Best Tim Otto Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 243: Jonathan Otto, Secret Cancer Therapies (PART 1) 1:04:18

4d ago1:04:18

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Episode #243 Jonathan Otto, Secret Cancer Therapies (PART 1) Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Jonathan Otto who worked on the Truth about Cancer project for many years. Since then Jonathan has been making documentaries and doing investigative journalism into natural health solutions. He shares the knowledge he gained over the years from…

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S5E10 - Cluny Brown [1946] and our Grand Finale with Tim Brayton 1:59:27

8d ago1:59:27

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[Due to our last-minute addition of two episodes, the podcast feed mistakenly had S5E09a queued here for a few hours this morning - it should now be fixed!] How Would Lubitsch Do It comes to a close with a grand finale. Tim Brayton returns to discuss Cluny Brown and look back on both Ernst Lubitsch’s career and the past five seasons of this show. F…

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Ep 242: Inesa Ponomariovaite, The Truth About Hemp, CBD's And The Government Patent 1:04:37

9d ago1:04:37

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Episode #242 Inesa Ponomariovaite, The Truth About Hemp, CBD's And The Government Patent Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Inesa Ponomariovaite and we went deep into the discovery of the amazing hemp plant and CBD’s. WHat I learned is going to shock you! Yes, hemp is a great plant with many uses and we should be growing a ton of it and u…

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S5E09b - Cahiers du Cinéma deputy editor Charlotte Garson 1:06:55

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Cahiers du Cinéma deputy editor Charlotte Garson joins us for a wide-ranging discussion that takes a look back at the past five seasons of the podcast and our subject’s career: among other things, we cover Lubitsch’s treatment of unconventional relationships, feminine sexuality and gender fluidity, his treatment of theatricality, his influence upon…

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Ep 241: Dr. Aseem Desai, Natural Approaches for AFIB 1:04:58

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Episode #241 Dr. Aseem Desai, Natural Approaches for AFIB Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Dr. Aseem Desai who is a holistic cardiologist and heart surgeon. It is estimated that 2.7 to 6.1 Million people in the United States have Atrial Fibrillation (AFIB) and that number is growing rapidly and is on track to double in 25 years. Dr. Des…

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S5E09a - Lubitsch and Poland with Mateusz Pacewicz [Feat. David Neary] 1:36:13

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Screenwriter Mateusz Pacewicz (Corpus Christi, The Hater) joins us to discuss the films of Lubitsch from a Polish perspective. We coverTo Be Or Not To Be’s depiction of Warsaw, the history of Lubitsch’s collaborators such as Pola Negri, the dynamics of European immigrants in twentieth-century America, the nature of dark comedy and ‘lightness’, the …

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Ep 240: Matt Soule, Wim Hof Breathing And Cold Therapy 1:12:53

23d ago1:12:53

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Episode #240 Matt Soule, Wim Hof Breathing And Cold Therapy Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Matt Soule, who is Wim Hof’s Top Instructor and an amazing human being. Matt educates us on the profound fundamentals of optimal health and gives us simple impactful strategies in the areas of breath, fasting, relationships (do not overlook this…

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Leading a $100M per month firm with Otto Dargan 39:09

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As the founder of Home Loan Experts, Otto Dargan, or at the very least, the firm he built, would be no stranger to a lot of mortgage brokers. In today's conversation with Otto, he elaborates on how he has developed his own leadership skills and he shares some mistakes insights and perspectives that have enabled him to grow personally and profession…

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S5E8.75 - Wes Anderson and The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014] with Matt Severson 58:58

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Matt Severson returns to discuss Wes Anderson and The Grand Budapest Hotel. We discuss Lubitsch’s clear influence on the film, Anderson’s use of fabulist distancing techniques, common attitudes about Anderson’s supposed emotional remoteness, and our own emotional connections to the film. Edited by Eden Cote-Foster. We have a Discord! Listen on: App…

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Ep 239: Dr. Katie Lee, Dentist Exposes Potential Missing Link In Chronic Health Issues 1:11:59

1M ago1:11:59

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Episode #239 Dr. Katie Lee, Dentist Exposes Potential Missing Link In Chronic Health Issues Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Dr. Katie Lee and my mind was blown! For years I have been learning more and more about biological dentistry to improve my own health and those that we teach. In this episode there are a few gems of information th…

