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Toby sits down with sound and dialogue editor and our friend Todd Niesen.  Todd shares his journey from depression to a low point where he and his wife decide to use a controversial treatment: Ketamine. Todd takes our audience through a Ketamine experience, what Ketamine is, and how "addictive" Ketamine and other psychedelics really are.

Todd Niesen has been nominated for 7 Emmys for series such as FARGO, The Defiant Ones, and CSI: Miami. 17 Time Nominee and 2 Time Winner of the Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing. Won for CSI Miami and The Liberator.

Resources Todd Shared: 
https://psychedelicstoday.com
https://maps.org/about-maps
https://twitter.com/PsydelicsToday
https://www.vitalpsychedelictraining.com
https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind
https://www.netflix.com/title/81098586 (The Mind Explained) https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230614-how-a-dose-of-mdma-transformed-a-white-supremacist
https://www.fromshocktoawe.com/
https://ketamineclinics.com/

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Toby sits down with Julian Adorney, a writer and adventurer about his article on Quillette: " The Perils of Affective Polarization".  Julian takes us through his journey in life and politics from a Polarized individual to understanding the affects it has on your well being.  The two discuss what Affective Polarization is, the resulting damage it can have on your health and relationships, and the potential root causes.  

Julian Adorney has written for Quillette, Areo, Queer Majority, National Review, and the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR). He is the founder of Heal the West, a substack movement dedicated to preserving and repairing our liberal social contract.

Connect with Julian:
https://twitter.com/Julian_Liberty
https://healthewest.substack.com
https://quillette.com/2023/11/10/the-perils-of-affective-polarization

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Toby sits down with Tim Redmond, a PhD in political science, an award-winning educator, and author of over one hundred articles on critical thinking and politics. Toby and Tim sit down to discuss Tim's new book “Political Tribalism in America, How Hyper Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How to Fix It”. Learn about Tim's origin story including something he has in common with our host, hear about Tim's solutions for our Democracy, and how our media diet has so much to do with partisanship.

Connect with Tim:
https://twitter.com/tjredmo
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09PZ9GMXY/about?ingress=0&visitId=ea16362c-86d0-4eac-9c43-3a1b69bcfdf7&store_ref=ap_rdr&ref_=ap_rdr


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Toby sits down with Chris Forman, PhD, an Author, and Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. Toby and Chris discuss Chris' advocacy for Deliberative Democracy and how it relates to his work in physics, if at all. As Chris describes it, the way science has been used and abused in politics fuels his mission for a better democracy. Chris discusses how he inadvertantly created a deliberation process, how this process can be adopted in the West, and how we can protect it from power-hungry individuals. Chris also forgot to mention and wanted us to mention the Hannah Arendt Center who are running a workshop for professionals/elected people or institutions who have an interest in designing a citizen assembly> https://hac.bard.edu/democracy-innovation-workshop

Connect with Chris
https://chrisjforman.com
https://www.thersa.org/united-states/get-involved/deliberation-gateway-network
https://deliberationgateway.home.blog/about

Related Projects:
http://participedia.net/
http://www.democracywithoutelections.org/
https://www.demnext.org
https://healthydemocracy.org
https://www.cndp.us
https://deliberative-democracy.net
https://www.ofbyforall.org/our-story

Related Books:
John Gastil And Olin Wright - Legislature by LotOpen Democracy - Reinventing popular rule for the 21st Century - Helene LandemoreAgainst Elections - David Van ReybrouckThe end of politicians https://www.bretthennig.com/Tao of Democracy Tom AtleeEmpowering public wisdom - Tom AtleeChristina Lafont - Democracy Without Shortcuts

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Toby sits down with Spike Cohen, 2020 Libertarian VP candidate and Founder of You Are the Power. Toby and Spike cover a broad range of topic from Spike's entrepreneurial spirit and the need to help others to his 2020 VP Candidicy to You Are the Power, and the 2024 Election. Spike tells us why Third Parties haven't won any major elections and how the system is rigged to keep it that way. What is the path to victory for third parties? What will happen in 2024? And listen to the end for possible breaking news!

Connect with Spike
https://twitter.com/RealSpikeCohen
https://twitter.com/YATPOfficial
https://www.spikecohen.com

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*You Are the Power is not affliated with the LIbertarian Party - for Spike

Toby Davis, host of UnityNow! podcast, sat down with Zachary Elwood, an unlikely, yet compelling podcaster on the challenge of political polarization. Zach is a world-leading expert on poker tells. In this wide-ranging conversation, Zach gave expert tips on understanding political differences and building productive conversations. His book Defusing American Anger is newly-released and can be found at American-anger.com.

Connect with Zach
https://twitter.com/apokerplayer
https://www.american-anger.com/
https://behavior-podcast.com

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