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Admit it. You're going to watch this awesome episode just to find out what the title means. New York Times bestselling author and the founder of Bright Line Eating, Susan Peirce Thompson, visits the Messy Times studios for a wide-ranging discussion from crack dens to a PhD in neuroscience, from a life of out-of-control obesity to a fulfilling life firing the right kind of dopamine receptors. Enjoy! You can find out more about Susan's work here: https://www.brightlineeating.com/ https://susanpeircethompson.substack....https://foodaddictionquiz.com/

Join us for a delightful conversation about tech history and the current state of socio-political affairs in America. My guest Benjamin Slivka was deposed repeatedly during the DOJ Witch Trials, er, Microsoft browser monopoly prosecution in 1998. That is the least interesting part of his tremendous career. Grab a hot soothing beverage, sit back in your favorite chair and have a listen as Tech and Finance entrepreneurs wag their chins. You can find Ben's written musings here: Ben Slivka | SubstackShould you be so inclined, Your Enlightentaining Host's electronic ink spillage is here: Christopher Messina | Substack

Rob Wolcott visited the Messy Times studios to talk about the great book he co-authored recently, called Proximity: How Coming Breakthroughs in Just-in-Time Transform Business, Society, and Daily Life. What if you could have whatever you want, produced and provided immediately and affordably no matter how customized—with minimal environmental impact? Products, services, and experiences on demand. Just-in-time anything, anywhere, anytime. This radical change is underway, as digital technologies push the production and provision of value ever closer to the moment of demand. Robert C. Wolcott is cofounder and chair of The World Innovation Network (TWIN Global). He is adjunct professor of innovation at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, and adjunct professor of executive education at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. His books include Grow from Within: Mastering Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation (with Michael J. Lippitz, 2009). Wolcott is an active venture investor in more than thirty companies, many of which are leading the Proximity revolution.

Paul Finlayson is back in the Messy Times studios! The insane Leftists and Jew Haters at Guelph-Humber in Canada fired him for saying that Hamas is a terrorist organization. No joke.  Australia, Canada, Paraguay, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, as well as the European Union, have designated Hamas as a terrorist organization. Yet a Canadian professor merely states that objective fact online and the Jew Hating Left came down on him like a ton of bricks. If anyone knows the legal clowns, er, counsel at Guelph-Humber, please share this with them. That would make me so damned happy. In the meanwhile, have a listen to this crazy manifestation of the social front of World War Three. Check out Paul's Substack: https://substack.com/@freedomtoffend

Damian Sciano came by the Messy Times studios to share hisdeep experience in utility operations and the real-world trade-offs that politicians ignore when it comes to various forms of power generation. By the nature of the show - and its Host - we tend to havesome very political discussions on Messy Times - this is NOT one of those discussions. If our policy makers - and voters - could approach theseissues with the same degree of calm objectivity as does Damian, I think we'd have a more resilient power grid, at lower cost and optimized levels of emissions. Grab a beverage and have a listen! You are asked to voteconstantly based on wild assertions - this is a wonderful chance to get a lot smarter about the reality of power generation and transmission.

As we say on Wall Street, "Everything before the 'but' is nonsense." Too many people talk in big words about how “important and valuable” something is, but when it comes time to write a check or take an action, they suddenly disappear. My guest and instant friend on March 31, 2025 is the exact opposite of that. There is no “but” in his life – if he believes in something, he takes immediate responsibility and action. Oded Rahav is a man of vision and abounding love for this world and humanity, which is in and of itself something of a miracle, given that he is Israeli and has endured this latest outburst of hateful evil from his neighbors, along with many prior eruptions of genocidal hate. He has the energy of a dozen people and turned a passion for long-distance swimming into a foundation to restore the Dead Sea – a body of water of immeasurable value to the human journey. Tune in while we discuss the Dead Sea Guardians.  ⁠https://deadseaguardians.org/ ⁠ The conversation is informed by the fact that Messina's Federal Budget, written by our Host, inspired Elon Musk to create DOGE.  Strong moral intention can lead to real world solutions that inspire and create stronger, healthier societies. There are many good projects in the world. Many valuable ideas worth donating to. This is one of them. Not only is this an initiative that everyone should support, but as we discuss on the podcast, you should get some skin in the game. Help us work towards a solution. Buy the ticket - take the ride. Swim out into the ocean. Love instead of hate. Make some art. There are many ways large and small to get involved in healing the Dead Sea and by extension, Israel and her neighbors. You can make any size donation on the Guardians website. You can ALSO benefit yourself, the larger economy and the Dead Sea by buying a Gaju (Bitcoin 3.0) mining license. You can start mining Gajus immediately; a portion of every license subscription will go to support the Dead Sea Guardians directly. ⁠https://gajumining.com/shop/?ref=Mess1na⁠

In these insanely difficult times, with mobs of evil Islamists and Western Jew Hating Leftists marching in the streets of Europe and North America on a daily basis, the Jewish people come once more to Pesach, the ritual remembrance of our escape from bondage in Egypt under the Pharaohs.There are still Israeli and American hostages held in the cesspool of Gaza by the evil #Fakestinians, who are so demonic they not only strangled two little children to death in front of their mother, but also kept their bodies as bargaining chips and shields for more than a year. Beyond the misery and anger at our external enemies, Jews also grapple with a bizarre phenomenon - that of self-hating Western liberal Jews who side with the Islamists who want to kill us all. It has proven true time and again, that when I look for guidance to the departed Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks of blessed memory, he has unfailingly already written deeply and carefully about the issue I am wrestling with.Ahead of Pesach, I read Rabbi Sacks's essay, "The Ambivalent Jew."Am Israel Chai, Good Pesach and Shabbat Sholom.Confusion and death to our enemies.

