Unimpressed Podcast

Jason Yamas is a multi-talented queer writer, producer, director, and actor. He has founded a publication called Tweakerworld with the aim of raising awareness about the growing problem of crystal meth in the LGBTQ+ community. Jason has earned a BFA degree from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and is currently working on his first novel. You can find him on Instagram by searching for @jasonyamas. He lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Laura Usselman at Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency.

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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I have extensive knowledge and experience with UFOs and alien encounters spanning over fifty years. My forthcoming book, "I Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy," offers a unique perspective on the subject matter. It includes imagery and footage of UFOs I have filmed, incorporating image analysis. The narrative contains a shocking human interest story involving contact with aliens and explores the impact on mental health. My close encounters have inspired my digital artwork. There is also a high probability of capturing UFO sightings while filming a world encounter. 

In addition to being an author, I have contributed to various media outlets, including ITV This Morning, Lads Bible, The One Show, Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC 2, Sky Arts, Sony Pictures, and E4 Tattoo Fixers. I have also written for Australian Paranormal Magazine, Oddities, Outer Limits, and French magazine OVNI and Italian Magazine. 

My book, "I Alien: Memoirs of a UFO Spy," reinvents the wheel of how stories of extraterrestrial contact are told. It includes a chronicle of my involvement in an operation called SCOVS or Special Contact Operation Very See, from 2001 to the present day. It is a story of an advanced alien communication network, where the future speaks to yesteryear, and human military agencies not governed by time clash with each other and establish communication with unknown foreign forces.

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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Mark Rivera is an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, musician, singer, musical director, and corporate entertainer. His phenomenal 40-year career began with his first national exposure with the band Tycoon in the mid-1970s. Upon meeting the legendary producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, he furthered his ventures and became part of an association with Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of Foreigner. From this point, Mr. Rivera was introduced to the “big leagues” of rock music, recording and performing.

Mark Rivera is known for his work as Billy Joel’s saxophonist since 1982. Some famous names Mr. Rivera has worked alongside include Hall & Oates, Tycoon, Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon, Billy Ocean, and Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh. Also, Peter Gabriel on his ground-breaking So album- where Mr. Rivera played on “Sledgehammer” and “Big Time”. 1995, Mr. Rivera joined Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band and completed several tours.

Furthermore, in 2014, Mark released his first solo album, Common Bond, which includes appearances by Billy Joel, Ringo Starr, Nils Lofgren, and Steve Lukather. His song Money, Money, Money was a finalist for 2014’s Coolest Song in the World on Little Steven’s Underground Garage.

In addition to his successful career, The Mark Rivera Entertainment Group has produced events for HBO, IBM, Merrill Lynch, AT&T, Coldwell Banker, Northwest Airlines, and numerous trade associations, charitable events, and local and national educational groups. His career has grown, and his company and industry knowledge for promoting and producing corporate entertainment and events have developed. As a prominent musical director, Mr. Rivera is recognized for his association with Ringo Starr and All-Star Band, Billy Joel and Elton John.

Throughout his illustrious career, Mr. Rivera has received numerous awards and accolades. He has been recognized worldwide for his extraordinary talent in music and entertainment. This year, he will be featured on the famous Reuters Billboard in Times Square, NYC, and is being considered for a Front Cover feature article in TIP (Top Industry Professionals) Magazine. Mr. Rivera has written a memoir, and his book will be released at the end of this year. For 2022, he is being considered for the Musician of the Decade Award & Lifetime Achievement Award given by IAOTP, and he will be inducted into their exclusive Hall of Fame.

As someone who has always known the importance of paying it forward, Mr. Rivera has been active in his community and is a philanthropist with many charities and organizations. He has been active with the Summit Speech School and Blythe Children’s Hospital for the past seven years.

Looking back, Mr. Rivera attributes his success to his perseverance, natural talent, love of all things musical, resilience, and integrity. When not working, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his family. In the future, he hopes to inspire all talented musicians to pursue their dreams and continue building their careers within the music and entertainment industries.

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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Amy Loughren is an American reiki master and former registered nurse who is known for assisting in the arrest and prosecution of serial murderer Charlie Cullen.

Before his apprehension, Cullen and Loughren were friends who both worked the night shift in the intensive care unit at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville, New Jersey. Loughren was a single mother of two children and hiding her cardiomyopathy from her employers, with some help from Cullen, in whom she confided.

In 2003, Loughren was approached by detectives who suspected Cullen of poisoning hospital patients. The patient who triggered law enforcement interest was Florian Gall. As a patient at Somerset Medical, Gall had been improving; then, he suddenly died of a massive heart attack. An autopsy showed that he had been administered digoxin. It was not on his prescription list. In small doses, digoxin can improve heart function, but the amount Gall had received was lethal. After consulting with her 11-year-old daughter, Loughren agreed to assist law enforcement.

