The Way

100 years later and we're in another epidemic. Ben Kitchings has a master's degree and has spent a lot of time studying the Spanish flu along with reading and hearing stories surrounding COVID-19.  In fact, the first season of his top 100 documentary ranked podcast "The History Voyager" was on this very relationship between the two viruses. In this episode, he shares what the Spanish Flu was like historically, and how it compares to the modern day's Coronavirus.

For good reason hemp could very well be a game changer when it comes to pollution and reducing large quantities of waste in our society. Hemp is a cousin to marijuana within the same cannabis family. What that means is with an ineffective 0.2% thc content, it has been deemed illegal to grow in the United States of America. However things are changing as Beth- a pro-hemp advocate and farmer- in Oregon will tell us. Beth will dive into not only the history of this plant, but to its plausible impact on our society. 

To learn more on the topic check our Beth's page at www.hemphuntress.com.

Joshua Shea is an established author and TEDx speaker where he goes around to talk about his experiences and knowledge on porn addiction. In this episode Joshua brings statistics around the prevalence and issues of porn addiction with some bizarre real life experiences, cat fishing being one example. (If you're interested in learning more check out www.RecoveringPornAddict.com after the show)

Please Read Correction: In the beginning at the 3:30 mark I stated "5-8% of people have a porn addiction". This was taken from The recovery village* and after cross checking with the apa^ this statistic appears to be in relation to "...Kinsey Institute 9 percent of porn viewers said they had tried unsuccessfully to stop". I misspoke as you can still have a porn addiction without attempting to stop. I want this show to be trustworthy going forward. I care about the facts and in next weeks episode you'll hear me include my sources along with future episodes.

*https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/process-addiction/porn-addiction/related/pornography-statistics/

^https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/04/pornography

Jessica Leichtweisz and Aidan Almond have just finished a book about the stories they have seen surrounding autism. Jessica has been helping children facing autism for 20+ years now, and Aidan- who is autistic himself- has begun to do the same. Tune in to hear them talk about autism's history, what it is, and statistics around the topic to name a few things. To learn more check out their website at hopeeducationservices.com.

Ruslan is a bartender and citizen who currently resides in Kazan', Russia. We begin this episode with a discussion about social life in Russia and viewpoints on BLM. After this introduction we transition into internal politics which covers a variety of topics from Russia manipulating COVID-19 statistics, too what the Russian school curriculum's teach under a Putin leadership.

CORRECTION: Two days after recording this Spotify has now become available in 13 European countries; one of which being Russia.

Well informed through education, research, and experience. Tune in to hear this interview about the knowledge and experience behind acid. Including how it was found, its effects, its impact, and more.

Here we sit down with a political science major in a Political Episode based around the rabbit holes of what can be seen around Super Tuesday. From the candidates to redlining to economic policies found in Japan, we address many political detours based around Super Tuesday.