Were You Still Talking?

On today's episode I talk to the infamous Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian. Why is he infamous? Just google Frank King Covid 19 and see all the misleading or just plain bad press about Frank. This is not why I had him on the show.

We talk about his run in with the press, escaping the fires in Oregon, a lifetime of comedy, faxing jokes to Jay Leno, 5 TEDX talks and speaking openly about suicide. He even goes so far as giving his number to anyone who just needs to talk.

More from his website:

Frank King was a quarter-finalist on Star Search…he lost to a puppet. He's also appeared on A&E's An Evening at the Improv, Showtime's Comedy Club Network, and CNN's Business Unusual. In addition to telling jokes, he's been busy selling jokes. He's written nationally for Jay Leno, Joan Rivers, and Dennis Miller.

They've called him the best thing to happen to after-dinner since dessert.

He's opened up for Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Jeff Foxworthy, and Ron White. Most recently was himself opened up, by a crack team of cardiac surgeons, at the Oregon Heart and Vascular Institute…who performed an aortic valve replacement, his second, and tossed in a double bypass, his first…so he truly is, Funny at Heart.

As a Certified Laugh Coach, Stress Reduction Specialist, and Professional Comedian since 1985 who has totaled one marriage, two heart valves, and three cars, and turned a million dollar real estate portfolio, amassed by age 52, into, thanks to the recession and a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy filing, a $125,000 real estate portfolio by age 53, I offer time-tested tools for using humor to turn pain into punchlines, losses into laughs, and messes and stresses into successes.

"You can make a difference. You can save a life. I can show you how."

858.405.5653

http://www.TheMentalHealthComedian.com

http://www.YourTEDxCoach.com

http://www.facebook.com/thementalhealthcomedian

http://www.instagram.com/mentalhealthcomedian

http://www.twitter.com/theMHcomedian

https://www.youtube.com/thementalhealthcomedian

https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankkingthemhcomedian

Born to Be Funny https://youtu.be/mugOzr6ItFkMental With Benefits https://youtu.be/mCnsHSdAn48

A Matter of Laugh or Death https://youtu.be/IeMg6OFYfU0

Suicide, The Secret of My Success https://youtu.be/3D4m33DXtsI

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugOLERePPuD4nwtZO-Zwnw?view_as=subscriber

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Twitter: @JoelAAlbrecht

Episode #47

This week I had so much fun talking to author Brian Meeks on how to sell your book on Amazon, we talked about things we know nothing about, telling great stories, living to 350 years old, and how important copywriting is when selling books, or anything really.

Brian is a full-time author. He has 19 novels under his name and a pen name. He has 6 non-fiction titles, including Mastering Amazon Ads and Mastering Amazon Descriptions, which are the books that led to speaking at author conventions including Kevin J. Anderson's Superstars, and all of the 20BooksTo50K events. Brian has built two FB author groups with over 11,000 members.

For six minutes of behind the scenes bonus material check out YouTube version: https://youtu.be/nU-UkK3Xk_I

https://www.facebook.com/groups/MasteringAmazonDescriptions

Mastering Amazon Descriptions: An Author's Guide: Copywriting for Authors: https://amzn.to/32QF31Y

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

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Twitter: @JoelAAlbrecht

Episode #46

Jeffrey Bryan on the Zoom today. Currently playing keyboards with Survivor, Jeffrey is also a producer, singer, guitar player, and composer. We talk a little about the original Karate Kid, Hollywood and the club scene of the past, Survivor and how that came about, what equipment Jeff uses and his love of gear, working in world famous recording studios and a LOT more. We never quite get to the Cobra Kai even though I mention it in the beginning. Guess I'll have to have him back on.

More info from Jeffrey's website: https://www.jeffreybryanmusic.com/

Born and raised in Los Angeles. A teen in the 80's pursing a solo music career, playing clubs like the Roxy, Wiskey-a-Go-Go, Madam Wongs and everywhere on the famed Sunset strip and beyond. During this time Jeff landed various Films and TV appearances (aka Jeff Fishman) including The Karate Kid and Hot Moves.

He is a composer, singer, keyboard player & guitar player. He sang live on the Merv Griffin Show at the age of 15 and was producing music for local shows including the "Not Too Young For Prime Time Players" at the Roxy on Sunset. After being signed to A&M (Almo-Irving Publishing) as a staff writer, Jeff continued to grow as a musician & performer. He has formed many pop rock groups including the SunLions, with whom he recorded 2 albums and performed in numerous venues, opening for Classic Rock Artists such as E.L.O. and Great White.

As a singer Jeff studied privately with Nate Lam for 6 years and Everette Gordon (Boston Phil Harmonic conductor and Musical Director for the Carpenters) for 8 years. He has worked with John Novello (Niacin and past Musical Director for Donna Summer), Francis Buckley (Grammy award winning producer/engineer) and has written music for dozens of independent productions including feature films such as Carnal Crimes (HBO) & Reunion (currently winning awards on the independent circuit).

He is currently Keyboardist for the band SURVIVOR, past Musical Director and Keyboardist for Clive Farrington (When In Rome), playing with The K-Tel All Stars and world renowned percussionist C.G. Ryche.

In the Studio Jeff is currently composing music for dozens of Cable TV shows (TLC, DISCOVERY, BRAVO, GAME SHOW NETWORK, including The Bachelor, Pawn Stars, The New Price Is Right and is playing keyboards & writing for new artists.

Mic Jeffery is using and why it sounds so good today: https://amzn.to/3eH7yE1

The new mic stand: https://amzn.to/3jBTyvQ

Mic I love: https://amzn.to/31ORjPU

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugOLERePPuD4nwtZO-Zwnw?view_as=subscriber

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Twitter: @JoelAAlbrecht

On the show today we take a deep dive into AI (Artificial Intelligence not alien intestines). We talk history, dangers & benefits, self-driving cars, a little economics, and we see what happens on a podcast when you are interrupted by a phone call. The link to one of the sites we talked about: http://learnabout.ai

More about Scott from his website and links at bottom of page. Thanks for reading, please share the episode.

As an Associate Teaching Professor for MU's Trulaske College of Business, I teach courses focused on information systems and project management, emphasizing critical thinking about emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT). I believe that the COVID-19 crisis has moved the future forward; transformations that might have taken decades will now take years or months, as the world's commerce and information flows are re-invented. This acceleration in the pace of change makes understanding new technologies a critical skill and empowers us to shape the future. I am recognized as a leader in applying emerging technologies in education programs and the classroom. I have received the Distance Learning Leadership Award from the Missouri Distance Learning Association, the Raymond and Mary Ann O'Brien Excellence in Teaching Award, the Bruce and Pam Walker Outstanding Faculty Service Award, and several other teaching awards from my students and peers. I am also an experienced public speaker and writer. I have authored or co-authored three books, including Virtual Classrooms, an early book about using videoconferencing for distance learning (published in the mid-90s before Zoom was cool!). This academic year, I am continuing to collaborate with colleagues in Ukraine and South Africa to deliver courses and workshops focusing on emerging technologies to audiences worldwide. Before devoting myself full-time to teaching, I owned Kaleidoscope Consulting, an information technology business. As a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), I have worked on more than 400 projects worldwide. In 2012 Governor Nixon appointed me to the Board of Regents for the State Technical College of Missouri, where I was elected Vice-President and served for six years.

#AI

#AIBenefits

#AIDangers

https://www.christiansonjs.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPTIoqirZKP7bnI9h6_oymA

The new mic stand: https://amzn.to/3jBTyvQ

Mic I love: https://amzn.to/31ORjPU

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugOLERePPuD4nwtZO-Zwnw?view_as=subscriber

My Instagram: @joelyshmoley and @slidesofjohn

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Twitter: @JoelAAlbrecht

On the show this time I have Austin Mills or OZ the Co-Founder and Host of TART (The Atheist Round Table) on YouTube and various other platforms. A former christian/christian leader of 30+ years he likes to discuss religion, faith and the possible impacts on individuals lives. We talk Religion, Christianity, Atheism, Skepticism, Mental Health, Leadership, Self-Improvement and more. I did in fact, forget to ask him how he got the moniker OZ.

Links from the show and stuff:

https://www.tart.live

http://www.youtube.com/theatheistroundtable

https://www.twitter.com/tartlive

https://www.instagram.com/tartlive

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/tartlive

https://www.patreon.com/theatheistroundtable

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugOLERePPuD4nwtZO-Zwnw?view_as=subscriber

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Twitter: @JoelAAlbrecht

Episode #43

What a great conversation with Calvin Corelli as we try to solve the world's problems from very different points of view. Later we get on to what's really real, finding your purpose, living meaningful lives and how he started his business Simplero. I could write more here about right wing propaganda machines mentioned in the podcast, but not really necessary as nobody reads these notes anyway.

From his website:

I'm a serial entrepreneur, spiritual teacher, author, and the founder and CEO of a growing SaaS company called Simplero. Ten years ago I would have never thought that my life could be so vibrant and fulfilling. For most of my life I was trapped in bad relationships, poor health, and a constant feeling of fear and uncertainty. Until I decided to make a change. I've spent the last decade learning, growing, and reimagining myself to get aligned with my life's purpose. And my purpose is to help people realize who they truly are so they can live impactful and meaningful lives. https://calvincorreli.com/

https://www.instagram.com/calvincorreli/

https://www.facebook.com/thecalvincorreli

https://twitter.com/calvincorreli

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

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Episode 42

This week I get to talk to author Jesse A. Cruz. We talk about his book, travel, a little football, a little basketball and the tragic story that led him to writing his first book Live Your Dash - Discovering the 8 Fs to Freedom.

Affiliate link: https://amzn.to/2FF1eiX

Jesse A. Cruz lives in upstate New York with his wife and children. The Cruz family currently serves at Cross Creek Church. He has proudly served our country as an Iraq War Veteran of the U.S. Army. Jesse is the Assistant Director of the Ontario County Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. In addition to his career, he has been engaged in speaking at correctional facilities and coaching sports. He has a B.A. in Community Youth Development at Nazareth College. Currently, Jesse is pursuing his Master's in Theology at Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and hiking with family and friends. Jesse is available for speaking engagements and book signings. You may contact him directly at [email protected]

https://www.facebook.com/jesseacruzliveyourdash/

https://www.amazon.com/Live-Your-Dash-Discovering-Freedom-ebook/dp/B07WKCMQZG

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugOLERePPuD4nwtZO-Zwnw?view_as=subscriber

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Episode 41

Was religion hijacked? My very special guest on the podcast today is Betty Kovacs, Ph.D. Last week I talked politics, this week it's religion and 2,500 years of repression by both Church and State.

More about Betty:

Betty J. Kovacs' extensive study of the shaman-mystic spiritual tradition of prehistory reveals how this early knowledge of the blueprint for our evolution was distorted and covered up by Western religions. She shares her knowledge and passion through her books, speaking, teaching and media interviews in the United States and Europe. She speaks to national and global audiences through webinars, keynote presentations and media interviews.

More than 2,500 years of repression by both Church and State have thwarted our evolution, forced our science into a limited, materialistic understanding of life, and now threatens the survival of all life on our planet. We need to know this history. Twentieth-century scholars have unearthed this lost history in the nick of time. In spite of its repression, this is the fifth time this ancient knowledge has emerged in Western history. Only now are we able to see its origins, its continuity, and the depth of what it can mean for us today.

The ultimate fruit of the tree of life is the knowledge that we are all Universal Mind, immortal, divine, and creators. Without this knowledge of who we really are, we have fallen into depression, violence, fanaticism, fundamentalism, addiction to power, death and drugs that promise to transform our experience of a world without heart and soul. We are destroying ourselves and the planet.

We have forgotten that the heart connects us to a larger reality that nurtures the birth of a just and feeling world. Merchants of Light: The Consciousness That Is Changing the World returns to us our shaman-mystic-scientist heritage that carries the blueprint for heart consciousness. This blueprint is revealed in the heart wisdom of the mystic and in the new science of quantum physics. The return of this Consciousness is changing the world.

Author Betty J. Kovacs, Ph.D., a recognized expert, shares her knowledge and passion through her books, speaking, teaching and media interviews in the United States and Europe. She speaks to national and global audiences through webinars, keynote presentations and media interviews. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, in Comparative Literature and Theory of Symbolic/ Mythic Language. She taught Literature, Writing, and Symbolic/Mythic Language for twenty-five years. She served many years as Chair and Program Chair on the Board of Directors of the Jung Society of Claremont in California and sits on the Academic Advisory Board of Forever Family Foundation.

Within a three-year period, she experienced the deaths of her mother, her son, and her husband in separate automobile accidents. While she had studied shamanism before her son's accident, she and her husband actually experienced their son's consciousness after his death for an extended period of time. These experiences completely changed their lives. Her first book, The Miracle of Death: There Is Nothing But Life, is about these altered states of consciousness. After her retirement, she began an intensified period of research into our ancestors' experience of a vaster consciousness, Cosmic/Christ Consciousness, which she relates in her new book, Merchants of Light: The Consciousness That Is Changing the World, winner of the Nautilus Silver Book Award and The Scientific & Medical Network 2019 Book Prize.

Here [in Merchants of Light] are the spiritual secrets that the priests of the patriarchy and their drive for power have tried to repress, but which we urgently need at this present moment of evolutionary crisis.

__Lewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Ph.D., Sufi teacher and author

The Kamlak Center: www.kamlak.com

Heartmath.com

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

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Episode 40

On this episode I had the pleasure of talking to Simon Tam about his new book Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court

Tam has been a keynote speaker, performer, and presenter at TEDx, SXSW, Comic-Con, The Department of Defense, Stanford University, and over 1,300 events across four continents. He has set a world record by appearing on the TEDx stage 13 times.

We talked about the band The Slants, jumping on drumsets, being an Asian American, racism, and how the battle with the trademark office all started.

The trademark battle has been featured on NBC News, NPR, The Washington Post and Wikipedia (so you know it's for real, right?).

From his website:

Simon Tam is an author, musician, activist, and troublemaker. Tam is best known as the founder and bassist of The Slants, the world's first and only all-Asian American dance rock band. He helped expand civil liberties for minorities by winning a unanimous victory at the Supreme Court of the United States for a landmark case, Matal v. Tam, in 2017. He also leads The Slants Foundation, a nonprofit that supports arts and activism projects for underrepresented communities. Tam has been a keynote speaker, performer, and presenter at TEDx, SXSW, Comic-Con, The Department of Defense, Stanford University, and over 1,300 events across four continents. He has set a world record by appearing on the TEDx stage 13 times.

As a communications expert, Tam designed one of the first college-accredited social media and digital marketing certificates in the United States. His approach to cultural competency in marketing has been taught to hundreds of Fortune 500 companies and public service organizations. In 2016, Simon joined President Barack Obama, George Takei, Jeremy Lin, and other celebrities in the #ActToChange campaign to fight bullying. Simon Tam continues to fight for justice by serving on multiple nonprofit boards, developing innovative solutions to social problems, and sharing a message of radical optimism.

https://www.simontam.org/

Social media: @simonthetam

Book on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3i2j39A

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

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Twitter: @JoelAAlbrecht

Episode 39

What a pleasure talking to Justin Alcala. We talk about writing, how he comes up with ideas, how fun research is, writing every day, making movies from books, favorite authors and a lot more.

Justin is a novelist, nerdologist and Speculative Literature Foundation Award Finalist. He's the author of three novels, including Consumed, (BLK Dog Publishing) The Devil in the Wide City (Solstice Publishing) and Dim Fairy Tales (AllThingsThatMatterPress). His short stories have been featured in dozens of magazines and anthologies, including It Snows Here (Power Loss Anthology), The Offering (Rogue Planet Press Magazine) and The Lantern Quietly Screams (Castabout Literature). When he's not burning out his retinas in front of a computer, Justin is a tabletop gamer, blogger, folklore enthusiast and time traveler. He is an avid quester of anything righteous, from fighting dragons to acquiring magical breakfast eggs from the impregnable grocery fortress.

Most of Justin's tales and characters take place in The Plenty Dreadful universe, a deranged supernatural version of the modern world. When writing, Justin immerses himself in subject matter, from stuffy research to overseas travel. Much to the chagrin of his family, he often locks himself away in his office-dungeon, playing themed music over, and over, and over again. Justin currently resides with his dark queen, Mallory, their malevolent daughter, Lily, changeling son, Ronan, hellcat, Misery and hound of Ragnarök, Fenrir. Where his mind might be though is anyone's guess.

Justin's Website: https://www.justincalcala.com/

Twitter: @justinalcala

Music for all episodes by Jon Griffin.

My YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugOLERePPuD4nwtZO-Zwnw?view_as=subscriber

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