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Host of Ducking Realitea talks about why there have been a lack of episodes and what's to come. 

Summary

• What's up to the decking reality world? 0:19
• We are not alone when we go through hard things. 1:27
• Finding our joy and asking for help. 2:57
  • Join us in the duck reality world every Tuesday when new episodes drop and look for the social media and Patreon to follow.

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This week I sit down with a Raymond Moore, musician and world traveler to talk about what it was like to move to Norway and raise a family. Our conversations covers the uncomfortable subject of racism and the difference between racisms in Norway compared to racism in the US. Raymond has continued to smile and spread love instead of hate. I hope this conversation helps inspire others to get to know themselves more and maybe look at the world a little different. A little more like Raymond. 

Check back for links to Raymond's music which will be dropping soon. 

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Amos and I talk trees and he breaks down how we can help save our environment and ourselves by planting trees. 

https://www.100ktrees4humanity.com/

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• How did you get involved in trees? 0:00
  • Welcome to the duckling reality world.
  • Amos is passionate about trees.
  • Sugar maple in columbus, ohio.
  • The story of the first seedling.
• The story of the tornado tree. 3:08
  • The story of the tornado tree.
  • Trees have always been part of her life.
  • The hurricane in Puerto Rico.
  • Climate change is the single largest driver of capitalism.
• What is climate change like? 9:15
  • The number one killer in climate is urban heat.
  • The global strike for climate in 2019.
  • Climate change and climate anxiety.
  • Putting a tree in everyone's hand.
  • Dopamine and oxytocin have a motivational and healing effect.
  • One tree at a time, at scale.
• Rinse and repeat. 15:46
  • There is no planet B until 2032.
  • 100k trees for humanity, a neurobiological theory of change.
  • Cool phenomenon of volunteers getting halfway through a hole.
  • Dopamine effect.
  • Nothing is ever simple.
  • One tree at a time, one person, one tree.
• How many trees per person per day? 21:20
  • Scientists give us till 2030 to plant 1 trillion trees.
  • Trees per person per day.
  • The 80/20 rule in operation and why it happens.
  • West oakland and Fremont.
  • Climate emergency declaration in the city of alameda.
  • One new tree per capita resident.
• We have to center nature first. 27:28
  • We have to center nature first.
  • How standing rock got its name.
• Planting 100,000 trees per urban community. 29:32
  • Planting 100,000 trees per urban community.
  • Planting trees per 75,000 people.
  • 1200 trees a month, 1190 trees a week.
  • How many trees per hour.
• Why are you chasing philosophy when you already have the answer? 34:37
  • Government is not throwing money at climate change.
  • Climate anxiety is still on the rise.
  • Planting a tree is the most important thing to do now.
  • Trees provide ecosystem services.
  • Evapo transpiration and microclimates in the bay area.
  • The microclimate in the Bay area.
• Trees can lower temperatures by absorbing heat. 41:16
  • 400 gallons of water a day from ground water.
  • Latent heat and climate change.
  • Trees can lower urban heat temperatures 60 to 90 degrees.
  • Trees reduce air pollution.
• What do trees do for our health? 45:49
  • Trees are the most treat communities.
  • The wealthiest zip codes have better health indicators.
  • The ashland area has the highest teenage maternal mortality r

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Dr. Alandi and I talk energy, vibrations and finding your truth.

Make an appointment or check her out online: https://www.chiropracticlifeforce.com
 and follow her on social media @dr.alandistec

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Intro to the episode. 0:01
  • Welcome back to the pod.
  • Dr alain de stek is a chiropractor.
  • Eric Rubin and his own curiosities.
  • Christopher hareesh wallace, nissimharmon and nikhara.
• Quantum physics and energy. 5:11
  • Belief in energy and quantum physics.
  • Quantum physics and quantum medicine.
  • Energy is the foundation of reality.
  • Quantum physics gives us the window to conceptualize energy.
• What Is a sound plate? 8:23
  • Visualizing the sound plate in yoga.
  • The sri yantra, the visual pattern of all reality.
  • Different spiritual practices, including yoga and chanting.
  • The first macroscopic level of the body.
  • Tone is the language of the body.
  • Mantra science and how it relates to tone.
• How can we quantify higher and lower vibration? 14:09
  • The study on water and its crystallization patterns.
  • How to quantify higher and lower vibration.
  • Getting stronger in mind gets stronger in body.
  • Biology is a feedback mechanism for the universe.
• Death is the ultimate point of a loss. 20:25
  • Seeing a dead body for the first time.
  • Death is removed from our life.
  • Death is the ultimate point of a loss.
  • Biohacking and the alternative approach to life.
• Finding the balance between health and quality of life. 24:30
  • Finding the balance of health and joy.
  • Pablo Picasso, learn the rules.
  • The black and white rule.
  • Finding the balance between daily practices and personal life.
• How to tune into your energy system. 28:39
  • Tune into the constructive force nature of a thing.
  • Checking in on nourishing and energy-rich.
  • Formal practices that have become staples in her life.
  • Crossfit and movement practices.
• The body needs more feedback. 32:41
  • Stagnation is an indicator that the body needs more feedback.
  • The importance of a daily ritual.
  • The one pranic revolution of the body.
  • The 24-minute meditation practice.
• Open meditation and meditation practice. 36:56
  • Open meditation and crossfit in the morning.
  • Crossfit as many rounds as possible.
  • Pour into yourself first and then give out.
  • Practice what you preach.
  • The joy is in the consciousness.
  • It takes one to know one.
• How to help people understand why they should be curious. 44:33
  • Why 24 minutes is a good way to help people understand.
  • The imp

