Rik's Mind Podcast

Friend of the show Loren Fjord is back to share his wisdom once again. Loren is starting a new challenge. We cover lots of ground, between cold exposure therapy, exercise, nutrition and so much more!

Loren owns and operates HumanWild. HumanWild is an education platform designed to help you achieve movement freedom. The cross discipline program is woven together to help anyone bring their body into balance for optimal strength, range and skill development. Loren works with hundreds of amazing humans from children as young as 6 to adults in their 70s, from all backgrounds and walks of life, testing varied approaches to reverse movement dysfunction and gain strength, flexibility and new skills to improve overall physical literacy. Fjord also holds a B.S. in Kinesiology and Nutrition from Oregon State University.

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Show Notes:

HumanWild | Official Website

Cold Water Plunges Are Trendy. Can They Really Reduce Anxiety and Depression? | The New York Times

Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? | Nature

Heartache, anger in Central Washington over drinking-water wells tainted by 'forever chemicals' | Seattle Times

PFAS Explained | United State Environmental Protection Agency

What’s Really in Your Bottled Water? | Consumer Reports

“Woman, life, freedom”

Iran has been under a brutal religious dictatorship since 1979 with the overthrow of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and the establishment of the Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. There has long been a desire in Iran to return to the days before sharia law. Now, this might be their best chance yet.

With the tragic murder of Mahsa Jina Amini. On September 13th, ‘22, Mahsa, a 22 year old Iranian woman, was arrested by the Iranian morality police for the crime of “bad hijab”. Her hair shown in public. For this she was arrested, taken to prison, viciously beaten. She succumbed to her injuries within a few days. Since then, there has been a massive upswell of protesting, rioting and fighting back against the government and its inhumane treatment of the Iranian People. Women refusing to wear their hijabs in public and dancing in the streets in defiance of the brutal regime.  Today’s guest Kamin Mohammadi helps us understand the context of all of these events and shares with us her lifelong struggles of living in exile, what these protests could mean for the future of Iran and why the worldwide media is not paying attention to such an important movement.

Kamin Mohammadi is an author, journalist, broadcaster, editor and public speaker. Born in Iran, she and her family moved to the UK during the 1979 revolution. She has written for the British and international press including The Times, the Financial Times, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Condé Nast Traveller (UK and Italy), Psychologies, Donna Moderna (Italy), Men’s Health, The Sunday Times (UK), The Sunday Times of India, The Mail on Sunday, Virginia Quarterly Review and the Guardian as well as co-authoring The Lonely Planet Guide to Iran and numerous other travel guide books. Her journalism has been nominated for an Amnesty Human Rights in Journalism award in the UK, and for a National Magazine Award by the American Society of Magazine Editors in the US.

An avid commentator, she has appeared on BBC Radio Four’s WOMAN'S HOUR, MIDWEEK, FOUR THOUGHT and THE WORLD TONIGHT, BBC World Service’s OUTLOOK and THE WORLD TODAY WEEKEND, Channel Four Radio’s THE MORNING REPORT, Monocle Radio’s MONOCLE 24 and India’s NDTV. She has appeared in the BBC TV documentary Iranian Enough? and written and co-presented the BBC World Service’s three-part radio documentary Children of The Revolution. She was a major contributor to the BBC Radio Four series Escape from Tehran. She is now a regular presenter of BBC R4’s FOUR THOUGHT. YOu can find more about Kamin and her work on her website kamin.co.uk and on twitter @kaminmohammadi.

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Kamin Mohammadi | Official Website

@kaminmohammadi | Twitter

Why Iran’s female-led revolt fills me with hope by Kamin Mohammadi | The Guardian

'Woman, life, freedom': The origins of Iran's rallying cry | Le Monde

Revolution and me | The Guardian

Kurdish People | Encyclopedia Britannica

What's in a name: Kurdish martyr Jîna Amini and the struggle for culture and history | Salon

Historic Ethnicities of Kurdistan | The Kurdish Project

‘They tried to wipe us out’: Kurds shelled as Iran seeks scapegoats for unrest | The Guardian

Iran Executes Wrestler Accused of Murder After He Took Part in 2018 Protests | The New York Times

Iran Suddenly Executes Wrestler Navid Afkari, Authorities Fail to Notify Lawyer, Family | Human Rights Watch

Oil in Iran between the Two World Wars | Iran Chamber Society

Barred From U.S. Under Trump, Muslims Exult in Biden’s Open Door | The New York Times

The Famine the World Forgot - WW2 Special | Youtube

All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer | Amazon

How The CIA Overthrew Iran's Democracy In 4 Days | NPR

Key Events in the 1953 Coup | The New York Times

The Iran Job (2012) | IMDb

Iran footballers show solidarity with protests over Mahsa Amini’s death | The Guardian

Female athlete represents Iran without hijab at overseas climbing competition | ABC News

