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Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, the news, current events, etc.

 

On today's episode we weren't sure what to talk about honestly. We both have taken a bit of a sabbatical from the news and social media. We started off a little slow but then got into the Covid restrictions being lifted, and that's when things started to heat up. We both have very different opinions on the restrictions and things definitely got heated. We also talked about the new preschool program being suggested by the current presidential administration. Which lead us into some interesting ideas about the schooling system as a whole and relationships. We ended the podcast talking about religion and the afterlife. This is definitely one of our best podcasts to date. We both had a great time. Hopefully you will enjoy it as well.

 

Andrew is a regular guest on the show and I can't tell you how excited I am to talk about these controversial topics with him. These are the types of conversations I look forward to having, both on and off the podcast. Society tells us today that we aren't allowed to talk about these types of topics. But these are the kinds of conversations that need to happen in a safe environment where people can be honest with how they feel about things without fear of ridicule from others. That is what we will do our best to do on this segment of the podcast.

 

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on and off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.

 

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at uncensoredhumanitypodcast@gmail.com. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have two of the upper belts from the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. We didn't have a specific topic we wanted to cover today. We decided to start with how frustrated I am in Jiu Jitsu right now as I've been in a slump for the last few months and just see where the conversation goes. We never got to another topic. They had plenty of good advice on how to work through a slump in Jiu Jitsu that hopefully will apply to other things as well. I really believe that most of my troubles have been mental. I'm looking forward to listening to this podcast again to help me get through this current slump I'm in. Hopefully some of their advice can help others out too. Enjoy.

 

Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2^nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0 in the Fight to Win series competition. You can find Ben on Instagram @4_stripes_away.

 

Devon has been training Jiu Jitsu for 9-10 years now and is currently a purple belt. He has competed in the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and a Fight to Win series competition... But we won't discuss his record in those events at this time, lol. Perhaps we can get him to elaborate in a future podcast. You can find Devon on Instagram @Devon_Kelleher.

 

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at uncensoredhumanitypodcast@gmail.com. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We believe that the ability to talk about these tough topics is seriously lacking in today's society, as people seem to get offended too easily.

 

On today's episode we talked about the Daunte Wright shooting near Minneapolis. This took place while the trial for the George Floyd was going on nearby. Obviously tensions were already high due to the trial, but after the shooting of Daunte Wright the area erupted with protests of police brutality. We talked quite a bit about the shooting and what could have been done differently. But more importantly we talked about the police reform that we believe needs to happen so we can move forward without these types of unnecessary events happening again. It was definitely a great conversation. Hopefully you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we had recording it.

 

American Honesty is a project that Jake started a couple of years ago. So now using the podcast as our platform we are going to carry on the project that Jake started. Hopefully it will lead to some good conversations that others can enjoy as much as we do.

 

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

 

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on a off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.

 

Gerard is a first generation American. His parents are originally from Haiti. With parents who grew up in a different country Gerard has a very different perspective than most people who were born in the USA. Gerard is a project manager in the construction field, and has a degree in civil engineering. Education was very important to his family and he and his sister were highly encouraged to take it seriously and get their degrees.

 

If you want to contact the show you can go to https://www.uncensoredhumanity.com/ and fill out the Contact Us form. Or email us at uncensoredhumanitypodcast@gmail.com. Feel free to ask a question to any of our regular guests, let us know if you have a topic you want us to cover or just let us know what you think of the episode. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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We have back with us today Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We talked about some new firearm classes that they have going on at Instruments of Freedom as well as some current events. But we mostly talked training and shooting. For the guys saying they didn't have much to talk about we certainly talked for a long time. But that seems to be how we roll here on the podcast. Please enjoy.

 

Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career in a job that was different from what he was supposed to be doing. But that allowed him to get some more experience than he would have otherwise. After his time in the military he ended up in Dallas Texas on the Police department. He spent 7 years on the force there. He was applying to different agencies to work for the federal government. He got a position here in Ohio and took that one and has been working for the man ever since.

 

Jeff and Ethan run a company call the Instruments of Freedom Tactical Weapons Training Group IOFTWTG.COM. Head over and sign up for some training from some of the best firearms trainers in the area. You can visit their retail store at 426 E. Liberty St. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Then they are the one stop shop for everything firearms in Wayne county Ohio.

