellsword character, Bronn, in the Emmy award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones. Or perhaps you know him from his appearance in Netflix's Black Mirror or the 2019 Action/Thriller ‘John Wick: Chapter 3.’ W…
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The Orphan Wisdom Apprenticeship Program
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“Oh my love, be not afraid. We are so lightly here. It is in love we are made, in love we disappear.” -Leonard Cohen Over the past few months I've alluded to attending a farming apprenticeship in the Ottawa Valley on the farm of author Stephen Jenkinson. In the last week of July, holding over into August, I did exactly that. I went into this with v…
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Pete Pajakowski: Lester Burnham's Rejection of Nihilism Part 2
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Pete Pajakowski returns to the Urban Achiever's Podcast to pick up from when we last met. We discuss nihilism; its etymology, symptoms, and the consequences therein when the crater created by one's own battle with existentialism is filled with.... nothing. Furthermore, Western creation theories are teased apart and analyzed, in an attempt to wonder…
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Pete Pajakowski: Lester Burnham's Rejection of Nihilism Part 1
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Pete Pajakowski returns to the Urban Achiever's Podcast to pick up from when we last met. We discuss nihilism; its etymology, symptoms, and the consequences therein when the crater created by one's own battle with existentialism is filled with.... nothing. Furthermore, Western creation theories are teased apart and analyzed, in an attempt to wonder…
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Attempting humility amidst time of Egocentricity: How an Urban Achiever Podcast Came to Be
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When everyone has a voice, when anyone can turn a microphone on and access an audience, why would you be compelled to listen to me? From where can I bring the incentive to stand out or garner an audience? That's the thrust of what I ask today... Just me, no guest, as I address the internal conflict of where the lines blur between pushing my ideolog…
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Pete Pajakowski: Joe Rogan-Patron Saint of Podcasts
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Why are podcasts so successful as a means to obtain information? When you're not bound by corporate sponsorships and aggressive pressure to say what the powers at be tell you to, what measure of creativity is possible? Does this medium of communication crossover to other generations and if so, what are the implications for baby boomers, gen-x, mill…
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Kevin returns to the podcast to spend time talking about how he got involved in traveling outside of the United States. He went from being several thousand dollars in debt, having never left the country, making excuses, to spending time in Europe, Tanzania, Central America, and more recently across the Western United States. We address how integrat…
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Kevin Kurtz is a board certified and state licensed Paramedic in Midwest Indiana. He has centered his focus on austere medicine in Africa, the middle east, and developing countries. Kevin and I talk about EMS, education, resource-limited medicine, stereotypes based on population sampling, and many other far-out topics in this discussion. A very Dud…
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