It's been a while since we've uploaded an episode. I've been lazy and haven't made time to record episodes. After the November Elections here in Ohio in 2023 I was excited about the results of the election. Issue 1 was to remove the ban on abortion here in Ohio. Issue 2 was to legalize recreational marijuana. Both issues passed and I was definitely…

Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We belie…

Today we have with us my friend and teammate Ryan Cohen. Ryan is a Athlete Engagement Manager for the We Defy Foundation in the Midwest & Rocky Mountain Regions. The We Defy Foundation is a foundation started to help disabled combat veterans get started in Jiu Jitsu all around the United States. We Defy has given out over 600 athlete scholarships, …

This is a special episode of the podcast. Today I sat down with Ryan Cohen the Athlete Engagement Manager for the We Defy Foundation in the Midwest & Rocky Mountain Regions. The We Defy Foundation is a foundation started to help disabled combat veterans get started in Jiu Jitsu all around the United States. We Defy has given out over 600 athlete sc…

Today we have back with us my good friend Dennis Heil. I asked Dennis to join me for this very fun and interesting topic and he jumped at the idea. I have been hearing a ton of podcasts recently about psychedelics. Specifically a few about Ayahuasca stood out to me. Ayahuasca is a Shamanic Spiritual Medicine that has been used for tens of thousands…

Today we have our Tech Support Ryan Carlson back on the show. Today we are covering a heavier topic than normal when Ryan is on the show. Instead of talking about technology, like we typically do, we are going to discuss Ryan's battle with depression throughout his life. Ryan has dealt with depression most of his life. With the help of people close…

Today we have a 2022 New Year's Episode with the Bourbon Taters Josh Judy and Tyler Aitken. The three of us met waiting in line for bourbon and became fast friends. We've known each other for about two years now, but it feels like we've known each other for more like a decade. I wanted to do a new years episode as an excuse to get together and drin…

Welcome to episode 100. It's been 4 years in the making and well worth the journey. For the 100th episode I couldn't think of anyone better to join us than my brother, Mr. Andrew Hoffman. Andrew has been such a huge supporter of the show since before I decided to start this en devour. To being one of the most frequent guest and bouncing ideas off o…

We have back with us two of my favorite people, Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and Caitlin Bourque. Today's episode is all about ADD and ADHD. Both Dane and Caitlin have had to learn how to live with ADD as adults. Both of them didn't get diagnosed and start medication until they were adults. They have both learned great ways to deal wit…

Today we have my Jiu Jitsu teammate Mr. Paul Nouri with us. I asked Paul to come on the show and talk about how to get started investing in Real Estate. Paul has over 10 rentals with his family that they manage. He grew up very poor. He was raised by his mother and also lived with his grandma and uncle all in the same household. Paul grew up in sou…

Today we have back with us Mr. Josh Judy. Josh was a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in the MLB. Josh and I met under interesting circumstances and have become fast friends. This is the second time I sat down with Josh to talk about his professional baseball career. The first episode (#79) we talked about him getting drafted after college and mak…

Today we have back with us one of our regular guests Jake Bible. It's been a while since Jake has been on the podcast and I wanted to have him on to talk about being burnt out on politics. Jake and I love to discuss politics. We tend to discuss politics when we get together on and off the show. But we both definitely needed a break for a little whi…

Our guest today is my friend Damonte Robinson. Damonte used to be one of the top 155 pound MMA fighters in Ohio, and probably the country. He was undefeated as amateur and had an invitation to fight on Dana White's Contender Series after turning pro. Unfortunately he was pulled from that fight due to medical reasons. With Damonte's rising MMA caree…

We have back with us today Ethan Frontz, Jeff Wilson and Dennis Heil of Instruments of Freedom. On today's episode we wanted to cover Ohio passing Constitutional Carry for residents of the state and the problems that may possibly come with it. I certainly have my own strong opinions about the passing of this law. But I didn't want to talk about it …