 

You can also visit them on Instagram @Instruments_of_Freedom or find them on Facebook at Instruments of Freedom.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have my coach Shannon White and two of the upper belts at the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Today I wanted to talk to them about competition. I have been missing competition and didn't realize how much until the past few months. I have been looking forward to this conversation for some time now, and it did not disappoint.

 

Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2^nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0 in the Fight to Win series competition. You can find Ben on Instagram @4_stripes_away.

 

Devon has been training Jiu Jitsu for 9-10 years now and is currently a purple belt. He has competed in the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and a Fight to Win series competition... But we won't discuss his record in those events at this time, lol. Perhaps we can get him to elaborate in a future podcast. You can find Devon on Instagram @Devon_Kelleher.

 

Shannon is the head instructor of BJJ at True Art Jiu Jitsu in Fairlawn Ohio. Shannon got his black belt in Jiu Jitsu in the fall of 2018 from his instructor Mark Vives of the New Breed Training Center in Chicago Illinois. Shannon started training Jiu Jitsu in 2009 at the age of 19. He has a pedigree of competition in Jiu Jitsu and has many accomplishments on the mat. His latest accomplishment was winning the 2014 IBJJF Chicago Summer Open as a purple belt.

 

Shannon has a real passion for teaching and believes that Jiu Jitsu is for everyone. He is the only instructor at his gym. So he is there at every class to teach his students.

 

You can find him online at TrueArtBJJ.com and you can find him on Facebook at True Art Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

 

His personal instagram is @TheSavageBJJ

 

 

 

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My guest today is Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage and experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach.

 

Today Dane and I got into all kinds of topics. Dane recently started a podcast with a business associate of his Justin Oliver. They talk about lifting and training mostly. His podcast is called Prepare to Win and you can find it wherever you download podcasts. We talked about Dane getting his podcast up and running. We of course had to talk some recovery as well. But later in the episode we somehow got into talking about religion and spirituality. We definitely had a great conversation. Hopefully you all enjoy it as much as I know we did.

 

Dane started his college career as a Musical Theater Major at Kent State University. Although he loved theater Dane moved away from his major and joined the Ohio Army National Guard and spent six (6) years as a Signal Systems Support Specialist. Dane returned to school after his tour in the Guard. He decided to switch his major to Exercise Science. Even though he switched his major he remained involved with theater at Kent State. He helped coach fellow students, plan classes with his professors and even developed his own method of acting called the Connections Method.

 

Dane was on the Kent State gymnastics club team. He did a physical therapy internship at Mercy Medical in the Sports Medicine department. Dane did a two (2) year independent study at Kent State teaching actors. Dane also participated in a strength and conditioning internship at Premier Support Conditioning.

 

You can find Dane on Facebook at Elite Recovery Sports Massage, on Instagram @Elite_Recovery_LMT and online at EliteRecoveryMassage.com. Or you can email him at EliteRecoveryMassage@gmail.com.

 

 

 

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Today we have back with us Jake Bible and Bryan Carpenter. Bryan wanted to come back on the show and give an update as to what's been going on in his life. The 2020 corona virus shutdowns greatly affected his life in many ways. Most of what he was doing with his book was completely shut down. Bryan had to come up with new things to invest his time in to keep him from going stir crazy locked inside his house.

 

Bryan is a former active duty Marine who got blown up by an I.E.D in 2006. All that he wanted in his life was to join the US Military. Bryan had plenty of trouble before he was finally able to join the Military and unfortunately has had even more trouble after due to his accident while serving our country.

 

Bryan has also written a book, The Never-Ending Battle After Iraq – A Marine's Road To Recovery, telling his story. You can find that on Amazon as an E-book. You can also get in touch with him on his author's page on Facebook. Or you can look him up on Instagram @BCarpenter6606.

 

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

 

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, the news, current events, etc.

 

Andrew is a regular guest on the show and I can't tell you how excited I am to talk about these controversial topics with him. These are the types of conversations I look forward to having, both on and off the podcast. Society tells us today that we aren't allowed to talk about these types of topics. But these are the kinds of conversations that need to happen in a safe environment where people can be honest with how they feel about things without fear of ridicule from others. That is what we will do our best to do on this segment of the podcast.