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S5E8.5- Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three [1961] with Noah Isenberg 1:00:30

1M ago1:00:30

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Author Noah Isenberg joins us to discuss Billy Wilder and his 1961 comedic epic One, Two, Three. We cover Wilder’s early life as a reporter, a dancer-for-hire, and publicist; his lifelong ability to adapt to his circumstances; the question of his cynicism (or is it frustrated romanticism?); and his fraught relationship with Germany. Later on, we co…

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Ep 238: Dr. Ali Navidi, Healing Pain And GI Disorders With Hypnotherapy 1:00:49

1M ago1:00:49

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Episode #238 Dr. Ali Navidi, Healing Pain And GI Disorders With Hypnotherapy Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Dr. Ali Navidi is a clinically trained gastrointestinal psychology also known as Psycho Neurogastroenterology. Bottom line is that Dr. Navidi has helped hundreds of patients to recover from pain and GI disorders where other prac…

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S5E08.25 - Freundschaft by Samson Raphaelson 54:04

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A reading of Samson Raphaelson’s Freundschaft, as published on May 11, 1981, in The New Yorker. We have a Discord! Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify NEXT WEEK: Noah Isenberg joins us to discuss Billy Wilder and his cold war comedic epic One, Two, Three. For information as to where to find this film, check out our resources page. WORKS CITED: Freu…

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Ep 237: Owen Segerstrom, Connecting With Healthy Farms For Optimal Health 1:04:07

2M ago1:04:07

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Episode #237 Owen Segerstrom, Connecting With Healthy Farms For Optimal Health Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Owen Segerstrom the owner of Nourish Food Hub in Northern California. Owen and his wife Hanna were very active working with a non-profit organization creating a place to bring together healthy chemical free farms with local pe…

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S5E08 - Dragonwyck, A Royal Scandal, That Lady In Ermine, and the Death of Ernst Lubitsch with David Cairns 1:09:35

2M ago1:09:35

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David Cairns returns to discuss the end of Ernst Lubitsch’s career and life: a period in which, after a heart attack left him debilitated, he produced a series of films directed by the likes of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Otto Preminger. We cover Dragonwyck, cinema’s foremost depiction of the Dutch patroonship system in what is now upstate New York; A…

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Ep 236: Dr. Natanya Wachtel, Medicinal Mushrooms For Anxiety, Depression And PTSD Audio 1:07:37

2M ago1:07:37

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Episode #236 Dr. Natanya Wachtel, Medicinal Mushrooms For Anxiety, Depression And PTSD Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Dr. Natanya Wachtel who has done extensive research sifting through mountains of clinical studies on the efficacy of medicinal mushrooms. What she found was so profound to help people heal she decided to risk her job a…

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S5E07.5 - Otto Preminger's Laura [1944] with Eloise Ross 52:14

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Writer and film historian Eloise Ross joins us to discuss noted Lubitsch disciple Otto Preminger and his 1944 noir Laura. We cover Preminger’s past and parallels with Lubitsch, the tumultuous story of Laura’s production, the film’s highly unusual tone, its memorable characters and dialogue, and the majesty of Clifton Webb. Edited by Brennen King We…

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Ep 235: Tommy Thompson And John Collins, Genetic Saliva Test For Early Detection 56:09

2M ago56:09

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Episode #235 Tommy Thompson And John Collins, Genetic Saliva Test For Early Detection Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Former Governor Tommy Thompson and his colleague John Collins, the founder of “Stay Healthy”. They are on a mission to educate people about health and designed a simple yet powerful genetic saliva test to allow you to d…

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S5E07 - Heaven Can Wait [1943] with Willa Ross 1:05:58

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Willa Ross returns for a lively discussion about Heaven Can Wait. We cover Lubitsch and Raphaelson’s opposing views on the film’s unusual protagonist, its counterintuitive structure and elisions, the film’s theological implications, argue about whether or not the production code negatively impacted the film, and discuss what happened at Fox in the …

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Ep 234: Joe Hoye, Weight Loss For Pre and Post Menopausal Women 57:39

