Unimpressed Podcast

Mirna Valerio is a native of Brooklyn, NY, a former educator, cross-country coach, ultrarunner, obstacle course enthusiast, and author of the recently published memoir A Beautiful Work in Progress. Although she began running in high school, she recommitted to the sport after a health scare in 2008. Then, her love for running and all its attendant benefits were reignited. She soon started her blog, Fatgirlrunning, about her experiences as a more prominent woman in a world of thinner athletes. Mirna's athletic story was featured in the WSJ, Runner’s World, NBC Nightly News, CNN, CW Network, and the viral REI-produced documentary short, The Mirnavator. Her writing has been featured in Women’s Running Magazine, Self Magazine Online, Outside Online, and Runner's World Magazine. She was recently chosen as a 2018 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Once upon a time, a girl named Rachel lived in Laguna Beach, CA. She was curious and clever, and like any hopeful heroine, she was committed to forging her path in life. She yearned for more than an ordinary existence and a boring nine-to-five, so she joined the world of adult entertainment, where she finally felt fulfilled. However, her fairy tale began to crumble when her father passed away at age twenty, leaving her evil stepmother in charge of his estate and Rachel disowned.

Despite being down on her luck, she poured her heart and soul into her work, eventually alchemizing into her erotic royal highness, Tasha Reign. But like all the princesses in fairy tales past, she experienced some tempestuous twists and turns amidst her journey. From Princess To Porn Star: A Real-Life Cinderella Story will satiate any unanswered questions one might have about the adult entertainment business. In this remarkable memoir, Reign dives into the many aspects of the patriarchal industry, from racism and misogyny that porn perpetuates to the empowering attributes it has to offer. Embark on a lively adventure into the mind of one of porn's most popular yet controversial actresses and find out how she found her happily ever after in the real world.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Stephen Friend had his dream job as an FBI special agent. After nearly a decade of combating violent crime, human trafficking, and child predators, he was reassigned to the FBI’s unprecedented investigation of the political unrest at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Friend soon uncovered efforts by the FBI and Department of Justice to manipulate statistics and exaggerate the nationwide threat of domestic terrorism. Friend spotlighted how the politicized FBI was cooking the books to support an ongoing narrative from the Joe Biden administration to label Donald Trump voters as violent extremists. Friend witnessed overzealous practices to harass conservative Americans and realized the FBI was turning its investigative processes into a punishment. When the married father of two made his bombshell allegations in a whistleblower disclosure, leaders within the FBI exposed themselves as partisan, ambitious players who insisted that January 6th protestors killed police officers and attempted to seize American democracy. Hell-bent on suppressing Friend from exposing the truth, FBI officials seized his gun and badge and suspended him from working as a special agent. In this memoir, Friend reflects on the lessons and life experiences that led him to ultimately risk his career to uphold his FBI special agent oath to protect and defend the United States Constitution against all foreign and domestic enemies.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Siavash Fashi is an entrepreneur, bodybuilder, CEO, and founder of SixPax Gym. Siavash overcame incredible adversity to become the successful entrepreneur he is today. He escaped his home country of Iran, where bodybuilding was illegal, to pursue his dream of becoming a bodybuilder in California. Now an expert in losing body fat and gaining muscle, he helps clients change their lifestyles, workout effectively, and achieve consistent, long-term results. With 25 years of bodybuilding experience, he has owned his gym and trained clients for over a decade and now teaches other trainers and entrepreneurs how to open a small but lucrative gym of their own.

As a small, skinny kid, Siavash faced poverty, illness, and political turmoil. Growing up in war-torn Iran, Siavash found inspiration in bodybuilding, which was illegal in his country. After he was diagnosed with cancer in his right eye at 18, Siavash knew he had to escape Iran to pursue his dream of becoming a bodybuilder. He spent seven years as a refugee in England before finally making his way to the United States, only to be arrested upon arrival for using a fake passport. Siavash spent his first year in the US in a maximum-security federal prison, and when he was released, he was homeless. Despite these challenges, Siavash never gave up on his dream and started his gym with no money.

