The Curious Jones Podcast

Ep. 49: Ryan Michler - The War on Masculinity

Ryan Michler is the host of the "Order of Man" podcast and author of "Sovereignty: The Battle for the Hearts & Minds of Men" who has spent the past 6 years highlighting shining examples of men and discussing some of the most taboo topics with them. His book examines the ongoing battle men are engaged in around the call to masculinity and outlines a framework to combat it. 

We talked about the differences between being male, a man and someone who puts these characteristics to work for good in their lives. 

He was a great guest and I really enjoyed my conversation with him. You can follow Ryan and his podcast on social media @ryanmichler & @orderofman

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Stay Curious 

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Ep. 48: Jamie Figari - Pandemic Impact on Mental Health

Jamie Figari is a Social Worker, with a Masters in Social Work who currently works in acute psychiatric care in Austin, TX. She is a Blue Belt in Jiu Jitsu at 10th Planet Austin and is also a mom of 2. 

We discussed the impact of the covid pandemic on mental health, how mental health impacts and is impacted by homelessness, and discussions about how cannabis can impact our mental health both positively and negatively. 

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Ep. 47: Eben Britton - Path of Enlightenment

Eben Britton is a former NFL football player turned Yogi who is the host of The Eben Flow podcast and former co-host of Hotboxin with Mike Tyson. 

These are the conversations I live for and why I call this show The Curious Jones Podcast. The mysteries of the universe and how our actions, even on the smallest level, impact everything around us has always been something I wonder about. This episode covers a recent trip Eben took to Montana to reconnect with himself and nature, discussions about living consciously versus unconsciously, the impact our breathing patterns have on our sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and some deep discussion on God and spirituality, and the attempt to remove it from society. 

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Ep. 46: Lucas Ighile - Exploring Reality

Lucas Ighile is a Creative Director and former music producer who I met via social media during the pandemic. Sharing multiple interests and having several interesting conversations over the past 6 months got me very interested in having a conversation with him and thankfully he agreed to come on the podcast. 

We talked about his journey from moving to the states, college, career and before we knew it had dove into social media and its effects on society, aliens and the vast cosmos we look into every night and some extremely trippy conversations around quantum physics, the double slit experiment and some new and interesting simulation theory perspectives that haven't left my mind since we talked about them. 

I really enjoyed this conversation and if you do as well make sure you SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and leave a review! Follow along on social media as well @thatcuriousjones & @curiousjonespodcast for more!

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Ep. 45: Will Morrill - Muay Thai Coach & Author of "The Combat Sports Strength & Conditioning Manual"

Will Morrill is a boxing and muay thai striking coach at Stout Academy in Pittsburgh, PA and author of "The Combat Sports Strength and Conditioning Manuel: Minimalist Training for Maximum Results", which we discussed.

We also talked muay thai, boxing, strength and conditioning and a few other random things. I really enjoyed my conversation with him and can't wait to check out his book which is available at his website www.willmorrill.com & on Amazon. 

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Ep. 44: Tiffany Taylor - Productivity Hacks from Coach Tiffany Taylor

Tiffany Taylor is a Productivity & Mindset Coach who empowers working professionals to crush each goal they set for themselves with her proven time management, mindset, & productivity techniques.

 

​By age 24, she traveled through 32 countries across 6 continents, managed a staff of 60 under her, retired from her 9-5 lifestyle as Operations Manager of a multinational company, and launched her online coaching practice which she runs from her home in Thailand today.

 

​We talked about this journey and some of the tips she has learned and uses to help others achieve the same success and flexibility in life. You can follow her online @coachtiffanytaylor & www.coachtiffanytaylor.com for more!

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Ep. 43: Ian Mccall - Psychedelics in Sports

Ian Mccall is a former UFC featherweight contender who now in retirement is a leading advocate for the use of psilocybin mushrooms and other psychedelics in medical form for athletes. He was key in facilitating a study between the UFC and Johns Hopkins University with an eye toward seeing if the drugs can be helpful for fighters dealing with brain issues, and what hopefully is the very beginning for all major sports organizations to start exploring these alternative treatments for what is one of the most detrimental aspects to these sports, brain injury. 

I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope it helps illuminate to those who are unaware or misinformed about the powers of these amazing fungi, outside of their recreational uses. 

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Ep. 42: Alex Asad - Tattoo Artist, Apparel Designer and Submission Grappler

Alex Asad is a professional tattoo artist in Austin, TX at Atomic Tattoo. He is also the co-founder and graphic design artist with Reverent Jiu Jitsu, an apparel company he co-founded during the pandemic. 

We talked a lot about the tattooers journey, his specifically, as well as some pretty funny stories from his 10 years practicing the craft. We also discussed his new brand, Reverent which specializes in jiu jitsu rash guards, shorts and other apparel and as always there were several other turns along the way.

Fun conversation with an interesting and talented young tattoo artist. I really hope you enjoy it!

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Ep. 41: Chad Ambrose - The Chess Zone

Chad Ambrose is friend who in addition to being a youth chess coach in Austin, TX, is now sharing his methods to the world through his social media presence @the.chesszone and weekly blog, Coffeefordsessert.com. He is sharing his knowledge of training and strategy for others to learn from. We talked about the process and initiative he took to start and continue growing an online presence in the chess community. 

Although chess is where we started the conversation, we shifted the conversation to discuss some of the recent UFO sightings shared in the mainstream news, and an interesting dialog centered around a shared experience working at McDonalds and how that experience impacted my life. 

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Ep. 40: Ian Mccall & Steve Seow - Scoring Senate

Retired UFC veteran Ian Mccall & software developer Steve Seow have partnered together to revolutionize the judging and scoring systems in Mixed Martial Arts with their organization, Scoring Senate. 

The core principles of Scoring Senate are simple: real-time, experts-based, and large panel of judges collectively referred to as the Senate. The members of the Senate are verified MMA luminaries called Senators who not only score a bout live in an open-scoring fashion round-by-round, but also add their commentary and analysis.

Each senate commissioned to each bout comprises of no fewer than 7 senators, although the platform can theoretically take hundreds or thousands if need be. Both points and comments are aggregated and shared publicly via Twitter and on the website in real time, and fans can choose to see the aggregated scorecard or individual scorecards of a senator.

I had a great time discussing how this idea came to fruition and gained a great deal of insight from UFC veteran, Ian Mccall on the impacts of the current system on fighters and their careers. 

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