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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. 

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• 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.

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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.  

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• 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.

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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! 

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• 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

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 Raul and I talk about healing from the past, giving yourself distance from the trauma of your life to curate and create your life and vibe. 

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• Welcome to this week’s episode. 0:08
• Mental health and depression. 9:49
• What did you lean into to heal yourself after losing the baby? 17:37
• “I feel like I needed to know what pain felt like physical and emotional pain felt like.”. 23:39
• How do I take care of myself? 29:27
• If you’re putting out good things, you’ll get put back. 36:12
• What can you do on someone’s body in 15 minutes? 41:03
• “It’s your party if you’re not having fun no one does”. 46:29
• Some of the happiest people in the world don’t know how they got out of bed. 52:28
• It’s all a choice if you want it to be shittier. 56:39
• If something isn’t working in your life, change it. 1:01:16
• The trade-off between intimacy and compromise. 1:06:44
• People and relationships fascinate me. 1:12:33
• Having a partner that does not take constructive information. 1:16:56
• How the emotional experience manifests as physical pain. 1:22:05
• “With gratitude I love and pay attention to and thank every inch millimeter of cell cell wall.”. 1:27:22

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 Look who I talk with this week!! I’m so excited to share my conversation with Pia Barton owner and founder of Malaya Botanicals my favorite CBD company. We talk about her products what it’s like being a woman in business and the pitfalls of owning a company so closely related to cannabis. 

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• Pia introduces herself. 0:06
• What did your parents think of your hustling? 1:28
• How he got into the cannabis industry. 5:36
• Do what we say it is. 12:06
• The importance of giving back to the community. 18:42
• How can you have your thoughts together? 22:18
• The stigma of cannabis. 31:00
• The endocannabinoid system in the body. 36:13
• The Fda doesn’t regulate supplements. 41:05
• Giving up his career. 46:39
• The importance of making sure your product works. 51:15
• Why we have an opioid epidemic? 57:39
• Cannabis is a really bad word. 1:04:23
• Cannabusiness in indigenous medicine. 1:08:44
• How she became a triathlete. 1:13:57
• Falling in love with triathlon. 1:18:11
• Sharing your story to help others. 1:24:30

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 Camilo is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition coach who teaches some newer modalities of training. We talk about how he got into fitness and what the future of fitness looks like. 

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• Who is Camilla and how did he end up here? 0:00
• Everything happens for a reason. You can find a reason. 4:54
• What other branches aren’t listening to this? 12:16
• The wildest time at the gym. 16:36
• The competitive relationship between Eric and Andrew. 20:28
• The two of them were friends and they went in on a house -. 25:21
• Discipline comes in when you do things you don’t like. 29:51
• My arm is not working right now. 32:24
• How did you get started in fitness? 37:18
• David Whack is one of the pioneers in pushing these ideas forward. 42:50
• When you begin to feel like it’s not a challenge, it’s a totally different feeling. 46:17
• Overhand vs. Underhand Drill. 51:37
• Our body is not our soul, it’s our body. 56:51
• What is a full body workout? 1:02:10
• How training can make a huge difference in your life. 1:07:12
• The rope is like a tool that allows you to hop into the energy field. 1:09:50
• There’s no reason that anybody should ever have to be an ultra-sedentary individual. 1:13:21
• People are born into realities that don’t ever teach them how to preserve their humanity. 1:17:44
• The future of the fitness industry is only growing. 1:22:25
• What happens when you change your diet and hormones. 1:27:41
• How a good trainer is like a therapist. 1:32:52
• The power of the internet to help you find your passion. 1:36:00
• What he’s not done yet.

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 Cheers Bitches with Donna Church, the islands best bartend and my newest best friend. We talk about everything from bartending, to families to staying a romantic. Join us for a chat about life and finding your joy.

