

Freedom Pact | Joseph and Lewis
Freedom Pact Podcast | Joseph and Lewis
Motivation. Insight. Independent Thought.
Tune in to the Freedom Pact Podcast as Joseph and Lewis sit down with the world’s most original thinkers. From Nobel Laureates and Billion-Dollar CEOs to FBI Hostage Negotiators, Astronauts, Political Thought-Leaders, Elite Athletes and Bestselling Authors, to uncover the ideas that shape our world and the strategies that help us thrive in it.
Past guests include; Neil deGrasse Tyson, Andrew Huberman, Robert Greene, Douglas Murray, Georges St-Pierre, Kendra Lust, Danny Trejo, Jefferson Fisher, 5 Nobel Prize Winners. & more.
Tune in to the Freedom Pact Podcast as Joseph and Lewis sit down with the world’s most original thinkers. From Nobel Laureates and Billion-Dollar CEOs to FBI Hostage Negotiators, Astronauts, Political Thought-Leaders, Elite Athletes and Bestselling Authors, to uncover the ideas that shape our world and the strategies that help us thrive in it.
Past guests include; Neil deGrasse Tyson, Andrew Huberman, Robert Greene, Douglas Murray, Georges St-Pierre, Kendra Lust, Danny Trejo, Jefferson Fisher, 5 Nobel Prize Winners. & more.
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Mar 19, 2024 • 1h 14min
#323 Dr Charlie Teo - Controversial Neurosurgeon on Being Cancelled & Trying To Cure Brain Cancer
Dr Charlie Teo is an Australian Neurosurgeon and the founder and director of the Charlie Teo foundation. Charlie has trained at distinguished centres such as the Barrow Neurological Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, Stanford University, Vanderbilt University and Harvard University.
Charlie has been published in over 120 peer reviewed journals, has authored two books on keyhole approaches to brain tumours and featured as a guest editor for several journals. He was the Australian representative on the Tumour Section of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and CNS.
In this interview today, Charlie & I discuss:
- Charlie’s Background
- Why was Charlie cancelled?
- What it’s like having lives in your hands
- Charlie’s surgery success rate
- Do no harm vs necessary risk-taking
- How many patients has Charlie told that he wouldn’t operate on?
- The skill involved in brain injury
- Why not retire?
- Curing Brain Cancer
- What would Charlie do if he had brain cancer?
- Connect with Charlie
Links:
Charlie Teo foundation: https://charlieteofoundation.org.au
Charlie's website: https://charlieteo.com.au
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Mar 18, 2024 • 50min
#322: Dr Paul Halpern - The Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds & Parallel Universes
Acclaimed science writer and physicist Dr. Paul Halpern is the author of eighteen popular science books, exploring the subjects of space, time, higher dimensions, dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, particle physics, and cosmology. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Fulbright Scholarship, and an Athenaeum Literary Award.
Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Multiverse Research
The Double Slit Experiment 18:30
What The Many Worlds Theory Solves 21:30
Multiverse Politics In Academia 27:00
Brian Cox & Neil deGrasse Tyson 30:30
Multiverse Movies 34:10
Scientific Heroes 45:00
A Life Worth Living 46:45
Connect with Paul 48:20
The Allure of The Multiverse book: https://allureofthemultiverse.com
Paul’s Top 10 Multiverse Movies (as mentioned): https://www.newscientist.com/article/2412521-the-top-10-movies-about-the-multiverse-according-to-a-physicist/
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Mar 11, 2024 • 1h 2min
#321 Nick Pope - UK Government UFO Investigator Reveals All About His Career & Strangest Sightings
Nick Pope worked for the UK Ministry of Defence for 21 years where he headed up the British government’s UFO programme. His duties included researching and investigating the UFO phenomenon, to assess the defense, national security, and safety of flight implications.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How Nick Headed Up The Government UFO Program?
- The Purpose Of The UFO Program?
- How Serious The Government Take The Possibility Of Aliens
- Would The Government Tell The Public If They Had Proof of Aliens?
- Are The Government Drip-Feeding Us Information?
- The Cosford Incident
- The Rendlesham Forrest Incident
- Bob Lazar
- Area 51
- Ancient Alien Theory
- Project Blue Beam
- Mexico’s Alien ‘Proof’
& more
Connect with Nick:
Website: http://nickpope.net/wpte19/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickpopemod
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Feb 21, 2024 • 53min
#320: Michael Scott Moore - Kidnapped By Somali Pirates & Held Captive For 977 Days
Michael Scott Moore is a journalist and author. Michael was kidnapped in early 2012 on a reporting trip to Somalia and held hostage by pirates for 32 months. The Desert and the Sea, a memoir about that ordeal, became an international bestseller. He’s been a visiting professor at the Columbia School of the Arts and UC Riverside. He worked for several years as an editor and writer at Spiegel Online in Berlin.
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For more on Michael: https://radiofreemike.net/