 

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on and off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come

 

 

 

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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On today's episode we have my friend Gerard Prepetit. Gerard and I always have great conversations and I was very excited to have him on the podcast. Gerard wanted to talk about something very near and dear to his heart today. He personally believes that kids today need to have more struggle in their lives to help them become better members of society. I couldn't agree more! In our personal opinions parents today try to keep their kids from struggling at all. Obviously we all want our kids to have things better than what we did growing up. But kids still need to struggle through things in life if we expect them to have realistic ideas of what life will be like when they grow up. Gerard was a natural and I think we can definitely expect him to be on more episodes in the future.

 

Gerard is a first generation American. His parents are originally from Haiti. With parents who grew up in a different country Gerard has a very different perspective than most people who were born in the USA. Gerard is a project manager in the construction field, and has a degree in civil engineering. Education was very important to his family and he and his sister were highly encouraged to take it seriously and get their degrees.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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On today's episode we have two of our favorite guests with us, Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. Jake had an apology to make to us all after being wrong about who was going to win the 2020 presidential election. We talked a little bit about politics, but not too much. We also talked about some new years resolutions. It was a good time to just hang out with the boys over some whiskey.

 

Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on a off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.

 

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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We have back with us today after a bit of a layoff Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We wanted to do a 2020 recap show. There were obviously a ton of things to talk about from the previous year of 2020. We had a great conversation and we defiantly got a little long winded about certain topics. It's been a while since Ethan could join us as he's been super busy with work and his home life. It was great to have him back on the show and to hear his point of view. I'm referring to 2020 as a dumpster fire to quote Andy Stumpf of the Cleared Hot Podcast. I'm definitely ready to get into 2021 and put this crazy year behind us.

 

Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career in a job that was different from what he was supposed to be doing. But that allowed him to get some more experience than he would have otherwise. After his time in the military he ended up in Dallas Texas on the Police department. He spent 7 years on the force there. He was applying to different agencies to work for the federal government. He got a position here in Ohio and took that one and has been working for the man ever since.

 

Jeff and Ethan run a company call the Instruments of Freedom Tactical Weapons Training Group IOFTWTG.COM. Head over and sign up for some training from some of the best firearms trainers in the area. You can visit their retail store at 426 E. Liberty St. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Then they are the one stop shop for everything firearms in Wayne county Ohio.

 

You can also visit them on Instagram @Instruments_of_Freedom or find them on Facebook at Instruments of Freedom.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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We have back with us today my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor Shannon White. Coach also brought along two of my teammates Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Ben and Devon (but mostly Ben) have been bugging me for months asking when they could come on the podcast. Today was that day.

We got to know a little about Ben and Devon as to how they got into Jiu Jitsu. We also got into some funny stories, as it seems Devon doesn't like to turn down any challenge. Unfortunately for him the challenges don't seem to go his way very often. Ben and Devon both have taken me under their wings and they are the main people that I roll with in class and they are both usually the first person I ask questions to. They have helped me personally grow a ton in the last year of my training. They are both great representations of what coach expects from his upper belts at True Art Jiu Jitsu.

Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2^nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0 in the Fight to Win series competition. You can find Ben on Instagram @4_stripes_away.

Devon has been training Jiu Jitsu for 9-10 years now and is currently a purple belt. He has competed in the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and a Fight to Win series competition... But we won't discuss his record in those events at this time, lol. Perhaps we can get him to elaborate in a future podcast. You can find Devon on Instagram @Devon_Kelleher.

Shannon is the head instructor of BJJ at True Art Jiu Jitsu in Fairlawn Ohio. Shannon got his black belt in Jiu Jitsu in the fall of 2018 from his instructor Mark Vives of the New Breed Training Center in Chicago Illinois. Shannon started training Jiu Jitsu in 2009 at the age of 19. He has a pedigree of competition in Jiu Jitsu and has many accomplishments on the mat. His latest accomplishment was winning the 2014 IBJJF Chicago Summer Open as a purple belt.

Shannon has a real passion for teaching and believes that Jiu Jitsu is for everyone. He is the only instructor at his gym. So he is there at every class to teach his students.

You can find him online at TrueArtBJJ.com and you can find him on Facebook at True Art Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. His personal instagram is @TheSavageBJJ

On today's episode we wanted to talk about the results of the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. There has definitely been a ton of very strong opinions on both sides of the aisle for both candidates. The country seemed more divided than ever about this election. We shall see if people can put aside their issues and come together in the coming months ahead as now the election is over. There were record numbers so obviously the country turned out in strength to vote in what seems to be the most important election of my lifetime. I personally have faith that we will come together as a nation again and start to move forward, but only time will tell.