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Episode #234 Joe Hoye, Weight Loss For Pre and Post Menopausal Women Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Joe Hoye, a weight loss and fitness coach that specializes in pre and post menopausal women. Joe was influenced by his mother taking him to the gym to build his self conference after being a skinny kid that other children teased. From h…

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S5E06b - To Be Or Not To Be [1942] with Peter Labuza 1:09:16

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Peter Labuza returns for the second of two episodes on To Be Or Not To Be. We discuss the film’s production history, the way in which the film both fulfills and frustrates conventions of comedic structure, Lubitsch’s specific habits in directing actors, the film’s unusual tonal arc, the film’s depiction of fascist ideology, and Rudolph Mate’s cinem…

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Ep 233: Kim Rahir, Building Muscle To Heal Her Multiple Sclerosis 1:00:54

2M ago1:00:54

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Episode #233 Kim Rahir, Building Muscle To Heal Her Multiple Sclerosis Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Kim Rahir who started her healing journey in her fourties but then at age fifty she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Being told that there was nothing she could do, that she would be on medications for the rest of her life as he…

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S5E06a - To Be Or Not To Be [1942] with Dara and Gary Jaffe 1:11:41

3M ago1:11:41

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Returning guest Dara Jaffe and first-time guest Gary Jaffe join us for the first of two episodes on To Be Or Not To Be. In this episode, we cover the interplay between theatre and film, and of improvisation and comedy; the many dimensions of the film’s relationship with Jewish identities; the use of empathy and humanism as anti-fascist tools; Lubit…

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Ep 232: David DeHaas, Save Your Life, Clean Your Colon 59:56

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Episode #232 David DeHaas, Save Your Life, Clean Your Colon Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed David DeHaas who runs a detox clinic in Boise Idaho where they specialize in colon hydrotherapy. Pretty much everyone fifteen years old and older should invest in colon hydrotherapy as a preventative measure to restore and maintain optimal healt…

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S5E05.75 - Ernst Lubitsch's American Comedy with William Paul 2:39:53

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We return from our brief hiatus with our most in-depth episode yet, culled from five hours of discussions recorded over a period of several months with William Paul, author of the essential critical study Ernst Lubitsch’s American Comedy. We discuss Paul’s friendship with frequent Lubitsch collaborator Samson Raphaelson, Raphaelson’s sometimes-hars…

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Ep 231: Katie Bishop, Our Sacred Connection To Nature And Releasing Trauma 1:04:22

3M ago1:04:22

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Episode #231 Katie Bishop, Our Sacred Connection To Nature And Releasing Trauma Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Katie Bishop who has a remarkable personal transformation and now has a full time career helping others awaken to their spiritual potential and removing the things that are holding them back. I met her at an influencer event …

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Ep 230: Zen Honeycutt, Moms Across America Fight For Our Food 59:35

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Episode #230 Zen Honeycutt, Moms Across America Fight For Our Food Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Zen Honeycutt the founder of Mom’s Across America which is an organization that raises awareness to the destruction to the human body from genetically modified food and chemicals. Mom’s Across America gives people a great platform to join…

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Ep 229: John Richardson, 60 Documented Cases Healing Cancer With Laetrile 1:10:44

3M ago1:10:44

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Episode #229 John Richardson, 60 Documented Cases Healing Cancer With Laetrile Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed John Richardson who is the son of Dr. John A. Richardson a medical doctor who was helping people heal of cancer with laetrile decades ago. In his fathers book: "Laetrile Case Histories: The Richardson Cancer Clinic Experience"…

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Ep 228: Priscilla Romans R.N., Healthcare Advocates Save Money And Lives 1:01:29

4M ago1:01:29

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Episode #228 Priscilla Romans R.N., Healthcare Advocates Save Money And Lives Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Priscilla Romans, a 20+ year registered nurse that started questioning the medical model when she saw inconsistencies that were not in line with her moral compass. She started helping family and friends and people referred to h…

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S5E05.5 - Preston Sturges and Sullivan’s Travels [1941] with Tim Brayton 58:17

