David Icenogle from our various addiction and mental health episodes returns once again, this time to have an open-ended (and humorous) discussion about pursuing your dreams v. having a stable job, the horrific impact of pornography on teenagers, where one should strive to find their sense of self worth, why doing challenging and uncomfortable things are necessary for growth, the possibility of feeling compassion for right wingers, where to draw the empathy line, automation and its contradictions, and much more. 

Check out Dave's poetry here: https://therisingphoenixreview.com/2022/12/20/holding-cell-3-codington-county-by-david-icenogle/

David Icenogle (from No Chaser) returns to the show and joins Breht once again to have a frank, open-ended, wide-ranging discussion about their experiences and struggles with mental health. This is not meant as medical advice, nor scientific analysis; it is meant to simply be two human beings and close friends sitting down and discussing their direct experiences in the hope that it might resonate with, or otherwise provide comfort to, people out there who struggle with this stuff too.

Check out Dave's YT channel about his struggles with addiction and his road to recovery here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmDFdoZQU0CgAZm67Do4BQ

Check out our previous episode with Dave titled "On Alcoholism, Relapse, and Recovery" here: https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/dave

David Icenogle returns to the show for another super long patreon exclusive where he and Breht talk relationships, their volatile and amusing teenage years, and the complexities and contradictions of online dating before shifting toward an interesting discussion on January 6th and Israel/Palestine based on some of Dave's musings and questions; with plenty of laughs and absurdities along the way.

As always, take these episodes in the jocular and relatively light-hearted spirit in which they are intended! 

Check out Dave's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmDFdoZQU0CgAZm67Do4BQ

In this Patreon exclusive, David Icenogle (No Chaser on YT) from our Alcoholism and Addiction episode(s) returns to shoot the shit with Breht. Dave catches us up on his road to recovery and his attendant trials and tribulations, and then asks Breht political questions he has about abortion rights and some of his concerns regarding communism (as someone who is admittedly not very political). This makes for a really interesting and unique conversation! As always, this is a hyper-organic, laid back, free flowing conversation that goes in many directions. We hope you enjoy listening to these episodes with David as much as we enjoy making them! 

David Icenogle returns to the show, this time to patreon exclusively, to discuss his recent relapse, which occurred after the recording of our public episode On Alcoholism in March as well as after more than a year of continuous sobriety.   In this long, darkly funny, and heartbreaking conversation, Dave discusses his relapse, the causes behind it, mental health and existential crises, the psychological dynamics of addiction and relapse, and so much more. 

Check out and subscribe to "NO CHASER" with David Icenogle here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmDFdoZQU0CgAZm67Do4BQ

David Icenogle joins Breht to discuss his long struggle with alcoholism as well as his long and rocky road to sobriety and recovery. Together, they touch on many different aspects of addiction, the specific struggle with alcoholism, the difficulties of getting and staying sober, the psychology of addiction, the nuances of AA, how relapses happen and how to avoid them, the brutal impact of addiction on family and friends, and so, so much more. David is an incredibly - and darkly - funny, down to earth, and insightful human being, and his experiences will no doubt resonate deeply with anyone who has struggled with addictions of any type.

Check out and subscribe to "NO CHASER" with David Icenogle here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmDFdoZQU0CgAZm67Do4BQ

Outro Music: "Pour Me Another" by Atmosphere