 

Ben West was our first guest on the American Honesty segment. He was a great guest and had a very different perspective than the three of us. We were excited to have him back on the show.

 

Both Andrew and Jake have been on the show multiple times separately. If you want to hear more about them, please check out their individual episodes.

 

 

 

 

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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We have back with us today Jeff Wilson of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We didn't have a specific topic coming into the podcast today like we normally do. But we got into some really good topics. Of course we talked a little bit about training as that's a huge part of what Jeff and Tom do. We also talked about the current environment with all the riots, protests, restrictions due to Covid 19. Like always we were not short on things to talk about and our opinions about those topics. We always have a blast recording. Hopefully you enjoy listening as much as we did recording the podcast.

 

Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career in a job that was different from what he was supposed to be doing. But that allowed him to get some more experience than he would have otherwise. After his time in the military he ended up in Dallas Texas on the Police department. He spent 7 years on the force there. He was applying to different agencies to work for the federal government. He got a position here in Ohio and took that one and has been working for the man ever since.

 

Jeff and Ethan run a company call the Instruments of Freedom Tactical Weapons Training Group IOFTWTG.COM. Head over and sign up for some training from some of the best firearms trainers in the area. You can visit their retail store at 426 E. Liberty St. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Then they are the one stop shop for everything firearms in Wayne county Ohio.

 

You can also visit them on Instagram @Instruments_of_Freedom or find them on Facebook at Instruments of Freedom.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We believe that the ability to talk about these tough topics is seriously lacking in today's society, as people seem to get offended too easily.

 

Today Todd Gienger is joining us and unfortunately Andrew was unable to make it. Today we wanted to discuss the 2020 Presidential Election. I know that this is a very polarizing topic and hopefully we won't lose too many of you along the way. I really feel like these are the topics we should all be discussing and not running away from. These are the topics that mean the most to us as Americans. I personally think that the election will be a very close one. I'm not sure who will win. It will all come down to the swing vote like the last election. I just hope whoever wins the other candidate is classy and the losing political party doesn't contest the results. But who knows what will happen. We will all find out very soon together. Hopefully you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we did recording it.

 

American Honesty is a project that Jake started a couple of years ago. So now using the podcast as our platform we are going to carry on the project that Jake started. Hopefully it will lead to some good conversations that others can enjoy as much as we do.

 

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

 

Todd's first appearance on the show was American Honesty 11. Jake has been on all the American Honesty segments and a few other individual episodes. If you want to hear more from them go back and listen to those episodes. One of my personal favorites was episode 45 – Belly up to the Bar.

 

 

 

 

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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On today's episode we have Officer Brett. Officer Brett is a friend of Jake Bible and we both wanted him to come on the show and talk about the things he's currently seeing as an active duty police officer. He has some very interesting things to say and I feel like there is plenty more to talk about in future episodes.

 

Officer Brett was in the Army as a Artillery specialist. He served in Iraq in his time in the Army. He has been a police officer for 6 years now with the last year being a SWAT Officer.

 

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

 

Jake has been on all the American Honesty segments and a few other individual episodes. If you want to hear more from him, just go back and listen to those episodes. One of my personal favorites was episode 45 – Belly up to the Bar.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

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On today's episode we have two of our favorite guests with us, Todd Gienger and Jake Bible. I wanted to have Todd back on the show and he wanted to ask Jake what makes him want to talk to everyone about tough topics. As you all know by now Jake loves to strike up conversations with anyone about politics, race relations, religion and many other controversial topics. Todd and I have had many of the same conversations with each other over the years. But the two of us normally don't have them with just anyone like Jake seems to enjoy doing.

 

I have known Todd for years and he is one of my closest friends. Any time I need to talk he is always there to listen and offer great advice. We have had many great talks over the years on a large range of topics. He is truly one of the most caring and compassionate people I've ever met.

 

Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.

 

Todd's first appearance on the show was American Honesty 11. Jake has been on all the American Honesty segments and a few other individual episodes. If you want to hear more from them go back and listen to those episodes. One of my personal favorites was episode 45 – Belly up to the Bar.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Outro music Whitestick by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We believe that the ability to talk about these tough topics is seriously lacking in today's society, as people seem to get offended too easily.