Today, he is the CEO and founder of SixPax Gym in Culver City, California. Through hard work and determination, Siavash built SixPax Gym into America's most successful small gym with a system that catapulted him to millionaire status. But to Siavash, his success isn’t just about the money he’s earned; it’s about the lives he’s changed. He’s living the American dream now, but he never forgets where he came from and is passionate about paying it forward by helping others achieve their dreams.

Using his step-by-step formula, Siavash demonstrates to other trainers how to build profitable SixPax gyms from nothing. He promotes small, community-minded gyms that focus on hands-on, intentional training to get results for clients. Siavash’s inspiring book Small Gym, Big Results is a testament to the power of determination and hard work. It provides aspiring gym owners and trainers a roadmap to build their dream fitness business.

Winner of the NPC Gold Coast Overall Men’s Bodybuilding competition and Mr. California Master Class, Siavash holds a PFTA Master Trainer certification and a 2nd-degree black belt in Taekwondo. He’s living on the beaches of Los Angeles, where he enjoys his muscle car, his Harley, and hanging out with his dog Milo.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Scott H Young is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcast host, computer programmer, and avid reader. Since 2006, I've published weekly essays on this website to help people like you learn and think better. My work has been featured in The New York Times, BBC, TEDx, Pocket, Business Insider, and more. I don't promise I have all the answers; just a place to start.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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After working my way up the ladder in the television sports world—hosting and reporting at some of the most significant events of the past two decades—it was time for a change. Even though the change wasn’t by my design, it was still very much needed.

As a successful two-sport athlete growing up in Arkansas, pursuing a career in this industry made perfect sense. When I reached the network level covering golf exclusively, I felt I had credibility. Why do we, as women, struggle with our validity significantly more than our male counterparts?

Golf has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I won my first of four Arkansas Women’s State Championships at 14—still the youngest in state history—and was a two-time AJGA First-Team All-American. But perhaps what I’m most proud of is being the first scholarship player in women’s golf at the University of Arkansas in the post-Title IX era. 

My television career included stops in Mississippi, Tennessee, Ohio, and then Chicago, working for the Big Ten Network. But my big break happened in 2014 when I landed what was supposed to be my dream job at Golf Channel. Little did I know how quickly that would all change. As I would soon learn, the misogynistic boys’ club culture—which had plagued the network from its early days—was still running rampant throughout the company. Unfortunately, many in the executive offices and on the management team only perpetuated these deeply-rooted problems.

Soon after making my story public on January 1, 2021, as detailed in the Washington Post, upwards of 30 women reached out to me privately about their encounters of mistreatment. Sadly, most of these women have been unable to speak out because of Non-Disclosure Agreements they signed after losing their jobs. Others fear voicing their struggles will blackball them in the industry moving forward. Trust me, I understand. Either way, it’s both heartbreaking and infuriating.

I hope that revealing these truths in my soon-to-be-released memoir, Troublemaker, it unites women and brings about change; that the people running companies who repeatedly make unfair decisions toward women and minorities finally get exposed and are forced to change—or cast aside if unwilling to do so; that HR departments around the world become places that protect the employees, not their employers. It’s astonishing how many people lack any faith in their own HR departments to make their work lives better.

I want Troublemaker to serve as a reminder to these persecutors that we aren’t going away. I want it to empower women who’ve been silenced out of fear of losing their jobs to speak up and to do it loudly. Elie Wiesel once said, “Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.”

