Spencer Carlson began his adventure on a Farm in Iowa before eventually moving to Kansas City, where he later decided to travel the world. After 6 difficult months of saving funds, Spencer used the $10,000 he saved to travel to 30 countries, on 5 continents, in a half-year trip around the world. Today Spencer is the founder of 2020 Adventures, and he’s hear to share his experiences with you today.

“Every man I meet is my superior in some way, in that I learn from him.”

4:05 – Southwest Airlines benefits:

Here’s a video showing you how much gear he carries:

https://www.facebook.com/jayurbzz/videos/1178116875594050/

Here’s the book (It’s an audiobook available on Audible):

“If you can’t explain it to a six year old, you don’t understand it yourself.”

50:49 – “How do you find partners in other countries?”

52:54 – ByePal

1:10:09 – “For instance, there’s a neighborhood called Montmartre district…”

1:11:30 – “Well tell me about your experiences in Egypt”

1:16:40.110 – “If you draw it out while you’re talking about it, I can take a picture of it…”

1:12:32 – “The mother made Hashish”

1:13:02 – “We were there [Egypt] in 2013 , in October.”

1:15:02 – “I just watched a guy die from that… [Running with the bulls in Spain]”

And yes, he actually died.

1:20:26 – First World Problems

1:21:46 – “This kinda sounds like Dharma”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma

1:25:33 – “Like just in this room… the bird sign… wet walls…”

1:26:48 – The plant that shrivels up when you touch it

You can buy the seeds on Amazon. But be warned, they are very hard to germinate, take forever to grow, and usually die.

1:28:34 – “Something the Chinese call O-to-O”

1:30:11 – “There’s Eat-With, and another one that are actually doing it…”

1:32:16 – “Do you have a bucketlist?”

1:33:23 – “It’s on my bucketlist to inspire 10 people to make a bucketlist”

1:35:03 – “I use Field Notes”

I bought mine off Amazon:

If the price is too steep you can just make them yourself. It’s 24 sheets of paper (7″ x 5.5″) folded in half and stapled, with a glossy/smooth plastic-feeling outer layer. They’ll fit in your pocket and are way more convenient than large-bulky notebooks.

1:35:25 – “Those are the same ones I have..”

1:35:40  – Aaron Draplin

“Aaron Draplin is a graphic designer, author and founder of Draplin Design Co. (DDC) based in Portland, Oregon. His clients include Nike, Burton Snowboards, Esquire, Red Wing, Field Notes, Ford Motor Company, and the Obama Administration. His book, Pretty Much Everything, is a mid-career survey of his work including case studies and advice which was released in May 2016.”

Aaron Draplin is an amazing person, and an exceptional teacher. I’ve watched hundreds of graphic design tutorials and my favorite by-far, is a 20-minute video of him showing how to design a logo from start-to-finish.

His book, which is available on Amazon, has a nearly 100% 5-star rating on every reviewing website—including Goodreads, which is notorious for giving tough reviews.

Check it out:

Update: After writing this reference page I went ahead and bought his book. I’m only halfway through it atm but it’s a great book!

1:36:04 – “I think he had a square”

1:36:28 – “Yeah, take my money!”

1:36:31 – “His presentation was one of the coolest I’ve ever seen”

1:36:53 – “[Quote] The best education you will ever receive is traveling”

1:39:10 – TED talk video of older man talking about traveling and national prejudice.

1:40:43 – “I see the world… without borders”

1:44:16 – “The largest slum in the world is Kibera..”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kibera

1:45:53 – [5-Year Goals]

An article on how to set goals effectively:

Send an email to yourself in the future, to show yourself where you should be in relation to your goals:

1:46:40 – “And I went to my room… I got my globe”

1:53:41 – “Yeah I actually designed the 2020 Adventures Logo”

http://2020adventures.com/

1:54:09 – AirBnB’s Logo

1:54:16 – Brian Chesky

1:56:23 – AirBnB’s First Logo

1:57:04 – The Symbolism Behind AirBnB’s Logo

1:57:22 – “Some people think it looks like genitals or something”

http://imgur.com/a/niJcf

1:57:29 – “Their new logo looks exactly like another company’s logo, for which they’ve been accused of stealing.”

Everything has already been said But since no one was listening, everything must be said again @Medium @Airbnb pic.twitter.com/XdMDxM403N

— Stefano Tirloni (@stefanotirloni) April 26, 2016

1:58:29 – “Like Sam Altman Says… 10% Better Everyday”

Time – “Apple was just two guys in a garage”

2:01:51 – “Google was just guys building hard drives with legos”

2:02:13 – “Mark Cuban says it’s a job that’s 24/7/365. It’s harder than any sport, anything you can do”

2:03:14 – “I’ve been looking for the actual notecard I wrote my goals on”

2:05:15 – Will Smith’s Brick Wall Quote

2:05:24 – “His dad actually… there was like a real wall..”