Iran prison fire death toll grows as some EU states call for sanctions | Reuters

The Cypress Tree | Amazon

What’s happening in Iran? What does the future hold for ol’ Vladdy? Is Ron DeSantis a N@zi or just a bigot? It’s another fireside chat today with Rik and DeMarco. The boys share their thoughts on Ukraine, the 2022 Iran Protests, Kanye’s antisemitism and more! Jon and Rik even share some thoughtful critiques on each other’s outlook on the world. Stick around for this one, it’s gonna be fun. We've also started curating playlists of interesting and informative videos to expand your mind on our YouTube channel! Right now we've got one made by DeMarco with one by Rik coming soon (as soon as DeMarco can pester him to do it!). Be sure to like and subscribe on the YouTube!

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Iran protests over woman's death persist despite crackdown | Reuters

About Us | Al Jazeera

What caused the blast on the bridge to Crimea? | Financial Times

Ukraine’s ‘Mosquito’ Air Force | The New York Times

About Us | Quiver Quantitative

Ukraine aid faces tougher crowd if Republicans take over | Politico

Britain’s grid warns of winter blackouts if Europe energy crisis escalates | Washington Post

OPEC cut spurs U.S. hedging - but against lower oil prices | Reuters

The daughter of Putin ally Alexander Dugin is killed in a car bomb explosion | NPR

While he & Ukrainian military are not Nazi or neo-Nazi, contrary to #Russian propaganda used to justify illegal invasion of #Ukraine, open brandishing of bracelet with swastika by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in tweet mentioning World War Two is striking. | Ivan Katchanovski Twitter

Kanye’s antisemitic tweet could be a preview of social media’s future | Washington Post

Kanye West's Twitter and Instagram accounts locked over anti-Semitism | BBC News

Florida Agents Raid Home Of Rebekah Jones, Former State Data Scientist | NPR

Florida Governor Defends Firing Of Top Data Scientist | NPR

Fired Florida Data Scientist Launches A Coronavirus Dashboard Of Her Own | NPR

The Story Behind DeSantis’s Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard | The New York Times

DeSantis announces 20 arrests tied to voter fraud charges | Politico

Defendants targeted in DeSantis’ voter fraud crackdown were told they could vote | Politico

Redistricting battle further positions DeSantis for 2024 presidential bid | The Hill

DeSantis proposes new Florida congressional map that could wipe out Democratic redistricting gains | CNN

Justices hand DeSantis victory in congressional redistricting fight | Tallahassee Democrat

The Dangerous Consequences of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill on LGBTQ+ Youth in Florida | Georgetown Law

ACLU OF FLORIDA DENOUNCES ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL (HB1557), SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS | ACLU Florida

The Return of Fascism in Italy | The Atlantic

Pandemic Flu: Preparing and Protecting against Avian Influenza | The White House

Lobbying is an everyday part of the American government machine, but what is it? Dr. Vern Saboe is here to educate us. Dr. Saboe is a board certified Chiropractor and lobbyist for the Oregon Chiropractic Assoc. Following completion of his undergraduate work Dr. Saboe graduated from then Western States Chiropractic College Dec. 14, 1979, a four year chiropractic school located in Portland, Oregon, now the University of Western States. Following chiropractic school, Dr. Saboe completed a two year course of study in 1984 sponsored by the Motion Palpation Institute and a three year course of study in orthopedics sponsored by Los Angeles Chiropractic College in 1987. He subsequently completed a three year course in neurology in 1990 sponsored by Parker College of Chiropractic in Pasadena, Texas, and in 1997 completed a two year internal disorders program co-sponsored by Western States Chiropractic College and Logan College of Chiropractic located in St. Louis, Missouri. He then completed a three year course of study in forensic science sponsored by Logan College of Chiropractic in 2000. Dr. Saboe is the only chiropractic physician in Oregon board certified in all three subspecialties of orthopedics, neurology, and forensic science. You can find more about Dr. Saboe and his work on his website drvernsaboe.com.

Show Notes:

Dr. Vern Saboe | Official Website

Oregon Chiropractic Association | Official Website

CHIROPAC | Oregon Chiropractic Association

Do not get sold on drug advertising | Harvard Health Publishing

Oregon Democrat David Wu's 'bizarre' tiger-suit photo | The Week

H.R.2654 - Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2021 | United States Congress

S.4042 - Chiropractic Medicare Coverage Modernization Act of 2022 | United States Congress

Do you wish that you could understand your dog or your cat? Dr. Élodie F. Briefer PhD. is out to find out what the animals are saying to each other and us. Dr. Briefer is an associate professor of Ecology and Evolution as well as the principal investigator of the Behavioral Ecology Group of the University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet). A modern-day ‘Dr. Doolittle’, Dr. Briefer’s primary research interests are cognition and vocal communication in mammals and birds. The main aims of her research are understanding how animals use vocal signals to encode information about their identity (e.g. species, group, individual identity), their quality (e.g. body size, dominance status, age) and their affective states (emotions, mood), as well as the impact of such information on conspecifics. The ultimate goal of this research is to be able to create a universal translator that would allow humans to truly communicate with our animal brethren. You can learn more about Dr. Briefer and her group’s research on the Behavioral Ecology Group and on Dr. Briefer’s Twitter @elodiebriefer .

