Unlatched Mind

Dr. Gregg Henriques is a Theorist, Scholar, Teacher, and Clinician.  Gregg joins Unlatched Mind to discuss the impact of faith, community, and core values on the human experience.  We consider our response to the pandemic, our partisan nature, religion, and the destructive ways social media incentivizes fake personas.  We also discuss our economic systems and how they continue to pull us further and further away from our intrinsic values. Check out Gregg at https://www.gregghenriques.com

Tom Beakbane joins Unlatched Mind to discuss his new book: How to Understand Everything. Consilience: A New Way to See the World.  We discuss the concept of Consilience and how it enables us to see the world in a completely different way.  We discuss the problem with our universities, our political system, Artificial Intelligence (AI), what consciousness is and why dogs and people have the same bit of it!  Strap in, this episode gets deep! Check out Tom at https://www.beakbane.com

Dr. John Fenster, M.D., aka Chef Dr. Mike, joins Unlatched Mind to discuss the misguided war on red meat, the Standard American Diet (S.A.D.), and how food can enrich both our health and our lives. We talk about our mutual love for food and animals, how the S.A.D. is killing us, sugar vs cholesterol, and Chef Dr. Mike’s popular book titled “The Fallacy of The Calorie”. Check out Chef Dr. Mike at https://chefdrmike.com

Dr. John Demartini is a world-renowned specialist in human behavior, a researcher, author, and global educator. He has developed a series of solutions applicable across all markets, sectors, and age groups.  Dr. Demartini joins Unlatched Mind to discuss why motivation simply does not work and how we can live a truly inspired life when we align our work, goals, and actions with our true values. Check out Dr Demartini at https://drdemartini.com Show Highlights: 00:02:40 - Dr. John Demartini’s background 00:06:05 - Why motivation does not work 00:11:45 - Security and safety hinders living an inspired life 00:14:55 - Step-by-step process to find your values 00:17:00 - The six-column technique 00:28:30 - Playing with your children makes you money 00:29:37 - Outsourcing and priorities 00:34:50 - Blame no one or nothing for anything 00:35:46 - You never ‘HAVE TO’ do anything 00:36:34 - “Do what you love through delegating or Love what you do through linking” 00:40:08 - Taking out the trash is not a ‘HAVE TO’ 00:42:25 - School systems are designed to create followers 00:46:00 - A teacher cares about her children’s values 00:49:08 - Eristic Escalation and Donald Trump’s border wall 00:54:00 - Find Dr. John Demartini and his work  

DEA Special Agents Steve Murphy and Javier Pena share their incredible story as the lead investigators responsible for bringing down Pablo Escobar.  Javier and Steve join Unlatched Mind to discuss what it was like to battle the world’s first “narcotics terrorist” and how the famous case impacted their life.   We also talk about the massively successful Netflix series NARCOS, based on the real-life story of Steve and Javier’s DEA career chasing Pablo. Check out https://www.deanarcos.com Show Highlights: 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:20 - Steve and Javier get assigned the Pablo Escobar case 00:06:00 - Glamorization of Pablo’s terror 00:07:00 - Pablo’s cult following and the Robin Hood analogy 00:08:58 - The brutality of Pablo’s regime.  Silver or Lead. 00:13:40 - Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar 00:17:00 - US closes the Mexican border 00:19:30 - Steve & Javier fear for their life 00:23:25 - Things get personal 00:26:00 - Breaking policy 00:30:00 - What motivated Pablo Escobar? 00:33:25 - What Pablo feared most 00:36:20 - The death of Pablo Escobar 00:45:45 - The success of Netflix NARCOS series 00:49:55 – What’s next for Steve and Javier

Geebz joins Unlatched Mind to discuss his rapidly growing “Key of Geebz” YouTube channel, his life passions, and his view on living a good life.    We chat about our mutual passion for music as musicians, Geebz hanging out with Eddie Van Halen, his life as a composer and engineer, money, and his work with sick children.  Geebz is a simply a great human.  I genuinely enjoyed this conversation. Subscribe to Key of Geebz at https://www.youtube.com/KeyOfGeebz Show Highlights: 00:01:20 – The lure of react videos 00:03:55 – How the Key of Geebz YouTube channel began 00:09:35 – How the Key of Geebz stands out 00:16:20 – Musicians and non-Musicians love Geebz 00:22:34 – Meshuggah and Tool 00:26:15 – Technicality of John Petrucci, Porcupine Tree…etc 00:27:45 – Geebz as Engineer and Composer 00:29:12 – Geebz meets Eddie Van Halen 00:34:50 – The legendary musicianship of Van Halen 00:46:35 – Monetizing Key of Geebz 00:48:00 – Goal of Key of Geebz and Abba Geebz 00:57:00 – Happiness and living as a minimalist 01:05:15 – Geebz is thankful

Ryan Michler, founder of The Order of Man podcast and movement, joins Unlatched Mind to discuss the critical tenets of manhood and what being a man looks like in 2021.  We discuss how society looks at masculinity, life’s rat race, leadership, ego, and some of the potentially damaging messages about men and boys coming out of the American Psychological Association. Check out the Order of Man movement at https://www.orderofman.com Show Highlights: 01:40 - The mission of the Order of Man movement 05:59 - Masculine traits and the typical man’s life 07:40 - Escaping life’s “rat race” 11:00 - Ambition at home and work 13:15 - The myth of work-life balance 18:16 - Leadership and ego 20:55 - Is masculinity under attack? 24:30 - Society’s left-right pendulum, the media and systematic racism 28:03 - Problems vs Challenges 31:12 - “Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times” 34:22 - American Psychological Association (APA): “…traditional masculinity…is harmful…” 42:45 - Home environment trumps political environment 44:45 - Mandatory U.S. military service 47:25 - Tools of the Order Man movement 50:15 - Ryan and his son build a canoe! 51:50 - Men are confrontational; Women are relational

Shane Siegel* is a Foreign Service Officer currently serving at the U.S. embassy in the Netherlands.  Dr. Jeff Barke, M.D., is a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician practicing in Newport Beach, CA.   Jeff and Shane join Unlatched Mind to discuss the Trump Presidency, Black Lives Matter, the U.S. Capital riots and the overall state of U.S. Democracy.    *Shane's perspectives comprise his personal opinions and in no way represent the U.S. State Department or the U.S. government.

Christopher J. Ferguson, Ph.D. is professor of psychology at Stetson University. Dr. Ferguson joins Unlatched Mind to discuss censorship in 2021 and the role social media and politics play.   We discuss the recent actions taken by Twitter and Facebook to de-platform President Donald Trump, Target’s removal of the Transgendered themed book by author Abigail Shrier and how scientific research may uncover offensive data. Check out Dr. Ferguson at https://www.christopherjferguson.com

David W. Wahl Ph.D. joins Unlatched Mind to discuss sex robots and the impact they could have on society.  We discuss the current and not so distance future state of artificial intelligence and robotics and their potential impact on us all. Dr. Wahl can be found on Twitter at @thissexualself or at thissexualself@gmail.com.  Check out his blog at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sexual-self.