Time – “They told us about a thing called Kanban.”

2:07:08 – “Focus on your strengths and delegate your weaknesses”

This quote is often delivered by Stephen R. Covey, who wrote the book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36072.The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People

2:17:21 – “Something that happens to you when you see something so beautiful that you cannot process it”

Here’s an article discussing it in length:

2:18:15 – The Hermitage (Russian Art Gallery)

2:18:50 – The island of Santorini (Greece)

2:19:26 – “These right here?”

2:19:47 – “I literally felt like I..”

2:20:30 – “The computers off the matrix…”

2:24:00 – Jackson Pollock

Here’s one of Jackson Pollocks most famous paintings:

2:24:20 – Lady finds Jackson Pollock painting at a thrift store

Apparently there’s a whole documentary on the story,

2:24:54 – “Most of [Banksy’s] paintings sell for millions of dollars… and he knows this, and will anonymously donate them to charities…”

This video went viral awhile back. Bansky setup a stand and had an old man sit there and try to sell his paintings. A low-end Bansky painting sells for roughly $200,000. Watch how many people politely walk past it without realizing how much the paintings are really worth.

2:30:02 – “Like Arabic or Farsi”

2:31:09 – “At the end of each episode I ask each guest if they have a shout-out they’d like to give.”

2:32:37 – “So my shout-out is to…”

So my shout-out is to all those wanna-be entrepreneurs, or people that have an idea of a start-up, or even who want to go and travel the world… or move to Australia and get a job. There’s people who have really big dreams either in travel or entrepreneurship. This shout-out’s to you.  There’s just so many resources, so much opportunity. If you’re hearing this, you’re probably in the states, or you’re in a place where it’s easy to get access to technology. If we have that, you can start anything. You can find free resources for travel, or starting your idea. You can go out and speak to someone about travel or starting up your idea. There’s so many people in both of these sectors that really want to help out the next generation of travelers, or entrepreneurs, or both. That they’re really willing to give as much mentorship, free advice, any sort of guidance to anyone who wants to do it. Cause I know I am, and anybody else who’s in my space is as well. We really wanna help anybody out there that hasn’t done it yet to really go and do it. And no matter how big or wild your dream is, it really is possible—it’s just like we said, getting one step at a time. Putting down one brick.

2:32:49 – “Well I can email you later and you can give me a list of some of the more valuable resources these entrepreneurs can access?”

There’s a million resources for people starting out; Best advice is just to get into the religion of finding out what’s going on in the startup world; Frequent www.Techcrunch.com; Check Startland News for local startup news; get in touch with local entrepreneurs via Linkedin, going to Sprint Accelerator events (or similar events in every city in the country); watch YouTube videos of successful entrepreneurs and Accelerator people in your space (for me, watching numerous videos of Brian Chesky, Sam Altman, Gary Vaynerchuk, etc. have been key to me figuring out how to get going).

2:34:07 – “Do you have a way that listeners can get in touch with you?”

All social media handles are under “2020Adventures” or “ByePal”. You can reach me directly on my email, Spencer@[email protected].

https://www.facebook.com/2020adventures

2:34:27 – “So to summarize your shout-out, just get out there and act on your entrepreneurial spirit?”

Right! Act on it. Go and put something really shitty out there, and get some advice. Get some advice from someone who’s done it really well—use your resources by listening to podcasts, or looking at Youtube videos from really successful entrepreneurs.

2:34:28 – “There’s entrepreneur podcasts I’m sure..”

This episode challenge is go out and notice the things that are around you in your life, that up until this challenge you had not made an effort to notice.
It’s so easy to get distracted these days, and the result is that we miss much of what goes on around us.
In fact, we’re so distracted that we often don’t even realize that we’ve missed anything. Our thoughts are either on the future and what’s next, or… we’re analyzing the past. We’re not truly living in the present moment.

So what do I mean by this challenge? Well… let me give you an example.
There’s this walk that I like to do in my neighborhood—I’ve been doing it for about 5 years now. And I’ve done this walk hundreds of times, usually with a friend of mine.
But somehow, just a few months ago, I was taking that very same walk and I noticed this really cool building that I’d never noticed before. It was a 3-door garage with hobbit doors, instead of the traditional square garage doors. Something that I totally should have noticed on one of my previous walks. But somehow, I never did.
The truth is, we all have things like that garage, that have always been there. and are seemingly obvious, but that we’ve somehow never noticed.

If you have any cool ideas for a future challenges, send them to [email protected].

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

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Tune into episode #9 as Thomas Godding and I share a few fun high school memories before eventually moving into deeper discussions on the Education System, Hollywood and the movie industry, Syrian Refugees, The Oregon Militia, Humans of New York, and a many other interesting political topics.