Independent of the police investigation, Loughren noticed that Cullen's medical charting was irregular. It was at points muddled and hasty, and there were frequent misspellings. The hospital's tracking system also showed Loughren that Cullen spent unusual amounts of time on the files of other nurses' patients.

As part of the investigation into Cullen, Loughren met with him at a diner, wearing a wire. Because she had just had a pacemaker installed, the police did not want her to wear the wire, but she insisted. “The truth is I didn’t know how this would affect my heart, but I knew I needed to go in there and get that confession,” she said in an interview with Vanity Fair. During Loughren's meeting with Cullen in the diner, he did not overtly admit to the murders, but he said that he would "go down fighting." The evidence from the meeting allowed the police to arrest Cullen. After he was arrested, Loughren encouraged him to make a full confession, which then supported his convictions for 29 murders.

Loughren struggled with the fact that her friend was a serial murderer and with her role in apprehending him: "And he wasn't a mercy killer. He was a cold-blooded murderer. And for me to not have seen that, I did struggle."

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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Coinneach MacLeod was born and raised in the Isle of Lewis, which is the northernmost of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. He gained fame as the Hebridean Baker on TikTok by sharing traditional family recipes and highlighting locally grown produce. Coinneach inspires his followers all over the world to embrace a more wholesome, simple life by baking, foraging, learning Gaelic, and enjoying a dram or two of whiskey. Together with his partner Peter and their Westie pup Seoras, Coinneach strives to showcase the best of the Scottish islands to a global audience.

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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Hana Ali is Muhammad Ali's third youngest child. She has authored four books about her father's life and legacy. Hana has been featured in several documentaries and television programs that focus on Muhammad Ali, including the popular films "I Am Ali" and "The Trials of Muhammad Ali". Currently, she resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Mixed Martial Artist Kevin Casey.

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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Author, Catalyst, and Executive Coach Laura Gassner Otting inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo by helping audiences think bigger and accept more significant challenges that reach beyond their current, limited scope of belief.

She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective from decades of navigating change across the start-up, corporate, nonprofit, political, and philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares audiences to find their voice and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges by helping them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.

Laura’s rebellious and entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started when she dropped out of law school to join an unknown southern governor’s presidential campaign and ended up as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps.

She left a leadership role as the youngest Vice President at a nationally respected search firm when she realized that her boss’s definition of success didn’t align with hers and, instead, founded and ran one of the fastest-growing search firms in the country, partnering with the whole gamut of mission-driven executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold that firm to the team that helped her build it because she was hungry for the next chapter and held an audacious dream of electing our nation’s first female president. (Whomp whomp.)

Since then, Laura has appeared regularly on Good Morning America and the TODAY Show, and her writing has been seen in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, HR Magazine. Laura is the author of Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019), which debuted at #2 on the Washington Post bestseller list (right behind Michelle Obama), has been translated into Arabic, Korean, Turkish, Portuguese, and German, and which Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts chose as one of her Favorite Books of 2019, as well as Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015). Her forthcoming book, Wonderhell, is expected in April 2023.

Through her commitment to giving back, Laura has helped build a local Montessori school, co-founded a women’s philanthropic initiative, advised a start-up national women’s PAC, grew a citizen-leadership development program, and completed five charity-inspired marathons, projects emblematic of her passions and values. The audacity of The Big Idea turns her on, and you can’t seem to shake that larger-than-life goal. She’s an instigator, a motivator, and a provocateur, and she’s never met a revolution she didn’t like. Ask her enduringly patient husband, two almost-grown sons, and troublesome puppy with whom she lives outside of Boston, MA.

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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Wojcicki is a leading American educator, journalist, and mother. Leader in Blending Learning and the integration of technology into education, she is the founder of the Media Arts Program at Palo Alto High School, where she built a journalism program from a small group of 20 students in 1984 to one of the largest in the nation including 600 students, five additional journalism teachers, and nine award-winning journalism publications. Wojcicki serves as Vice Chair of Creative Commons and has previously worked as a professional journalist for multiple publications and blogs regularly for The Huffington Post. Esther has been intimately involved with Google and GoogleEdu since its inception, where she was one of the leaders in setting up the Google Teacher Academy and remains a guiding force. 

With two Honorary Doctorate Degrees - Palo Alto University (2013) and Rhode Island School of Design (2016). She was California Teacher of the Year in 2002 by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing; a recipient of the Gold Key by Columbia Scholastic Press Association in recognition of her outstanding devotion to the cause of the school press; a board member of Alliance for Excellent Education in Washington, DC and on the Board of Newseum in DC; and a has been consultant for the U.S Department of Education, Hewlett Foundation, Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching, Google, Silicon Valley Education Foundation and Time Magazine Education. 

