Intention Podcast with Byron DeLear

Byron DeLear

What's your intention? Engaging conversations that explore future-focused topics, technology, history, cultural and political trends -- and how they intersect with personal and family life. What are the core aims, drives, goals. We've been known to take a deep dive to get to the heart of the matter so be prepared to trade-in your snorkel-depth attention deficit for some conversational scuba gear. Of course, this is why we love podcasts, right? Film and music, clean energy, American history, esoterica, politics, and human evolution are just a few of the topics you'll hear here. Host and author Byron DeLear draws on his career-long walkabout through several diverse fields to illuminate with his guests the synchronicity of it all.

  1. 12/02/2023

    What does the Music Biz, Juneteenth, and Clean Energy have in Common?

    Welcome to Intention, this is Byron DeLear. This episode has a little of everything, Ken Cox of the business podcast Clicks and Bricks interviewed me with a focus on THE holiday for American freedom, Juneteenth. We also talk about our experiences in the music industry, clean energy programs, and the need to advance equity and inclusion to strengthen the American family. So, join Ken and me as we explore the power of intention - Let's get started!

    1h 18m

  2. 30/07/2022

    Civil Rights Through History, Forging American Democracy - Debo Adegbile

    Welcome to Intention this is Byron DeLear. I'm very excited today to bring you a very special voice – a special episode of Intention. Now, for my listeners and viewers, I know there’s been quite a bit of time between episodes, this is because of other commitments. So, I just want you to know I appreciate your loyalty and patience – I’d like to think it’s about quality, not quantity. Well, you’re in for a treat with this one. Last February, I helped organize and was honored to speak at the St. Louis City NAACP’s Civil Rights Conference; and now, in partnership with the NAACP, we bring you a poignant and moving talk by one of the nation’s finest legal minds, Debo Adegbile. But this speech is not lawyerly, no — this presentation is an emotional tour-de-force through the history of American Civil Rights, and if you’re listening to the audio-only podcast, please take the time to pull up our YouTube Channel and see the short film that accompanies the talk. You’ll also hear from my dear friend Adolphus Pruitt, President of the St. Louis City NAACP, sharing the impactful and momentous history of the St. Louis Chapter of our nation’s largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization. This episode was a labor of love and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did in pulling it together.        A Sunshine Paradigm Production in association with St. Louis City NAACP INTENTION with Byron DeLear Episode 13: Civil Rights Through History, Forging American Democracy —Debo Adegbile Produced and Written by: BYRON DELEAR   Special Guests: DEBO ADEGBILE ADOLPHUS PRUITT Co-Producer and Editor: YAVOR VESSELINOV   Graphic Design: JONATHAN LEHMANN CAMBIUM CREATIVE   Music: “Reflection” by hammertrax Licensed from Pond5   “Strange Background Drone” by Erick McNerney Licensed from Pond5   “Low Intriguing Synth Drone” by Erick McNerney Licensed from Pond5   “Dark Music Box” by Anton_G Licensed from Pond5 Archival footage and audio from: Pond5 Shutterstock Depositphotos Wikimedia Commons THE MARCH (1963) A film by James Blue U.S. National Archives, Public Domain “Little Rock Nine” News Footage - 1957 Fair Use Youtube Fair Use: President Obama and the First Family Visit Selma By The Obama White House The Obama White House Atlantic Slave Trade Video By CTHS Productions The American Civil War Documentary By Baffling Documentaries Ella Baker Speaks! My Life in the Movement, Part 1 By Matthew Siegfried Hundreds in St. Louis assisted through MLK Day service events By KSDK News Cori Bush 1 Minute of Silence Expect Us Protest CWE Photo News 247 Mass protests and arrests across US over George Floyd death By BBC News Moments of grace and unity during George Floyd protests By CBS Evening News George Floyd Protest Police Brutality - 7 - Minneapolis By Jason Miller St. Louis City NAACP History By Logo Graphics DNA Reverend C.T. Vivian, In Memoriam U.S. Commission of Civil Rights website https://www.usccr.gov/files/2020/2020... Copyright © 2022 Sunshine Paradigm

    1h 13m
  3. Zelenskyy former advisor puts life on the line, fights for Ukrainian freedom — Igor Novikov

    01/04/2022

    Zelenskyy former advisor puts life on the line, fights for Ukrainian freedom — Igor Novikov

