Have you ever wondered what it would be like to grow up in a cult? Well, if yes, this is the podcast for you. Deb Crush is here to tell her story to our listeners about the cult she was born into, and the life she lived after leaving at 18. Hosted by: Deb Crush & Nic. Producer & Social Media Manager: Jenn. Please remember, if you, or anyone you know is experiencing emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, you are not alone. Crisis hotlines can be found here: https://app.projecthealthyminds.com/ ...
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"Journey to the Sunnyside" is your guide to mindful living, focusing on health, wellness, and personal growth. Each episode offers insights into topics such as mindful drinking's impact on lifestyle, the science behind habit change, and more. Through conversations with experts and personal stories, the podcast provides listeners with practical tips and knowledge for a more balanced life. Hosted by Mike Hardenbrook, #1 best-selling author, neuroscience enthusiast, and habit change expert. Thi ...
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A Mom's Story of Breaking Up with Chardonnay w/ Deb Podlogar
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Today, we're joined by the well-known influencer Deb Podlogar, aka Mocktail Mom. Deb shares her personal journey of breaking up with Chardonnay, along with her passion for making delicious mocktails. Whether you're curious about moderation or just want to be inspired by Deb's story, this episode is packed with insights and enthusiasm! Want to drink…
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How 150 Days of Tracking Transformed My Drinking w/ Dezi Abeyta
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Today, I’m joined by Dezi Abeyta, a high-performance coach, podcast host, registered dietitian, and a prominent contributor to Men's Health. Dezi, who has worked with leading brands like Red Bull, shares insights from his 150-day journey of tracking alcohol, offering valuable lessons on mindful drinking and how it can transform your life. Want to d…
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10-Minute Mondays: How to Win Partner Support in 4 Steps
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On this week's 10-Minute Mondays, I'm sharing four simple steps to gain your partner's support as you change your relationship with alcohol—no pressure, no expectations, just practical advice to help you on your journey. Want to drink less with no pressure to quit? Go to https://sunnyside.co for a free 15-day trial. -- Listen to Journey to the Sunn…
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How to Eat to Change How You Drink w/ Dr. Brooke Scheller
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Have you ever wondered how changing your diet could impact your relationship with alcohol? Today, we're joined by Dr. Scheller, an expert in nutrition. Together we'll explore how nutrition plays a pivotal role in overcoming alcohol challenges, the importance of gut health, and the benefits of personalized nutrition plans. Dr. Scheller will share pr…
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10-Minute Mondays: 3 Craving-Crushing Techniques
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Welcome to another 10-Minute Monday! Today, we’re diving into “3 Craving-Crushing Techniques.” I’ll share practical strategies to help you manage and overcome alcohol cravings. These techniques are easy to implement and can be done almost anywhere at any time, making them perfect for busy lifestyles. Cravings can be powerful, but with the right too…
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Alcohol Health Monitoring for Women w/ Katie Garry
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Welcome to today's episode titled "Alcohol Health Monitoring for Women." I'm excited to have Katie Garry, founder of Seek, joining us. Seek is revolutionizing how women monitor their health in relation to alcohol. We'll dive into the founding story of Seek, the unique focus on women's health, key research findings, and practical strategies for last…
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10-Minute Mondays: Mental Resilience for Cutting Back on Alcohol
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Welcome to another 10-Minute Monday! Today, we’re tackling “Mental Resilience for Cutting Back on Alcohol.” We’ll explore how building mental resilience can transform your drinking habits. From mindfulness to positive thinking, I’ll share practical techniques to help you cut back or quit drinking. Did you know that according to a study in the journ…
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Chat with a Therapist: Talking to Kids About Alcohol w/ Merrilee Burke, LMFT
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In this 30-minute discussion, therapist Merrilee Burke shares effective strategies for discussing alcohol with children coming of age. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a review or email your feedback to mike@sunnyside.co. We'd love to hear your thoughts!! Want to drink less with no pressure to quit? Go to https://sunnyside.co for a free 15-d…
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10-Minute Mondays: One Shocking Perk of Cutting Back on Alcohol - w/ Mike Hardenbrook
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Introducing a new format we're excited to try: 10-Minute Mondays! In this brief, 10-minute episode, we'll dive into a compelling topic to kickstart your week. If you enjoy this format, please leave a review or email your feedback to mike@sunnyside.co. We'd love to hear your thoughts! Want to drink less with no pressure to quit? Go to https://sunnys…
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7 Factors That Sabotage Your Efforts to Drink Less
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In this episode, we'll cover the hidden factors that may be undermining your efforts to cut back on drinking. Drawing from my research and writing for "No Willpower Required: A Neuroscience Approach to Change Your Habits with alcohol,' my personal experiences with alcohol, and insightful conversations with guests on "Journey to the Sunnyside," we e…
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Epic Nights, Early Mornings: The Art of Mindful Drinking w/ Camille Vidal
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In this episode, we welcome Camille Vidal, founder of La Maison Wellness, to explore the world of mindful drinking. Camille shares her journey from a globally recognized bartender to a mindfulness teacher, and how she integrates mindful drinking into her lifestyle. We'll discuss her philosophy of "Epic nights and early mornings," her impactful teac…
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[originally published on Patreon March 22, 2024] This is the fifteenth and last installment in the UFC/Banana/Guatemala series. Rodolfo and I finish discussing the film La Llorona. We get into some of the more spiritual themes of the film. We sincerepost and share our thoughts on spirituality more generally. This leads to a discussion of family gho…