People sure do love to hate Jews. The ancient hatred has exploded into the public square since 7 October 2023. I am fortunate to live in the Last Free State in America, Florida, where our wonderful Governor and the fine, moral folks who inhabit this blessed peninsula, will not put up with lunatic Hamas lovers marching in the streets calling for the death of Jews.Joining me for a discussion on 10 March 2025 is Dena Tauber, who has a smart and brave Substack highly worth reading: https://denatauber.substack.com/ As Dena lives in New York, where the vast sleazebags like Mahmoud Khalil have spent the days since 7 October 2023 cheering for the Fakestinians and their vile, poisonous obsession with Jew Murder, often without consequence, or at least until the Biden Administration left power.Have a listen, leave some questions and comments and do the boring but important bits like hitting Like and Subscribe to spread the awareness of Jews who are standing up and telling our evil enemies they will not prevail. Am Israel Chai.

Chuck Ellis is doing his civic duty in the Great State of Maine. We cover a range of fun topics, all focused in increasing American individual freedom after four years of Democrat Administrative State Nanny State Evil. Check out his podcast and Substack: https://charleschuckellis.substack.com/podcast

Inflation and fiat currencies have made slaves of everyone but a very few insanely rich people. Satoshi Nakamoto's vision as laid out in the whitepaperBitcoin : A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash Systemwas designed to create true economic freedom for everyone on the planet by a radical opening of access to economic opportunity and by providing each individual with the ability to own their own wealth, as opposed to having it "lent" to them by an all-powerful, centralizing set of intermediaries. The dollar, euro, yen and every other fiat currency are not money. Each of those is a promissory note, a debt instrument. Only gold is money - it is scarce, fixed in quantity and hard to extract from the earth. Similarly,real Bitcoin is money because it costs time and effort to extract via cryptographic puzzle solving. Greg Chew and I bring good news to all mankind, and to whatever additional species we may meet as we fling ourselves ever outward into the inky black futility (pace Kurt Vonnegut) of interstellar space. TheGajumaru is the peer-to-peer interplanetary electronic cash system for the next 5,000 years. When one is free to trust The Message (Gajus as cash) without having to trust The Messenger (banks, governments and commercial platforms), money is non-corruptible and free of anyone's control. Bitcoin 1.0 (BTC) was a wonderful proof of concept, but it has failed as money because it became functionally useless and a Ponzi scheme. Bitcoin 2.0 (BSV) was an improvement but is still not a fully functional blockchain. Bitcoin 3.0 (Gajumaru) is the final and actual implementation of an actual blockchain that actually works. You're welcome, everyone.

The nation is watching - in delight - as Trump's team moves swiftly to dismantle decades of Deep State un-Constitutional centralized control over Americans' lives. Well, sad face Lefties are miserable about it, but that's OK because we're done with their Liberal Boomer nonsense. The revolution - for transparency, lowered costs, smaller government and more freedom - is even coming to The People's Republic of New Yorkistan! My good friend Heshy Tischler is on the ballot for City Council. The Establishment has thrown everything they can at him to keep him from shining light into their seedy darkness but he is poised to win! Find out more and support him - as I have - athttps://heshytischler.com. New York and America are back to winning! Our long national nightmare is over!

Join us in the Messy Times studios for a riveting discussion about abusive government overreach which should scare the daylights out of every American.Chris Kuehne served his country as a Marine for 22 years. Wounded seriously, he was eventually honorably discharged.Have a listen to his story, including how he found himself at a Constitutionally protected First Amendment demonstration on January 6th 2021, and the insane lengths to which "his" government went to entrap him and then so badly stress him out for four years to that he finally capitulated to a plea deal for a Class C Felony, even though all he did was stand around for 30 minutes inside a small part of the Capitol building after an FBI informant prodded him to do so.He served time in a Federal prison, got out and just last week was granted the first #J6 #pardon from President #Trump.Tyranny wins when good men and women stay silent.I will never understand the insane Leftist #tyranny of the #Biden Years and all the crazy damage the Democrats did to our country.Pay attention to Capt. Kuehne's story. If you think that this could never happen to you, you're living in a dream world. We must make sure that tighter restraints are put on the government, to prevent this happening to another good American.Oh, and it goes without saying that this is one more piece of evidence that we need to abolish the #FBI.

Taking time out of his day while visiting with the Lizard People of the World Economic Forum is Greg Chew, Founder and CEO of QPQ AG in Switzerland. Have a listen as we discuss sound money, the Davos reaction to Donald Trump's inauguration, the internationalists’ full intention to learn absolutely nothing from the mandate Trump got from the American people and how we can take back our individual sovereignty, keep our data from being a wealth-generating machine for the Lizard Elite and return to a true capitalist economy based on the Gajumaru for sound money and an actual blockchain that actually works. Learn more and improve your life:  https://gajumaru.io/ Get Enlightentained© and improve your understanding of the complex world: https://messytimes.show Grab a drink and some popcorn - this is the best of Davos you're going to get from anywhere!

Rod Eggert, Professor of Mineral Economics at the Colorado School of Mines visits the studios for a discussion about the evolution of mining in America and globally, mining education and public attitudes towards resource extraction. Everything in your world depends on the minerals mining companies take out of the ground. How much do you know about how that all works? Here's a pack of insights you owe it to yourself to glean!

Have a listen to two Westerners who have lived, studied and worked in Islamic countries as we present the objective fact of the war Islamofascists began and which half the Western leaders pretend is not even happening. You can find Nachum's musings here: Moral Clarity: Truths in Politics and Culture | Nachum Kaplan | Substack