Special Guest Makayla Nielsen, assistant instructor at the Kwoon and Dynamic Defense head instructor, comes on to discuss the Dynamic Defense course taught at the Sil Lum Kung Fu Kwoon of Utah. Listen to learn how you can make yourself more confident and strong. (And for promocodes at the Sil Lum Kung Fu Kwoon!!) Find the Kwoon on Instagram @sillumkungfukwoon

Conscious Content Consumption for the episode is the Lolita Podcast hosted by Jamie Loftus, Be Drunk a poem by Charles Baudelaire, and The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker. Follow on Instagram @longhairdocarepodcast

Ashley Bailey, Salt Lake City’s Education and Outreach Specialist, comes on to talk about the city’s Master Recycler Program, SLCGreen, and how and what to recycle in Salt Lake. Though this episode is specific to Salt Lake City and Utah, Ashley shares useful information for anyone interested in how recycling works.

Conscious Content Consumption for this episode is When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice - a book by the fabulous Terry Tempest Williams. Also check out where to drop off glass recycling in Northern Utah at utah.momentumrecycling.com, and where to drop off miscellaneous waste (including electronic waste) at slco.org.

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Special guest and new friend Kris Glad provides an intriguing history of the word queer, one shaped by the evolving societal perception of queer folx. Find Kris 2noglad puns and on YouTube!

For Conscious Content Consumption for the week there are three novels: Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue and The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy, both by Mackenzi Lee, and The Vanished Half by Brit Bennett. Follow on Instagram @longhairdocarepodcast

Jamaica Trinnaman, owner and founder of Hello! Bulk Market, discusses what inspired her to open a packing free/”zero-waste” grocery store in Salt Lake City with the aim to reduce waste, and her hopes for more stores with similar frameworks in the future.

Conscious Content Consumption for the week is the podcast/radio show Rough Translation hosted by Gregory Warne. Also mentioned is the fantastic, late poet Mary Olive and litterless.com - a website to help you find bulk stores near you. Follow on Instagram @longhairdocarepodcast

Special guest Eric Chabot comes on to discuss hunting. He is an amateur hunter and biologist who works in bird conservation at Bird Conservancy of the Rockies.

Conscious Content Consumption for the week is poetry by the late Mary Oliver - an incredible, nature oriented American poet, and Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver. Also mentioned is Cutting the Distance, a podcast about hunting hosted by Remi Warren.

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Special guest Kiera Lucich, chairperson of Utah Permaculture Collective, a special education teacher, and a human movement nerd, comes on to talk about Utah Permaculture Collective and what permaculture is. Listen to learn how you can get access to healthy, fresh, local food near you.

Conscious Content Consumption for this episode is Becoming by Michelle Obama - a heartwarming, page turning memoir by Former First Lady Michelle Obama, and Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard. Also discussed are Radio West, a radio show/podcast hosted by Doug Fabrizio and How microaggressions are like mosquito bites • Same Difference - an excellently informative YouTube video.

This episode does briefly discuss eating disorders. If you or someone you know is struggling with an eating disorder, call the National Eating Disorders Association Helpline at 1-800-931-2237 - you are not alone.

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Special guest Stefan Schilder, a personal trainer and incredibly wonderful human being, talks about gym culture, from toxic masculinity/femininity and imposter syndrome to empowering community.

Conscious Content Consumption for the week is the book Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz and tube video essay I Kissed a Girl: The Messy Legacy of a Queerbait Hit by Melina Pendulum (Princes Weekes).

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Special guest Neal (Neo) Dombrowski, a botanist at Red Butte Garden and cofounder of  Urban Habitat, discusses the organization Urban Habitat - a community organization whose aim is to remove noxious weeds in the Salt Lake City foothills and Red Butte Canyon and educate people on the native local flora.

Conscious Content Consumption for the week is the science fiction novel The Power by Naomi Alderman - a story of what happens when there is a shift in who is the dominate gender.

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Special guest Bek Birket, who has worked in the Salt Lake City queer community for about 10 years, comes on to defines the word bisexual, in terms of it’s literal meaning and what it means to the queer community. She/they brings to light stats about those who identify as bisexual that are not well know.

The Conscious Content Consumption for this week is  The Witcher book series by Andrzej Sapkowski and Witcher Netflix Original Series, the movie Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman, and the novel Middle Sex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

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 Georgie and special guest AJ VanZeben,  a hobbyist beekeeper and home brewer of mead, discusses how he started keeping bees and turning honey to mead. AJ is also a dear friend of the cast and wrote the intro music for the show!

Conscious Content Consumption for this week is The Bechdel Cast - a podcast hosted by Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus.

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