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Staying Social with Sunnyside w/ Susan Tenby
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Susan Tenby an outgoing Sunnyside customer who has found a way to maintain her social life while being mindful about her drinking. In this episode, we'll dive into Susan's journey, her strategies for mindful drinking, and how she continues to enjoy activities like trivia nights without overindulging. Let’s get started! Want to drink less with no pr…
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[originally published on Patreon March 21, 2024] Diving deeply into the claims made in the film La Llorona, I examine the question of Guatemala's oil industry in the wake of the 1954 coup and onwards, especially during La Violencia. As it turns out, most of the story deals with a company named Basic Resources International SA, or BRISA. BRISA was o…
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[originally published on Patreon March 20, 2024] I am joined by Rodolfo (from the Bolaño series) to discuss the 2019 Guatemalan film La Llorona, which features a lightly fictionalized account of a Montt stand-in and deals with the psychic and spiritual fallout from La Violencia. We discuss about half of the film's plot which led us to one of the th…
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[originally published on Patreon March 19, 2024] I pick back up with Efraín Ríos Montt's pacification plan known as Victoria 82, informally known as Fusiles y Frijoles, or Rifles and Beans. Montt established secret courts, a scorched-earth military campaign and utilized counterinsurgency troops. I share my personal experience with survivors of thes…
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[originally published on Patreon March 18, 2024] A brief parenthetical before continuing with the story of the Guatemalan genocide, I decided to do an episode just for me (and the like three other Mormon listeners) about the Mormon church in Guatemala, though I think this will still be instructive. The history begins with a Mormon named John Forres…
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[originally published on March 17, 2024] Efraín Ríos Montt's presidency was the nadir of Guatemala's 36-year civil war, and the worst period of violence - la violencia - took place during it. I begin by discussing his upbringing, class background, and early career as a Guatemalan military officer. He was trained at the School of the Americas (now W…
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[originally published on Patreon March 16, 2024] By 1970, the literal former head of a death squad was running Guatemala - Colonel Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio. He took the death squad model to the next level, and disappearances skyrocketed. In 1972, the survivors of FAR formed the EGP (Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres, or the Guerrilla Army of the…
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[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024] Most stories of the 1954 coup end shortly thereafter. We continue with Guatemala barreling right into the Guatemalan Civil War. I start with the Justice Department's antitrust case against United Fruit Company in the immediate aftermath of the 1954 coup. From there, I go into the curious case of Carl…
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Myth-Busting: Top 5 Myths about Alcohol Moderation w/ Mike Hardenbrook
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Drawing from my own experiences and insights from my book, we’ll debunk common myths such as "Questioning My Drinking Means I Have a Problem" and "Cutting Back Requires Tons of Willpower." We’ll explore the realities of socializing without alcohol, the importance of flexible planning, and how to handle potential judgment from friends. Whether you’r…
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[originally published on Patreon March 14, 2024] I open by discussing Operation SHERWOOD, the CIA's covert attempt to support Castillo Armas' invasion, run by Tracy Barnes and David Atlee Phillips, intentionally modeled after Orson Welles' infamous 1938 War of the Worlds broadcast. From there, I discuss the invasion proper, the Guatemalan governmen…
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[originally published on Patreon March 13, 2024] I begin the episode with the elephant in the room - the Dulles brothers owning United Fruit Company stock. I explore Sullivan & Cromwell's connections to UFC as well as the Cabot family's ownership of UFC stock, and other government insiders. Depending on your inclinations, you can tell the story of …
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[originally published on Patreon February 27, 2024] I begin with an extended meditation about Arbenz's position in 1951 and the state of the Guatemalan economy. This leads to a discussion of Decree 900, the agrarian reform bill which was passed in 1952. I discuss what it did and did not entail and compare it to Mexico's agrarian reform law as well …
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[originally published on Patreon February 27, 2024] I begin discussing Guatemala as early as possible - the Olmec and Mayan civilizations, and the 200 year bloody pacification war against them by the Spanish conquistadores and the Captaincy General of Guatemala. From there, I jump to Manuel Estrada Cabrera, the president from 1898 to 1920. Cabrera …
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[originally published on Patreon February 23, 2024] In this episode I discuss Colombia's relationship to United Fruit Company aka El Pulpo. In particular, I open with the massive strikes against UFC in 1928 culminating in the massacre at Ciénaga which was so memorably fictionalized in Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad. From there, I dis…
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[originally published on Patreon February 15, 2024] Today I discuss more criminals involved in the banana trade, introducing the Vaccaro Brothers and Sam the Banana Man Zemurray. I discuss that intersection between organized crime and Wall Street that intersected precisely in the banana trade through these figures. I go through Zemurray's career, f…
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[originally published on Patreon March 15, 2024] Today is the opening salvo for a 15-part series on the rolling waves of crimes involving the Octopus that is United Fruit Company, the banana trade, Guatemala specifically, and Central America more generally, culminating in the Guatemalan Genocide. In this episode, I discuss the origins of the Octopu…
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Can Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Help You Drink Less? w/ Dr. Sam Zand
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Today, we're thrilled to have an esteemed guest with us, Dr. Sam Zand, a Johns Hopkins trained psychiatrist who teaches holistic psychiatry and psychedelic medicine at UNLV and several other universities. His innovative approach combines emerging neuroplastic therapies like Psychedelic Therapy and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) with tradit…
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[originally published on Patreon February 9, 2024] As if I didn't discuss the Tupamaros enough, I revisit the story in light of even more information I found. In particular, I look at a RAND report on the MLN-T and cross-reference it with several more books on the group. This leads us to the interestingly-named Plan Satán, as well as much more cont…
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[originally published February 7, 2024] I finish the story of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban spy, based off his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978). I examine what exactly Hevia was doing for the agency and what USAID's Office of Public Safety was up to. I discuss Lyndon B. Johnson's visit to Punta del Este, Uruguay for the Or…
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[originally published on Patreon February 1, 2024] I continue the extended story of the Tupamaros by examining the life of Manuel Hevia Coscullela, the Cuban double (or triple) agent embedded in the CIA in Uruguay. I obtained his memoir, Pasaporte 11333 : ocho años con la CIA (1978) and translated various passages into English. As far as I know, th…
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[originally published on Patreon January 25, 2024] Today I'm rejoined by Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to continue our discussion on the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We open with a discussion on the death squad as a general concept and in its specific applications in Uruguay. Then, we discuss exactly why the Tupamaros were so …
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[originally published on Patreon January 18, 2024] Today I am rejoined by old friend of the show Dr. Pig Bodine aka CJ (@pussy___teeth) to discuss the 1972 film State of Siege by Costa-Gavras. We begin by reviewing the plot of the film and the real-life events. From there, we quickly descend into darkness as we discuss the life of Dan Mitrione (bey…
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[originally published on Patreon Today I'm joined by Fergal Schmudlach (@irregnata) from the Kingless Generation podcast to discuss paleo-parapolitics. We start by discussing several points of mutual interest regarding Japan. Then we get into what anthropology can tell us about Marxism and serial killing. We talk about The Power of Ritual in Prehis…
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[originally published on Patreon January 12, 2024] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to finish our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. We pick up on his life story by getting into Einhorn's attempts at publishing both his own works and that of others. To that end, we discuss Einhorn as crank, Einhorn as magician, and especially Einho…
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[originally published on Patreon January 5, 2024] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to continue our conversation about Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. We get into Einhorn's relationship to Andrija Puharich, his involvement with Earth Day, Bell Telephone company, and the development of "Einhorn's Network". Reid explains the importance of the Diebold…
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Today, we're thrilled to have Merrilee Burke, a distinguished therapist specializing in mindful drinking and moderation. Merrilee brings a wealth of experience from her practice, focusing on holistic and practical approaches to help individuals transform their relationship with alcohol. In this episode, we dive deep into her therapeutic techniques …
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 29, 2023] Today I'm joined by Reid (@seriations) to discuss maybe the most conceited man in the world - Ira 'the Unicorn' Einhorn. In this episode, we get into Einhorn's family history and early life, his time studying to be a guru, and his work as a snitch and informant. I lost my damn mind researching a relate…
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 22, 2023] Today I'm joined by Nick Vyssotsky (@cuss_otaku) to discuss Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid video game franchise. Nick takes us through the franchise's alternate history and we discuss the various themes involving Private Military Contractors, parapsychology, Programed to Kill themes, black budgets, AI…
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Premium Episode 80 - Plantation Accounting in the Deep South
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 15, 2023] After having introduced accounting concepts and laid out their applications in Jamaica, I continue my close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. I discuss the nature of 'book farming', the nature and origin of value, and discuss the ubiquity of King Cotton in …
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Premium Episode 79 - Plantation Accounting in Jamaica
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[originally published on Patreon Dec 9, 2023] Having laid out various accounting concepts, I now introduce their application in a horrible setting: plantation accounting in Jamaica. To do this, I rely on a close reading of Accounting for Slavery: Masters and Management by Caitlin Rosenthal. Her work simply demolishes the traditional business histor…
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Premium Episode 78 - the Accounting Episode
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[originally published on Patreon Today I attempt to trace the history of accounting from renaissance Venice through the robber barons into the modern era. Along the way, I opine on the nature of moneylending, Shylock, and drill down six key accounting concepts necessary to understanding the next two episodes. While I tried to keep this episode from…
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Premium Episode 77 - Trotskyism pt. 5: “Let One Hundred Fourth Internationals Bloom”, or, the Fair Play For Trotsky Committee, feat. Comrade Chad
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[originally published on Patreon Nov 22, 2023] Today I'm rejoined by Comrade Chad to continue our discussion about post-Trotsky Trotskyism in the US. We continue discussing Burnham's various intrigues and we go pretty deep on Joseph Hansen's perfidious career. Along the way we get into the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Social…
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