 

Back with us today is Ben West. Ben was our first guest on American Honesty and was a great guest. We definitely wanted to have him back on the show. Finally we made it happen. On today's episode we talked about the upcoming 2020 presidential election between President Trump and Joe Biden. We were not at all short of our own opinions about the election. There seems to be a ton of controversy surrounding the election. Everyone I've personally talked to feels very strongly about it one way or another. We also talked about social media giving people the opportunity to tell the world their opinion about everything. Where as I believe that is there right here in a free country. It may or may not be good for the population. We certainly have some strong feelings about this topic. Hopefully you enjoy listening as much as we did recording the podcast.

 

American Honesty is a project that Jake started a couple of years ago. So now using the podcast as our platform we are going to carry on the project that Jake started. Hopefully it will lead to some good conversations that others can enjoy as much as we do.

 

Both Andrew and Jake have been on the show multiple times separately. If you want to hear more about them, please check out their individual episodes.

 

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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Our guest today is my friend Caitlin Bourque. We sat down over a couple of beers and had a fun conversation. I wanted to talk today about a photography project that Caitlin was a part of for the Massillon Ohio Tigers Football team called Tiger Legacy. Caitlin found out about this project from her college professor when she was studying graphic design. She spent over 5 years working on this project.

 

Caitlin enjoys being outdoors, she would say that it calms her mind down. You can find her hiking, river walking, mountain biking and kayaking whenever possible.

 

If you want to follow her online you can find her on Instagram @ThinkBig_DrawTiny.

 

 

 

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Our guest today is my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor Shannon White. Shannon came back on the podcast to talk about all the things you need to know to start Jiu Jitsu. We talked about a bunch of the questions that he gets on a regular basis from people looking to join the gym. We also talked about the questions that you should be asking to see if that particular gym is right for you. Lastly we got into some red flags to watch out for. If you see any of those at any location you are looking at, run away!!

 

Shannon is the head instructor of BJJ at True Art Jiu Jitsu in Fairlawn Ohio. Shannon got his black belt in Jiu Jitsu in the fall of 2018 from his instructor Mark Vives of the New Breed Training Center in Chicago Illinois. Shannon started training Jiu Jitsu in 2009 at the age of 19. He has a pedigree of competition in Jiu Jitsu and has many accomplishments on the mat. His latest accomplishment was winning the 2014 IBJJF Chicago Summer Open as a purple belt.

 

Shannon has a real passion for teaching and believes that Jiu Jitsu is for everyone. He is the only instructor at his gym. So he is there at every class to teach his students.

 

You can find him online at TrueArtBJJ.com and you can find him on Facebook at True Art Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

 

His personal instagram is @TheSavageBJJ

 

 

 

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My guest today is Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage, experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach.

 

On today's episode we talked about how Dane got through the 2020 Covid 19 pandemic. How he did his best to stay positive and be productive. He also had time to sit down and start journaling for the first time in years and that allowed him to redefine his approach on recovery as a whole for his athletes. We also got into a deep conversation toward the end of the episode about mental health. It was a fascinating conversation. I immensely enjoy my conversations with Dane and we definitely need to have him on the show more often!

 

Dane started his college career as a Musical Theater Major at Kent State University. Although he loved theater Dane moved away from his major and joined the Ohio Army National Guard and spent six (6) years as a Signal Systems Support Specialist. Dane returned to school after his tour in the Guard. He decided to switch his major to Exercise Science. Even though he switched his major he remained involved with theater at Kent State. He helped coach fellow students, plan classes with his professors and even developed his own method of acting called the Connections Method.

 

Dane was on the Kent State gymnastics club team. He did a physical therapy internship at Mercy Medical in the Sports Medicine department. Dane did a two (2) year independent study at Kent State teaching actors. Dane also participated in a strength and conditioning internship at Premier Support Conditioning.

 

You can find Dane on Facebook at Elite Recovery Sports Massage, on Instagram @Elite_Recovery_LMT and online at EliteRecoveryMassage.com. Or you can email him at EliteRecoveryMassage@gmail.com.

 

 

 

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We have back with us today my brother Andrew Hoffman. Andrew is a regular guest on the show, but has needed a break recently with all the negativity in the world. I think we can all relate to that during these tough times. We had a bunch of topics to catch up on and Andrew approached them with a new perspective. I hope that is the trait of this episode. Sometimes we all need to take a step back and look at things through a fresh set of eyes and see if our perspectives need to change on certain topics. I'm glad to have Andrew back on the show as we always have a great time together. We talked today about everything going on the world from the pandemic, to the protests, the presidential election and much more. There is definitely something in there for everyone.

