Occasionally Interesting

Kevin O’Connor is a successful entrepreneur, world traveler, inspirational speaker, photographer, musician, former mime, and father to Jen! 
Find full episode notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode7-kevin/
In this episode we discuss:

• Jen and Trevor sing an impromptu theme song to the tune of Aladdin 
• Finding success in business through authenticity 
• How Kevin's business success has been informed by the performing arts
• Kevin’s time in innovative mime theater 
• Kevin’s new foray into becoming a novelist! 
• Post traumatic growth versus post traumatic stress - Diving into happiness from trauma, honoring loved ones who pass by living a full life
• The key to a successful relationship is freedom and wanting the other to grow to their full potential, not trying to change the person 
• Kevin explores the potential pitfalls in a relationship 
• Everyone discusses negative population growth
• Kevin thinks that Jen asks about the birds and the bees, stay tuned for awkwardness!
• Kevin explores many ridiculous examples of his interpretations of "The opposite of small talk"

Full Episode Notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-6-aj/
We speak to AJ about Post traumatic growth versus Post Traumatic Stress, how this applies to #metoo, life as a veteran, or any other kind of trauma. Can you choose to put down your trauma? We talk about our shared time and experiences at the wonderful kung fu retreat. AJ shares the valuable lesson of the buddhist monk. We discuss martial arts for control and change. Trevor tells the tale of his fighting experience. AJ offers insights into why people join the military. Jen tries to trick him into twerking. 

Full Episode Notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-3-dr-prash/
In this episode we speak with Dr. Prash, a medical doctor, CEO of a Cryptocurrency brokerage, leading researcher into the relationship of psychiatry and psychedelics, and more. 
In this episode we discuss: 

• Dr. Prash dreams of a more psychadelic world
• The intersection and future of psychedelics and medicine
• The intersection of cryptocurrency and philosophy
• Being a renaissance man - specializing versus broad knowledge
• He was originally going to be a surgeon, but ended up being more fascinated by the mind than the body, and got into psychiatry because of psychedelics
• Psychedelics are having a resurgence in the therapists office and in silicon valley 
• Dr. Prash is an advocate for cognitive liberty - “We should be able to think to the potential limits of what we could potentially think, have the freedom to explore what we possibly can explore."
• How ketamine differs from psychedelics and works as a treatment for depression.
• What and where is the mind? 
• Psychosomatic symptoms - is there a separation of body and mind?
• Cryptocurrency and psychedelics are philosophically aligned with common goals
• Could cyrptocurrency be the savior of psychadellic research? 
• What is the value of currency? 
• Dr Prash is a hippie in a suit
• “We are the combination of the hippie and the hustle”

Full Episode Notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-2/
Jen and Trevor talk to Jen and James about everything from the poop hole loop hole to how to grow as an individual in a relationship, from anxiety spiraling to trap music. Listen to us fall in love with our new favorite couple friends live.  

In this episode we discuss: 

• The niche market for headphones and panties stores
• Testing the boundaries of comedy with family members
• How Jen and James got separated after 5 years of marriage and that every day has been more amazing than the last since getting back together
• Why Jen and Trevor started a podcast and moved to Thailand / Pai
• What is everyone’s biggest secret?
• Choosing the path less followed, and how easy it is to get stuck on the path well travelled and put your blinders up 
• Educational Reform
• Abortion
• Jesus followers versus Christians
• The power of thoughts
• the Jens bond over how they anxiety spiral in the same way! 
• The horseradish revelation and trap music 
• Being in such a close relationship - do you ever forget that you are different people?

Full Episode Notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode4/
In episode 4, Jen and Trevor discuss the joys of hippie festivals, the personalities of travelers, the dramatic tale of how they were removed from a taxi by the tourist police, argue about Tylenol and more!
In this episode we discuss: 

• Does unconditional love from parents set children up for unrealistic expectations in life? 
• Jen makes some hyperbolic claims that she and Trevor are the best people at code switching and the most sensitive to other people’s energies that she knows. Falling in love with Trevor made Jen believe in concepts that she previously dismissed as ridiculous such as fate, pre-destiny, and soulmates. 
• Jen and Trevor tell the story of their time at a hippie festival in Northern Thailand, where one night, they accidentally became the co-hosts of a comedy show. 
• They talk about the wonderful people and types of people they have met traveling and at festivals. 
• They tell the dramatic tale of how Chewy is no longer allowed to travel around Thailand because Trevor refused to bribe a taxi driver, and Jen and Trevor had to deal with the tourist police. 
• Jen and Trevor argue about Tylenol and ask you to weigh in. 
• They discuss generation Z and the idea of university professors having to cater their lesson plans to the most sensitive person in the room. 

Full episode notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-5-brando/
We speak with Brando Yelavich A.K.A. Wildboy about being a professional adventurer, how he set the world record as the first person to walk the perimeter of New Zealand, Drug Addiction, Compassion for ostracized members of society, the origins of racism, and the nature of happiness.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Brando was the first person to walk around all of New Zealand
• How he went from drug addiction to world record breaker
• Stopped taking ritalin and Met a new person (himself) in solitude
• Have you seen the light? Brando can spot you. 
• “All you need to do to find yourself is to do what makes you happy” 
• HIS BOOKS! 
• Getting addicted to social media 
• How he met his partner while walking around New Zealand and she began joining him on his adventures
• Dealing with the desire to pursue adventure at all costs while being respectful to a partner
• Can we have compassion for pedophiles and rapists
• Prison normalizes deviant behaviors 
• Safe space and Generation Z ruining free speech 
• The perfect human is not allowed on this podcast 
• Trevor’s orca whale impression / Brando’s knowledge about orcas
• The origins of racism
• Needing to kill animals in order to survive has informed Brando's life perspective
• Finding the balance between being open and being willing to ask for help, and not living a life revolving around complaints and viewing things from a negative perspective
• People being so caught up in their own perspectives that their minds are closed
• Brando is a meat eater but does not believe in the idea of animals being raised to be eaten 

Full Episode Notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-1-meet-your-hosts/
It's episode 1 of Occasionally Interesting! Meet your hosts and your new favorite couple friends who you get to casually spy on, but they know about it, so everyone's cool.  In this episode, you will hear the origin story of Jen and Trevor's relationship, learn what to expect from this podcast, listen to J & T talk about vulnerability and intimacy with family versus strangers, and a story about how Jen was accused of being racist but her arm said otherwise.