8:05 – “The American Education System… “

You can also find other free online resources for education at www.NoExcuseList.com

This article is a very interesting read:

13:32 – [Smooth segway]

14:06 – “So that you [schools] can get more funding…”

20:21 – “De-Personalization and De-Realization”

Here’s a screenshot I took of a Youtube commenter describing de-realization that’s pretty spot-on.

In short, you essentially feel very detached from your entire reality. Everything around you seems like fake two-dimensional Hollywood props. You don’t see an entire room, you see and feel everything separate from one another. It feels almost like your whole life was taken from under you and your world was replaced with a simulator, like the Matrix.

To learn more about this, just go to YouTube and search both of those phrases. Lots of people who are currently experiencing it, or have previously experienced it, discuss what it’s like and how long it took for it to go away.

31:05 – “Well on the other end of the spectrum…”

Also, check this out:

31:11 – “[Einstein didn’t do well in school]”

31:22 – “Divinci had severe dyslexia”

37:02 – “On the Federal level, same standards, but I think on the State level, there’s different standards…”

Read more about State and Federal education standards here:

37:17 – “Resources don’t make that much of a difference”

Looking back at this, I disagree with my statement. Resources make a huge difference.

40:05 – “There was an actor or actress that was coming out and saying that success is solely defined by social media followers these days”

46:45 – “At Disney Land.. some people use their roles to feel self-important”

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1qe3e7/employees_of_disney_what_is_the_craziest_thing/

49:50 – “I’ve been replacing meaningless shows with TED talk videos..”

50:26 – “I’ve been watching Flash”

58:53 – Some of you may have difficulty distinguishing what Thomas said here.

58:53 – If you wait long enough, you’ll realize that everyone has something of value to offer.

59:49 – “I love Open Source!”

1:01:38 – “There’s actually been studies that show.. the more educated you are, the more likely you are to vote democrat.”

Here are the two links Thomas gave me:

1:03:39 – “What would you do for other people if money wasn’t an issue?”

1:03:47 – “There have been other studies that show that after a certain monetary amount is accumulated.. the need for money turns into a mental condition.”

1:07:04- “…And you’ve got countries like North Korea and China printing out fake American bills just to devalue it, and putting it into circulation”

1:07:31 – “…there’s the Sony nonsense with The Interview?”

1:09:56 – “But they believe in a talking snake that gave apples to two people…”

1:10:19 – “South Korea was taking DVD’s, and books, and pamphlets.. and dropping them in North Korea with parachutes?”

1:10:46 – “On the demilitarized zone, there’s a fake city that [North Korea] has built”

1:12:55 – “Jim-Crow Esque Ideals..”

Usually “Jim Crow” refers to the loopholes that white supremacists used to prevent black people from voting, by requiring that they pass certain tests that the commonly uneducated black people couldn’t pass.

1:14:55 – “I’m going to Google what percent of refugees even get through the screening process”

Here’s an info-graphic showing the rigorous screening process Syrian refugees must go through:

1:16:52 – “Everyone knows we install puppet dictators in other countries. We even get caught and people brush it off as typical US behavior.”

1:17:39 – “It’s just the Native Americans, just the black, the Chinese immigrants..”

1:17:45 – US Military expenditure compared to other top countries.

1:19:28 – “10,000 refugees? ..out of? “

1:19:52 – “According to senior administration officials, more than half of the Syrian refugees admitted into the U.S. so far are children.”

1:20:51 – Humans of New York Facebook Page

1:21:04 – “Aya’s story”

1:21:21 – Majority of drone strikes are on innocent civilians

Want more? Watch this moving video that shows the Syrian crisis through the eyes of a child:

1:22:05 – “I think I’ve seen a picture of her, she’s pretty and looks white, doesn’t she? “

1:22:33 – “But less than .000001% of Muslims are extremists”

Source:

1:23:45 – “How dare you drown in my Mediterranean Sea.”

1:24:23 – “I think I saw his TED talk…”

1:24:59 – “There’s like four different teams going against each other”

1:25:07 – “There’s rebel groups that originally started off as parents..  “

1:25:34 – “If you go to a lot of these countries, they’re some of the nicest people you’ll ever meet.”

1:25:57 – “[Before and After pictures of Syria, Afghanistan, and Iraq]”

1:26:16 – “We show a few pictures of a few [Muslims] who don’t look like us and hyper-focus on that image”

1:26:25 – “We have 8 minutes until you need to leave”

1:27:10 – “Xenophobes [Definition]”

1:27:21 – [We start talking about the Oregon militia incident here]

1:27:37 – [The Bundy ranch story]

Read more about the Bundy Standoff here:

1:29:03 – “What happened in Waco..”

1:29:44 – “That killed about.. six.. four agents? I think it was..”

1:30:06 – “The FBI at the Waco scene was also the one in charge during Ruby Ridge.. “

1:30:48 – “I think only about 10 or 12 people escaped”

1:30:50 – “..And then another 20-25 committed suicide or mercy killings.”