 

I met Andrew when I started Crossfit. We worked out together and hung out with mutual friends outside of the gym. I was invited to a group chat that a couple of them had started at the gym called the “bro pit”. That's what we called the regular gym area outside of the Crossfit area where we were all working out. The four of us from the “bro pit” would get together and have fun outings away from the gym laughing until our faces hurt. I'm hoping to have a bro pit podcast in the future where we all get a little too drunk and laugh until we all hurt.

 

Andrew was very excited when I told him I was starting the podcast. He has offered to help me with technical issues. Which is good because I'm clueless when it comes to technology. Andrew owns and runs his own business.

 

 

 

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We have back with us today Jeff Wilson of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. I have been excited about this podcast for weeks now and it definitely did not disappoint. Today we talked about the Defund the Police movement going around the country. These two have tons of experience in and around the Law Enforcement community and I was very excited to hear their opinions on the subject. What they had to say definitely took me by surprise. Hopefully you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.

 

Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career in a job that was different from what he was supposed to be doing. But that allowed him to get some more experience than he would have otherwise. After his time in the military he ended up in Dallas Texas on the Police department. He spent 7 years on the force there. He was applying to different agencies to work for the federal government. He got a position here in Ohio and took that one and has been working for the man ever since.

 

Jeff and Ethan run a company call the Instruments of Freedom Tactical Weapons Training Group IOFTWTG.COM. Head over and sign up for some training from some of the best firearms trainers in the area. You can visit their retail store at 426 E. Liberty St. Wooster, Ohio 44691. Then they are the one stop shop for everything firearms in Wayne county Ohio.

 

You can also visit them on Instagram @Instruments_of_Freedom or find them on Facebook at Instruments of Freedom.

 

 

 

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Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we call American Honesty. During these shows I have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segments we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We believe that the ability to talk about these tough topics is seriously lacking in today's society, as people seem to get offended too easily.

Unfortunately Andrew is not able to join us on the show so I asked my very good friend Todd Gienger to join us. Today we wanted to discuss a national level leadership event that Jake was a part of a couple weeks ago. Jake is a part of Medina County Leadership. He was asked to join a national level event to represent Medina County where they discussed all kinds of topics that are relevant during these interesting times. Todd was perfect to join us today as he used to be a part of Leadership Ohio. So he definitely had some great things to offer on the topic. I love that Jake is so interested in helping his community and hopefully his country grow together and not apart like it seems to be doing lately. Please enjoy our conversation.

American Honesty is a project that Jake started a couple of years ago. So now using the podcast as our platform we are going to carry on the project that Jake started. Hopefully it will lead to some good conversations that others can enjoy as much as we do.

Both Andrew and Jake have been on the show multiple times separately. If you want to hear more about them, please check out their individual episodes.

 

 

 

 

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My guest today is Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage, experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach.

On today's episode we talked about Dane's new approach toward recovery. He has completely revolutionized his approach with his athletes. He is now taking an entire systematic approach with each athlete and has created a individual recovery program for each person. His new approach should allow him to help his athletes make faster progress in each phase of recovery. It really is a game changer when it comes to the approach of recovery.

Dane started his college career as a Musical Theater Major at Kent State University. Although he loved theater Dane moved away from his major and joined the Ohio Army National Guard and spent six (6) years as a Signal Systems Support Specialist. Dane returned to school after his tour in the Guard. He decided to switch his major to Exercise Science. Even though he switched his major he remained involved with theater at Kent State. He helped coach fellow students, plan classes with his professors and even developed his own method of acting called the Connections Method.

Dane was on the Kent State gymnastics club team. He did a physical therapy internship at Mercy Medical in the Sports Medicine department. Dane did a two (2) year independent study at Kent State teaching actors. Dane also participated in a strength and conditioning internship at Premier Support Conditioning.

You can find Dane on Facebook at Elite Recovery Sports Massage, on Instagram @Elite_Recovery_LMT and online at EliteRecoveryMassage.com. Or you can email him at EliteRecoveryMassage@gmail.com.

 

 

 

© 2018 Uncensored Humanity

 

Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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