

The Ripple Effect Podcast
Ricky Varandas
The Ripple Effect Podcast has journalists on like Ben Swann, historians like Dan Carlin, musicians like Burton C. Bell from Fear Factory, researchers like James Corbett, scientists like Rupert Sheldrake, comedians like Jim Florentine, doctors like Dr. Burzynski, filmmakers like Mikki Willis, authors like Christopher Ryan, philosophers like Daniele Bolelli, athletes like Justin Wren, professors like Richard D. Wolff and many others like Gov. Jesse Ventura, Freeway Rick Ross, Del Bigtree, Matt Farah, Dr. Dominic D'Agostino, G. Edward Griffin & Whitney Webb, in hopes to bring our listeners the most interesting people, & the most interesting conversations, with the goal of "Provoking Thought & Starting A Ripple."Find all these interviews and much more at https://RickyVarandas.com/
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Oct 26, 2017 • 1h 33min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #142 (James Corbett & Richard Grove | WHY Big Oil Conquered The World)
James Corbett is a researcher, filmmaker, writer, historian, podcaster, & creator of The Corbett Report, which is an independent, listener-supported alternative news source. He is also a documentary filmmaker and returns to the show to talk about his most recent film "WHY Big Oil Conquered The World."Richard Grove is a forensic historian, author, filmmaker, podcaster & whistleblower. He is also the founder of the Tragedy & Hope website & the Peace Revolution Podcast.Richard returns to The Ripple Effect Podcast to co-host and contribute to the "Why Big Oil Conquered The World" discussion.

Oct 24, 2017 • 2h 35min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #141 (Brian Stone | CONTORTION)
Brian Stone is a musician, writer & thinker. He is the vocalist and plays guitar in the political Southern California metal band CONTORTION, a band with a message. We talk everything from music & philosophy to history & current events. Check out CONTORTION's new album False Flag Paradigm out everywhere Oct. 27 2017.

Oct 4, 2017 • 2h 12min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #140 (Adam Kokesh VS Hunter Maats 2)
Adam Kokesh & Hunter Maats return to The Ripple Effect Round-Table for Part 2 of our stimulating, thought provoking conversation & debate. Adam Kokesh is an Iraq veteran, activist, author of FREEDOM & Libertarian, ADAM KOKESH. Hunter Maats is the host of the Mixed Mental Arts podcast and author of The Straight A Conspiracy: Your Secret Guide to Ending the Stress of School and Totally Ruling the World.

Sep 25, 2017 • 1h 22min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #139 (Chris Bell | Kratom, Keto & Creating Documentaries)
Chris Bell is a director, producer & writer, known for his documentaries Bigger, Stronger, Faster about steroids, Trophy Kids about parents who push their children excessively in sports, and Prescription Thugs about the opium epidemic, big pharma and addiction.My good friend & kratom advocate, Lizzy Begley co-hosts with me as we discuss Chris Bell's documentaries, addiction, depression, & his new projects helping spread the potential benefits of Kratom & the ketogenic diet.

Sep 15, 2017 • 1h 21min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #138 (Vinnie Caggiano, James Corbett | Music Theory To Conspiracy Theories)
Vinnie Caggiano is a composer, musician who has played all over the country, music teacher, music theorist, creator of the popular YouTube channel YouTube.com/VinCognito, which has playlists of his solo performances, performances with his bands; The Blue Kind & The Venice Roasters, he also has a playlist analyzing Beatles music from a Music Theory perspective and many Music Theory videos.James Corbett is a researcher, filmmaker, writer, historian, podcaster & creator of The Corbett Report, which is an independent, listener-supported alternative news source.James returns to The Ripple Effect Podcast as a co-host, to help me interview Vinnie, as we discuss everything from Music Theory to Conspiracy Theories.

Aug 17, 2017 • 1h 46min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #137 (Sam Tripoli | Tin Foil Hat)
Sam Tripoli is a comedian, writer, producer & podcaster. Sam hosts two podcasts, Punch-Drunk, which is a sports podcast he hosts with fellow comedians Ari Shaffir & Jayson Thibault, and Tin Foil Hat podcast which is Sam's conspiracy podcast. Also check out Sam's new album,The Diabolical available on iTunes.

Aug 7, 2017 • 1h 36min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #136 (Adam Kokesh VS Hunter Maats)
The 1st ever Ripple Effect Round-Table Debate with Iraq veteran, activist, author of FREEDOM & Libertarian, ADAM KOKESH vs host of the Mixed Mental Arts podcast and author of The Straight A Conspiracy: Your Secret Guide to Ending the Stress of School and Totally Ruling the World, HUNTER MAATS.

Aug 3, 2017 • 3h 3min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #135 (Hunter Maats | Mixed Mental Arts)
Hunter Maats is the author of The Straight-A Conspiracy: Your Secret Guide to Ending the Stress of School and Totally Ruling the World, host of the Mixed Mental Arts podcast (previously called The Bryan Callen Show) & has appeared on many shows like the Today Show, the Joe Rogan Experience, Tangentially Speaking, Bulletproof Radio & many others.Hunter & I met up in Dartmouth MA for an amazing 3 hour conversation about everything from our childhoods to cultural & social issues & solutions.

Jul 30, 2017 • 3h 56min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #134 (Fights With Friends | UFC 214)
Fights With Friends is The Ripple Effect Podcast version of a Fight Companion podcast, made popular by Joe Rogan. Which is when we stream LIVE during MMA events, hang out, drink, laugh and talk about everything and anything. On this episode we stream LIVE for UFC 214 on Pay-Per-View. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel or follow us on Facebook & Twitter to find out when we will be streaming live for our next Fights With Friends.

Jul 20, 2017 • 1h 5min
The Ripple Effect Podcat #133 (Russ Baker | WhoWhatWhy.org)
Russ Baker is an award-winning investigative journalist, author of best selling book 'FAMILY OF SECRETS: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government & the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years.' He has written for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the Nation, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Village Voice and Esquire. He has also served as a contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review. Baker received a 2005 Deadline Club award for his exclusive reporting on George W. Bush’s military record. He is the founder of the nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news site WhoWhatWhy.org.