Ep 279 - MMA For Your Mind: Enter The Dojo
Andrew Hunt, Reid Nicewonder, Christopher Leon Price and Hunter Maats sit down to talk through the belt system and how humans form beliefs.
Oct 24, 2017•1 hr 24 min
Mixed Mental Arts
As kids, we're like little sponges blindly copying culture from the people around us. The cultures into which we were all born evolved to fit very old agricultural environments. Each contains timeless wisdom about human affairs but none of them is ideally suited to navigating the ever-changing environment in which we find ourselves.
The goal of Mixed Mental Arts is to steal the best cultural software from everywhere and apply the core principle of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do "Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own." Welcome to the dojo! We're excited to learn from you.
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Ep 278 - Rapping With YOU: Hunter Meets Mixed Mental Artists In The Motor City
While in town to speak at the Detroit Economic Club, Derek Shinska organized a Mixed Mental Arts meetup. After getting together for a quick drink, the team got straight down to podcasting. You, too, can organize a podcast meet up in your city. Visit the Mixed Mental Arts Facebook page to make it happen. We'll send you the podcasting gear.
Oct 21, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Ep 277 - Bump Reading With YOU, The Listeners: The Botswana Philosophy of Botho
Today, Mixed Mental Artist Anthony Sebido Phaladi shares his Cultural Confession with the good people of Planet Earth. Botho is defined as a deep recognition of another's humanity and the interconnectedness of all our lives. It is encapsulated in the phrase, " motho ke motho ka batho", loosely translated to, you are who you are because of the people around you. At its heart, botho strives for social harmony, mutual respect for those around you and a collective understanding of striving for the b...
Oct 18, 2017•7 min
Ep 276 - Dream Big, Einstein: Sam Sokolow Takes Us Behind The Scenes Of Nat Geo Show Genius
Sam Sokolow knew Bryan Callen when he was young. Of course, the Kid still looks so young that the concept that he could have been younger is probably confusing to you. Well, those secrets aren't revealed in this podcast. What is revealed is the story behind the making of Nat Geo's show Genius which was nominated for ten Emmy's. Sam takes us inside Season One and behind the myth of Einstein to the man.
Oct 16, 2017•50 min
Ep 275 - Love Thy Nature: Nuclear Tests, Whales, and Environmentalism with Dr. Patrick Moore
Dr. Patrick Moore was one of the founders of Greenpeace. He's now left the organization. This is his story.
Oct 16, 2017•53 min
Ep 274 - Bryan Callen and Hunter Maats Save The World With Books: WTF Is Mixed Mental Arts?
We know. We're, like, the only Podcast on planet Earth with two Podcast feeds. But, somehow, you've found us. It's probably not destiny but it has been a weird nine months for Mixed Mental Arts. We hope this #repost of Episode 207 will answer the age (year) old question: WTF is Mixed Mental Arts? We invite you to leave us a review with your thoughts on this new approach, insults, and maybe even guest suggestions. For the latest episodes, please unsubscribe from our old page and tell your mom to ...
Oct 08, 2017•43 min
Ep 273 - Thaddeus Russell Pt. 3: Intelligence. What's Melanin Got To Do, Got To Do With It?
Thaddeus Russell is the author of A Renegade History of the United States, Host of the Unregistered podcast, and founder of Renegade University. Here, he joins us to conclude a three-part series on "Truth". Having undone the idea of "truth," the trio now unpack the spurious correlation between skin color and intelligence in humans. Show notes at mixedmentalarts.co
Oct 06, 2017•1 hr 29 min
Ep 272 - Thaddeus Russell Pt. 2: No Longer Does The Ivory Tower Hold The Microphone
Thaddeus Russell is the author of A Renegade History of the United States. He also hosts the Unregistered podcast and founded Renegade University. In this second part of a three-part series, Thad continues tutoring Emperor Callen to prepare him for rule. Thad beautifully lays out why truth is the authoritarians favorite mechanism for unquestioning acceptance.
Oct 06, 2017•1 hr 21 min
Ep 271 - Be Strong! Cultivate Your Body, Mind, and Movement with Aaron Alexander
Aaron Alexander is the host of the Align Podcast. You can also hear Hunter on Aaron's podcast. Besides having gold skin, Aaron goes by many names...all of them given to him by Bryan Callen. Aaron believes how you move through a room is how you move through your life. Every moment is an opportunity to cultivate your body, mind, and movement with effective education and intention. Moving well is simple and teachable, these are the steps to making it happen!
Oct 05, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Ep 270 - Mystery Tea with Chris Ryan: Are You Paleomodern?
Chris Ryan's van is back in town and that means it's time for Hunter to climb back into it again. After dosing Hunter with some sort of mystery tea, the idea sex gets going and Uncle Chris and Hunter start talking about this movement that's building in the podcasting world. UK-based artists Fantich & Young call it Primeval Yet Contemporary. Some people call it Chris-Ryanism. Chris Ryan calls it Paleomodern. Although our culture has taught us to feel fear and shame around our biology, the rea...
Sep 22, 2017•1 hr 44 min
Ep 269 - Thaddeus Russell: Is Truth the Most Destructive Idea in Human History?