Feb 12, 2024 • 50min
#319: Dr Karan Rajan - Surgeon’s Hacks To Bulletproof Your Health
Dr Karan Rajan is an NHS surgeon and one of the biggest health and science content creators on the planet. He is also a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Sunderland Medical School and the author of the new book, “This Book May Save Your Life.”
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Dr Karan’s book can be found here: https://amzn.eu/d/8QCHsVA

Jan 30, 2024 • 56min
#318: Tim Harkness - Chelsea FC Psychologist On Iconic Players & Managers Of Years Gone By
Tim Harkness is a Psychologist, Data Scientist and Writer who up until recently, worked at Chelsea Football Club for 14 years as Head of Sport Science and Psychology. In this interview, I speak to Tim about the psychological traits that set apart the elite athletes from their peers, and Tim's experiences working at one of the biggest football clubs in the world having worked closely with names such as Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard, Eden Hazard and many more.
Timestamps:
0:00 The #1 High Performer Tim Has Worked With
05:30 Tim's Advice To Aaron Ramsdale
09:30 At What Level Does Psychology Make A Difference?
13:50 Penalty Kick Pressure
16:00 How UFC & Boxers Psychology Differ To Other Sports
26:40 Training Vs Matchday Performance
30:30 Motivation Vs Discipline (Thiago Silva)
35:10 Thierry Henry's Advice
38:20 Is Ego Important In Sport? (Ronaldo & Mourinho)
42:20 Is Self-Doubt Good For You?
44:10 The Barriers Of Psychology In Sport
46:30 National Team Vs Club Mentality
48:50 Tim's Favourite Chelsea Team He Was A Part Of
51:10 Champions League Atmosphere & Pressure
52:40 What Is Jose Mourinho Really Like?
54:00 What Makes Life Worth Living?
54:40 More From Tim
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Jan 29, 2024 • 58min
#317: Dr Robert Lefkowitz - Nobel Prize Winner Shares The Secrets To Unlocking Your Genius
Dr Robert Joseph Lefkowitz is an American physician, biochemist and Nobel Prize winner. He is best known for his groundbreaking discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family G protein-coupled receptors, for which he was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Brian Kobilka. He is currently an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as well as a James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke University.
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Connect with Dr Lefkowitz:
https://medicine.duke.edu/profile/robert-j-lefkowitz
http://pegasusbooks.com/books/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-stockholm-9781643136387-hardcover

Jan 25, 2024 • 48min
#316: Marian Tupy - Global Trends Expert On Climate Change, Human Progress, Innovation & More
Marian L. Tupy is the founder and editor of HumanProgress.org, and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity.
Marian is the coauthor of the Simon Abundance Index, Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet (2022) and Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting (2020).
Marian's articles have been published in the Financial Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Newsweek, the U.K. Spectator, Foreign Policy, and various other outlets both in the United States and overseas. He has appeared on BBC, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, and other channels.
Marian received his PhD in international relations from the University of St. Andrews in the United Kingdom.
Connect with Marian: https://www.cato.org/people/marian-l-...
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Jan 17, 2024 • 59min
#315: Mike Massimino - NASA Astronaut Reveals All About Space, NASA Training, Big Bang Theory & More
Mike Massimino served as a NASA Astronaut from 1996 until 2014 and flew in space twice: STS-109 on space shuttle Columbia in March 2002 and STS-125 on space shuttle Atlantis in May 2009 – the final two Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions. Mike became the first human to tweet from space, was the last human to work inside of Hubble, and set a team record with his crewmates for the most cumulative spacewalking time in a single space shuttle mission. Mike has a recurring role as himself on The Big Bang Theory; appears regularly on late night talk shows, news programs, and documentaries; and is a much sought after inspirational speaker.
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Connect with Mike, and check out the book here: https://mikemassimino.com
#Astronaut #Space #MikeMassimino #BigBangTheory

Jan 16, 2024 • 50min
#314: Brendon Batson OBE - Arsenal FC'S First Black Player Opens Up About His Struggles In Football
Brendon Martin Batson, OBE is an English former footballer who played as a defender for Arsenal, Cambridge United and West Bromwich Albion. Following the end to his playing days, Batson was thereafter appointed as the deputy chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association in 1984.
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Check out Brendon’s book here: https://www.curtis-sport.com/online-store/The-Third-Degree-Brendon-Batson-Autobiography-p581364376
#westbromwichalbion #arsenal #arsenalfc #westbrom