1:31:35 – Oregon Militia Story

1:35:52 – “And thanks to the Patriot Act, they can detain you for any reason, for X amount of time.”

1:36:04 – “That was the Patriot Act, wasn’t it? “

1:36:07 – “We didn’t repeal that? [The Patriot Act]”

1:36:19 – “I think people stopped it, but then they just put out another one the next-day with another name?”

1:37:03 – “Like recently actually, they slipped into a 2,000 page bill.. that the U.S. no longer has to print the country of origin on meat.”

1:37:17 – “..was that part of the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership)?”

1:38:54 – “And China is terrible with all its smog.”

1:41:52 – Dead Racoon in Toronto

1:44:14 – “I mean Tumblr is a weird place.. “

1:45:13 – “Got a shout-out?”

1:46:00 – “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”

Email:

“There are individuals out there with a lot on their plate. These struggles are not always visible to the people around them. This episodes challenge is to be conscious of this reality for the next week.

I want you to go into each conversation with the understanding that the people around you might be dealing with something really difficult beneath the surface, like the death of a relative, or thoughts of suicide.

My hope is that having this on your mind will modify your interactions and encourage you to be kinder, to offer more support, and to greet more people with a friendlier smile.”

If you have any cool ideas for a future challenges, send them to [email protected].

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

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In this episode I interview Dolores Halbin, who shares a very unfortunate story about how the system took away the only medicine that worked for her husband, Gene Halbin. Gene is now in hospice as a direct result from the series of unfortunate events that took place since 2007 when Gene was diagnosed with ‘Acute NeoVascular Glaucoma’. Be sure to listen to this story.

If you’re going to participate, be sure to search for your favorite politician(s) before making any decisions in this upcoming election.

3:58 – “And they came in jars like those over there?”

Here’s what I pointed to:

18:03 – “Five years ago they did a survey, 6 million Americans smoke marijuana daily.”

According to the most recent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health (“Survey”), 5.4 million people aged 12 or older used marijuana on a daily or almost daily basis in the previous 12 months.

18:26 – “During the Iraq War, I was listening on Sunday Morning program… Tom Delay had written a book about his perception of the Iraq War.”
[I requested the source from her and will update this if/when I receive it]

18:36 – “Chuck Shumer was on one of the morning shows with Tom, and he looked right at Tom and he said, ‘You sir, are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own set of facts’.”[I requested the source from her and will update this if/when I receive it]

19:23- “One person dies every 20 minutes from Oxycotin overdose.”
The only thing I could find was that one person dies every 19 minutes.

The most common scenario, he said, involves a man in his 40s or 50s who visits a doctor with a backache and walks out with a pain pill prescription. About three years later, typically, the man dies in his sleep from taking too many pills, or mixing them with alcohol.

They don’t intend to die, but more than 20,000 times a year — every 19 minutes, on average — that is exactly what happens. Accidental overdoses are now a leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States, surpassing car crashes.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/14/health/gupta-accidental-overdose/

20:11 – “What’s that crazy one [medication] that people drive around on in their sleep? … with the butterfly advertisement?”
LUNESTA®, but we may have confused it for Ambien (Zolpidem).

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/drug-use-therapeutic.htm

Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half take two, Mayo Clinic and Olmsted Medical Center researchers say.

Here’s a hilarious John Oliver video that explains the disgusting tactics that pharmaceutical sales reps use to get doctors to prescribe more drugs:

Edit: This Donation page is no longer up, but I will leave the dead URL for historical purposes.

47:04 – “Could you move your phone real quick?”
Sometimes phones mess with the equipment and create a weird tapping sound. It’s really hard to edit out.

55:41 – Unopened rape kits.

Source: http://www.endthebacklog.org/backlog/why-backlog-exists#sthash.muvDw73R.dpuf

56:39 – “They have started opening the kits…” “Many rapists are repeated offenders.”
Not only are they being used now, but they’re using samples from older cases and charging rapists from crimes they got away with.

Another thing not mentioned is that when the police ‘seize’ money, the victim has to pay a ton of money to get it back, but the victim is unable to do so because in most cases, all of their money was stolen by police.

Multiple cities were also caught shortening the duration of yellow lights to generate more revenue from traffic light cameras. People weren’t able to stop quickly enough and would get a speeding ticket in the mail.

1:09:46 – “If you Google ‘Why is marijuana still illegal?’, the first thing that comes up is..”

Here’s are two short articles worth reading:

Back in 2007 a mother died participating in a water-drinking contest in an attempt to win a Wii gaming system for her children:

WebMD gives you a pretty rudimentary explanation:
http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/water-intoxication


1:27:13 – “These days everyone has a portable vaporizer.”

1:27:19 – “It’s just flavor and Glyphosate.”
Haha! It’s definitely not glyphosate, that’s the terrible pesticide used in Monsanto’s Round-up. What I meant to say was Propylene Glycol.


1:27:35 – “You should be very untrusting of the FDA” and “It takes about 15 years of research to learn about just ONE chemical.”
I learned this when I was listening to a free Yale college course on Environmental Politics and Law. If you enjoy learning, download the free course (audio files) and listen to it. I learned more in 5 minutes of that course than I do in 20 minutes of researching most things. Here’s the link to the course content:

Edit: I’ve since read this book and it’s by far one of the best books on the subject of Cannabis. The entire book is available for free on Jack Herer’s website: http://jackherer.com/emperor-3.

1:30:33 – “Two months ago I filed an ACLU action request.”
www.ACLU.org

1:30:43 – Dolores talks about suing the Federal Government.

Edit: This link is no longer working. But will remain for historical purposes.

Here’s Don Bradleys article,
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article343661/Marijuana-raid-in-Bates-County-illustrates-the-evolution-of-an-issue.html

1:51:57 – Dolores explains what the DOJ95 letter addressed to Lorette Lynch should contain.

1:52:44 – Department of Justice address:
950 Pennsylvania avenue
Washington D.C. 20530

1:53:31 – “It would be nice to get this out at the St. Louis Conference.”
Dolores is referring to the Show-Me Cannabis Annual Fall conference that took place in St. Louis, Missouri. Missouri is the “show me state”.
I went there and stood in front of roughly 40-50 people and spoke on behalf of Dolores and networked for the Cannabis podcast episode. I also recorded the entire event (audio file).

Edit: This Donation page is no longer up, but I will leave the dead URL for historical purposes.

2:00:31 – “Bernie Sanders average donation…”
Bernie Sanders donation average was $33.51 and 99% of donations were under $250. He raised over $15 million in just a few short months.
I was wrong about Hillary, I believe I was referring to the average amount donated by CEO’s.
About 60% of Hillary Clintons donors were women and 94% of the donations came in amounts of $250 or less. The average donation was $144.89.
Both of these sources were quotes directly from their campaign’s.

2:02:24 – “We’ve wasted soo much money… [on the drug war]”
The U.S. federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $500 per second.

2:02:32 – “Enough to put everyone through college for…”
I couldn’t figure this out. If any of you nerds are willing to do the math to figure it out, just leave a comment below and show your work and cite your sources.

2:03:14 – “Don Bradley Article”
Refer to the reference at 34:12.

2:04:10 – More emotion. [Talking about their 40th Anniversary]

2:08:35 – “…When the first state became medical”
California was the first state to legalization medical marijuana.

2:09:34 – “In 1941 they made Hemp for Victory”
1940’s Propaganda video made by the Department of Agriculture, to get people to grow hemp:
(Oh and it was actually 1942, not 1941).

Nancy Grace was so ignorant on marijuana that any video of her talking about marijuana instantly got millions of views due to educated individuals sharing the video in complete disbelief. It wasn’t long before a TV network snatched her up for the views she gathered and gave her a show where she did nothing but blast stupid nonesense and misconceptions about marijuana. She was infamous for censoring knowledgeable guests (she frequently cut mics), sided with anyone who sided against marijuana (even if they were wrong), and several other cringe-worthy methods of ignorance.

2:16:34 – The Don Bradley article was discussed again.
Refer to the reference at 34:12 for the link to this article.

2:23:21 – “Dan” Viets:

2:25:01 – NORML & Show-Me Cannabis (Missouri):
Websites:

Facebook Pages:

Edit: This link is no longer working. But will remain for historical purposes.

2:30:57 – “He was 21, about your size..”
For a visual reference, I’m 6 foot and very scrawny.

2:32:50 – The tomato grow-ops busted in Missouri on 4/20:
http://www.pitch.com/FastPitch/archives/2011/04/21/tomato-growing-operation-busted-in-missouri-marijuana-roundup

2:33:22 – The people who are victims of drug-task force/ SWAT raids have to go through therapy:
The need for therapy is usually mentioned within the lawsuits. Here’s a few examples of SWAT teams doing horrifying things on innocent people when raiding the wrong house. The police almost always receive no punishment while the city pays millions of dollars.

Edit: This donation page is no longer available. The URL will remain for historical purposes.

2:48:08 – “Also the National Patience Cannabis Wall.”
http://www.ncpwall.org/

2:49:58 – “What valuable lessons did this… experience teach you?”
“I’ve learned that Americans are good. Basically kind, gentle, and compassionate people who’s country has been hijacked by corporate greed…”

Well said.

Personal Facebook Account:
https://www.facebook.com/clandestine.cow

If you have a cool idea for a future challenge to give listeners, send them to [email protected].

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

– (12/5/2015) Gene Halbin had a wonderful funeral service. His family told great stories and they played “Another one bites the dust” by Queen at the end of his service.

