
Julian Dorey Podcast
Based in New York City - JDP features diverse guests & topics including: Wild Stories, Current Events, Geopolitics, True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Tech, Investigative Journalism and much more. Hosted by Julian Dorey.
Latest episodes

Apr 7, 2022 • 3h 5min
😎 #94 - This Guy Built One Of The Best NFT Companies On The Planet | Giovanni Gussen
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Giovanni Gussen is a founder and innovator. In 2021, Gio and prominent artist, Waheed Zai, co-founded Smilesss, one of the most successful NFT companies on the planet called earth. Zai’s incredible portfolio includes collaborations with Supreme, Complex, and the great Pooh Shiesty (among others). ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; Gio tries to remember SXSW, Gio was a Clubhouse fiend; Smilesss Co-Founder Waheed Zai’s backstory; Gio & Julian talk Bored Ape Yacht Club 25:10 - NFTs and use-case in the metaverse; The concept of value in NFTs; Smilesss’ partnership with eFuse; How many metaverses can there be? 36:07 - The Pooh Shiesty Album Cover that got Waheed on the map; Why Smilesss launched a collection (Smilesssvrs); Reflecting on where we are since the last time Gio was in for a podcast (Ep 34); Everything that goes into an NFT Collection launch 1:03:40 - What Smilesss did post-launch to get rolling; The Verifried Drop; Gas problems; UI, UX, and simplicity in crypto; Smilesss partnership with Coinbase; Why fashion is ubiquitous 1:24:00 - Dealing with different cultures around the world in the modern internet business world; Biden’s executive order on Crypto; The problems with CBDC’s and centralization; The metaverse vs the Physical world; Haptics; Gio brings up Elon Musk & Neuralink; Shaan Puri’s theory on the metaverse; How Gio sees Smilesss in the Web3 world; Gio recalls the Discord hack; The earliest effects of Artificial Intelligence (AI) 1:49:10 - Gio’s recent trip to Miami to meet with the big VC’s; Remembering the Great ICO Crisis of 2018; The balance of building in front of the community vs. innovating; Gio talks more about South BY Southwest; the shooting that was not Smilesss fault; Who is Smilesss looking to partner with right now? 2:08:24 - Smilesss the next Supreme in the metaverse?; Fashion and the IG era; Gio and Julian bring up the Metaverse vs Physical world conundrum again; “You have to have bad to know what good is”; Twitter hacks are a disaster right now 2:28:13 - The problem with over-anonymity in crypto; Gio talks about other projects he likes; Smilesss’ TV Show Development deal with Time; Gio & Waheed’s creative relationship; What makes Smilesss different 2:46:24 - Has Gio pinched himself yet?; Leverage; Tai Lopez’s rug ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “TRENDIFIER”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 1, 2022 • 3h 16min
😭 #93 - INSIDE CRIME: The Man Florida Deemed "Uncorrectable" | "Big Dan" Thayer
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Dan “Big Dan” Thayer is a former convict, businessman, and mentor. Despite entering prison by age 15, spending the next two decades involved in crime, and being labeled “incorrigible” by the state of Florida –– Dan successfully turned his life around, became an owner of multiple businesses, a community leader, and a mentor to people of all backgrounds. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; Dan’s Childhood in Newark; The plant explosion that changed his father’s life; Buying a piece at age 8; Mom took in kids; Working for mobsters and a tuna sandwich disagreement 28:35 - Environments and how they shape you; Dan’s first arrest & prison stint at age 15 (story); Dan’s Nurse girlfriend in Prison; Prison was Dan’s college 51:38 - Breaking a guard’s jaw; The odd thing that made his friend turn himself in to the authorities; Why Dan preferred robberies to burglaries; Dan’s first experiences with drgs; How Dan figured out if you were a snitch; Dan ran his own crew; Dan’s various relationships 1:10:58 - Dan’s first run in rehab; A mix up in a school zone; Picking up Georgia college girls off the highway for the weekend story; Dan’s very odd source for drgs in prison; The curious reason Dan read the Bible as a kid 1:32:00 - Why Dan robbed drg dealers like a real life Omar from “The Wire”; A dustup with the DEA; What Dan did to people he forgot he robbed; An unfortunate confidential information sharing story; Why Dan was