Show Notes:

The Behavioural Ecology Group | Københavns Universitet

Dr. Elodie Floriane Mandel-Briefer | Department of Biology, Københavns Universitet

The case for speaking politely to animals | University of Copenhagen

Marchant-Forde JN (2015) The science of animal behavior and welfare: challenges, opportunities, and global perspective. Front. Vet. Sci. 2:16. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2015.00016 | Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Skylark | Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Maigrot, AL., Hillmann, E. & Briefer, E.F. Cross-species discrimination of vocal expression of emotional valence by Equidae and Suidae. BMC Biol 20, 106 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-022-01311-5 | BMC Biology

RAVENS ARE SMARTER THAN HUMAN CHILDREN | Inverse

Ravens parallel great apes in flexible planning for tool-use and bartering | Science

A Cephalopod Has Passed a Cognitive Test Designed For Human Children | Science Alert

Pig Transformation – Why Pigs Become Feral | Farm Animal Report

A review of the social behaviour of the giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis: a misunderstood but socially complex species, Muller and Harris | Mammal Review, Wiley Online Library

Do you return your shopping cart where it belongs? ‘Cause Sworn Agent of the ‘Cart Narcs’ Agent Sebastian has a problem with you if you don’t! Cart Narcs is a task force started by Agent Sebastian to get lazybones to return their carts back to the corral (where they belong). Through a combination of politeness, bravery and persistence, Agent Sebastian’s mission is to clean up shopping center parking lots, one cart at a time. Agent Sebastian shares his stories of having guns and knives pulled on him, shouting matches and what takes to be a Cart Narc. You can find Agent Sebastian on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (but not tik tok) @CartNarcs. Don’t run into the Cart Narcs, return your cart!!

Show Notes:

Cart Narcs | Youtube

Cart Narcs | Instagram

‘I'm a Fat A-Hole’ Cart Narcs | Youtube

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman | Rob Bliss on Youtube

Dr Phil Publicly Shamed by The Cart Narcs | Youtube

It’s the big 100!! To celebrate our milestone, we brought back one of our favorite guests Nick Ramos of the History of the Cuban Revolution Podcast. In classic fireside chat fashion, no topics are off limits. Conspiracy theories, sustainable dildos, the whitewashing of MLK and MORE! We’re so excited we’ve made it to triple digits. We couldn’t have done it with you, our listeners who keep coming back for more. We have lots of incredible shows coming up and we can’t wait for hundreds more episodes! Time to get weird!

Show Notes:

Flex Seal® Liquid Commercial with Airboat (Full) | Flex Seal®

The Forgotten Socialist History of Martin Luther King Jr. | In These Times

Black Power Scholar Illustrates How MLK And Malcolm X Influenced Each Other | NPR

What was the Weather Underground? | The Hill

Researching Japanese War Crimes Records by Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group | US National Archives

Thank God, it’s football season again and friend of the show Andrew Allen is back to celebrate with us! College Football is underway and we’re here for it. Rik, Andrew (both former College Football players) and Jon (son of a former D-1 coach) chop it up over the chaos of conference realignment and the turbulent future to come. Rik and Jon go full boomer for tradition but Andrew is all about the new era, (then again, Andrew is a duck fan 👎👎👎👎). Lets all come together, make fun of Nebraska, talk footbawl and ‘SGO BEAVES!!!!

Show Notes:

Conference realignment: All the moves coming in 2022–25 | Medium

Predicting every college football Power 5 conference for the 2022 season | ESPN College Football

Breaking down what a move to the Big Ten means for UCLA and USC Olympic sports | Los Angeles Times

Profiles In Badassery: Tony Butkovich | Hammer and Rails

A look at the Rose Bowl’s 100-year history | Orange County Register

The Story of Purdue’s Stolen Football National Title | Hammer and Rails

'The Bush Push': A look back at USC's wild win over Notre Dame | The Score

Joe Tiller's Top 10: Oct. 28, 2000 Purdue vs. Ohio State | Lafayette Journal-Courier

PREPARE FOR THE START OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL WITH THE FAMOUS KICK SIX | OutKick

Dixon to have surgery on left knee, shelved for season (2007) | ESPN College Football

Today we are joined by Outdoorsman DJ Jones. DJ is an outdoorsman and athlete. Originally from Florida, DJ is an avid hunter and outdoorsman, traveling all over the United States to pursue his passion and promote greater visibility for the African American hunter. A graduate of the University of Minnesota- Duluth and UMD Bulldog Football alumnus, Dj now resides with his family in Minnesota. You can find DJ on Youtube and Instagram at @DJonesOutdoors. DJ has been a guest before on our show, you can find his episode here: RMP Episode 15.