– (12/22/2015) I went to Dolores’s court case, but it was prolonged. The judge needed time to think over his decision and to refer to previous cases of a similar nature. Also, the prosecutor just so happened to be the most uneducated individual I had ever encountered. He knew absolutely nothing about the nature of cannabis and it’s uses.

– (1/15/2016) Dolores just received the verdict of “Guilty” today in court for charges of possession for her husbands plants.

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In this episode Jared and myself discuss several topics; including, but not limited to, copyright laws, corporations, virtues, personal development, writing, philosophy, synthetic intelligence, the war on drugs, manipulation, the war on terrorism, human connection, and a whole lot of historical references! Come join us in this very insightful 3-hour conversation where we attempt to interpret our thoughts.

2:08 – “So can I go to prison if I hum that song by Michael Jackson?”

5:55 – “Patents restrict the Growth of our nation”

10:25 – “It’s Litigious”

12:17 – Yale college course on American History:

13:20 – Me trying to remember which colony attracted religious people. “It starts with a P..”

14:40 – “A queen who just went around killing everyone who wasn’t Catholic..”

16:13 – The individuals in the colonies separated based on similarity to one-another…

19:12 – “This cartoon character called Brother Johnathan…”

20:42 – “Brother Johnathan is based on a real person, Johnathan Trumbull…”

20:53 – “Johnathan Trumbull is an ugly looking dude.”

22:05 – Benjamin Franklins Autobiography

22:50 – Benjamin Franklin on cleaning the streets.

“After some inquiry, I found a poor, industrious man, who was willing to undertake keeping the pavement clean, by sweeping it twice a week, carrying off the dirt from before all the neighbours’ doors, for the sum of sixpence per month, to be paid by each house. I then wrote and printed a paper setting forth the advantages to the neighbourhood that might be obtain’d by this small expense; the greater ease in keeping our houses clean, so much dirt not being brought in by people’s feet; the benefit to the shops by more custom, etc., etc., as buyers could more easily get at them; and by not having, in windy weather, the dust blown in upon their goods, etc., etc. I sent one of these papers to each house, and in a day or two went round to see who would subscribe an agreement to pay these sixpences; it was unanimously sign’d, and for a time well executed. All the inhabitants of the city were delighted with the cleanliness of the pavement that surrounded the market, it being a convenience to all, and this rais’d a general desire to have all the streets paved, and made the people more willing to submit to a tax for that purpose.”

27:09 “I think it was in the 1950’s, there was this immense flood”

28:31 – “The Kansas City Spirit” by Norman Rockwell.

34:20 – People were very trusting during the Great Depression.

34:37 – “A documentary of Americans who live in Japan.”

35:21 – “But there

40:52 – “I think it was Portugal who ended their war on drugs..”

41:05 – “Just like Iceland ended its war on poor people.”

46:17 – “I’ve heard recently that… Elon Musk.. and Stephen Hawking.. both went over the rules for robots…”

47:01 – The Three Laws of Robotics

48:02 – “Just before cowboys became a thing, robots and space were a thing..”

48:30 – “Didn’t we land on Pluto?”

48:49 – “Was that thunder?”

48:55 – “Yeah we landed on mars..”

50:00 – “Well if you are out there listening, and you think this is so stupid because we don’t get this, then you need to…”

51:20 – “… A point where we’re all like Spock”.

52:13 – “Life’s grape against your lip.”

52:27 – “Logic can only go so far as the data you collect.”

59:40 – “The author of Harry Potter said…”

59:56 – “One of my role models, in a way, is Eckhart Tolle…”

1:04:44 – “I found a book on the number zero.”

1:06:25 – “[Buddhists] They have a word for everything..”

1:07:27 – “Oh the 10,000 hours thing… Mastery by Robert Greene.”

1:07:18 – The 10,000 hours / multiple lives picture.

1:11:47 – “I think your phone is messing with the equipment?”

1:13:16 – “…when you were a child, and that’s where most people think that they end.”

1:14:46 – “A friend of mine used to sing the song, break the chain.”

1:15:42 – “Epigenetics”

1:18:27  – “Blaise Pascal”

1:21:11 – “I know hundreds of people have thought this..”

1:24:03 – “The same guy who wrote the three [laws of robots], came back and said there’s a zero..”

1:27:58 – We can control robot arms using just our brain:

1:29:02 – Joe Rogan podcast discussing cyborgs, like the guy with Google glasses attached to his skull.

1:34:02 – The computer from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy:

1:34:27 – “You have to read that book series (The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy).”

1:34:57 – “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, is a lot like that..”

1:36:34 – Benjamin Franklin on focusing on one virtue for each day of the week, and one at a time:

1:37:25 – “There’s another author who did the same thing.”

1:37:56 – My Danish friend gave me some videos of people speaking Danish to show you:

1:50:24 “Yeah Divinci definitely did that. He used to study every aspect of a feather before drawing one…”
If you want to learn more about this, pickup that book Mastery by Robert Greene mentioned at 1:07:27.

