Coffin Talk

Jonathon Aslay is a dating coach with an expanded philosophy of love. After losing his 19-year-old son Connor in 2018, Jonathon’s grief led him on a soul-searching inner journey, where he became aware of an often-overlooked dimension of the dating conversation: a distressing lack of self-worth, self-regard, and self-love. He is now on a mission to encourage everyone to fully love themselves and he wrote about it in his book, “What the Heck Is Self-Love Anyway?” Click here for more!

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Sean O’Grady is a global god of photography and videography. He’s also been sober for nearly 8 years. And not “California sober.” This man participates in the same grueling world as everyone else, only he does it without any chemicals, all day, every day. Thanks to his tremendous drive and heart, Sean initiates positive, social change with his photography, and he feels blessed to do what he loves. However, we barely talk about his work because Mike is too busy asking him every question he can think to ask someone who has been sober for nearly a decade. Check out Sean’s work HERE.

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Alina Bartuli is "just another Korean Ukrainian American podcasting from El Salvador."

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Kirk rose to international prominence as the lead counsel for the infamous Jodi Arias. He has written for the New York Daily News and authored eight books.  He has also appeared on Crime Stories with Nancy Grace, Court TV, Law and Crime Daily, Dr. Oz, The Mel Robbins Show and The Today Show. Kirk has also been featured in documentaries on Discovery ID and the Oxygen Network and worked as a model and actor. Yet of all he has done, nothing brings him more joy than spending time with his wife of 32 years and his dog Ron. Want more? Visit www.kirknurmi.com

We talk about the Menendez Brothers, mental illness + insanity, the Supreme Court, punishment, incarceration, rehabilitation, corporal punishment, corrections, prison, retribution, shame, justice, ethics, social control, deviance, juvenile delinquency, policing, reform, lockdowns, and why Mike is absurdly paranoid. It’s a fun time.

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Marshall Roupp is a teacher, performer, and family member. He has taught special education and worked in mental health for over 20 years, has been on stage for comedy shows, and is the proud father of a 3-year-old girl who makes him happy to be alive. He tells us about his road to success, which features an "insanely lucky MS diagnosis" that certainly didn't seem that way when it came on his thirtieth birthday!

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"Nurse Jenn" is a Registered Nurse in Ontario, Canada who has worked in Emergency Rooms all over Ontario. She has a passion for helping those recent nursing graduates grow into the nurses they dream they'll be, while avoiding the common pitfalls along the way. She is always happy to help healthcare workers looking for wellness resources, and has recently written a book about nursing and intuition!

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Please join me in a large milestone in my life: Coffin Talk’s 200th show!

This episode features me, alone, answering listeners’ solicited (and unsolicited) weird, invasive, and interesting questions. I also talk about my most memorable episodes and reveal the most downloaded episodes from our 3+ years of weekly programming.

I’ll be honest: I was very afraid to do this, so that’s exactly why I did it.

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Joe Van Wyk is an author, father, and Christ-follower who has served clients with his gifts in photography, videography, design, and publishing for over 30 years. A previous urban street photography fanatic, he is now a lover of mindful photography and hikes in the pine trees and walks along roaring rivers. Joe lives in Glenwood Springs, Colorado with Frankie the Doodle. You can find Joe's mindful photography vlogs and helpful resources at JoeVanWyk.com and MindfulPhotography.org.

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Kat Jutras is the state advocacy director for Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona (DPAA). DPAA focuses on death penalty abolition and issues related to the criminal justice system in Arizona. Website: www.azdeathpenalty.org

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James F. Richardson is a Ph.D. cultural anthropologist who has studied American society for twenty years as a market research consultant. He is also the author of a new nonfiction book, Our Worst Strength, which questions our American approach to individualism as a way of life. He lives in Tucson, Arizona where he writes a weekly Substack, Homo Imaginari, for a growing international readership.

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