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Tim Brayton returns to discuss noted Lubitsch fan and disciple Preston Sturges and his 1941 meta-comedy SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS. We cover Sturges’ immense admiration of Lubitsch, the film’s immensely fascinating but perhaps frustrating relationship with its own status as a satire of its own form, Sturges’ political beliefs and moral compass, the value o…

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Ep 227: Laura Foster, Diabetic and Obese To Barefoot Triathlete Healing Humanity 58:02

4M ago58:02

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Episode #227 Laura Foster, Diabetic and Obese To Barefoot Triathlete Healing Humanity Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Laura Foster who like yours truly grew up on the standard American diet and ended up overweight and with diabetes. Laura was teased growing up for being overweight and all through adulthood she suffered with severe depr…

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S5E05 - That Uncertain Feeling [1941] and Comedic Theory with Lance St. Laurent 52:33

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UW-Madison PHD Candidate Lance St. Laurent joins us to discuss THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING, as well as some comedic theory. We discuss our mutual admiration for elements of this relatively minor divorce-and-remarriage-style comedy, Lubitsch’s attempts to tackle psychoanalysis and modern art, and the film’s production origins. Additionally, we go deep on…

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The no BS approach to building a firm 39:13

4M ago39:13

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With a penchant for speaking the truth, there’s a reason Jamie Holroyd has built a trusted reputation as an advisor and confidant to his clients. This would have to be the most candid interview I have done in terms of a guest speaking freely about the constraints or challenges that impede their ability to deliver the service, results and experience…

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Ep 226: Jenn Malecha, Black Mold, Cancer And Functional Nutrition 1:01:53

4M ago1:01:53

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Episode #226 Jenn Malecha, Black Mold, Cancer And Functional Nutrition Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Jenn Malecha who in her early twenties got cancer, discovered Functional Nutrition and healed herself. She then became a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Coach so that she could go help others heal like she did. Then slowly h…

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Ep 225: Jane Barlow Christensen, The Power of Wildcrafted Herbs And Common Sense 1:11:08

4M ago1:11:08

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Episode #225 Jane Barlow Christensen, The Power of Wildcrafted Herbs And Common Sense Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Jane Barlow Christensen, a formulator of herbal medicines and the owner of Barlow Herbals. I met Jane at an influencer event over Memorial Day and was really impressed by her love of nature and carrying on what her fath…

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S5E04.5 - Jack Benny is Not Appearing on This Show [1940] 31:31

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This week, we present an episode of the SCREEN GUILD THEATER starring Ernst Lubitsch, Claudette Colbert, and possibly Jack Benny! Originally aired on October 20th, 1940. We have a Discord! Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify NEXT WEEK: Lance St. Laurent joins us to discuss THAT UNCERTAIN FEELING, as well as some comedic theory. For information as t…

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Ep 224: Dr. Henry Ealy, Grounding For Optimal Health And EMF Protection 1:11:48

5M ago1:11:48

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Episode #224 Dr. Henry Ealy, Grounding For Optimal Health And EMF Protection Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Dr. Henry Ealy or as everyone calls him “Dr. H” who is the founder of the Energetic Health Institute. He holds a Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from SCNM, a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA and is Boar…

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S5E04c - The Shop Around the Corner [1940] with Adrian Martin 46:50

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Critic Adrian Martin joins us for our final episode on THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER. In our discussion, we deconstruct some of the film’s camera direction, discuss Lubitsch’s late-period style and his more subtle (yet still very much present) formalism, his structural methodology, his use of repetition, the dynamics between “art” and “craft”, and Lub…

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S5E04b - The Shop Around the Corner [1940] with Whit Stillman and Jose Arroyo 45:25

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Whit Stillman and Jose Arroyo join us for our second episode on THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER. Whit discusses Lubitsch’s writing process, the ways in which the film is exemplary of the Hollywood studio system at its best, and his admiration for Pirovitch. Jose later joins us for a formal breakdown of the film’s final scene. We have a Discord! Listen o…

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Ep 223: Yogi Aaron, How To Live A Pain Free Life 1:11:12

5M ago1:11:12

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Episode #223 Yogi Aaron, How To Live A Pain Free Life Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Yogi Aaron, a wonderful man who had suffered from back pain for 25 years before he found the solution. Now, you may think that he healed himself with yoga due to his name and you are correct. What you don’t know is that doing yoga improperly is what m…