    The war for freedom rages on. Russia’s despicable invasion of Ukraine has become the largest land war in Europe since the ravages of World War II destroyed the continent, 77 years ago. The world has united in support of Ukraine – pouring in weapons, and other materiel, and imposing unprecedented economic punishment for the Russian banking system, oligarchs, and has begun to isolate the country.  More needs to be done. Fears of nuclear conflict between NATO and Russia have driven the West’s decision not to engage directly with Russian forces. The theory is, a no-fly zone would thrust NATO aircraft and military defense systems into directly destroying Russian military assets — an escalation which could lead to the hot war spilling out over the European continent, like 77 years ago.   World War III.   Today, we speak with Igor Novikov, a former advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.   Igor and his wife have courageously made the decision to stay in Kyiv with their two daughters, they’ve decided to take a stand, to stay in their home.   He has called this war, the first “Social Media” war and also the first “three-dimensional war” — being fought on three interacting fronts — economically, militarily, and through information technology. Igor says there will be lessons learned from this war, and that his intention is to consolidate and help spur the changes needed — a defiant Ukraine against Russian aggression has united the world in knowing now that democracy and freedom cannot be allowed to slumber, or it will be gone. A Sunshine Paradigm Production   INTENTION  with Byron DeLear EPISODE 12:  Zelenskyy former advisor puts life on the line, fights for Ukrainian freedom — Igor Novikov  Written and Produced by:  BYRON DE LEAR  Special Guest:  IGOR NOVIKOV  Editor:  YAVOR VESSELINOV  Graphic Design:  JONATHAN LEHMANN  CAMBIUM CREATIVE  Pictures and videos included from Ukraine portfolio from www.Depositphotos.com Authors: rbc-daily Wlad_Mus repinanatoly scanrailDAMIANFilms dmytro.drabyk@gmail.com lodtrk.gmail.com NikChala s.belinska efesenko YuriiKochubey palinchak UpStock701 PavelDorogoy WINTERLINE Ukrinform Bumble-Dee darvik.photography@gmail.com Fotoreserg Additional photos: By Wikimedia: Kremlin.ru Council.gov.ru Pond5: manumata srescalona Igor Novikov's personal archive Music: CO.AG Music Pond5 Music:  Anton_G mpsoundcraft ErickMcNerney

    1h 34m

  4. 16/07/2021

    EP11 UFOs, God, consciousness, and reality — Rev. Dr. John Denker, Author of The Quantum God

    The UFO report is out. The reviews, mixed.   The “preliminary assessment,” delivered to Congress from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, landed like a Rorschach test. On one hand, skeptics felt it confirmed there was nothing to the UAP phenomena. Just a bunch of fuzzy blurs.   On the other, believers heralded the report as the leading edge of an official change in UFO policy — seventy years in the making.   One thing’s for certain, questions remain, as the report essentially states the same thing as declassified military memos from 1947 — UFOs are real, frequent, but we do not know what they are. Might there be something more elusive, more distant about the UFO phenomenon?   Perhaps something less material and more psychological, even spiritual?   On this 11th episode of Intention, we explore these more ephemeral aspects of the UFO subject.    Helping us on this journey is Reverend Doctor John Denker, author of The Quantum God. John has a Ph.D in range ecology and a master’s degree from the Iliff School of Theology at Denver University.  He has been a minister with specialty in theology and philosophy in the United Methodist Tradition and now is an observant Jew in the reform tradition.   Undoubtedly, following any revelation concerning the presence of non-human intelligences, many human systems would be thrown into upheaval. What religious traditions would survive this Copernican shift?  ...and will our understanding of reality itself change if we find we’re not alone?

    1 hr

  5. 24/06/2021

    EP10 UFO skepticism versus belief, a humanist’s view — James Croft, St. Louis Ethical Society

    It’s been a steady drumbeat toward disclosure.  For the last few episodes of Intention, we have focused on the burgeoning UFO / UAP topic. A groundbreaking story that is gaining momentum as the U.S. Government is set to release an unprecedented official report on UFOs in the near future.   People are picking sides.  In the past, observers of this narrative typically fall into one of two camps — skeptics and believers.  But with recent developments, is there now a third category of ufology? One that is backed by hard evidence.   Some believe so, some don’t.  Today, we speak with James Croft, Leader of the St. Louis Ethical Society – one of the largest Humanist congregations in the world.  James is an accomplished humanist and a skeptic. We briefly debate the new evidence — the Tic Tac Nimitz Encounter, the Gimbal, and Go Fast videos, and the testimony of military professionals such as Lt. Ryan Graves and Luis Elizondo.  A graduate of Cambridge and Harvard Universities, James was raised on William Shakespeare, Carl Sagan, and Star Trek; and it is in the spirit of famed humanist Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, that we come to this episode’s guest on the topic of UFOs and the potential interaction between human, and non-human intelligent beings. If these recent pivotal events prove to be consequential, the human identity will be in flux for years — how will worldviews change if we find we’re not alone?

    59 min

  6. 04/06/2021

    EP9 Deep Dive Interview - Robert Powell, Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU)

    It’s a new era for the study of UAP. The UFO topic’s popularity, and legitimacy has been bolstered by recent comments from individuals in the highest echelons of power — and they’ve all been saying the same thing. President Obama, CIA Chiefs John Brennan, James Woolsey, Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Directors of National Intelligence James Clapper, John Ratcliffe — the similarity in their message appears to be the leading edge of an official change in policy on UFOs; that the objects, performing otherworldly feats of aerodynamics, moving at thousands of miles an hour, pulling hundreds if not thousands of G-forces, are real, not imagined. With the information that we know, what does this tell us about these vehicles, about this technology?   Today, my guest host Thomas Morrison and I, speak with Robert Powell, a founder of SCU — the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies. SCU is an association of scientists unpacking the data and have authored peer reviewed papers on UAP performance. Undoubtedly, there is another group of analysts, a shadow SCU- type group operating from within the Pentagon, and as more data and testimony become public, it is likely these efforts will begin to merge.        This month, the U.S. Government will release an unclassified report on UAP… now that tens of thousands have turned into millions of people watching, what will it be like when we finally see the truth? For more information, please visit the Facebook Group "Advanced Aerospace Threat identification Program Discussion Cell (AATIP DC)" at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AATIPDiscussionCell Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies -  June 4 & 5 conference  https://www.explorescu.org/conferences Physics Frontiers Podcast  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/physics-frontiers/id1171827836 UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry by Michael Swords and Robert Powell https://www.amazon.com/UFOs-Government-Historical-Michael-Swords/dp/1933665580/ The Truth About UFOs: A Scientific Perspective by Robert Max Powell (Author), Reena S Powell (Cover Art) https://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-UFOs-Scientific-Perspective/dp/1087891493

    1h 6m

  7. 09/05/2021

    EP8 Deep Dive Interview - Luis Elizondo, former head of Pentagon's UFO program

    In December of 2017, the lid blew off the UFO topic. Now, even today, that might sound a little fringe, but the reality is America’s state-of-the-art top secret military sensor systems, on Navy aircraft, ships, our pilots, our reconnaissance satellites that comprise multiple cross-referenced data streams have confirmed unknown physical objects performing extraordinary feats of maneuverability. Movements and airframes that defy our current understanding of the laws of aerodynamics, even the laws of physics.  In short, we are seeing evidence of technology and propulsion systems far beyond current capabilities perhaps hundreds of years, even thousands of years beyond our grasp.  In December 2017, the New York Times published a paradigm-busting story about the official secret Pentagon program investigating these craft, and the former head of the program, Luis Elizondo. Today’s UFOs – or UAPs, unidentified aerial phenomena --- are not your tin foil hat wearing conspiracy theories of the past. The vehicles are real, not imagined. And Luis is truth telling like no other. In interview after interview he says the evidence is “overwhelming, beyond compelling,” and today, my guest host, Rocky Swanson and I spoke with him about his service, his drive, and his intention…  In one month the U.S. government will release an unclassified report on UAP… what will it be like when tens of thousands turn into millions of people clamoring for the truth? For more information, please visit the Facebook Group "Advanced Aerospace Threat identification Program Discussion Cell (AATIP DC) at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AATIPDiscussionCell Edited by Yavor Vesselinov

    1h 8m

  8. 01/11/2020

    EP7 Building Back to Bellwether - Vicki Englund for Missouri State Treasurer

    It's hard to believe the election is here, but its been here ever since North Carolina started early voting on September 4th. Now some 95 million have voted early and its this high turnout that promises to deliver a few surprises on Tuesday; and the Show Me State may be perfectly primed for such a surprise. Traditionally a bellwether, only in the last few cycles has Missouri performed reliably Republican. In this seventh episode of Intention, host Byron DeLear is joined by his life partner, Vicki Englund, who is the 2020 Democratic Nominee for Missouri State Treasurer. They discuss running statewide as a democrat and why Missourians are showing up with supermajority support for healthcare and unions yet play the political parties like rooting for the home team in sports. Rural red, urban blue, suburb purple - can Missouri be built back to its bellwether reputation?

    46 min
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What's your intention? Engaging conversations that explore future-focused topics, technology, history, cultural and political trends -- and how they intersect with personal and family life. What are the core aims, drives, goals. We've been known to take a deep dive to get to the heart of the matter so be prepared to trade-in your snorkel-depth attention deficit for some conversational scuba gear. Of course, this is why we love podcasts, right? Film and music, clean energy, American history, esoterica, politics, and human evolution are just a few of the topics you'll hear here. Host and author Byron DeLear draws on his career-long walkabout through several diverse fields to illuminate with his guests the synchronicity of it all.

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