The Curious Jones Podcast

Ep. 14: Chad Ambrose - Check Mate

Chad Ambrose is a youth chess coach in Austin, TX who has taken his love for the game and utilized it to make an impact on today's youth, giving them the resources he did not have available to him to grow their love for Chess. He is an intellectual thinker who believes that exercising the brain is just as, if not more important than exercising the body. We had a really fun conversation about chess, how it translates to life, and some other fun topics!

Check out his blog Coffee For Dessert (www.coffeefordessert.com) for more from Chad!

 

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Ep. 13: Mike James - Life After Football

Mike James is a former NFL running back who during his second season suffered a sever ankle injury which introduced prescription pain pills to his life. After finding himself too reliant on these prescribed opiates, Mike turned to cannabis. Although not given his TUE (therapeutic use exemption) during his playing career, his voice and continued advocacy on the topic was instrumental in the shifting of policies we have seen across many of the larger, national sports leagues. 

In addition to his NFL journey and cannabis advocacy, we talk about fatherhood and raising sons in 2020 and I even shake up Mike's afternoon when we talk about the Pentagon's recent statements around unknown spacecraft. 

 

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Ep. 12: Nick Brucker - "How Did I Not Think of That"

Nick Brucker is a CEO & Entrepreneur who in addition to running multiple successful businesses in marketing and digital media, has recently co-founded Areas Fog which specializes in electrostatic drone technology as well as disinfectant solutions for arenas, stadiums, parks, fields, buildings, and more.

 

We talked about how this combination of technology can help us get back to the things we love faster and how he navigated the steps to creating the company during a national shutdown. 

 

This is an episode that will leave you asking yourself "how did I not think of that" while also outlining the steps and overall mentality required to make the idea come to life. 

 

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Ep. 11: Eben Britton - Personal Accountability

Eben Britton is a former NFL offensive lineman who played 6 seasons before retiring in 2014, embarking on a spiritual journey to better his "self" and create a life outside of football. A strong believer in exercise and meditation, Eben has become an inspirational light for many through his podcast "The Eben Flow" and as the co-host of "Hotboxin w/ Mike Tyson". During this episode we spent a lot of time talking about the state of humanity and the ways he has found, many through personal accountability, to impact the world in a positive way. I found a great deal of value in speaking to him and I hope you enjoy it as well. 

 

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Ep. 10: Zack Moore - Look Into It

Zack Moore is an Author, NFL agent, Jiu Jitsu practitioner and outspoken conspiracy explorer who's book Capanomics: Building Super Bowl Champions, explores how NFL teams use data and analytics to create sustainable, competitive organizations that compete for championships year after year. After colliding head on with sports media members on Twitter during the height of the pandemic and social unrest, Zack saw his publishing deal canceled and requests for him to pull back the opinions he shared.

 

We explore his journey to becoming a published writer and the cancel culture which effected him directly, how Jiu Jitsu has changed his life, the importance of looking into things and even some of todays most controversial of topics. Put on your seatbelt, this one gets wild.

 

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Ep. 9: Mike Dolce - The Dolce Diet

Mike Dolce is one of the world’s top weight management coaches, known for training the best fighters in the world of professional mixed martial arts, such as Ronda Rousey, Thiago Alves and Carlos Condit, he has earned a reputation as ‘the go to guy in the world of mixed martial arts’ for all things weight managment.

By combining his experience in over 20 years of working with the world’s top athletes, Mike created 3 Weeks To Shredded to share his proven body-transforming diet and training methods for optimum weight loss and athletic performance. He is a strong advocate of eating a well balanced diet of organically grown, "whole" foods and is a vocal critic of what he calls "fad", restrictive diets like Keto, Atkin, Paleo, Vegan, ect.. 

We had a great conversation about health, well-being, diet, and even some MMA talk. 

Follow him - @thedolcediet

Ep. 8: Dr. Corey Peacock - Maximizing Your Strength, Conditioning & Peak Performance

Dr. Corey Peacock is one of the worlds most sought after performance, strength & conditioning coaches amoung combat sports athletes. Currently serving as the Head Performance Coach and Sports Scientist at Peacock Performance Inc., he is also the head Strength & Conditioning coach at Sanford MMA and is also the Program Director of the Exercise and Sport Science department at NSU Florida. In these roles, he is responsible for providing strength & conditioning, physiological analysis, and injury prevention methodologies for some of the world’s ‘Elite’ Combat Athletes including  Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson, Volkan Oezdemir, Michael Chandler Jr, and Chris Algieri to name a few.  He fulfilled this same role previously with MMA’s The Blackzilians. 

Prior to MMA, Dr. Peacock spent his time as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at the collegiate level, where he focused his application on Football.  As a former collegiate football player, Corey graduated from Kent State University with a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology. He works closely with many professionals from the NFL, NHL, MMA and NCAAF and is regarded as one of the top Performance Coaches and Sports Scientists in South Florida. Along with coaching, Dr. Peacock also serves as the Program Director in the Department of Health and Human Performance at Nova Southeastern University. As a researcher, he has contributed multiple peer-reviewed publications integrating the fields of exercise physiology, athletic performance, and supplementation. Dr. Peacock serves an an Associate Editor for the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research.  He is also a Performance Consultant for both The International Society of Sports Nutrition and The Advanced Coaching Academy.  

Ep. 7: Weldon Angelos - Mission Green

Weldon Angelos is a cannabis activist and founder of Mission Green, a nonprofit organization working to provide assistance of all kinds for individuals incarcerated on cannabis crimes, many of whose crimes are not illegal under today’s laws.

 

In 2002, Weldon was sentenced to a mandatory 55 years in prison for selling a few pounds of marijuana while possessing a firearm – a sentence so extreme that his judge, unable to go below the mandatory minimum, called on the president to commute Weldon’s sentence. After 13 years of fighting, and many disappointments along the way, he was released in March of 2016 after President Obama commuted his sentence. 

 

Today, his mission is clear. Help those still being affected by the unfair laws that obligated his judge to hand out his 55-year sentence, and working with legislature to change these laws moving forward. 

 

We had a great conversation and one you will want to share with anyone you know values the freedoms we should have as citizens of this great country. 

Ep. 5: Eric Leija - The Primal Swoledier

Eric Leija, better know on social media as the "Primal Swoledier" is a Senior Kettlebell Coach at the Onnit Academy in Austin, TX. Specializing in kettlebell training and functional movements, he has grown his social media presence to nearly 1 Million and is in the process of releasing an application to deliver his custom workouts to your smartphone daily. 

Ep. 4: Joesh Wright - Classic Cars, Roller Blades & Ayahuasca

Joesh Wright is an accomplished audio engineer, producer, DJ & MC, w/ credits to multiple award winning shows & series on both VICE & G4. We discuss his latest work on his Cannabis infused Comedy Show, "The Cut & Dry Comedy Show" & also touched on the current state of the world & spent time discussing an upcoming documentary that he has been working on in Brazil, highlighting Ayahuasca & the Shaman lead ceremonies many from around the world use to reshape their lives.