Today we have a special treat. We have back with us (after way too long of a break) one of our favorite guests Dr. Maximillian Zart from the Healthiest You Chiropractic Center and Crossfit Strongsville in Strongsville Ohio. I wanted to get Dr. Max back on the show as there are huge things going on at the Healthiest You Chiropractic Center and Cross…

Today we have Preston Russ and Josh Wherley joining us from True Art Jiu Jitsu. Today I wanted to ask the boyos about stoicism. Stoicism is something that I've been looking into recently and it has been very interesting to me personally. Both Preston and Josh have looked into stoicism so I thought it would be fun to pick their brains on the show. N…

We have back with us one of our favorite guests, Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage. Dane and I always have fun and interesting conversations. Dane and I have been talking and we want to sit down more often for podcasts. Today we talked about Dane finishing up his first year of his PHD program at Akron University. To say that it was a little…

This is the second episode of a special segment that we call Belly Up to the Bar. The whole idea is just to get together, have a few drinks (or more), BS and have a good time. This episode will basically be an invitation to hang with us like we would at our local bar or at one of our house's on the back patio. So pour yourself a drink and hang with…

Today we have Preston Russ and Todd Neptune joining us from True Art Jiu Jitsu. I wanted to have Preston back on the show to talk about competing in Jiu Jitsu tournaments. We asked Todd Neptune to join us as Todd and Preston are friends and Todd has a background of competing in wrestling. I wanted to specifically talk about the fact that I'm person…

Not too long ago we recorded episode 78 that we called Questioning our Existence with Andrew Hoffman, Todd Gienger and Dane Lee. It was an episode that Dane had been wanting to make about questioning everything in life as he had struggled to have that kind of conversation with his friends. I told him “I know a couple of guys that would be great for…

Today I wanted to talk about my depression. I have dealt with a few different bouts of depression over the years and I wanted to share them in hopes that it will help someone else dealing with difficult times themselves. I asked my good friend Ethan Frontz to join me today on the show to help with this challenging topic. This ended up being one of …

Today we have Preston Russ joining us on the podcast. Preston is my teammate at True Art Jiu Jitsu, which is where we met. Preston was interested in coming on the show to talk about raising daughters. We both have been blessed with daughters and have a bond with our shared experience. Preston's daughters are younger than my daughter, but I think mo…

We have back with us today Ethan Frontz and Dennis Heil of Instruments of Freedom. On today's episode we wanted to cover an imperative take away from the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. The Kyle Rittenhouse trial was a huge topic last year in the news. I had people asking me if we were going to cover it on the podcast. But I was hesitant as I felt like I d…

Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, …

We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have my coach Shannon White and also Ben Sina with us today. Ben just got back from the 2021 IBJJF Master's World Championships in Las Vegas Nevada. This is the largest competition that anyone from our small gym has competed at. Ben decided to compete at Master's Worlds this year after wat…

Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We belie…

Today we finally have back with us Jeff Wilson of Instruments of Freedom as well as our good friend Agent Tom. Unfortunately Ethan was unable to join us for this one so standing in for him is Dennis Heil of Instruments of Freedom. Jeff and Dennis got us caught up on what's been going on at Instruments of Freedom. Then we got off into the weeds as p…

Today we have back with us one of our regular guests Jake Bible. He wanted to bring his brother Aaron Bible onto the show to talk about his life. Aaron just moved back to Ohio from Colorado recently to be near his family. Aaron was stationed in Colorado in the Army. He had an interesting career in the military that we got into a little bit. Then he…

Today I have a special treat for you guys. We have with us today a new friend of mine Mr. Josh Judy. Josh was a pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in the MLB. Josh and I met under interesting circumstances and have become fast friends. He agreed to come on the show and talk about his road to becoming a professional baseball pitcher. This is the firs…