For months and months, the members of the Mixed Mental Arts community have been pushing me (Hunter) to have Thaddeus Russell in the dojo. It is a testament to the wisdom of crowds that so many people have pushed so consistently for this meeting of the minds. The #ideasex was outstanding. Thaddeus Russell is the author of A Renegade History of the United States He hosts the superb Unregistered podcast and has founded Renegade University It's a genuine pleasure to have Thaddeus in the dojo! Thank ...
Sep 05, 2017•1 hr 28 min
Ep 268 - Paleo Politics: Talking Symbols With The Caveman John Durant
Humans have always been a strongly symbolic species. We painted on the walls of caves. Pharaohs, Kings and Emperors created symbols of their power like crowns and thrones. Religions have fought over religious symbols. Nations have fought over national symbols. Today, we are no different. We are in a massive war over symbols: Confederate statues, Google and much more. The real question is what do we do about all this? Well, while the rest of the world continues to argue about symbols Bryan "The E...
Aug 27, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Ep 267 – Ricky Varandas Of The Ripple Effect Podcast: The Internet's Painful Adolescence In An Age Of Opinion
Ricky Varandas is the host of The Ripple Effect Podcast. Recently, Hunter and Ricky met up in Dartmouth, MA. As they looked out over Buzzard's Bay, they chatted about what it means to live in an age when everyone gets a voice. Right now, we're in what Joe Rogan calls the internet's painful adolescence. There's turmoil, uncertainty and blindly clinging to simplistic ideologies that give us a feeling of certainty. But just like Middle School, this too shall pass :) You can check out more of Ricky'...
Aug 18, 2017•3 hr 3 min
Ep 266 - Christopher Leon Price: Learning Life Lessons From Games
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Jul 04, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Ep 265 - Jenni Aguilar: Evolution is Smarter Than You
Ever since we had Jon Aguilar on the show back in Episode 251 , Jon has been telling me I had to have his very brilliant wife on. And so, while driving back from a friend's wedding, I stopped by Casa Aguilar in Santa Barbara and started a conversation with Jenni Aguilar. Hours later, I understood why Jon felt so strongly that that I should talk to Jenni. Coming from an entirely different angle, she had reached many of the same conclusions as I had. For me, the arrival at evolutionary thinking an...
Jun 27, 2017•2 hr 55 min
Ep 264 - Brett Veinotte: Why Does School Suck for So Many Kids?
They must put something in the water in New Hampshire because Brett Veinotte and Katie O'Brien reached very similar conclusions through tutoring: as an experience school sucks for A LOT of kids. And so, Brett decided to do something about it and create better resources for parents and kids looking for an alternative. Out of that was born The School Sucks Project. For more on the work of Brett and his team, check out their website . In this episode, Brett and Hunter compare notes on The School Su...
Jun 20, 2017•2 hr 46 min
Ep 262 - It's Big Mike's Birthday!!! What should we get him for a gift?
When ordinary men have birthdays, they receive gifts. However, Big Mike knows it is better to give than to receive and so, on his birthday, Big Mike has gifted to the people of the Callenphate his wisdom. You're welcome, humanity. Just remember that your fearless leader is Bryan and not his far more physically imposing and wise father.
Jun 13, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Ep 261 – Environment Shapes Behavior: Talking Jacques Fresco With Andrew Hunt
Andrew Hunt and I first got to know each other a decade ago doing stand up in Los Angeles. During the intervening decade, we both learned how to learn and how environment shapes behavior but in entirely different ways. Regular listeners to Mixed Mental Arts know my story all too well. Andrew's though is more interesting. Andrew grew up in Los Angeles and was diagnosed with numerous learning disorders. Like a lot of kids I've worked with, rather than empowering him, school left him feeling disemp...
Jun 10, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Ep 260 - Chris Ryan: Uncle Chris Took Me in His Van and I Liked It
At this point, Chris Ryan probably doesn't need any introduction but why not give him one anyway. He's the author of Sex at Dawn and one day he'll be able to call himself the author of Civilized to Death. In the meantime, he hosts the superb podcast Tangentially Speaking which Mixed Mental Arts' own Isaiah Gooley probably loves more than Mixed Mental Arts. That's how good it is. This summer Chris will be traveling the US in his van. He took me inside it. It was amazing! [mbm_book_grid id='6901']...
May 24, 2017•2 hr 6 min
Ep 259 - Walid Darab: They will recite the Quran but it will not go beyond their throats.
Walid Darab is the host of the Greed for Ilm podcast. Bored and in traffic, he looked around for podcasts for Muslim-Americans and found they were either all SUPER religious or in foreign languages. So, he decided to start one for everyday Muslim-Americans who were curious about a lot of things. And thus was the Greed for Ilm podcast born. What is ilm? Ilm is the Arabic word for knowledge. And Walid is greedy for ilm. So, it's only natural that he should have found his way to Mixed Mental Arts, ...
May 23, 2017•2 hr 6 min
Ep 258 - Meet Your Fellow Mixed Mental Artists: Isaiah Gooley
Isaiah Gooley is an analyst, musician, and writer. He's been all over the place, and is still trying to learn as much as he can along the way. Check out his music at greatghouls.com , greatghouls.bandcamp.com ,or soundcloud.com/isaiah-gooley . He'll be sharing some of his favorite chengyu (or Chinese rules of thumb) to help up your mental game!
May 19, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Ep 257 - Knowledge Bomb: The Art of Losing
Christopher Leon Price (aka Big Papa Werewolf) teaches kids The Art of Losing through chess. He learned it in large part from Megaman 2. In addition, he heads up Team Werewolf (the audio team at Mixed Mental Arts) and takes the messes Hunter hands him and mixes them as best he can. Fortunately, Hunter is a master at The Art of Losing and is perfectly happy to learn from his mistakes one screw up at a time. Slowly but surely, Big Papa Werewolf is teaching Toto how to record better audio. You can ...
May 18, 2017•8 min
Ep 256 - What is Science?
One of the more interesting things to come out of the last few months in my own personal Mixed Mental Arts experience has been hearing more from all of you how these ideas resonate with all of you. In particular, I appreciated a conversation with Matty (@Matt_Maurer on Twitter) about how he appreciated that history could be seen as one long progression. Humanity has always been trying to solve very much the same problems. It is just that over time we have been able to see further because we have...
May 16, 2017•2 hr 28 min
Ep 255 - Knowledge Bomb: Negativity Bias
As you navigate the #Jobocalypse, one of the most important skills to learn is how to be innovative. Fortunately, in that regard, we are incredibly lucky to have Adam Hansen as a sensei in the dojo. He's literally an innovation expert at a company that is all about helping companies innovate called Ideas To Go . How cool is that?!? Even cooler, he's using his innovation expertise to help evolve the Mixed Mental Arts project forward. [mbm_book_grid id="6552"] You may remember Adam's voice from th...
May 15, 2017•4 min
Ep 254 - Chengyu: Heaven is High and The Emperor is Far Away
Isaiah Gooley is an analyst, musician, and writer. He's been all over the place, and is still trying to learn as much as he can along the way. Check out his music at greatghouls.com , greatghouls.bandcamp.com ,or soundcloud.com/isaiah-gooley . You can read the original post at the Mixed Mental Arts site . There are lots of great people out there like Isaiah who have stepped forward to volunteer whatever they have to offer to help evolve Mixed Mental Arts and move these ideas. You can share make ...
May 12, 2017•3 min
Ep 253 - Why Doesn't Western Medicine Turn Us On?
One of the biggest questions I get when I tell people about atomistic and holistic biases is whether this affects Western medicine. Well, yes. It actually does. And secretly behind the scenes for quite some time now, I've been familiarizing myself with a series of medical innovations that quite simply haven't diffused. Why? Because they don't fit within Western medicine's cultural biases. WHAT?!? Are you saying you know more about medicine than doctors?!? Who in the heck are you? Exactly. Even s...
May 10, 2017•1 hr 13 min
Ep 252 - The Emperor Tries to Keep His Clothes On as He Talks About Sexism
Bryan Callen cares about his people. Oh, sure. Heaven may be high and the Emperor may be far away. But this Emperor is always listening. And so, when Emperor Callen heard that the people of the #Callenphate felt we didn't have enough diversity at court, he decided to hold audience and to hear the concerns of his people. And so, with our continued commitment to open all the cans of worms and talk about all the elephants in the room, we had the first of many conversations about sexism. The fact th...
May 09, 2017•1 hr 27 min
Ep 251 - Navigating the #Jobocalypse with Jon Aguilar: What Kind of Smith Are You?
After Bryan and I did our episode on the #Jobocalypse, someone rightly commented on the Mixed Mental Arts subreddit that this was all great but what practically do I do? Well, this episode is a practical response to that. Mixed Mental Arts is not just about identifying problems but empowering you to solve them for yourselves. Part of that is going to be teaching you how to learn, unlearn and relearn. That's something the Mixed Mental Arts community will be doing taking everything that's in The S...
May 04, 2017•1 hr 37 min
Ep 250 - Life of Bryan
If you follow #MixedMentalArts on Instagram, then you know that Bryan Callen has been reading about Jesus. Unfortunately for Bryan, his first attempts at Bryan's Book Club have succeeded in doing one thing and one thing only: putting Bryan to sleep. And then, Bryan tried pontificating about these ideas to young men and women in their 20s...and they were more interested in the Tequila. It turns out that missionary work is hard work. Fortunately, Bryan Callen has been reading about Jesus. Specific...
May 01, 2017•56 min
Ep 249 - #KnowledgeBomb: The Growth Mindset In Three Minutes
Cate Fogarty is the Callenphate's Chief Artillery Officer and has been making pretty amazing knowledge bombs for MixedMentalArts.co . If you want to help Cate in her work as The Callenphate's Chief Artillery Officer, you can contact her on Twitter at @cateclysmic or find her in the Mixed Mental Arts Facebook group . You too can make #knowledgebombs! In this #knowledgebomb, she covers The Growth Mindset. You can read the original article at http://mixedmentalarts.co/growthmindset/ As always, all ...
Apr 28, 2017•4 min
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