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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John Illsley is an English musician who rose to fame as the bass guitarist of the critically acclaimed band Dire Straits. With Dire Straits, John has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards and a Heritage Award. As one of the founding band members, with Mark Knopfler, his brother David, and drummer Pick Withers, John played a significant role in developing the Dire Straits sound.

Throughout it all, John and Mark were the only founding members to remain in the lineup of Dire Straits right through from 1977 until they decided to call it a day in 1995. They remain close friends and recently produced a “Guitar Stories” program for Sky Arts.

During their time together as Dire Straits, they sold over 120 million albums and toured extensively worldwide. When Dire Straits took a few well-earned breaks, John released two albums: Never Told a Soul (1984) and Glass (1988). Both featured Mark Knopfler as a guest musician.

John happened upon the Irish band Cunla in a Leicestershire pub in March 2005. He appeared with them on several occasions, most notably on 23 September 2006 at Cathedrale d’Image in Les Baux de Provence, France. The performance was recorded and released as an album, Live in Les Baux, in 2007.

In October 2008 John released Beautiful You, an album with Greg Pearle from Cunla and followed the release with a a short tour of Ireland. May 2010 saw the release of Streets of Heaven, with appearances from Mark Knopfler and a host of other musicians. The album was recorded at British Grove studios and produced by John and Guy Fletcher.

John signed Native Roses to his label, Creek Publishing, in February 2011. He produced their debut album alongside Guy Fletcher between December 2011 and July 2012.

When Dire Straits finished touring in 1993 John became heavily involved in the Art world. Having carved a reputation for himself as a painter, John had solo exhibitions in London, New York, Sydney and across Europe. He also co-founded the children’s charity Life Education in 1987 which recently was integrated into Coram, one of the oldest UK charities.

John also owns a pub, the East End Arms in the New Forest.

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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Zion Clark was born September 29, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio. with a rare birth defect called Caudal Regression Syndrome, which caused him to be born without legs. Given up for adoption at birth with a mother not fit to take care of him and no father, Zion had to fend for himself from a young age. His childhood was a recipe for disaster; bouncing around between the foster care system and being labeled a problem child caused the system to give up on him early. Zion didn’t let his stop him from learning new skills; he picked up wrestling and music at a young age, which became his outlet from an abusive living situation. Through resiliency and consistency, Zion continued to figure out how to approach some of these passions and earned his position as an All-American wrestler and lead drummer of his church. He continues to defy all odds with his optimistic approach and the no-no-excuse mentality he embodies.

Zion was introduced to wrestling while in elementary school but didn't fare very well...in fact, he didn't win a match for several years. Upon entering Massillon High School, Zion met Coach Gil Donahue, who recognized his passion for the sport and relentless work ethic. A wonderful friendship and bond was forged.

Over the next 3 years, Zion improved his wrestling technique and hit the weight room like a man possessed. A fantastic transformation followed!

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In his senior year, Zion finished the season 33-15 and was one match from qualifying for the D-I Ohio High School State Wrestling Championships. With incredible heart and determination, Zion wrestled his opponent (a 20 pd. weight differential) beyond the grueling 6 minutes of regulation and 2 overtimes...only to fall 1-0 in sudden death.

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The fans in the packed gymnasium rose to their feet and zealously applauded Zion's courageous effort. A few months later, Zion captured his second high school track wheelchair racing title at the state championships.

Several colleges recruited Zion to wrestle and chose to attend Kent State (Tuscarawas)...where he spent the following 2 years steadily improving his skills and finding success at the varsity level.

With his confidence and national ranking on the rise, Zion decided to embark on his toughest mission to date...becoming the first American Athlete to compete in both the Olympic (wrestling) and Paralympic (wheelchair racing) Games in Tokyo (2020).

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Understanding the magnitude of this complex challenge, Zion has surrounded himself with a very dedicated and highly supportive team...including budding friendships with Olympic/World Champion Jordan Burroughs and undefeated (133-0) 4x NCAA Titleist Joey Davis. 

Due to his tremendous upper body strength and athleticism, Zion is also pursuing interests in powerlifting (bench press), wheelchair bodybuilding, and the circus arts.

Zion's herculean efforts hadn't gone unnoticed as a Hollywood producer documented his journey during his senior year. The film "Zion" garnered critical acclaim at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival (2018) and global media exposure (it's currently available on Netflix).

In addition to his brutal training/practice regimen, Zion stays busy as a motivational speaker. 

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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