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This week my friend Mel and I have some champagne and talk about life growing up in a religious school, owning a restaurant and being in the booze business. 

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Getting used to the self-promotion stuff. 0:11
  • Getting used to self-promotion and putting yourself out there.
  • Melanie's first podcast, her favorite podcast.
• My favorite podcast. 2:19
  • My favorite murder podcast and trash podcast.
  • Bad first dates, bad dates.
• Alameda’s unique culture and culture. 4:47
  • Growing up in alameda and growing up in a christian bubble.
  • Alameda pride is strong.
  • Going to catholic school, no dances or formal events.
  • Getting in trouble for rolling up her skirt.
• Not all public schools are created equal. 9:54
  • Not all public schools are great.
  • Going to alameda high and college.
• Where did you go to school in Stockton? 12:47
  • Going to school in stockton, pacific pacific
  • Religion and education in the state.
  • The generational gap between right wing and bible thumpers.
  • Religion is weird, religion is weird.
• Some of these people are just as crazy now as they were when I first met them. 17:53
  • Some people are still crazy now.
  • The abortion debate and birth control.
• Why did you go to college? 20:29
  • Why he went to college and what he learned.
  • Starting his own company.
  • Bartending at zs and mcgraths.
  • Moved to kelly's bar in alameda,aii.
• How American Oak got its start. 25:33
  • Moving from Barcelona to american oak.
  • How American oak got its first name.
  • How martin got into the alcohol industry.
  • The evolution of forbidden island.
• Have you ever been to Tiki Bar? 30:34
  • American oak during pandemic time.
  • American oak in December 2012, reopening after fire.
• Do you have suspicions on who started the fire? 33:28
  • Suspicions on who started the fire.
  • The worst of it was a bookcase fire.
  • Trying to make molotov cocktails with restaurant linens.
  • Hired a GM for a while.
• What is the shelf life of a restaurant and how long does it have? 38:43
  • Restaurants shelf life is 10 years.
  • Working for Young's forced deeper product knowledge.
  • Favorite spirit company, spirit bomb.
  • Favorite spirits company, st george.
• The tasting room at Young’s. 42:42
  • Tasting room at st george distillery.
  • Working for a distiller.
  • The importance of having a good manager.
  • Looking for a job in young's market.

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This week I sit down with Raul and talk about myself. It isn’t the direction I thought the episode would go but it was the direction it needed. We recorded this just days after losing someone very close to me. I found him and had to explain to his family that he’s no longer with us, so we talk about grief and tragedy and a little bit more about my story and where I come from. So enjoy this raw vulnerable and slightly angry episode and get to know me a little better. 

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Introduction to this week's episode. 0:04
  • Welcome to this week's episode of jacking reality.
  • Loss of john wilkie.
• What happens when you lose someone you care about and people want to make it about them. 2:01
  • The speculation and speculation surrounding the death of her husband.
  • People who make it about them.
  • Being sensitive and supportive to those who are suffering.
  • The one thing she'll never understand.
  • Taking a moment to say to that person what they need.
  • Grief is hard and hard.
• My life is marked with tragedy. 9:06
  • Tragedy is what marks all of her timestamps.
  • Tragic events in her life.
  • The impact of the death of her mother.
  • The fallout from her mother's death.
• How he coped with his grandfather’s death as a kid. 12:26
  • Uncle bob was not well.
  • Grandfather died on Thanksgiving morning.
  • Being part of a family with four sisters.
  • Being the weird kid in the closet.
  • Being curious about how people fit in.
  • How she dealt with her grandfather passing.
• What it was like to be 12 to be told “you can’t know this”. 18:59
  • Being told no and being told no.
  • How anna reacted to her aunt's death.
  • The gift of life being too short.
  • The first funeral he attended.
• What else do you not know about your family? 22:53
  • Tragedy and tragedy in the family.
  • The story of how uncle joe showed up in Jamaica.
  • Uncle joe's last name was never discussed.
  • Grieving the loss of his grandfather.
• How to deal with the loss. 28:00
  • Holding on to the what is.
  • Keeping him at arm's length.
  • Waves of grief are at times untenable.
  • The tools she has developed to deal with grief.
• The skills he’s learned from losing so many family members. 32:58
  • Losing three siblings in less than a year.
  • Best friend's dad died in high school.
• The blessing of having a big family. 35:21
  • The blessing of having a huge family.
  • How 40 years of loss has changed her perspective.
  • The gift of being a people pleaser.
  • The loss of her ex-husband.
• When you know you’re the shit right now. 40:32
  • Fear of letting her light shine.
  • Finding her joy and

