Thaddeus Blevins Podcast

Thaddeus Blevins Podcast

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Thaddeus Blevins Podcast episodes

  • TBP 11 (Reglan Awareness 1): Amanda Smith
    I recently shared a post about the changes in my personal mindset and the fitness transformation that followed.
    What I haven’t shared publicly is the catalyst for that.
    It’s hard to portray public vulnerability as a real estate agent. We're to be the calm ones that our clients rely on during times of change and upheaval in their own lives and it feels like that’s what we’re supposed to represent. I’m proud to say that none of my clients suffered from what I was going through, but still…it is with some hesitation that I share this. At the end of the day, sometimes the most important thing we can do is share our human experience.
    In 2021 I was given a prescription drug (for acid reflux) that totally wrecked my brain and nerves for about nine months. It’s not a stretch to say it was the chemical equivalent of a bomb went going off in my nervous system.
    I had anxiety, panic attacks (beyond ordinary panic….some fellow travelers have called it “chemical terror”), depressive attacks, insomnia, parkinsonism symptoms, inner tremors, agoraphobia, and what I can only describe as….feeling like I was being electrocuted for hours on end.
    I have lost loved ones and friends too young, and I have endured some really hard things in my life but my experience with the effects of this medication is by far the hardest thing I’ve had to endure. I met some other folks who have gone through the same thing and lost marriages, had to give up their children, or even taken their own life.
    Doctors were absolutely no help. The medical system put me in this position and then offered no help out of it. It wasn’t until I found a support group of hundreds of other people that had experienced some of the same things from the same drug that I was able to understand what was happening and develop a roadmap for recovery.
    Even then I didn’t really know what to do, I just knew other people had managed to get better and that gave me hope it was even possible.
    I decided to take a kindergarten approach: “do more good things for your brain and body and stop doing any and all unhealthy things.”
    So I made radical changes to my diet, started running, and got on a supplement regimen that seemed to make sense based on my research.
    Running was the thing that probably helped me reclaim my life more than anything else. That’s the biggest part of why I’ve been able to maintain consistency with it now, when I’ve never been able to before.
    I don’t have an interest in suing anyone or anything like that — I really don’t have a lot of hope for our legal system in fixing this. It has been tried before.
    What I am going to do is share some stories through my podcast of other victims of this drug, in hopes of raising awareness and reducing the number of Reglan/Metoclopramide prescriptions that are handed out.
    This is the first of those conversations.
    2 hr 33 min
  • TBP 10: Bear Knox

    Bear Knox is a musician, Berklee College of Music Alumnus, and a long time friend of mine. Here we just chop it up for two hours hitting psychedelics, Carl Jung, money, and music.

    3 hr 23 min
  • TBP 9: Jeremy Snead

    Jeremy Snead is the producer of this channel, Promotion Producer at Fox 56 in Lexington, KY, and a childhood friend.

    1 hr 15 min
  • TBP 8: Casilee Boyd

    a.k.a. "The Sassy Survivor, " Casilee Boyd is a cancer survivor and mortgage loan office with People's Exchange Bank in Lexington, KY.  We have a lot of fun in this episode as we cover her cancer journey, her experiences with a psychic, a possible ghost haunting, and the current real estate market. 

    1 hr 19 min
  • TBP 7: Ty Brown

    Ty Brown is a longtime Lexington, KY Realtor since 2003 who has also served as President of the Bluegrass Realtors association. Ty currently is licensed with ERA Select and specializes in relocation and assisting investors. Ty is originally from Sharkey, KY and a graduate of Morehead State University.

    2 hr 15 min
  • TBP 6: Collins Youngblood

    Collins Youngblood is a former The Bachelorette cast member who now owns and operates LeanFeast, a fast-casual health food restaurant in Lexington, KY. In this episode we dive into Collins' battles with alcoholism, overcoming childhood trauma, opening a restaurant during 2021, and the importance of serving the community.  

    1 hr 50 min
  • TBP 5: Nolan Gray

    Nolan Gray is a native Lexingtonian, former New York City Planner, University of Kentucky Alumni, and current research fellow with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also a contributor at Strong Towns, City Lab, and Young Voices.  

    You can read his work here: https://www.strongtowns.org/contributors-journal/2017/12/8/nolan-gray

    1 hr 18 min
  • TBP 4: Greg Keeley & On Duty CBD

    Greg Keeley is retired from both the US and Australian Royal Navy. He is currently CEO of On Duty CBD in Lexington, KY. Greg has spent time working on Capitol Hill  and is also a contributor to Fox News, The Hill, The Daily Caller, and Skillset Magazine.

    See this episode on youtube at: https://youtu.be/ycLsHlERW34

    3 hr 5 min
  • TBP 3: Laid Back Country Picker aka David "Chico" Prince

    David "Chico" Prince, aka Laid Back Country Picker is a former KY State Social Studies teacher of the year. He teaches currently at Lawrence County High School in Louisa, Kentucky. He is also an accomplished guitarist who can frequently be seen sharing the stage with his wife Teresa in Luna and the Mountain Jets as well as with his protege and rising country star Tyler Childers. Laid Back Country Picker is signed to Hickman Holler Records and will be releasing his label debut sometime in late 2019 or early 2020.

    2 hr 34 min

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