He was talking about this at 1:13:16. Refer to that reference.

1:54:55 Comfort zone challenge (TED talk video):

1:57:02 (Jim Carrey and Robin Williams) “I remember that one of them, and I don’t remember which one… would do that all the time to impress his mom, because his mom was always sad or something…”
I still can’t figure out who it is, but here’s a video of Robin Williams with his mom:

2:09:04 – “I listened to a podcast awhile back..” NPR episode about burning man.

2:20:34 -“I felt a great disturbance in the force..”

2:20:39 – “Yeah and he’s just some robot?”

Personal Facebook Account:

If you have a cool idea for a future challenge to give listeners, send them to [email protected].

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

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In this episode I interview Jordan Urbanovich. Jordan is a nomad/backpacker who travels the world with little to no gear and very little money. Learn how he gets free room and board, travels for free, and finds work throughout the journey as he shares his experiences with us. I hope that you decide to listen in on this discussion!

Link to the Reddit IAMA thread that I met Jordan on:

1:00 – Link to the other podcast episode Jordan was in:

Or you can just watch them here:

12:24  – “What other resources do you use for meeting people?”:

15:04– “Indian head waggle”:

21:38 – “Kind of like the law of attraction?”:

“Simply, the Law of Attraction states that you attract that on which you most focus. The obvious corollary to the Law of Attraction is the advice to focus on the things you want more of in your life – that you should spend more time thinking about what you wish to attract into your life than what you don’t like.“

Also the wiki page is informative as well,

Or you can watch the movie, The Secret, online.

35:35– “About what we were saying earlier with ego and Instagram”:

39:05– “Vagabonding by Rolf Potts”:

55:11– “You’re cutting out” (but he wasn’t):

1:21:07– “Wwoof’ing and HelpX”:

Help Exchange.

1:27:35– I said “restaurant” and I meant “grocery” store.

1:28:32 – “I heard a statistic once that the city of Vienna, Austria…”

1:56:09 – The call dropped here:

???? – At one point a Reddit post about Little Caesars throwing out fresh pizzas was mentioned:

If you find the exact time for this reference please notify me via the comments section and I’ll fix this ASAP!

Email: [email protected]

Personal Twitter & Instagram: @jayurbzz

Perception Travels Twitter & Instagram: @prcptiontravel

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

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In this episode Joe and myself discuss whether or not (psychedelic) drug use is truly the best way to go about achieving spirituality. Is it cheating? Does it strip you of the value you receive from obtaining spirituality without substance? These are the kind of questions we dissect in this episode.

I had a lot of fun recording and editing this podcast episode. I hope you enjoy it!

25:03 – That Vice documentary on the Japanese Cannibalistic.

29:25 – A worthy quote from Joe:

39:49 – “Say.. Marine Biology or something”:

47:20 – “It’s very….”:

48:00 – If you like the kind of things I’m speaking about, I highly recommend watching this amazing video:

52:09 – “I’ll have to look up this quote I heard, which I believe was from David Rockefeller.”:

53:50 – Joe’s reference to a George Carlin Skit:

47:04 – “The French call it staircase wit”:

This name for the phenomenon comes from French encyclopedist and philosopher Denis Diderot‘s description of such a situation in his Paradoxe sur le comédien.

In this case, “the bottom of the stairs” refers to the architecture of the kind of hôtel particulier or mansion to which Diderot had been invited. In such houses, the reception rooms were on the étage noble, one floor above the ground floor. To have reached the bottom of the stairs means to have definitively left the gathering. Via wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27esprit_de_l%27escalier

58:27 – “A lot of people I see think that you either fail or succeed…”:

1:01:12 – “The guy who played Neo in the Matrix”

1:02:21 – The Joe Rogan Podcast with Sam Harris:

1:02:21 – “Is he black?” (This is who I thought he was talking about):

1:03:26 – “I know what it’s called, it’s called a spiritual…. uhh..”

1:14:36 – What is Sharting?

1:22:15 – I should clarify my thoughts:

I highly recommend watching this TED Talk video, this speaker can represent my points more concisely. It’s a very good video:

1:23:30 – “Reddit thread – What’s your secret that could literally ruin your life if it came out?”

Seek out the admin of RealTalkForums.net. Users can change their names whenever they want, but currently Joe goes by the name “Peefer”.

Edit: Unfortunately, RealTalkForums appears to have shut-down and is no longer available.

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

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In this episode Jack and I question the universe. We start by talking about those unique moments when a series of events unfold in such a way that you are forced to ask yourself if there really is a such thing as coincidence. We then briefly discuss how amazing it is that some autistic individuals have access to unique abilities that are unprecedented. Before heading onto deeper discussions such as what it would be like to live a life completely free of bias and opinions.