Show Notes:

DJonesOutdoors | Instagram

DJonesOutdoors | Youtube

Hunters Of Color | Official Website

Oryx (Gemsbok) | National Park Service

An Alaska Buffalo Hunt By Riley Woodford | Alaska Fish and Wildlife News

Wood Bison (Alaska Buffalo) Herd on the Run | Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center

Pythons are eating alligators and everything else in Florida. Snake hunters stand poised to help. | NBC News

Pacific gopher snake | Wikipedia

Cottonmouth / Water Moccasin (Agkistrodon piscivorus) | Savannah River Ecology Labratory, University of Georgia

Feral hog income opportunity for hunters, meat processors | Western Farmer-Stocklmnan

5-MeO-DMT: The 20-Minute Psychoactive Toad Experience That’s Transforming Lives | Forbes

Iguana Hunter Kills Giant Invasive Lizards in Florida | Outdoor Life

EATING IGUANA - Catching and Cooking Invasive Green Iguanas in Florida | TheTravelingClatt

American Coot, Pardon My Plate | The Meat Eater

Today we are joined by Nelson Lichtenstein. Nelson is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of History at the University of California Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1966 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1974. Thereafter he worked in publishing in New York and taught at The Catholic University of America and at the University of Virginia before joining the UCSB faculty in 2001.

He is the author or editor of 16 books, including a biography of the labor leader Walter Reuther and State of the Union: A Century of American Labor (2002, 2013 revised). His most recent books are Achieving Workers’ Rights in the Global Economy (2016); The Port Huron Statement: Sources and Legacies of the New Left’s Founding Manifesto (2015); The ILO From Geneva to the Pacific Rim (2015);The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of Business (2009, 2010); The Right and Labor in America: Politics, Ideology, and Imagination (2012); A Contest of Ideas: Capital, Politics and Labor (2013); and American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century (2006). He has served on the editorial board of numerous journals and now is a member of the editorial board of the University of Illinois Press series in working-class history.

As director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, Lichtenstein and other UCSB faculty, including Alice O’Connor, Mary Furner, Eileen Boris and Stephen Weatherford, have created an interdisciplinary research and education initiative that hosts conferences and workshops that contribute to an understanding of the issues and ideas, past and present, illuminating the character of American capitalism and of the working class that sustains it. The Center administers an undergraduate minor in Labor Studies and a graduate-level Colloquium in Work, Labor, and Political Economy. Recent conferences, including “Beyond the New Deal Order” (2015), “The American Labor Movement: Crisis and Creativity” (2014), and “The Port Huron Statement at 50” (2012), are designed to probe historically resonate issues and help train a new generation of labor intellectuals.

Professor Lichtenstein has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations, the University of California, and from the Fulbright Commission and the Oregon Center for the Humanities. In 2008 he was elected to the Society of American Historians and in 2012 the Sidney Hillman Foundation awarded him its Sol Stetin Award for lifetime achievement in labor history. His reviews and opinion pieces have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Dissent, New Labor Forum, American Prospect, and academic journals. Reporters often seek is comments when they write on labor, politics, and supply chain issues. You can find more about Nelson on his Twitter @NelsonLichtens1.

Show Notes:

Nelson Lichtenstein | Department of History, University of California Santa Barbara

@NelsonLichtens1 | Twitter

The Making of the New Left | The New Yorker

What Made the Battle of Blair Mountain the Largest Labor Uprising in American History | Smithsonian Magazine

The Mine Wars (Documentary) | PBS

The Significance of the Battle of Blair Mountain, 100 Years Later | The Appalachian Voice

Majorities of adults see decline of union membership as bad for the U.S. and working people | Pew Research Center

The Upstart Union Challenging Starbucks | The New Yorker

@SBWorkersUnited | Twitter

What Company Owns The Most Real Estate? | Prudential California

Fredrickson, et al. v. Starbucks Corporation Case No. 1212-15734 | Starbucksoregonclassaction.com

The Teamsters' new chief is readying UPS drivers for a strike as he heads toward contract negotiations — and key moves show he's not bluffing | Business Insider

UPS Teamsters Kick Off Contract Fight | International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Amazon Workers Are Organizing a Global Struggle | The Intercept

‘What Choice Do I Have?’ Freight Train Conductors Are Forced to Work Tired, Sick, and Stressed | Motherboad, Tech By Vice News

Jimmy Hoffa: A closer look at the labor leader's life, work and disappearance | WDIV Local 4 Detroit

U.S. Steel Tower | Official Website