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• Donna’s favorite response to compliments. 0:08
• How he got started in marketing. 5:28
• Donna’s become the most popular bartender on the island. 9:39
• Step into the fireside with your people. 13:38
• What’s your end with your end? 19:01
• The rules of the bar are strict. 25:18
• You can’t just bring your own music into the bar. 32:12
• Waving you down and asking for help. 36:32
• B bartenders need to keep the peace. 40:26
• How to deal with customers with customer service. 43:50
• What’s wrong with some of these kids? 48:31
• If you have a little dick, you better be extraordinary. 54:10
• If a guy can’t take care of you in those ways, he’s not going to stay for you. 1:00:39
• Karen’s name is “chi-chi”. 1:04:32
• What it’s like when a bad batch of fentanyl goes around, and why it’s happening. 1:08:58
• The fear of success. 1:15:04

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 This weeks episode, I talk to my friend Hannah. Who not only has a great ass, but a great outlook on life. Our talk is honest, raw and covers a bit of relationships, infertility and fighting against the binary. 

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• Hannah’s background and growing up. 0:14
• What’s your favorite food? 6:46
• When you’re raised in certain beliefs, it can be incredibly difficult to break out of those beliefs. 12:21
• Hannah’s memories of her early life. 19:45
• What are the parameters for loving thy neighbor? 27:58
• If you don’t allow for the idea that you don’t have all the knowledge or you could learn from someone else, then 33:06
• Some people have totally different thought processes or views of the world. 41:17
• Why is religion so tied to this country? 49:04
• How weed opens you up in a different way. 1:00:59
• Knowing your worth on a different level is powerful. 1:09:52
• How poly gives you the freedom to have relationships with someone without worrying about breaking the rules. 1:21:26
• What’s hard about being in a poly relationship? 1:26:13
• The first time in her life she had ever made choices for herself. 1:33:29
• Why we need to drop qualifiers and labels. 1:39:17
• No one really fits fully in the binary. 1:45:56
• How do you know who you are? 1:50:33
• Is there an age when you should stop calling your kids your little sibling? 1:56:56
• Your life can’t be happy if you don’t have children. 2:01:37
• What it’s like to live like a “new woman”. 2:10:06
• It’s not fair for me. 2:14:09
• Why education is so important as a women. 2:20:38
• Relaxing is not the answer. 2:26:30

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 This week I rereleases a conversation I had last year with my friend and doctor. She taught me that healing doesn’t have to hurt along with so many other valuable lessons on healing, mobility and life. 

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• What is chiropractic? What is chiropractic? 0:08
• The relationship of how the body holds itself together to create an integrated moment. 4:45
• Connecting into the fullness of the moment and being present. 8:44
• The difference between a chiropractic doctor and a medical doctor. 12:53
• What does it mean to be aware and how does consciousness manifest into life? 20:31
• Growing up in a vegetarian house. 25:30
• Why you need to know what you’re doing. 29:30
• You are your own best doctor -. 33:25
• How consciousness can seem like hippie dippie. 38:38

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  I’ll introduce you to my friend Melissa. I hope she’ll be back a few times because she is a wealth of knowledge and an amazingly interesting woman. Her life experience, natural talent and kind heart shows through in this candid conversation about like, everything life throws at you. Enjoy! 

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• Juggling Reality -. 0:08
• Melissa’s description of herself. 2:07
• Functional pain and pain management. 6:18
• The amount of knowledge doctors don’t get is insane. 12:25
• There’s not enough lavender oil in the world. 18:24
• My life would be incomplete if I didn’t have kids. 24:35
• Every amazing thing our bodies can do is dependent on the one thing that they can’t do. 30:03
• What helped this person? What didn’t? 34:09
• The search for understanding and helping when you’ve felt helpless. 37:11
• Why we treat ourselves like shit about being vulnerable. 43:03
• My anxiety is like a gremlin. 48:44
• Confidence is a defense mechanism. It’s like the clay army. 54:10
• Introspection is like a little gremlin. 56:05
• When you feel like this you should get away from the people that you care about. 1:01:01
• “How can I help?”. 1:06:08
• We’re all being mean to ourselves. 1:11:58
• The new sexual revolution is coming. 1:17:38
• How long were you in Boston? 1:22:56
• Making friends at work. 1:27:56
• People change because of two things: something happens to them or they hear a story. 1:34:49
• You can’t judge someone’s experience. 1:37:44

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