#82 - Amanda Leve: MMA, Jiu Jitsu & Taking Down A Girl Double Her Size; Society Is Soft; The Spread of Propaganda; JFK, WWII & Time Travel

Amanda Leve is a world-class martial artist. She is currently the 6th-Ranked No-Gi Grappling / Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Fighter globally (Women’s 145 LB+ Division). Furthermore, Leve is also a PFL professional MMA Fighter.

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0:00 - Intro; The Sheik’s are big Jiu Jitsu guys; Amanda’s dad was crazy for Jiu Jitsu; The discipline MMA & Jiu Jitsu instills; Texas of course says everything goes in MMA; Participation trophy culture; Talking S–t & The Confidence Gene in fighters

25:50 - Amanda talks about her famous recent takedown of 270 pounder, Gabi Garcia; recapping the Pre-fight press conference with Gabi; Drug testing; How good is USADA these days?; How fast did Gabi realize she was bread in a toaster?; Talking weight differences and the Logan Paul Floyd Mayweather example in boxing; Biggest MMA bases around the world; UFC, Bellator, & PFL Promotions

49:00 - Society has gone soft; Why Amanda thinks kids should be allowed to fight; Safety Culture and its damage on kids; The Pandemic’s effect on kids and schools; Amanda talks about Malcolm Gladwell’s theory on the Chinese numerical system (Outliers); Environments mold people

1:06:52 - Amanda & Julian talk about their alcohol of choice; Rising Sommeliers and their desire to change the “class culture” around wine (“Dining With Skyler” & Skyler Bouchard Oppenheim’s fight against wine snobbery)

1:14:42 - Amanda often thinks about the normal world pre-Pandemic; Why Amanda hates social media’s hold on society; Amanda loves all conspiracies; Oliver Stone’s new JFK Documentary; Julian tells a story about JFK’s assassination that he heard from a guy who knew a guy who knew a guy so it’s probably not reliable; China and the CCP’s regime; The state of America’s school system; Mixing the positives of opposite ideologies to fix poverty; The applicability of school curriculums

1:42:42 - Amanda and Julian talk history; WWII & The Holocaust; The Terrifying Quick rise of Hitler in Germany and why it happened; Amanda talks about visiting the Holocaust Museum; How vulnerable is society to falling for an authoritarian regime with psycho beliefs?; Amanda has never watched Inglourious Basterds and that is incredibly disappointing to hear; Hitler conspiracies and the ratlines; Why people can’t exist without war

1:59:58 - The stress level of being a spy; Julian does a Departed impression; Amanda tells a story about the British tricking the Germans in WWII; BS meters and conspiracies; Amanda and Julian discuss propaganda; Julian gives a wild theory on the repetition of a specific word in the media over the past couple months; Politicians today vs. a decade ago; The desperation that has formed across society over the past 15-20 years

2:17:58 - Back to JFK for a minute (CIA & The Mafia); The Vatican Documents; The UFO Docs; Julian’s friend Alessi’s work producing James Fox’s upcoming UFO documentary; Amanda discusses the Egyptians, the pyramids, and the aliens who built them; Julian wants to go back in time to have a chat with the Jesus guy and see what’s what; Dinosaurs and Hippos; True Crime and Serial Killer obsession in modern culture

2:35:22 - Amanda talks about why fighting is like a drug; When the fear leaves Amanda’s system; Amanda talks about why preparation is the most important thing for a fig...

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