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On today's episode we have the normal crew with us, Andrew Hoffman, Jake Bible and Todd Gienger. Todd has recently had a big health scare and wanted to come on the show and talk about it. Todd recently had to go to the emergency room due to chest pains. They originally didn't find anything wrong and luckily the pain went away after a couple days in the hospital. After he was released from the hospital they wanted to schedule some tests to make sure everything was okay. After those tests they found a 90% blockage of a main artery to his heart. If they had not found this blockage at this point it's safe to assume that it would have soon been 100% blocked and Todd would have had a major heart attack and probably would have died.

After this major health scare Todd has worked with his health care providers to get this problem in order. He's also working with a mental health specialist and a nutritionist. He has lost almost 40 pounds in the past 4 months. Todd wants everyone to know the importance of regular health checks as they literally could save your life as they most certainly did his. Hopefully we can all learn from Todd's example of going to get checked out by the proper medical professionals when needed.

I have known Todd for years and he is one of my closest friends. Any time I need to talk he is always there to listen and offer great advice. We have had many great talks over the years on a large range of topics. He is truly one of the most caring and compassionate people I've ever met.

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on and off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, the news, current events, etc.

On today's episode we weren't sure what to talk about honestly. We both have taken a bit of a sabbatical from the news and social media. We started off a little slow but then got into the Covid restrictions being lifted, and that's when things started to heat up. We both have very different opinions on the restrictions and things definitely got heated. We also talked about the new preschool program being suggested by the current presidential administration. Which lead us into some interesting ideas about the schooling system as a whole and relationships. We ended the podcast talking about religion and the afterlife. This is definitely one of our best podcasts to date. We both had a great time. Hopefully you will enjoy it as well.

Andrew is a regular guest on the show and I can't tell you how excited I am to talk about these controversial topics with him. These are the types of conversations I look forward to having, both on and off the podcast. Society tells us today that we aren't allowed to talk about these types of topics. But these are the kinds of conversations that need to happen in a safe environment where people can be honest with how they feel about things without fear of ridicule from others. That is what we will do our best to do on this segment of the podcast.

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on and off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have two of the upper belts from the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. We didn't have a specific topic we wanted to cover today. We decided to start with how frustrated I am in Jiu Jitsu right now as I've been in a slump for the last few months and just see where the conversation goes. We never got to another topic. They had plenty of good advice on how to work through a slump in Jiu Jitsu that hopefully will apply to other things as well. I really believe that most of my troubles have been mental. I'm looking forward to listening to this podcast again to help me get through this current slump I'm in. Hopefully some of their advice can help others out too. Enjoy.

Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0 in the Fight to Win series competition. You can find Ben on Instagram @4_stripes_away.

Devon has been training Jiu Jitsu for 9-10 years now and is currently a purple belt. He has competed in the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and a Fight to Win series competition... But we won't discuss his record in those events at this time, lol. Perhaps we can get him to elaborate in a future podcast. You can find Devon on Instagram @Devon_Kelleher.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We believe that the ability to talk about these tough topics is seriously lacking in today's society, as people seem to get offended too easily.

On today's episode we talked about the Daunte Wright shooting near Minneapolis. This took place while the trial for the George Floyd was going on nearby. Obviously tensions were already high due to the trial, but after the shooting of Daunte Wright the area erupted with protests of police brutality. We talked quite a bit about the shooting and what could have been done differently. But more importantly we talked about the police reform that we believe needs to happen so we can move forward without these types of unnecessary events happening again. It was definitely a great conversation. Hopefully you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we had recording it.

American Honesty is a project that Jake started a couple of years ago. So now using the podcast as our platform we are going to carry on the project that Jake started. Hopefully it will lead to some good conversations that others can enjoy as much as we do.

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on a off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.

Gerard is a first generation American. His parents are originally from Haiti. With parents who grew up in a different country Gerard has a very different perspective than most people who were born in the USA. Gerard is a project manager in the construction field, and has a degree in civil engineering. Education was very important to his family and he and his sister were highly encouraged to take it seriously and get their degrees.

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at [email protected]. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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We have back with us today Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We talked about some new firearm classes that they have going on at Instruments of Freedom as well as some current events. But we mostly talked training and shooting. For the guys saying they didn't have much to talk about we certainly talked for a long time. But that seems to be how we roll here on the podcast. Please enjoy.

Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career in a job that was different from what he was supposed to be doing. But that allowed him to get some more experience than he would have otherwise. After his time in the military he ended up in Dallas Texas on the Police department. He spent 7 years on the force there. He was applying to different agencies to work for the federal government. He got a position here in Ohio and took that one and has been working for the man ever since.

Jeff and Ethan run a company call the Instruments of Freedom Tactical Weapons Training Group IOFTWTG.COM. Head over and sign up for some training from some of the best firearms trainers in the area. You can visit their retail store at 426 E. Liberty St. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Then they are the one stop shop for everything firearms in Wayne county Ohio.

You can also visit them on Instagram @Instruments_of_Freedom or find them on Facebook at Instruments of Freedom.

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have my coach Shannon White and two of the upper belts at the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Today I wanted to talk to them about competition. I have been missing competition and didn't realize how much until the past few months. I have been looking forward to this conversation for some time now, and it did not disappoint.

Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0 in the Fight to Win series competition. You can find Ben on Instagram @4_stripes_away.

Devon has been training Jiu Jitsu for 9-10 years now and is currently a purple belt. He has competed in the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and a Fight to Win series competition... But we won't discuss his record in those events at this time, lol. Perhaps we can get him to elaborate in a future podcast. You can find Devon on Instagram @Devon_Kelleher.

Shannon is the head instructor of BJJ at True Art Jiu Jitsu in Fairlawn Ohio. Shannon got his black belt in Jiu Jitsu in the fall of 2018 from his instructor Mark Vives of the New Breed Training Center in Chicago Illinois. Shannon started training Jiu Jitsu in 2009 at the age of 19. He has a pedigree of competition in Jiu Jitsu and has many accomplishments on the mat. His latest accomplishment was winning the 2014 IBJJF Chicago Summer Open as a purple belt.

Shannon has a real passion for teaching and believes that Jiu Jitsu is for everyone. He is the only instructor at his gym. So he is there at every class to teach his students.

You can find him online at TrueArtBJJ.com and you can find him on Facebook at True Art Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

His personal instagram is @TheSavageBJJ

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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My guest today is Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage and experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach.

Today Dane and I got into all kinds of topics. Dane recently started a podcast with a business associate of his Justin Oliver. They talk about lifting and training mostly. His podcast is called Prepare to Win and you can find it wherever you download podcasts. We talked about Dane getting his podcast up and running. We of course had to talk some recovery as well. But later in the episode we somehow got into talking about religion and spirituality. We definitely had a great conversation. Hopefully you all enjoy it as much as I know we did.

Dane started his college career as a Musical Theater Major at Kent State University. Although he loved theater Dane moved away from his major and joined the Ohio Army National Guard and spent six (6) years as a Signal Systems Support Specialist. Dane returned to school after his tour in the Guard. He decided to switch his major to Exercise Science. Even though he switched his major he remained involved with theater at Kent State. He helped coach fellow students, plan classes with his professors and even developed his own method of acting called the Connections Method.

Dane was on the Kent State gymnastics club team. He did a physical therapy internship at Mercy Medical in the Sports Medicine department. Dane did a two (2) year independent study at Kent State teaching actors. Dane also participated in a strength and conditioning internship at Premier Support Conditioning.

You can find Dane on Facebook at Elite Recovery Sports Massage, on Instagram @Elite_Recovery_LMT and online at EliteRecoveryMassage.com. Or you can email him at [email protected].

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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Today we have back with us Jake Bible and Bryan Carpenter. Bryan wanted to come back on the show and give an update as to what's been going on in his life. The 2020 corona virus shutdowns greatly affected his life in many ways. Most of what he was doing with his book was completely shut down. Bryan had to come up with new things to invest his time in to keep him from going stir crazy locked inside his house.

Bryan is a former active duty Marine who got blown up by an I.E.D in 2006. All that he wanted in his life was to join the US Military. Bryan had plenty of trouble before he was finally able to join the Military and unfortunately has had even more trouble after due to his accident while serving our country.

Bryan has also written a book, The Never-Ending Battle After Iraq – A Marine's Road To Recovery, telling his story. You can find that on Amazon as an E-book. You can also get in touch with him on his author's page on Facebook. Or you can look him up on Instagram @BCarpenter6606.

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, the news, current events, etc.

Andrew is a regular guest on the show and I can't tell you how excited I am to talk about these controversial topics with him. These are the types of conversations I look forward to having, both on and off the podcast. Society tells us today that we aren't allowed to talk about these types of topics. But these are the kinds of conversations that need to happen in a safe environment where people can be honest with how they feel about things without fear of ridicule from others. That is what we will do our best to do on this segment of the podcast.

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on and off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

On today's episode we have my friend Gerard Prepetit. Gerard and I always have great conversations and I was very excited to have him on the podcast. Gerard wanted to talk about something very near and dear to his heart today. He personally believes that kids today need to have more struggle in their lives to help them become better members of society. I couldn't agree more! In our personal opinions parents today try to keep their kids from struggling at all. Obviously we all want our kids to have things better than what we did growing up. But kids still need to struggle through things in life if we expect them to have realistic ideas of what life will be like when they grow up. Gerard was a natural and I think we can definitely expect him to be on more episodes in the future.

Gerard is a first generation American. His parents are originally from Haiti. With parents who grew up in a different country Gerard has a very different perspective than most people who were born in the USA. Gerard is a project manager in the construction field, and has a degree in civil engineering. Education was very important to his family and he and his sister were highly encouraged to take it seriously and get their degrees.

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library