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I challenge you all to listen to this debate. Who are we as individuals? This is a wild discussion that challenges every humans beliefs. I dare you all to listen and argue your point of views. This is a swap cast. I'm a guess on Keeping it Real with Jay Scott. Check it out!!!!

With Halloween approaching, I am diving into must see horror films everyone should witness. Well, maybe not everyone...

From the supernatural to the psychotic slasher, creatures and demons, I cover some of the very best horror films of the 1970's. I hope this group of films will indeed quench your thirst for blood, or possibly, scare the hell out of you! There is a little bit of everything in here for everyone to enjoy. Hopefully, by the end of this podcast, you will be able to find something new to indulge in and have yourselves a fright night to remember!    

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Of all the true scary stories about life inside America’s jails, the Tucker Telephone is surely the most awful. And for inmates doing time at the Tucker State Prison Farm in Arkansas in the early 1960s, there was nothing more terrifying than the Tucker Telephone.

The Tucker Telephone was a sadistic method of punishment frequently used on prisoners at the state prison which is now the Tucker Unit of the Arkansas Department of Correction. The torture device was the brainchild of prison physician Dr. A.E. Rollins and prison superintendent Jim Bruton.

Hooked up to a source of immense electric power, the Tucker Telephone functioned as an electric shock device attached to the private parts of victims. Inmates sent to the “hospital room” were strapped down to a table with two wires applied to their skin. The ground wire was wrapped around their big toe while the hot wire — which the electricity ran through — was strapped to the inmate’s genitals.

Once the doctors turned the crank on the Tucker Telephone, their victims were brutally shocked by torrents of electricity. Sometimes these torture sessions dragged on for long periods, known as “long-distance calls.”

This is the true story of the Tucker Telephone Torture Device. 

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Trouble sleeping? Globally, around one-third of people experience unsatisfying sleep. If sleeping difficulties meet certain criteria, they are diagnosed as the sleep disorder insomnia.

According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, insomnia is defined as difficulty either falling or staying asleep that is accompanied by daytime impairments related to those sleep troubles.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine categorizes insomnia into different types: chronic insomnia disorder, short-term insomnia disorder, and other insomnia disorder.

We explore what insomnia is and the disorder’s various subtypes, symptoms, causes, and treatments.

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Dreams are one of the most fascinating and mystifying aspects of sleep. Since Sigmund Freud helped draw attention to the potential importance of dreams in the late 19th century, considerable research has worked to unravel both the neuroscience and psychology of dreams.

Despite this advancing scientific knowledge, there is much that remains unknown about both sleep and dreams. Even the most fundamental question — why do we dream at all? — is still subject to significant debate.

While everyone dreams, the content of those dreams and their effect on sleep can vary dramatically from person to person. Even though there’s no simple explanation for the meaning and purpose of dreams, it’s helpful to understand the basics of dreams, the potential impact of nightmares, and steps that you can take to sleep better with sweet dreams.

Good friend and fellow podcaster Jason Morris from the podcast show "Keeping It Real with Jay Scott" joins me for a fascinating discussion on dreams. Good personal stories, information from psychology and neurology and much, much more! Often comedic and controversial. It's all here... 

This is a cross-cast. I was recently a guest on Keeping It Real with Jay Scott and decided to share this episode about the 7 Hermetic Principles here on The Human Factor. The philosophical subject matter is very deep and far to amazing not to share this with everyone! 

There are some universal laws that can be found across space and time. They’re a part of how the Universe works. The 7 hermetic principles are an example of this conduct:

Mentalism

Correspondence

Vibration

Polarity

Rhythm

Causality

Gender

Thanks to Jay Scott for having me on as a guest and supplying the audio tracks for a cross-cast special. 

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Ever drink from a water hose? Did mom or dad spank you for misbehaving? Did you ever hitch a ride with a complete stranger? Have you ever watched a movie at the drive-in theater? These are just a few of the things that I will be discussing on this episode of THE HUMAN FACTOR that baby boomer and generation-x kids did that are not near as common today. Join me as I take you back in time to when the world seemed much more simple and forgiving. A time that many of us cherish. The fading memories are all that is left of these unique experiences that many of us have had. The 1950s-1980s and how those time periods differ for children today. Electronics and social media have cheated future generations. Children are less active and socially awkward today compared to the tougher generations that came before them. And this episode will enlighten you on some of the reasons why...

Evolution: A “human” is anyone who belongs to the genus Homo (Latin for “man”). Scientists still don’t know exactly when or how the first humans evolved, but they’ve identified a few of the oldest ones.

One of the earliest known humans is Homo habilis, or “handy man,” who lived about 2.4 million to 1.4 million years ago in Eastern and Southern Africa. Others include Homo rudolfensis, who lived in Eastern Africa about 1.9 million to 1.8 million years ago (its name comes from its discovery in East Rudolph, Kenya); and Homo erectus, the “upright man” who ranged from Southern Africa all the way to modern-day China and Indonesia from about 1.89 million to 110,000 years ago.

Is it possible? Join me on this comical journey into the theory of evolution as I am joined by good friend and fellow podcaster Jason Morris from the podcast show "KEEPING IT REAL" with Jay Scott. 

Warning: Explicit and offensive language. Although humorous, may make some people cry. WHAAAAA.... 

Hello Podcast land! I'm Danny Beard and you are listening to The Human Factor. I've been working on a series as some of you may know called Origins of Life. In this episode, I will be discussing Creationism. With me today to aid in this discussion is a good friend and fellow podcaster Jason Morris.

The information I'm discussing today can be sensitive to some people. Just a reminder that this is just information. This information is only a small part of the big 4 questions everyone comes to ask themselves at some point in their lives. So I will ask them now…

Creationism is the religious belief that nature, and aspects such as the universe, Earth, life, and humans, originated with supernatural acts of divine creation. In its broadest sense, creationism includes a continuum of religious views, which vary in their acceptance or rejection of scientific explanations such as evolution that describe the origin and development of natural phenomena.

In this episode Buried Alive which is part of an ongoing series I call Strange and Beyond, I'll be discussing unfortunate people in unfortunate times, along with barbaric theories and medical mishaps. So, has anyone heard the term "Saved by the Bell"?

The term “saved by the bell” is an idiom commonly used to describe people who escaped difficult situations thanks to a last-minute solution.

But the light-hearted phrase actually may have a true scary story behind it related to a medical condition known as catalepsy.

Catalepsy is a medical condition in which a patient endures an uncontrolled state of muscle rigidity and unresponsiveness. The condition is often linked to episodes of catatonia.

Although the disease is widely understood now, in the past it caused sufferers to be mistakenly buried alive. After newspapers reported on these tragic endings, writers like Edgar Allan Poe built similar incidents in his own creepy stories such as "The Premature Burial" published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper.