Early in life, Samantha knew she wanted to become a funeral director. She didn’t change her mind. She graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in Mortuary Science in 2019 and became a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Metro Detroit. She enjoys it very much! Like our podcast? Please rate us on Apple and subscribe at mikeyopp.com ! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.substack.com/subscribe...
Jul 10, 2022•27 min
Nash Flynn is a Boston-based comedian, writer, and death historian. She is a producer and co-host of the online comedy show Cabin Fever Comedy, a co-host of KO Comedy, and a contributor for the podcast The Poor Prole’s Almanac. She’s also a producer, writer and co-host of Death & Friends, a comedy podcast about death, which you can find anywhere you normally find things you listen to. Physically, she lives on a farm, but mentally she’s online everywhere all the time at @itsnashflynn. Her the...
Jul 03, 2022•25 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Mike picks the brain of a bonafide expert with more than 20 years of science and engineering experience with nuclear energy! The conversation ranges from "burning human fecal matter,” to “Why don’t we shoot nuclear waste into space?” Enjoy! Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe at mikeyopp.com To hear the full version become a premium subscrib…...
Jul 01, 2022•6 min
Caroline Randall is a fifth-generation Oregonian who has dedicated her life to living authentically. She is a talented educator, but after 15 years she chose to leave the field as she felt it no longer converged with teaching and learning. Her current focus is raising her children well in the post-folk era. Like our podcast? Please rate & subscribe at mikeyopp.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.su...
Jun 26, 2022•31 min
Briana Stonelake is a Belief Strategist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people find greater success in their marriages, relationships, business, and within themselves through identifying limiting beliefs. She has worked in the mental health field for 11 years focusing on trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship disconnects in various cultures and helps people see the lies and negative mindsets that hold them back from greatness. For more please visit: https://www.stonelakelife...
Jun 19, 2022•29 min
Brian Fallock is a 38-year-old parole agent for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He is a former artillery captain in the US Army and served in Iraq. Also of acclaim is the fact that he’s a rad dad of a six-year-old daughter, and when he’s not building Legos or performing science experiments with her, he also enjoys playing video games, shooting guns, and all-around nerdery. Like the podcast? Please rate and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffinta...
Jun 12, 2022•31 min
Camille is a managing editor at Wiley Publishing and lives in Indianapolis, IN with her daughter, Myla. She loves the outdoors and is an aspiring plant mom and writer. She's also one of the kindest and most sincere friends Mike has ever had the pleasure to know. Like the podcast? Please rate and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...
Jun 05, 2022•27 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Mike interviews his brother Sam about his decades of work as a public teacher in New York City. The conversation covers everything from Huck Finn to Hedonism, including the euphemistic treadmill, code switching, and some irreverant chuckles over edu-speak. Please rate us on Apple and Spotify and subscribe at mikeyopp.com To hear the full version become a …...
Jun 01, 2022•6 min
Mark Azoulay is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Boulder, CO and the past President of the Four Corners Group Psychotherapy Society. He helps clients that have a harmful relationship with their inherent aggression or who are stuck in the pain of their repetition compulsions. Many of his clients struggle with addiction, anxiety, and self-sabotage. Marc helps people uncover and destroy the unconscious barriers that cripple them by using a blend of Modern Psychoanalytic and Contemplativ...
May 29, 2022•34 min
De’Vannon is the author of Sex, Drugs & Jesus, a memoir about his struggles with drug addiction, homelessness, serving in the Armed Forces, an HIV+ diagnosis, and rejection from his church for his sexuality. This incredible guest is all over the Internet, so we suggest you start at sexdrugsandjesus.com and go from there! Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode....
May 22, 2022•32 min
Michael Levy is the author of seventeen inspirational books, a mystical poet, inspirational philosopher, and wellness/healthy living speaker. His website is https://www.pointoflife.com Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.substack.com/subscribe...
May 15, 2022•32 min
Jeremy Diamond is from the United States, but he has been living in Japan for the last 15 years. He works in the Human Resources Department of a company called Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which makes tires, medical supplies and sports equipment. He mainly teaches English to employees who work at subsidiaries around the world, but he is also involved in various Diversity and Inclusion programs. He is married with two young boys (6 and 2). ...Oh, and according to friends, this one included, he mig...
May 08, 2022•27 min
Tabitha reverted to Islam in July of 2019. She received her B.S. in Hospitality, but has since switched careers to work in the nonprofit sector with disadvantaged youth. When not working, she spends her time learning about Islam, fighting for social justice, and tutoring young women. Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other ...
May 01, 2022•23 min
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit mikeyopp.substack.com Mike interviews author Douglas Robbins, a friend and ally in the writing community. Mike asks him about rejection, success, and all the emotions that run high and low as an writer takes the steps from hobby to professionalism. For the full version, become a premium subscriber at mikeyopp.com
May 01, 2022•6 min
Douglas Robbins is the author of several books including Narican: The Cloaked Deception , and Love in a Dying Town . He also hosts the podcast “Den of Discussion.” As a writer and individual, he seeks deeper truths that are often hidden in plain sight, or swept under society's dirty rug. He loves free flowing conversations and seeks the genuine in every moment as well as getting at the root of ideas. Discover more from this talented, inspiring human at https://douglasrobbinsauthor.com Find us, f...
Apr 24, 2022•37 min
Karin Freeland is a recovered corporate workaholic. After years in high-pressure leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies, she traded it all in to follow her passions. Now an author and life coach, she helps women transform their lives and bring dreams to reality. Check out her site and buy her book ! Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode. If you'd like to discu...