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This week I’m on location! Home Connie and Michael and birthplace of The Menagerie. We talk about how and why they started The Menagerie and Connie shares just how close we were to loosing her. Lucky for all of us her badassery and the love of a good man has kept her healthy and thriving! This is a short one and both will be back for longer more in-depth convo about all things peculiar and odd. Enjoy and hope to see many of you at World Goth day this Saturday May 6 in Vallejo !!!

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Welcome to the Menagerie. 0:09
  • Ginger shots with a wind chaser.
  • The start of the menagerie.
• Is it still fun getting 40 events a year? 2:35
  • Growing from california to all over the state.
  • The menagerie is always evolving.
  • Legacy events are fun because people plan on going.
  • World golf day is a marketing partnership.
• Gothic subculture is an untapped market. 8:35
  • The gothic subculture is an untapped market.
  • The community is growing and growing.
  • Working with local producers to promote and put on shows.
  • Pop-ups outside of the area this year.
  • Getting out of alameda and finding a bigger venue.
  • First event in san francisco this year.
• What’s coming up at the San Francisco Mint. 15:16
  • San francisco mint and terror vault event details.
  • How to choose one thing to be good at.
  • Finding mentors and meeting people in the strangest places.
  • Becoming one of the top artists.
• The first two markets were highly curated. The third market had to be postponed twice before it was ready. 21:30
  • Security to market. First two markets were highly curated.
  • Covid hit first three markets.
  • Getting back to curating the market in 2022.
  • The menagerie makes her so good.
• What she used to do for World Golf Championship. 26:13
  • Doing everything for the last four years.
  • Being an accountant for 30 years.
  • Aortic dissection is a widowmaker.
  • 90% of people with an aortic emergency do not survive.
• How the menagerie changed her life. 30:34
  • The grieving process of being diagnosed with agoraphobia.
  • The fear of leaving the house.
  • Five years of the menagerie has changed her life.
  • Working for yourself is challenging.
• How did you know what was going on? 35:13
  • How she knew she was having a heart attack.
  • How she got to alameda hospital.
  • Aortic dissection at Stanford and UCSF.
  • Aorta dissection and aortic surgery.
• The only way to tell if someone’s having an aneurysm, rupture or dissection is through imaging. 41:19
  • Depeche mode and Alan Thicke died from dissection.
  • The importance of regular scans.
  • Double barrel dissection of the aorta.
  • Exercises and blood pressure.
• The only other option is to wallow.

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Danny Lopez is in the house this week sharing his knowledge and teaching me the history of Alameda and all things Clampers! It was fun learning the history of our little island and what exactly a Clamper is. Can't wait to go to my first Clamper event this summer! Stay tuned for that but for now get educated with Danny and I. 

