The Big Stick Podcast

The Big Stick Podcast

By Micah & PhilNewsPolitics
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The Big Stick Podcast episodes

  • Ep 6: The Social Media Life.- With Nick Stafford
    Today, my guest is Nick Stafford. Nick is a social media influencer, musician, and videographer, who prefers to surfing the waves rather than surfing the couch. In 2014, after he graduated Patterson Mill High School, Nick went on a journey that led him to traveling the world to explore vast landscapes and many fascinating countries. From those journeys and his video graphing skills, Nick began to amass a great following, and is now a major social media influencer on Instagram at the Instagram handle nvckalaus. In today's conversation with Nick, our discussion focused on what it means to be a social media influencer, the growing only-fans movement, life, and many other interesting aspects around the social media experience. I hope you all enjoy!
    1 hr 12 min
  • Ep 5: The Post-Modern Man.- With Paul Beam
    Today, my guest is Paul Beam. Paul is the founder and CEO of True North Ministries, which is a Christian based organization centered in the state of Texas that focuses on being a catalyst in men’s lives. His organization is also a resource and a community for men to come together who are looking to be better men, and for men to then discover or recover their purpose and fulfill that purpose within their lives. In addition to him being CEO of True North Ministries, Paul is a marine veteran, a Graduate of Concordia University Austin Texas, and a loving father and husband. Today we focused in on talking about what it means to be a man in a post-modern world and qualities around that topic.
    1 hr 18 min
  • Ep 4: American Soccer, the Professional Journey.- With Colin Miller

    Today, my guest is professional Soccer player and current Loudoun United F.C. Goalkeeper Colin Miller. Colin grew up in Harford County Maryland, where he attended C Milton Wright High School and participated in the Baltimore Bays Soccer program, as well as other soccer programs, such as the program for U.S. soccer development and C Milton Wright’s High School Soccer Team. After High School, Colin then attended the University of Providence where he played for the friars as one of the top goalkeepers in the country, receiving multiple accolades such as Rev. Robert A. Morris, O.P. '46 Memorial Award (2017), BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete (2017), BIG EAST Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year (2018), Preseason All-BIG EAST Team in (2018), All-BIG EAST Second Team (2018), and many more. In addition, Colin also graduated from Providence  with a B.A. in psychology, before he was signed by Loudoun F.C. where he is today. I really enjoyed my conversation with Colin, we talked about his personal experiences with soccer, the professional scene, and U.S. Soccer as a whole. I hope you enjoy! 

    1 hr 19 min
  • Ep 3: American Media and Journalism.- With Brett Hall

    Today, my guest is Brett Hall. Brett was born and raised in Bel Air Maryland, where he attended Patterson Mill High School, then later on Graduated from University of Maryland College Park’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. He has been a part of multiple news and radio stations such as CBS Radio, CNY Central, and with him right now working for WAVY-TV 10 based out of Virginia. I brought on Brent today to better understand the aspects surrounding media as well as news itself. This was recorded two weeks ago from this release date. I hope you enjoy! Patreon Link below if you want to help support this podcast. 

    https://www.patreon.com/pure_realization

    1 hr 4 min
  • Ep 2: Marxism vs Libertarian-Conservatism.- With Idemudia Uwagbale "Ide"
    In this episode I talk with Ide Uwagbale and debate with him about topics associated around Marxism vs Libertarian-Conservatism. Ide is a Nigerian American that was born and raised in Houston, Texas. After he finished high school, Ide then went to Texas Tech University, where he earned his B.A. in Sociology and a Minor in Arabic. He claims to fall under the lines of those titled "leftists" and says his personal experiences and research led him to believe more in the Marxist/leftist pursuits for society. I hope you enjoy and please feel free to subscribe so you can continue to be apart of the Pure Realization movement! https://www.patreon.com/pure_realization?fan_landing=true
    1 hr 46 min
  • Ep 1: Meditation, What Is It?- With Santtu Leskinen

    This episode focuses on answering the question and ideas surrounding the concept and practice of meditation. According to the greatest open source website on the internet, Wikipedia, "meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state." To better understand meditation past this definition, this episode interviews Santtu Leskinen, examining his yogic pathway and extrapolating both his and my ideas. I hope you enjoy. 

    If able or interested please subscribe! 

    https://www.patreon.com/pure_realization?fan_landing=true

    1 hr 8 min

About The Big Stick Podcast

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The world of Foreign Affairs, International Relations, and Conflict is an ever-changing political landscape containing various geopolitical issues, historical quagmires, and media spin that make it extremely difficult to follow and grasp. Micah Austin and Phil Webster attempt to simplify and escape from the spin by examining situations, conflicts, and regions through non-partisan conversations with experts and policymakers in the field and in-depth personal analysis.