Christopher P. Brown is a former preschool, kindergarten, and 1st-grade teacher. He is also an award-winning researcher, teacher educator, and professor of early childhood education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. This week he's on to talk about the good and the bad of public education, and how we can do better.

This week is a little different from what you listeners are used to! We decided to record a special episode where we talk a bit about the show, what goes into making it, how we got here, and where we're going. We talk about most of our thoughts on the entertainment industry as a whole, and how we really feel about a lot of it. You might be surprised, but then again, there's always something surprising on this show!

Check us out every Monday wherever you stream your podcasts from, and on YouTube!

New York Times best selling author Elliot Ackerman is on this week to talk about his new book 2034: A Novel Of The Next World War. Tune in to find out what went into writing this great book. We talk about about the realities that shaped the idea for his novel, from cyber attacks like we experience now, to the potential ramifications of depending on technology the way we do now. We also recommend picking up Elliot's book anywhere you can buy good books!

George Siegel is the director and producer of the documentary “The Last House Standing”. Through the process of making the film, he discovered what we keep getting wrong about building homes to survive natural disasters. From fires to floods, we dove into the mistakes we keep making, and how to stop making terrible choices about our buildings. 

Brimstone has had a successful and rewarding career spanning over four decades; participating in numerous entertainment fields boasting a list of titles including

professional wrestler, radio host/professional podcaster, actor, voice actor, author, musician, philanthropist, food critic, horror model, and comic book/animated/children's book/video game hero.

He's been called a Renaissance man by many, but more accurately described as a well seasoned entertainer and serial entertainment entrepreneur.

Kara Fernstrom is usually on her own podcast, The Conquest of Bliss, but this week she's joining us on Beautiful Bastards to talk about....all kinds of things. Happiness, addiction, drug therapy, and a whole lot more. She brings a lot of what she's learned from experts on mental health to the show, and it's a lot of awesome stuff for you listeners!

Scott Medlin has worked as a Police Officer since 2007. Prior to that, he was in the United States Marine Corps. He also attended college. He was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 and 2005. Find out what he has to say about modern day policing right here!

Check him out on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfVVEChIR4VL69vPz6ehnoQ 

Dr. Kimya Nuru Dennis is an activist, educator, sociologist and criminologist with a criminal justice background, trainer, evaluator, and researcher specializing in demographic-and-cultural variance, inclusion, and equity.

Dr. Eli Sheff is an expert on polyamorous families, a college professor, an author and much more. She's on this weeks episode to tell us sooo many interesting things we never even considered. We talk about open relationships, shared relationships, BDSM and the implications involved with how it effects people and their families. Griz and Gerry learned more than they even thought to ask, so stop in and listen to find out what else is out there!

Find out even more here https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-polyamorists-next-door

Dr. Eli is a fantastic source of information so check it out!

Keith Hutchings started what he calls "The Comfortable Home Project". His goal is to take the idea of passive solar homes, and smart housing solutions to the mainstream. Listen to find out why we need to get away from the bigger is better housing model. Thanks to Keith, we learn about the better way of doing the whole "house" thing.

check out his work here https://www.thecomfortablehomeproject.com.au/