Uncensored Humanity

On today's episode we have two of our favorite guests with us, Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. Jake had an apology to make to us all after being wrong about who was going to win the 2020 presidential election. We talked a little bit about politics, but not too much. We also talked about some new years resolutions. It was a good time to just hang out with the boys over some whiskey.

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.

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.

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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We have back with us today after a bit of a layoff Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We wanted to do a 2020 recap show. There were obviously a ton of things to talk about from the previous year of 2020. We had a great conversation and we defiantly got a little long winded about certain topics. It's been a while since Ethan could join us as he's been super busy with work and his home life. It was great to have him back on the show and to hear his point of view. I'm referring to 2020 as a dumpster fire to quote Andy Stumpf of the Cleared Hot Podcast. I'm definitely ready to get into 2021 and put this crazy year behind us.

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

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

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We have back with us today my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor Shannon White. Coach also brought along two of my teammates Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Ben and Devon (but mostly Ben) have been bugging me for months asking when they could come on the podcast. Today was that day.

We got to know a little about Ben and Devon as to how they got into Jiu Jitsu. We also got into some funny stories, as it seems Devon doesn't like to turn down any challenge. Unfortunately for him the challenges don't seem to go his way very often. Ben and Devon both have taken me under their wings and they are the main people that I roll with in class and they are both usually the first person I ask questions to. They have helped me personally grow a ton in the last year of my training. They are both great representations of what coach expects from his upper belts at True Art Jiu Jitsu.

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

On today's episode we wanted to talk about the results of the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. There has definitely been a ton of very strong opinions on both sides of the aisle for both candidates. The country seemed more divided than ever about this election. We shall see if people can put aside their issues and come together in the coming months ahead as now the election is over. There were record numbers so obviously the country turned out in strength to vote in what seems to be the most important election of my lifetime. I personally have faith that we will come together as a nation again and start to move forward, but only time will tell.

Ben West was our first guest on the American Honesty segment. He was a great guest and had a very different perspective than the three of us. We were excited to have him back on the show.

Both Andrew and Jake have been on the show multiple times separately. If you want to hear more about them, please check out their individual episodes.

© 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

We have back with us today Jeff Wilson of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We didn't have a specific topic coming into the podcast today like we normally do. But we got into some really good topics. Of course we talked a little bit about training as that's a huge part of what Jeff and Tom do. We also talked about the current environment with all the riots, protests, restrictions due to Covid 19. Like always we were not short on things to talk about and our opinions about those topics. We always have a blast recording. Hopefully you enjoy listening as much as we did recording the podcast.

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.

© 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

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.

Today Todd Gienger is joining us and unfortunately Andrew was unable to make it. Today we wanted to discuss the 2020 Presidential Election. I know that this is a very polarizing topic and hopefully we won't lose too many of you along the way. I really feel like these are the topics we should all be discussing and not running away from. These are the topics that mean the most to us as Americans. I personally think that the election will be a very close one. I'm not sure who will win. It will all come down to the swing vote like the last election. I just hope whoever wins the other candidate is classy and the losing political party doesn't contest the results. But who knows what will happen. We will all find out very soon together. Hopefully you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did 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.

Todd's first appearance on the show was American Honesty 11. Jake has been on all the American Honesty segments and a few other individual episodes. If you want to hear more from them go back and listen to those episodes. One of my personal favorites was episode 45 – Belly up to the Bar.

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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

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On today's episode we have Officer Brett. Officer Brett is a friend of Jake Bible and we both wanted him to come on the show and talk about the things he's currently seeing as an active duty police officer. He has some very interesting things to say and I feel like there is plenty more to talk about in future episodes.

Officer Brett was in the Army as a Artillery specialist. He served in Iraq in his time in the Army. He has been a police officer for 6 years now with the last year being a SWAT Officer.

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.

Jake has been on all the American Honesty segments and a few other individual episodes. If you want to hear more from him, just go back and listen to those episodes. One of my personal favorites was episode 45 – Belly up to the Bar.

© 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 two of our favorite guests with us, Todd Gienger and Jake Bible. I wanted to have Todd back on the show and he wanted to ask Jake what makes him want to talk to everyone about tough topics. As you all know by now Jake loves to strike up conversations with anyone about politics, race relations, religion and many other controversial topics. Todd and I have had many of the same conversations with each other over the years. But the two of us normally don't have them with just anyone like Jake seems to enjoy doing.

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.

Todd's first appearance on the show was American Honesty 11. Jake has been on all the American Honesty segments and a few other individual episodes. If you want to hear more from them go back and listen to those episodes. One of my personal favorites was episode 45 – Belly up to the Bar.

© 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

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.

Back with us today is Ben West. Ben was our first guest on American Honesty and was a great guest. We definitely wanted to have him back on the show. Finally we made it happen. On today's episode we talked about the upcoming 2020 presidential election between President Trump and Joe Biden. We were not at all short of our own opinions about the election. There seems to be a ton of controversy surrounding the election. Everyone I've personally talked to feels very strongly about it one way or another. We also talked about social media giving people the opportunity to tell the world their opinion about everything. Where as I believe that is there right here in a free country. It may or may not be good for the population. We certainly have some strong feelings about this topic. Hopefully you enjoy listening as much as we did recording the podcast.

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.

Both Andrew and Jake have been on the show multiple times separately. If you want to hear more about them, please check out their individual episodes.

© 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

Our guest today is my friend Caitlin Bourque. We sat down over a couple of beers and had a fun conversation. I wanted to talk today about a photography project that Caitlin was a part of for the Massillon Ohio Tigers Football team called Tiger Legacy. Caitlin found out about this project from her college professor when she was studying graphic design. She spent over 5 years working on this project.

Caitlin enjoys being outdoors, she would say that it calms her mind down. You can find her hiking, river walking, mountain biking and kayaking whenever possible.

If you want to follow her online you can find her on Instagram @ThinkBig_DrawTiny.

© 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