addicted; Filling the void of a lost childhood; Why Dan’s ex ran off with his daughter; Dan’s detox and post detox (stories); Getting “permission” to screw you over 2:01:40 - Dan talks about the first time he experienced empathy on death row; Dan’s last stand in court and the moment he was labeled “incorrigible” by the state of Florida 2:13:36 - Working on death row in Florida Prison; The Cannibal; “Life Plus 5”; Death row organ transplants fun fact; Dan was later hired to demolish the prison he was in; That time the governor visited and did an odd thing; What people think about before death 2:34:09 - Health > Freedom; Dan’s experience with death (and a funny story); The fake nurse who broke Dan out of the hospital for no reason; The power of memories 2:54:23 - Dan’s life after prison; The business Dan opened; How Dan turned his life around ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “TRENDIFIER”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Ju... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 24, 2022 • 3h 16min
😳 #92 - The Only Reporter Putin BANNED From Russia | David Satter
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ David Satter is a journalist, author, historian, and foreign policy expert –– who is widely regarded as one of the world’s preeminent experts on Vladimir Putin / Russia. In December 2013, after years of exclusive reporting on Putin’s crimes against humanity, David became the first Western Journalist ever banned from Russia (by their government) in the post-Cold War era. From 1976 until his banishment in 2013, David spent the majority of his time living in the Soviet Union (which later became Russia) while working as the Moscow Correspondent for the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. He is perhaps best known as the first researcher who claimed that Vladimir Putin and Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) were behind the 1999 Russian Apartment Bombings, the 2002 Nord-Ost Siege, and the 2004 Beslan School Attack. Over the past 2 decades, David has authored 5 books on Russia / The Soviet Union. Furthermore, he is also a Senior Fellow at both the Foreign Policy Research Institute & The Hudson Institute –– as well as a Visiting Scholar at Johns Hopkins. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; The story behind Putin’s government banning David from Russia in 2013; David’s backstory working as a Moscow correspondent; Recounting the fallout of post-Soviet Russia 16:19 - David was the first reporter to blow the whistle on Putin; the 1999 Russian Apartment Bombings; The Boris Yeltsin years in Russia; Chechnya Background and the First Chechen War; Putin’s rise to the Russian Presidency 36:04 - David breaks down the timeline and full details of the 1999 Russian Apartment Bombings; “Soldiers Guarding Sugar”; The Chechen Dagestan Invasion Inside Job; Putin’s popularity ratings post-bombing and 2000 Election; Does Putin look at himself as a Soviet?; David talks about his earliest suspicions on the bombing 59:13 - The brutal story behind the 2002 Nord-Ost Siege (Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis); The 2004 Beslan School Massacre; Putin to stay in power for life? 1:09:56 - What happened in Ukraine in 2014 (Maidan and Putin’s annexation of Crimea); Malaysia Airlines Flight 17; Did David see the Ukraine Invasion coming?; Russian Government Murders: Boris Nemtsov, Alexander Litvinenko (in London), Ana Politkovskaya; Bill Browder’s book, Red Notice 1:24:03 - Barack Obama’s Reset Policy with Russia; David recalls a meeting he and Boris Nemtsov had with the Obama administration; What the US strategy towards Putin should be; The Julian Assange CIA report from Yahoo; The murder of Ana Politkovskaya’s Chechen source 1:41:46 - David and Julian discuss the public comparisons between Putin and the most notorious leader of all time; Back to the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 aftermath; The Ukraine Invasion’s Effects on NATO; Many Russian people are victims of the regime 2:02:34 - Discussing the ominous calls in the media for a “No Fly Zone” in Ukraine (which could effectively cause WWIII); We need to find ways to get proper information to the Russian people 2:12:29 - David lays out the history of Propaganda in Russia; Analyzing the psychology of the Russian peopl... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 17, 2022 • 3h 8min
🧐 #91 - The Good Doctor Tells It Like It Is | Dr. Joseph Sambataro