We have a special treat for you today. We have with us today Andrew Hoffman, Todd Gienger and Dane Lee. The last time Dane was on the podcast he mentioned that he would like to have an in depth conversation about religion, spirituality, the afterlife, faith, etc.. Lucky for him I knew that Andrew and Todd would be the perfect people to have this co…

We have back with us today Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom. His partner Jeff Wilson was supposed to join us but unfortunately had some family issues come up last minute. But we will definitely schedule another one soon so Jeff can come back on the show. Instead of canceling the podcast Ethan was able to get one of his friends to come on the …

Our guests today are two of my Jiu Jitsu teammates Faith Lloyd and Maddie Miller. Faith and Maddie came to me with an idea for a podcast. With some encouragement, and some reluctance, they both agreed to be the people to come on the show and discuss this very tough topic. Today we talked about how training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can help people deal w…

Our guest today is Ryan Carlson. Ryan has been the tech support for this podcast since before I even committed to do it. He has been a huge support in many different ways for the show. He helped me pick out my laptop, set up my equipment and even find where to upload and host the podcast itself. On today's episode Ryan and I discussed the options t…

Today we have back with us our friend Agent Tom. We got started talking about the Covid restrictions as they are being lifted here in Ohio. We then started talking about Tom's weight loss journey and seeing where he is at along that path. Of course we couldn't have a podcast with Agent Tom without talking about firearms training. During that part o…

On today's episode we have the normal crew with us, Andrew Hoffman, Jake Bible and Todd Gienger. Todd has recently had a big health scare and wanted to come on the show and talk about it. Todd recently had to go to the emergency room due to chest pains. They originally didn't find anything wrong and luckily the pain went away after a couple days in…

Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, …

We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have two of the upper belts from the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. We didn't have a specific topic we wanted to cover today. We decided to start with how frustrated I am in Jiu Jitsu right now as I've been in a slump for the last few months and just see where the conversation goes. We n…

Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We belie…

We have back with us today Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We talked about some new firearm classes that they have going on at Instruments of Freedom as well as some current events. But we mostly talked training and shooting. For the guys saying they didn't have much to talk about we certainly talked for…

We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have my coach Shannon White and two of the upper belts at the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Today I wanted to talk to them about competition. I have been missing competition and didn't realize how much until the past few months. I have been looking forward to this conversation for some …

My guest today is Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis o…

Today we have back with us Jake Bible and Bryan Carpenter. Bryan wanted to come back on the show and give an update as to what's been going on in his life. The 2020 corona virus shutdowns greatly affected his life in many ways. Most of what he was doing with his book was completely shut down. Bryan had to come up with new things to invest his time …

Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, …

On today's episode we have my friend Gerard Prepetit. Gerard and I always have great conversations and I was very excited to have him on the podcast. Gerard wanted to talk about something very near and dear to his heart today. He personally believes that kids today need to have more struggle in their lives to help them become better members of soci…

On today's episode we have two of our favorite guests with us, Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. Jake had an apology to make to us all after being wrong about who was going to win the 2020 presidential election. We talked a little bit about politics, but not too much. We also talked about some new years resolutions. It was a good time to just hang out…

We have back with us today after a bit of a layoff Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We wanted to do a 2020 recap show. There were obviously a ton of things to talk about from the previous year of 2020. We had a great conversation and we defiantly got a little long winded …

We have back with us today my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor Shannon White. Coach also brought along two of my teammates Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Ben and Devon (but mostly Ben) have been bugging me for months asking when they could come on the podcast. Today was that day. We got to know a little about Ben and Devon as to how they got into Jiu J…

On today's episode we wanted to talk about the results of the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. There has definitely been a ton of very strong opinions on both sides of the aisle for both candidates. The country seemed more divided than ever about this election. We shall see if people can put aside their issues and come…

We have back with us today Jeff Wilson of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We didn't have a specific topic coming into the podcast today like we normally do. But we got into some really good topics. Of course we talked a little bit about training as that's a huge part of what Jeff and To…

Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We belie…