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Welcome to this week's episode. 0:00
  • Welcoming Daniel Lopez to the show.
  • Clamping vs clamping in alameda.
• How do you know so much history about Alameda? 1:00
  • Alameda has a long weird history.
  • Alameda is an encyclopedia about alameda.
  • The oakland raiders and the garlic noodles.
  • Working at a fireside fireside.
  • Clampers, a rare historical organization in west virginia.
  • West virginia and the beehive.
• Credo Quia absurdum -. 7:31
  • The secret society, credo quia absurdum.
  • The gold rush in california and its mission.
• Flintstones’ history of two women clampers. 9:43
  • History of two women clampers and a Flintstones episode.
  • The history of Flintstones.
  • Time management and time management.
  • The importance of doing new things.
• How do you earn the money to pay the bills? 15:12
  • None of them know how to cook.
  • Volunteering at virginia city chapter.
  • Historical plaques at drinking spots in california.
  • Raising money for widows, orphans and scholarships.
  • Norton, the emperor of the united states.
  • Frisco is a $25 charge.
• Joaquin Marietta and the Zorro chapter. 21:36
  • The current humbug of the chapter.
  • The head of joaquin maria.
• What’s in the tip jar? 24:25
  • Making a replica of Daniel's face.
  • Raising money for a women's shelter.
  • Best friend's mom is a clamper.
  • Best friend is a good guy.
  • The history of alameda and its history.
  • Alameda was the end of the railroads.
• Walking around the property and seeing the houses. 29:24
  • Some of the houses in alameda are deceiving.
  • One of the new houses is beautiful.
  • The gold coast of alameda.
  • Alameda used to be three different towns.
  • The fear of the estuary.
  • San antonio creek, san leandro creek.
• Don’t go in the water. 36:22
  • Starting to make friends at the park.
  • Going from three different communities to one.
• What is the history of Neptune Beach? 39:20
  • Trees, redwoods and industrial space.
  • The early 1940s, the depression and the golden gate.
  • How the base got its name.
  • The fairmont hotel in oakland, fairmont.
• Culpa Street Bridge Disaster of 1890. 44:30
  • Webster street bridge

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  Welcome to the first of what will turn into a series of evenings with Rory. Rory and I met on the island and quickly become friends and have had some amazingly deep and moving conversations as well as taking the piss out of each other. He was so excited to come on and share the first chapter of his life with us. We didn’t have a plan or agenda when we sat down our conversation spans through his journey to the U.S. and what his immigrant experience has been like. His positivity, curiosity and raw honesty is inspiring and joyous. Enjoy and we’ll see you next time.  

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Introduction to this week’s episode. 0:12
  • Welcome to the show, rory.
  • Favorite podcasts to listen to.
  • The art of storytelling in podcasting.
  • The core storytelling aspect of podcasting is important.
• The Library of Congress and Shana Key. 3:24
  • I npr has a feature in the morning.
  • The national congress.
  • The importance of storytelling in irish culture.
  • The role of a shana key.
• How to tell a good ghost story. 6:40
  • Good at telling a story.
  • Immigrant experience in the american version.
• How did you get to San Francisco? 9:13
  • Coming to san francisco at a young age.
  • Coming to the US at a time when it was easy to be illegal.
  • Moving to a new city and exploring a city at your own pace.
  • The homeless population in San Francisco.
• What’s changed in San Francisco over time. 15:21
  • San francisco reinvents itself during cycles of boom and bust.
  • Diversity and money.
  • Home is a part of him.
  • People are confused when he knows more about the city.
• How do you talk to people who don’t know you? 18:52
  • The initial impression people have on australia.
  • The challenges of being from australian.
• The hardest part of growing up in Ireland. 21:54
  • Hardest part of growing up in Ireland, sharing parliament with multiple people.
  • Making the decision to keep moving around the world.
  • Bought his first computer and thought it wouldn't work in Ireland.
  • Texas is the sixth-largest state in the world, according to the us
• What has changed about our country since 1985? 28:25
  • What has changed the biggest about the us
  • The story of how he became a citizen of the us.
• When I was living in London, I went back to London for six months. 31:17
  • Going back to London for six months.
  • Commuting to work on trains in London.
  • The dreary people all dressed for the horrible weather.
  • Getting out of jail card.
• What made going back to Ireland never an option after leaving? 34:18
  • How Ireland changed after he left.
  • How the Irish concept punches above its weight when it comes to the Irish e

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 This week I talk to one of my favorite regulars. Chuck enjoys a good beer and share his life from our island to the big top. Enjoy me chuckling with Chuck! 

Summary/Time Stamps: 

• Introduction to today’s episode. 0:09
• The first elementary school on the island and clown college. 2:03
• Was he auditioning for other things before deciding to go to clown college? 7:56
• How he got involved with the circus. 13:17
• The connection between clowns and mimes. 19:45
• What kind of clowns did you do in the circus? 25:15
• The wild life of clowns on the road. 31:20
• What was your favorite place to perform? 37:08
• Cockroaches, fleas, and cockroaches. 42:51
• We got pulled over by the cops in Oklahoma City. 48:41
• Was there a preconceived notion of the type of person he was? 50:59
• When you were doing the freelance clown stuff, were you the same clown that you had been in the circus? 55:39
• Dancing in front of an arena full of people. 1:01:03
• No one wanted a Christmas Time spoof. 1:06:53
• How did you get into dance? 1:12:27
• Hearst Castle and evening tours. 1:18:07
• Retiring from the outside world. 1:24:49
• Pat’s memories of growing up in Madison Square Garden. 1:31:41
• Did you ever go see the circus when it comes back? 1:36:45