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) Dr. Joseph Sambataro is a doctor. He specializes in internal medicine and also works as an Emergency Room Doctor. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; Doc was a late bloomer; Cocaine Residency Theory; Legionnaires D1S3ASE backstory is a horror movie; Doc explains a common ailment 25:43 - Doc addresses the problems with the extremes and c0nsp1racy theories floating around out there; Doc is a huge “why” guy; The difference between medicine and gravity; Reverse psychology in media; Doctors love you 51:52 - How doctors readjusted at the beginning; the problems encountered with the vents; The documentary that cam. out right before disaster struck; Sitting down is very bad for you 1:13:23 - The science behind intermittent fasting; Julian talks about his own experience with Intermittent fasting; Glucose and sugar processing in the body; Doc explains the sociological changes in anxiety from our earliest ancestors to humanity modern times; Doc is screwed in the zombie apocalypse 1:31:48 - Mental health and the thing; David Sinclair and animal testing; Breaking down our metabolisms; Michael Phelps, LeBron James, & Tom Brady’s genetics, dieting, and training habits analysis; Future health assessment capabilities to diagnose all problems in real time 1:58:57 - Doc talks about when the Eureka moment happened a couple years ago; HOSP1TALS looked like warzones; Doc gives his reasons why we didn't repeat NYC; Encouraging people to act better 2:18:15 - The tradeoff of ailments/problems conundrum; More on mental health; Doc explains The falling people fallacy; Docs who get sued 2:26:52 - Why Docs tell their kids not to be Docs these days; Administration vs. Docs problem; The problems with the business behind healthcare; Doc’s special system ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot
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Mar 10, 2022 • 3h 19min
😮 #90 - The Real Life, R-Rated Forrest Gump | Charlie Cifarelli
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) Charlie Cifarelli is a former addict, corrections officer, and businessman who describes his life as, “The R-Rated Version of Forrest Gump.” Following stints that included: running up against the infamous Seven-Five Police Precinct in NYC as an addict, working on death row as a guard, and building and selling a company –– in 2012, Charlie famously tracked down and adopted the New York Pitbull, Star, after the video of the NYPD shooting her in the face went viral around the world. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; Charlie’s father’s criminal past; That time his parents picked up a hippie on the way to Woodstock; Stories of his father’s anger issues; NY & Cadillacs; The Vietnam vet who turned on Charlie; That time Charlie was thrown out of his house at age 8 28:27 - Trying to survive as a child; One time when Charlie’s father stuck up for him; How CHarlie got addicted to painkillers; Charlie’s history with the 75th Precinct of the NYPD (As made famous by the Netflix Documentary “The Seven-Five”); Charlie’s car chase story; The criminal who turned on him 55:36 - The power of addiction over the body, mind, and spirit; Living off of salad dressing; Charlie’s breaking point on the subway; The man Charlie met in the train station who changed his life; A run-in at a restaurant 1:17:06 - Charlie remembers his father picking him up from the train station to take him to the monastery to get clean; “We’re human beings –– not human doings”; Charlie tries to talk his way out of staying at monastery; Charlie remembers getting clean and what happened at rehab afterwards 1:41:49 - Charlie moves to Nebraska with his new wife and becomes a prison guard on death row; Charlie explains what prisons really are; The problem with the death penalty; Charlie recalls his last conversation with child-killer, John Joubert; That time Charlie testified on behalf of death row inmates; Charlie talks about recidivism and the problem with criminal records in the criminal justice system 2:10:15 - Charlie tells the story behind building his trash business in Nebraska and selling it; The fly in Charlie’s house and the chase for happiness 2:25:05 - Charlie talks about when he first saw the video of Star the dog’s shooting at the hands of the NYPD; The movement Charlie started online to track down the dog; How Charlie found and adopted the dog 2:50:02 - The legacy Star created through her life; Charlie tells the story about how Star died in 2021; Charlie found the childhood he never had in the dog who never should’ve lived; Charlie talks about reconnecting with the infamous former head of the Seven-FIve, Mike Dowd, years later; What John Gotti hitman John Alite said to Charlie recently; Why we need to show the same love to other humans that we seem to show to dogs today ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 4, 2022 • 3h 3min
