Rik's Mind Podcast

Today we are joined by Cori Metzgar. Metzgar is entering her fifth year as the Director of Sports Performance at Western Oregon University, in Monmoth, Ore, after joining the Wolves in October 2011. Metzgar joined the Wolves after spending five years at Washington State University as the strength and conditioning specialist for the baseball, volleyball, soccer and women's swimming programs. During her last three years at WSU, Metzgar worked as the Associate Director. She also spent two years working with the cross country, tennis and rowing programs aat WSU and had the opportunity to assist with the football strength and conditioning program every year during her stay with the Cougars.

Prior to arriving in Pullman, Metzgar worked at Colorado State University where she served stints as the head and assistant strength and conditioning coach. She also had a two year stop at Ohio State as a professional intern with the Buckeyes strength and conditioning program and did her graduate assistantship at Western Michigan University.

Metzgar is a certified member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (CSCS), the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (SCCC) and USA Weightlifting. She received her bachelor's degree in exercise science from Fort Lewis College in 1998 and her master's in physical education from Western Michigan in 2000. Metzgar also became a Master Strength Coach (MSCC) in May 2015.

Today we are joined by Claudia Zavala. Claudia is a reproductive justice advocate based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Show Notes:

What is the “Woman’s Right to Know Act?” | Unrestrict Minnesota

The Governor Of Texas Has Signed A Law That Bans Abortion As Early As 6 Weeks | NPR

Texas Senate approves bill to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned | The Hill

The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime Over the Last Two Decades | Becker Friedman Institute

Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade | New York Times

State Partisan Composition | National Conference of State Legislatures

Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born | BBC News

Abortion restrictions put women’s health, safety and wellbeing at risk | Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Do You Know the Abortion Laws in Minnesota? | UnRestrict Minnesota

Governor Newsom Previews $1 Billion in Budget Proposal to Jump-Start New Homeless Fund | Office of Governor Gavin Newsom

Today we are joined by Victor Villegas. Victor Villegas is Technology & Media Support Coordinator for Oregon State University Division of Extension & Engagement. Publicly, he is more widely known for his K-12 STEAM outreach and engagement efforts, especially with under-served, under-represented youth. He is fully bilingual and bicultural, a diversity, equity and inclusion advocate, and has a passion for engaging and inspiring youth. His main STEAM engagement strategy is using the Arts to reach students who are not typically drawn to STEM subjects, showing how Art, when integrated with STEM , can jumpstart their interest in STEM and help them understand STEM subjects better, furthering their knowledge and inspiring them to pursue STEM/STEAM education and career pathways. Villegas usually accomplishes this via his alter-ego as DroneSinger, the “Weird Al” of drones – World’s #1 creator of parody songs about drones. He leverages this “fame”, along with drones, robots, music, humor, puppetry/ventriloquism, poetry and storytelling, to spark kids’ interested in STEAM. You can find Victor’s website dronsinger.com, Instagram, Youtube and LinkedIn

Episode 34- Loren Fjord

Today we are joined by Loren Fjord. Fjord is a passionate critical thinking human that enjoys sharing his collected knowledge with others and learning from everyone he meets along this great journey of life. You can find more about Loren on his website HumanWild.Co and Instagram

Show Notes:

Parkour | Wikipedia

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON SLEEP, SUPPLEMENTS, SUNLIGHT, AND STIMULATION — STANFORD NEUROSCIENTIST ANDREW HUBERMAN, PHD | The Kevin Rose Show

Is modern life making us miserable? ‘Civilized to Death’ author Christopher Ryan thinks so. | Seattle Times

Nile Wilson | Youtube

Speed of Sport | Instagram

Episode 33- Alia Mira aka Alia Synesthesia

Today we are joined by Alia Mira aka Alia Synesthesia . Alia is a multi-instrumentalist, trained operatic singer, neo-classical composer, cellist & drummer. Known for her deep mezzo-soprano voice and experimental distorted cello technique, Alia carries her unique, exotic sound across genres. Alia is Yakut (Siberian first nations), and was born and raised in North Siberia, where she started her music education at 6, subsequently immigrating to Canada at the age of 14 where she currently resides. In addition to music and art, Alia also has several degrees related to computer science and video game design. You can find Alia on her website aliasynesthesia.com, Facebook and Instagram

Show Notes:

Happy People: A Year in the Taiga | Wikipedia

Boreal Forest (Taiga) | Wikipedia

Yakutsk | Wikipedia

The Metaverse is Coming – Are You Ready? | Talking Influence

Beeple sold an NFT for $69 million | The Verge

Why platforms had to cut off Trump and Parler | The Verge

A Few More Thoughts On The Total Deplatforming Of Parler & Infrastructure Content Moderation | Techdirt

He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World | NY Times

Internet 2.0 Encryption | Internet 2.0

Episode 33- 'I Can't Believe It's Not Bummer!™' Fireside Chat

Rik and Jon team up for a much less bummer fireside chat. Hang out with us and hear Jon fully trigger Rik about the pandemic.

Episode 32- Josh Roth

Today we are joined by Josh Roth. Josh is a head fund accountant. Josh will help walk us through all the talk about crypto currency exchanges and the markets reactions to it.

Show Notes:

Current Prices | Coinbase

Dogecoin | Official Website

Bitcoin Price Index | Coindesk

Per-Transaction Fees | Investopedia

Mooncoin Current Price | Crypto.com

Crypto Tax 2021: A Complete US Guide | CoinDesk

Texas’s Gold Depository- A “Bank” For Gold Based Money | Mises Institute

Episode 31- Patrick Murray

Today we are joined by Patrick Murray. Patrick is an Indianapolis based stand up comedian. David Letterman once told him "Good set" which is probably a big deal.

Today we are joined by Big Fudge. Fudge is a comedian and former professional basketball player based out of Portland, Oregon. You can find Fudge on Instagram and TikTok

Episode 29- The Bummer Cast

On this week’s episode, Rik takes a turn for the worst and guides Jon down the deep and dark hole that is the future or world politics and reddit.

Show Notes:

The Collapse | Reddit

Canada | Reddit

China’s island fortifications are a challenge to international norms | DefenseNews

Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court To Let Cops Enter Homes And Seize Guns Without A Warrant | Forbes

Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims | Wired

We have 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN | The Guardian