May we all be (good) “troublemakers” together so that books like this will no longer be necessary one day.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Danny Freeman is a chef and content creator known for his colorful and creative takes on fresh pasta and Italian cooking. After attempting one of his grandmother’s recipes, he fell in love with pasta making but quickly veered from the traditional and began making pasta in bright colors and original shapes. After posting videos of his pasta creations online, he gained a devoted following and developed his signature style of colorful, joyful, and delicious food. His work has been featured by Good Morning America, The Rachael Ray Show, Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, and more, and his videos have been viewed hundreds of millions of times. A Tufts University and Columbia Law School graduate, he was a legal services lawyer before becoming a pasta chef. Danny lives with his husband and daughter in New York’s Hudson Valley. He can be found on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube under the name @DannyLovesPasta.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Kevin Tatar is a passionate home chef who loves finding fun ways to enjoy healthy food in an affordable and approachable way. His mission is to unlock the world of home cooking for students (and young adults) everywhere. His cooking style and videos focus on four main things: affordability, nutrition, convenience, and enjoyment. He is proud to be a self-taught (non-professional) chef and wants his viewers to experience the cooking process vicariously through his videos. Find him as KWOOWK on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Jesse is well known for his controversial and racy Super Bowl commercial for GO DADDY, where he was seen lock-lipped with supermodel Bar Rafaeli. Still, Jesse’s path to stardom began at the very bottom, as a background extra in film and TV shows. The very first job he worked was on the movie RAT RACE. Jesse has made hundreds of on-screen appearances including TV shows LIZZY MAGUIRE, JOAN OF ARCADIA, CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, GLEE and in blockbuster films like AMERICAN PIE 2, SPIDER-MAN, VAN WILDER, THE RULES OF ATTRACTION, and most recently on TRANSFORMERS 3: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN and the Academy Award-winning THE SOCIAL NETWORK.

​In addition to his featured extra roles, Jesse has established himself as a legitimate actor co-starring on hit television shows ENTOURAGE, MONK, NCIS, THE MINDY PROJECT, CRIMINAL MINDS, and a recurring role on CHUCK. He is also proud to have a leading role in the ensemble feature film THE JERK THEORY.

Jesse can be seen in the feature HALF MAGIC, directed by Heather Graham, and in a Featured Recurring role in SILICON VALLEY. He’s also the star of the short film SCHMOOLIE THE DEATHWATCHER, which was selected by 13 film festivals. And out next year…a documentary feature film about Jesse’s unique path to stardom.

Jesse has been featured in countless online articles, news features, and television news programs domestically and internationally, including as a guest on THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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Siri Lindley is a two-time world champion triathlete and winner of twelve ITU World Cup races. She retired as the #1 ranking triathlete in the world, a place she held for more than two years. Today, as the top female triathlon coach in the world, she’s guided Olympic medalists and Ironman champions to become better athletes and people.

Siri is also a highly acclaimed life coach and one of Tony Robbin’s ten favorite motivational speakers. With an infectious and authentic passion, she empowers audiences to strive for peak performance, work through it, and ultimately conquer the demons of fear and self-doubt.

Along with her wife Rebekah, Siri founded and runs Believe Ranch and Rescue, a local horse rescue program in Colorado that has directly saved almost 200 horses, and the national advocacy group Horses in Our Hands, which has been a key voice in decreasing by seventy-five percent the number of American horses slaughtered every year.

Siri runs Equine Assisted Coaching programs bi-monthly from March to November. I was sharing with hundreds the beautiful power of the horse to heal. The groups Siri works with are those battling anxiety, PTSD, fear, grief, and disability and those facing challenging diagnoses.

In late 2019, Siri faced her most challenging battle yet when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Despite being given less than a 10% chance of survival at the time of her diagnosis, Siri won the battle and was pronounced cancer-free by her doctors in May 2020.

Whatever she does, Siri Lindley pours herself into the people around her and changes lives for the better, and her results can be seen worldwide. In 2020, after her successful battle against cancer, she launched two new coaching programs – the Sirius Squad for anyone looking to unleash their fitness warrior and find better health, and the Go First to Success Squad, a quarterly in-depth program of life coaching.

Siri Lindley is married to a world-class triathlete and coach, Rebekah Keat. Together, they run the Team Sirius Tri Club, a triathlete training program. They live near Boulder, Colorado, with 40 rescue horses, three dogs, and a cat. Siri is a graduate of Brown University with a degree in Psychology. She was the only female in Brown History to play three varsity sports in one year. Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, and Lacrosse. Siri is in the Brown University Hall of Fame, the USA Triathlon Hall of Fame, and Boulder, Colorado’s Hall of Fame.

Conversations That Challenge Reality

Unimpressed Podcast offers a groundbreaking look into consciousness, ancient wisdom, and the nonconscious aspects of humanity via the Quantum Field. Hosted by John Edmonds Kozma, CEO of Bang Productions and a seasoned entertainment industry veteran with extensive experience, each episode delves deeper than typical discussions to reveal profound insights about reality, spirituality, and human potential. He has been likened to Albert Einstein for his innovative reasoning. 

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