Unusual Minds

This week I sit down with actor, re-enactor, history buff and all around old west nerd. Thats right I am talking to Santee from the Arizona Ghostrides.

This week I sit down with the Cleveland Horror hosts with the most The Mummy and the Monkey! We talk the history of horror hosts, our favorite horror movies, nerd culture and the celebration of their 100th episode!

Dr. Rich Perez received his doctorate in cyber security from Colorado tech and works as a security consultant for many fortune 500 companies, he is also the founder, editor and writer for Tango Comics. 

Chuck Dunning is an advocate, facilitator, trainer, and consultant in contemplative practice, with more than 30 years in the professional fields of higher education and mental health. Chuck’s consistent commitment is to the actual practice of contemplative disciplines to facilitate and enhance experiences of personal growth, social wellbeing, and spiritual transformation.

Today on the show we have Sam Stransky an abstract visual artist who’s use of color tries to subvert the senses. She always paints to music and Such as sees specific colors when different musical notes are heard. Because of this she has found her flow as a live painter at a wide variety of shows and festivals across the united states and mexico including Breakaway Music Festival, Wonderbus festival, Deja Voom, BassCenter 11 and 12 thanks for coming on the show.

Dr. Alan Schwartz is a professor of the department of medical education at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He was Berkeley’s first cognitive science major where he focused on cognitive linguistics. He continued at Berkeley for graduate school, in the PhD program in cognitive psychology and, in the later years of that program, in the concurrent Master’s Degree in organizational behavior and industrial relations at the Haas School of Business. He was the editor and chief of the journal medical decision making and has authored the books making medical decisions a physicians guide and the book we are discussing today Listening for what matters avoiding contextual errors.

Today on the show we have Jimmy “Mac” is an award-winning Chicago area radio professional and freelance audio producer. Throughout his radio career, Jimmy worked on or contributed to other shows like the syndicated Howard Stern Show on WLUP he produced shows at the LOOP with celebrity hosts, like Styx lead singer Dennis DeYoung, Eagles guitarist Joe Walsh, Siskel & Ebert and many others. Jimmy is the winner of two Chicagoland A.I.R.Awards – 1997: Best On Air Audience Promotion (as voice talent) & 2001: Best Midday Show on a Talk Station (as producer). Jimmy is also a lifelong Star Wars enthusiast and creator of the award-winning podcast Rebel Force Radio (RFR) with co-host Jason Swank.

Nick Gibbons is a improve comedian, writer, director, and editor for Adult Swim and he regularly serves as Host, Director and Writer of "As Seen on Adult Swim." At Adult Swim, Nick is leaned on heavily for his comedic eye on shows like "Aqua Teen Hunger Force" as a producer & writer, "Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell"  as a writer  and a creative consultant on the viral juggernaut "Too Many Cooks".

Today on the show we have 42nd street Pete author of numerous books specalizing in the era of Grindhouse cinema. His most notable works include A Whole Bag of Crazy: Sordid Tales of Hookers, Weed, and Grindhouse Movies, Gunfighters of the Drunken Master, 42nd St. Pete's BIG BOOK of GRINDHOUSE TRIVIA, as well as the magazine series Grindhouse Purgatory. He is also an advocate for the restoration and preservation of rare and underground 8mm films with After Hours Cinema which finds these rare and forgotten films and transfers them to the dvd format. He also have a youtube channel where he discusses the history and experiences of the grindhouse and exploitation film subculture.

Tad Stones is an American animator, screenwriter, producer and director, best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, creating, writing and producing the animated series Darkwing Duck and producing Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Aladdin and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. He also worked with cartoon network adapting Hell Boy to animation. His latest project is as a storyboard artist on the animated series Bob's Burgers.