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S5E04a - The Shop Around the Corner [1940] with Kevin Bahr 54:04

5M ago54:04

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Kevin Bahr joins us for the first of our episodes on the greatest Jimmy Stewart-related Christmas movie of them all, THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER. In this episode, we discuss the film’s unusual structure, ensemble nature, each character’s arc towards self-improvement, capital, our shared admiration of Pepi, the film’s historical context, Samson Rapha…

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Ep 222: Kari Kuehl, From Hurried & Worried to Peace & Purpose 53:25

5M ago53:25

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Episode 222 Kari Kuehl, From Hurried & Worried to Peace & Purpose Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Kari Kuehl who was a woman diagnosed with cancer that had spread aggressively through her body. I met her through my friend Matt who had introduced her to red light therapy, hydrogen water and our GREEN 85 Juice Formula. Kari’s great attit…

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From Lender to Leader: Andrew Stevens' Journey in Brokerage 53:51

5M ago53:51

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Unlike most of our guests, Andrew Stevens is a well known and respected supplier to the industry rather than a broker from within the industry. Andrew has established Online Broker Think Tank, which is both a broker-specific Facebook group as well as a brand that’s become synonymous with providing value and insights to brokers. By way of prior expe…

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S5E03b - Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, & Ninotchka [1939] with Donald Brackett 51:12

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Author Donald Bracket joins us to discuss NINOTCHKA, and in particular the collaboration between the film’s two writers: Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder. We cover their tumultuous collaboration from their first films to its sordid ending with the masterpiece SUNSET BOULEVARD, as well as the development of the screenplay for NINOTCHKA. Edited by G…

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Ep 221: Spencer Feldman, A New Theory On How Cancer Starts and How To Unwind It 1:12:36

5M ago1:12:36

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Episode 221 - Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Spencer Feldman who has a very interesting concept of how we as a society are getting cancer at such alarming rates. Spencer has been in the health space for many years and is always trying to find the root of the problem so that one can solve their issue permanently. Besides his potential …

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S5E03a - Ninotchka [1939] with Griffin Newman 1:08:27

5M ago1:08:27

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Actor and podcaster Griffin Newman joins us to discuss NINOTCHKA! We discuss Lubitsch’s stature in Hollywood, Greta Garbo’s incredible lead performance, Rouben Mamoulian’s musical remake SILK STOCKINGS, the early development of the script, Cary Grant’s possible involvement, the film’s mechanics as both a romantic comedy and geopolitical satire, the…

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Ep 220: Megan Lyons, Heals Herself And Becomes Top Nutritionist 58:19

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Episode 220 - Hello Health Heroes! This week I interviewed Megan Lyons who had severe hormonal issues and was feeling miserable. She incorporated a whole food lifestyle and in two years healed herself. Being inspired she became a top nutritionist and started helping others to heal themselves too. Megan now helps busy professionals navigate work-lif…

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S5E02 - Bluebeard's Eighth Wife [1938] with Olympia Kiriakou 47:32

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Film historian and podcast host Dr. Olympia Kiriakou joins us to discuss Lubitsch’s sole screwball comedy: BLUEBEARD’S EIGHTH WIFE. We run down the definition of “screwball” through lenses of class, sex, tone, and pace; the impact of the production code on the genre; the uneasy fit between Lubitsch and the genre; the film’s terrific meet-cute; the …

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Ep 219: Celeste Solum, Government Insider Encourages Self Sufficiency 1:02:13

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Episode 219 - Hello Health Heroes! Celeste Solum’s father worked with our government and growing up as a kid she saw many interesting things that were not privy to the general public that were quite shocking even today. She also took a job with the government like her father and worked for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). After being…

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S5E01 - Angel [1937] with Chris Cassingham 52:08

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Film programmer and curator Chris Cassingham joins us to discuss Lubitsch’s ambiguous, cloistered chamber drama ANGEL. We cover Lubitsch’s newfound low-key late period style, the withholding nature of both the film’s characters and the film itself, interwar politics, the film’s deeply-encoded implications, Marlena Dietrich’s persona, and our femini…

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