👀 #89 - Why She Left Orthodox Judaism | NAHSCHA
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) Nahscha is a singer, songwriter, and former member of the Orthodox Jewish community. Her music is available on Apple & Spotify. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; A War outside right now; Hecklers in crowd 14:41 - Background on Orthodox Judaism; Nahscha’s grandfather was in a Concentration Camp during the Holocaust; People who deny the Holocaust are nuts; Jewish identity as an ethnicity/race vs. a religion 37:20 - Nahscha’s family; How Nahscha’s older brothers influenced her decision to go to public school outside the Orthodox community; The tribal nature of religion; Staring at people; Gender roles in Orthodox Judaism 58:15 - TV and pop Culture exposure growing up in an Orthodox Jewish Household; How Nahscha went about making friends outside the community; “Balance” vs. An “All-Consuming religious system; No religion actually *knows* about the afterlife; The necessity of good and bad in the world 1:21:48 - Religion has duplicated in things like politics; Finding “truth” in any news outlet is difficult; the Ukraine video of a father saying goodbye to his daughter; The Butterfly Effect 1:45:33 - How Nahscha got into singing while growing up; The 10,000 hours theory 2:05:35 - The power of human imagination; Bob Dylan & pitch; Nahscha’s writing process 2:25:22 - Sad vibe music / writing; The sad artist creative curse; The problem with saying “I’ll be happy when ___” 2:39:52 - Busking; Nahscha and Julian remember NYC during the height of the P@nd3mic ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Get $100 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot
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Feb 25, 2022 • 3h 7min
🫣 #88 - The Kids & The Pandemic | Don Palmucci
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below***) Don Palmucci is a therapist, counselor, homeless liaison, and former Internationally-Ranked bodybuilder. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; The negative impact of Virtual learning on kids; The “Lost years” of the Pandemic; Missing Memories; Bad Habits forming during the Pandemic; Abuse victims and Homeless students 32:56 - What made Don get into therapy; Don talks about addiction counseling; Working with sexual abuse victims and suicidal patients; The problems with the criminal justice system; Don talks about an old company he had 56:32 - Post career struggles (pro-athletes and military as examples); Sitting alone with your thoughts; Don talks about tough love mentorship and tells the story of a kid who surprised him 1:18:45 - Don talks about growing up and what got him in weightlifting; Don recalls his career an a bodybuilder; A story about going out to California on a whim; Arnold Schwarzenegger was a beast 1:38:14 - don talks about the afterschool alternative detention program he invented (this is awesome); Growth mindset; Creating energy for your environment; The overkill of “motivation in modern day culture; Weightlifting and the discipline it instills 2:10:17 - They locked the gym for a year when the Pandemic started; Masks in school; The psychological impact of the iphone on the kids during the Pandemic; Lack of social interaction for kids right now 2:28:39 - Atilis Gym and their pandemic fight against Governor Murphy; Learning a lot about people watching how they work in the gym 2:38:26 - Mental Health problems for kids in the Pandemic; Kids’ growing problem of coping with any stress/struggle/confrontation; Cyberbullying; The resources schools need right now; The School Shootings problem; the long term mass population effects of lost time for the youngest generation’s development ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Get $100 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Beat provided by: https://freebeats.io Music Produced by White Hot... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 18, 2022 • 3h 42min