Apr 17, 2022•31 min
Serge Prengel has been a therapist for more than 30 years. He is also the editor of the "Active Pause" podcast and author of "The Proactive Twelve Steps: A Mindful Program For Lasting Change." For more, please check out his website: proactivechange.com and activepause.com . And please don't forget to find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss...
Apr 10, 2022•31 min
Bob Heske is a multi-award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, casting director, actor, published graphic novelist and indie comic creator. He lives in Massachusetts and spends most of his free time exploring art and philosophy, and hanging out with his two daughters Carly and Emily. Come hear Bob explain how his model of the Universe syncs up with quantum mechanics, theology, and, and the supernatural! For more, please find him at https://www.facebook.com/AfraidofNothingDocumentary/ www....
Apr 03, 2022•28 min
“Suckered” is copyright 2023 Mike Oppenheim and Punchclock . All Rights Reserved. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mikeyopp.substack.com/subscribe
Apr 02, 2022•4 min
Alan is a mental health change-maker on a mission to change the narrative around mental health and help millions of people achieve mental fitness. Alan is now a successful entrepreneur, despite suffering decades of poor mental health. Starting with an abusive childhood, he struggled through school and life. He has hit rock bottom multiple times and made numerous attempts on his own life, but he's managed to bounce back with an incredible story of resilience and recovery from which we can all lea...
Mar 27, 2022•32 min
Katische is an Intuitive Sound Healer, Energy Healer and Past Life Regression Therapist.Her hope is to help people weave together the strands from all lifetimes so that they can make peace with their journey and understand that they are a perfect expression of their soul in this moment, in this incarnation. You will enjoy her blog, podcast, and regression sessions if you wish to make sense of your life by understanding your past, present and future incarnations (lives). For more please see her w...
Mar 20, 2022•31 min
Myke worked for one of the most notorious police departments in the entire country, although it was before it was notorious. He currently practices law in the field of cybercrime. He writes fiction as a hobby and Instagrams the toilets of the world @bigmykemc. Read his book, "The Pumpkin Thief", for free ! Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode. If you'd like to d...
Mar 13, 2022•29 min
James Hodge-Green is 20 years old and already runs his own business, the Millionaire Mac Club, which believes "Millionaire" is defined by your mindset not monetary status. He is an optimistic problem solver, an author, and a self-discipline and mentality coach. He’s also an all-around amazing guy… Personal IG- @jameshodgegreenjjj Company IG- @millionairemacclub Tik Tok- @millionairemacclub Facebook- James Hodge-Green Youtube- Millionaire Mac Club Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: ...
Mar 06, 2022•36 min
Visakan Veerasamy is the author of Friendly Ambitious Nerd. He is currently working on his second ebook, Introspect. He is best known for his prolific, complex, interwoven threads on Twitter, and his YouTube channel where he does "secular sermons for Friendly Ambitious Nerds". For all things Visa, visit: linktr.ee/visakanv Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB: coffintalkpodcast Support the show This is a public episode. I...
Feb 27, 2022•40 min
Ethan Lipsitz is living with brain cancer as a visual artist and Love Extremist , a media platform he founded that advocates actionable love for ourselves, our relationships, our institutions and our planet. Find him interviewing leaders to discover new definitions of love extremism on the podcast Love Extremist Radio , moderating community salons in the Love Extremists Club on Clubhouse and traveling the world as an artist, speaker, media producer and facilitator. Find us, follow us, like us, a...
Feb 20, 2022•29 min
Alex was always an exploratory person, open to exploring the hidden depths of life. This became especially true in his 20s, when his own Jewish heritage became a centerpiece of deeper thought as on campus Jewish outreach sparked a deep interest in his Jewish identity. This led him on a path of 6 years of study in Israel in a "Yeshiva" where he learned how to blend the physical and spiritual world in a beautiful balancing act that to this day, is expressed in his work as a musician, sales persona...
Feb 13, 2022•30 min
Marc is a 41 year old Property Manager who lives with his wife and two kids in McLean, VA. He was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes at the age of 7, so death has been on his mind since an early age. But that hasn't derailed him from living a fun, fulfilling life. Indeed, he enjoys spending time with his family and friends in his basement, and doesn't plan on going anywhere, anytime soon. Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coffintalkpodcast FB:...
Feb 06, 2022•27 min
When Christian was a young child, he remembered his existence before coming to Earth. While that memory left him completely for his early adult life, it spontaneously returned 11 years ago as he took up a meditation practice and went through a personal awakening journey. He also began to have Out of Body Experiences (OBEs). He now often speaks publicly as he seeks to remind others in at least a small part of who we really are beneath the human “play.” Professionally, Christian has worked for 16 ...
Jan 30, 2022•47 min
Nate was raised on a farm in rural Pennsylvania. He left home for the University of Pittsburgh, graduating in 2002. Since then, he has developed a decent career as a software engineer, and is the father of one silly boy. He's also vegan, but not one to talk about it unless asked. So I asked him about it. A lot, and it produced a truly interesting discussion about animals, farming, exploitation, and of course, goat urine. Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @cof...
Jan 23, 2022•31 min
Juan is a transformational speaker, author and teacher on the powerful principle of love. For over 30 years, he has studied organized religion to find the elements that unite humanity and share the message with those who need it. Based outside of Washington DC, Juan has many career experiences including serving in the US Air Force and now, author of Love Made Simple. Find him at JuanLeetheAuthor.com . Find us, follow us, like us, and subscribe! Web: mikeyopp.com Twitter: @coffintalkpod IG: @coff...
Jan 16, 2022•27 min