Is not having opinions beneficial? Do opinions and bias create a filter that misguide us?

I hope you guys enjoyed this talk as much as we did!

3:00 – “Dream Book I got for Christmas”

It’s an alright book so far..

5:00 – “Seriously, a lot of people think they are loyal”:

17:00 – Stephen Wiltshire:

If you’d like to learn more about him, here’s a documentary.

I still couldn’t figure out which city he donated a portrait to, maybe it wasn’t a city. If you figure it out, let me know.

42:49 – The quote:

Jack says it’s pretty boring.

49:16 – “I’m one of them”:

1:17:20 – LifeStraw:

Here’s a link to it on Amazon at low cost:

If you’re interested in buying it, shop around for a good price. Amazon sells it pretty cheap and it doesn’t surprise me that the book is the #1 item for the Meditation category.

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

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In this episode we spoke with Growth Origins first fan Brad and his partner Evie who happened to be passing through Kansas City (the location of our studio), as well as Kathleen and Jack.

Before listening to the episode; please be aware that this episode took place with 5 people sharing two microphones. The empty space recorded during the time between switching microphones has been edited out.

I hope you guys enjoy this very esoteric episode!

1:09 – The Buycott App:

1:44 – People are awesome section:

2:07 – Here’s the story of the man who met the children he saved in the holocaust:

2:50 – Orgon devices research, information, and experiments:

http://www.orgonics.com/whatisor.htm

http://www.whale.to/b/orgonite.html

4:09 – Cleansing crystals:

5:33 – Here’s a picture of the orgonite device we had in the studio:

13:20-  Agent Orange for killing weeds:

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-19585341

http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/agent-orange-ingredient-could-soon-be-used-to-kill-superweeds-20140710

24:15 – Watkins Carbolic Salve:

43:05 – Spirit Science Crystal Movie:

1:01:14 – What would happen if you grew mushrooms in both a hateful and loving environment?

1:08:03 – Healing Lyme: Natural Healing and Prevention of Lyme Borreliosis and Its Coinfections

1:30:56 – “ho’oponopono” by Dr Hew Len:

If you have any questions regarding this episode just ask in the comments section below!

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In this episode I teach you how to Lucid Dream. Within this episode, you will learn all the information you need to go to sleep and do anything you wish to do in your dream world. You can walk through mirrors, experience your favorite movie or story first hand, or even have a sexual encounter with your biggest crush.

6:25–  Links on hypnagogic visions:

8:30 – This link says that experiencing sleep paralysis out of REM sleep is considered a disorder.

I’m too lazy to look for other writings on correlation between sleep paralysis and sleep walking.

25:15 – Here is the Lewis N. Clark eye mask that I own. Amazon now sells two for the same price that I bought one ages ago. (They’re also nifty for sex) “What? I didn’t say anything..”

How to wake up from sleep paralysis:

9 Ways to Wake Up From Sleep Paralysis

31:00 – Youtube video on swallowing during sleep paralysis:

31:47 –  How to not think:

35:50 – Calea Zacatechichi, Information on it:

This is where I bought my Calea, really awesome website. Cheap Prices:

Forgot to mention in the episode: You will try very hard to convince yourself that the dream wasn’t worth recording or that you have better things to do. I do this ALL the time. WRITE DOWN YOUR DREAMS!

If you have any questions regarding lucid dreaming, ask them in the comments section below!

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In this episode I speak with Jack about what it means to be a value producer and how being a value producer makes the world a better place to live in. Jack believes that producing value is a necessary step for abundance and that you’re living a lie if you believe you can get something for nothing.

27:00 – Me being unsure of references I heard awhile back regarding pirating. A large portion of music pirates actually support the artist, whereas most movie pirates just don’t see the value or risk in a going to see a movie that might suck and be a huge waste of valuable time. Most movie pirates will illegally download a movie and some will even go watch it in theaters with friends if it was good. Few people actually buy the movie itself when it’s released.

Here’s the video of a guy who’s trying way to hard to impress you with information on pirating.

28:33 – David Irving and MaidSafe.

30:30 – The Wolves being removed from Yellowstone Park

31:51 – A visual representation of $17 TRILLION in debt.

36:20 – World production numbers of silver.

36:50 – Comex Silver Volume

https://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index.cfm?action=PreciousMetals&type=bullion

https://www.silverinstitute.org/site/supply-demand/silver-production/

Keep in mind that US Mint is required by law to only use silver mined in the US, so how did we sell more than we mined?

48:15 – Easy to make solar powered heater made of soda pop cans. Google Images

48:17 – Rocket mass heaters that can heat an entire house with small pieces of wood.

48:27 – Gassifyer generators that can power a house with the burning of wood.

49:45 – Noland’s Cylinder Head Svc.

51:15 – SETCELL

Jack’s Twitter Page:

Song: Brewer and Shipley – One Toke Over The Line

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