😎 #87 - Meet The Billionaire Who Took The Fall For Wall Street | Raj Rajaratnam
(***TIMESTAMPS in description below***) Raj Rajaratnam is an investor, author, and former hedge fund manager. He was the founder of the Galleon Group, a New York-based hedge fund. By 2009, Rajaratnam was the 236th richest American and managed $7 Billion at Galleon. However, on October 16th of that year, he was arrested by the FBI for insider trading, which also caused the Galleon Group to fold. In 2011, he stood trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and was found guilty on 14 counts of conspiracy and securities fraud. Raj received the longest insider trading sentence in American History (11 years) and was fined a criminal and civil penalty of over $150 million combined. He recently published a book called, “Uneven Justice,” where he tells his story and discusses the prosecutorial misconduct in his trial. He recently appeared on CNBC (with Andrew Ross Sorkin) and on Glenn Greenwald's Podcast to discuss the book. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; Galleon’s Morning Meetings; The Media falsely painted the Raj Rajaratnam as “The Financial Crisis Case”; Raj explains the Financial Crisis basics; Southern District of New York Prosecutor Preet Bharara’s crusade against hedge funds; Raj net *lost* ~ $4 Million on the trades he was accused of (in his insider trading case); The Prosecutorial media blitz; Raj talks “greed” 23:20 - Raj recounts the day he was arrested in October 2009; Prosecutorial misconduct; The moment Raj went into “war mode”; Raj answered the FBI’s questions for hours without a lawyer; Raj talks Preet Bharara and how his case made Preet the Sheriff of Wall Street; Raj wasn’t the final target –– Steve Cohen was 45:48 - Raj explains why he is speaking out after all these years; What Rajat Gupta said to Raj in prison; The type of person who often becomes a prosecutor; The Bitcoin legislation an NYC Legislator cashed in on; Raj reacts to the Insider Trading in both Congress & the Senate in Washington DC 1:07:51 - The Ross Ulbricht Case (also prosecuted by Preet Bharara); Raj was the first White Collar Wiretaps Case; The Franks Hearing that should have suppressed the wiretaps; The government lied on the Title III Wiretaps application 1:29:18 - GOVERNMENT WITNESS 1: Roomy Khan; The meaning of the word “Edge”; Discussing the Showtime Wall Street Show, Billions; Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein’s testimony at Raj’s trial; RICO Law Creator & Title III Creator, G Robert Blakey’s Amicus Brief on Raj’s behalf 1:51:20 - Raj talks about why he respects Danielle Chiesi (DEFENDANT 1) and considers her “a gangster”; GOVERNMENT WITNESS 2: Ali Far; The EBay Trade story; GOVERNMENT WITNESS 3: Adam Smith; GOVERNMENT WITNESS 4: Rajiv Goel 2:19:33 - GOVERNMENT WITNESS 5 (The “Star” Witness): Anil Kumar; McKinsey, Payments, and Pecos Trading; The Manju Das Tax Shelter; The Preet Bharara India Diplomat Cavity Search Play 2:37:18 - DEFENDANT 2: Ex-McKinsey CEO / Goldman Sachs Board Member, Rajat Gupta; Kumar gave the opposite testimony in Raj’s brother Rengan’s Insider Trading Trial (he was found not guilty); Raj’s funds with Gupta and Kumar; Raj tells the story behind the 2 Phone Calls w/ Gupta from the cases ag... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 10, 2022 • 3h 9min
🤔 #86 - THE UGLY TRUTH About Family YouTubers; Bear Encounters In The Wild | Chris Giuseppini
Chris Giuseppini is a YouTube Content Strategist, Director, & Producer. Currently, he is working with the “Johnny Drinks” (John Rondi Sr. & John Rondi Jr.) YouTube page. In addition to Johnny Drinks, Chris has produced/directed for many different channels over the past 6 years. ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; Sake Bombs; Christ tells a story about a Tokyo Master Chef; The focus on everyone in a content world 14:33 - Chris asks Julian about a recent benchmark; Parasocial Relationships; Julian & Chris talk youtube strategy for the show; Changing the goal but not the plan; Opportunity divided by capacity; Chris’s expertise explanation 44:58 - Chris & Julian talk approaches to listening; The incremental change equation; Chris and Julian talk Julian’s YouTube Shorts strategy; Julian explains the consulting Chris did for him 1:00:30 - Chris talks about his YouTube channel as a kid and his childhood dream; Julian and Chris debate the making money & art combo 1:17:55 - Chris’ hike out West in the Grand Tetons; Sleeping in the wild; How Bear Spray Works; The danger of Bear Cubs 1:32:39 - Chris explains a billionaire’s advice that he took to heart; Julian talks the balance between self-evaluation and determination; Perfectionism contrasting between Clint Eastwood and David Fincher; How Chris got his first YouTube job on Craigslist; Chris talks working with Matt Granger 1:55:35 - Chris talks about a family YouTube channel he worked with and what an awful experience it was; Julian explains the logic behind Chris’ modern parenting theory; Chris talks about dirt he has on the parents of the family channel he worked with; Julian compares the backstories of Justin Bieber’s rise to fame and Post Malone’s rise to fame and why they’re so different; Chris brings up Seth Godin’s theory 2:23:03 - Back to the Billionaire’s Theory for further debate; Chris talks his battle with caring about what other people think; Why giving advice is often patronizing; Chris’ skill to guide people towards answering questions for themselves 2:42:45 - Chris tells a story about a breakup he had and why it was so positive for him; Julian talks about people who settle for relationships because of their age, circumstances, and social pressures they place upon themselves; Putting divorce lawyers out of business ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Get $100 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 3, 2022 • 3h 25min
😱 #85 - Cults, Relationships, & Documenting The Varginha Alien Incident of 1996 | Alessi Allaman
Alessi Allaman is a Podcaster and Documentary Staffer. He traveled to Brazil last summer with renowned UFOlogist and Director, James Fox, to film an upcoming Documentary on the 1996 Varginha UFO Incident. The film will be a follow-up to Fox’s 2020 feature, “The Phenomenon.” Alessi also hosts a podcast called “The Social League.” ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Intro; The Rajneesh Movement Cult; The Stories behind its leader, Osho; The cult that was the rise of Nazi Germany in the 1920s and 1920s; Philip Zimbardo and The Stanford Prison Experiment 35:26 - The psychological effects of method acting; Heath Ledger & Method acting with the Joker; The story behind who Heath modeled the Joker after; How the human mind is susceptible to cults and power; The Cancel Culture Cult; “Meaning and Purpose” are behind Cancel Culture’s origins; Alessi is worried about certain effects of the Metaverse 1:05:21 - The psychology behind our bias in believing who people are; Julian talks about how a recent political conspiracy group got psychologically tricked; Love masks differences that can cause problems later; The double edged sword of being direct with your significant other 1:25:17 - The Sex & Friends conundrum; Why people want to get married less these days; Alessi and Julian joke about when relationships fail 1:49:19 - How Alessi got involved in James Fox’s upcoming Varginha UFO Documentary; James “Jimmy” Fox’s background tracking Aliens and UFOs; Julian begins grilling Alessi like a cheeseburger regarding the findings in Fox’s previous documentary, “The Phenomenon” 2:08:24 - Varginha Alien Sighting Story # 1: Carlos Sosa; “Bad things happen to good people”; Sosa’s reaction when he was taken back to the original site; Virginia Alien Sighting Story # 2: 3 Little Girls, A V-Shaped Foot, and Ammonia; The Men in Black?; The Wall Street Journal Article from 1996 on a mystery surrounding the sighting; Julian now grills Alessi like an overcooked Steak regarding further knowledge on the witnesses 2:32:51 - Varginha Alien Sighting Story # 3: The Military Driver (Eric Lopes) & Marco Cherese; “WHAT’S IN THE BOX?!?”; Remembering the greatest News Report of all time; The Mysterious Blackhawk Choppers; “How fast was this Alien running?” 2:56:19 - What happened to Marco Cherese?: Eric Lopes almost murdered James Fox in the face; Revisiting Commander David Fravor’s sighting story; Aliens and the meaning of life; Why James Fox thinks aliens could be a great unification opportunity; The heaviness of an alien conspiracy if true ~ YouTube EPISODES & CLIPS: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0A-v_DL-h76F75xik8h03Q ~ PRIVADO VPN FOR $4.99/Month: https://privadovpn.com/trendifier/#a_aid=Julian Get $100 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover: https://eight... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices