The Salumist Podcast

924: Cancel Culture + A World Without News

In this Episode, I'm joined by my friends JP Mann of Hefty Lefty Clubworks and Russell Siemer and we have a discussion about the "cancel culture" and its impact on society.  We then switch gears and try to imagine a world without news and social media to see if life is as good or as bad as our news networks and social circles claim.  

Nine Hundred and Twenty-Five: Righteousness Porn and Surrogation Bias

In the first part of this episode, we discuss the now-viral hug between Amber Guyger and Botham Jean's brother and our opinion on the optics of the whole situation.  We also discuss the idea of weaponized forgiveness and the "righteousness porn" that many folks seem to be addicted to when things like this happen.

In the second part, we talk about the idea of surrogation bias in society and how many of us tend to borrow or take on the experiences and ideas of others instead of developing ideas, experiences, and opinions of our own on things.  

Nine Hundred and Twenty-Six: Into Chaos : A Plea for Hedonism

What started off as an attempt at learning our stories ended up in a discussion about...a lot of things.  Our guest, Jorge Mauricio, who is one half of the Locally Yours Podcast team, joined us to talk about his plea for a life of unrestricted pleasure in an age where many of us are merely living as characters. It's an open, honest, and humorous discussion that we were truthfully on the fence about releasing but we're doing it! Enjoy!

Nine Hundred and Twenty-Seven: Honor your trauma (Self Care Part 3)

For many of us, putting an emphasis on self-care in a meaningful way is difficult especially in the wake of a negative or traumatic event.  In this episode, we are joined by our good friend Rachel to discuss the importance of prioritizing yourself especially after such an event.  We also discuss the similarities and differences in self-care between women and men, and we also talk about how recognizing your needs is a key towards self-improvement.

Nine Hundred and Twenty-Eight: Finding Your Medicine

Episode 2 of our National Self-Care Awareness Month series!

Inside of us is a special "medicine cabinet" and in that medicine cabinet lies all of the things that we need to get through tough situations or to just maintain balance or happiness.  We are joined by Dr. Lacretia Dye, Professor at Western Kentucky University and she helps us better understand this topic.  We talk about listening to your body and the importance of simplifying things and taking time to breathe to gain more understanding of what is or isn't happening around you.  

 

Nine Hundred and Twenty-Nine: Why men are bad at self-care

National Self-Care Awareness Month Part 1:

For many men, practicing self-care is a lot harder than it seems.  In this episode, Kalu and Brandon give reasons why men might be bad at taking care of themselves positively and then they provide a few possible ways to be able to accomplish that.

Nine Hundred and Thirty: The ROI of Kindness

What does it mean to be kind?  Does kindness truly pay off? In a world full of chaos, why does one choose kindness over anything else? In this episode, we are joined by Nick Atkins, fitness junkie, business owner, and one of the kindest people I've ever met and we put kindness and empathy through the grinder and hopefully make something you enjoy.

Making Sausage: FYFT (Find Your F*cking Thing) Pt 2 - Hefty Lefty Club Works

Have you found your thing?  That thing that motivates you, challenges you, and brings you to life? Have you found that which that gives you purpose?  In this episode I make sausage with the owner of Hefty Lefty Club Works and previous podcast guest, JP Mann and we have an open and honest conversation about finding your f*cking thing.

Nine Hundred and Thirty-One: Monstrum Intus (The Monster Inside)

With the recent death of David Koch, the celebrations on social media have us wondering what is inside of humans that explains our deep-seeded desire for death, brutality, violence etc.  Why is it that they say that humans love a good train wreck? Are humans inherently good, evil, or simply self-preserving and are any of these assumptions bad? 

In this episode, we try to make sense humanity's interest in destruction, death, and the fall of other people (especially if we don't like them). 

 

Nine Hundred and Thirty-Two: The Fruits of our Labor

It's expected that as we accomplish more in life, more positive habits, thoughts, opportunities, and relationships sprout from the work we put in.  For many of us, we realize that to sustain the growth and development, we need to prune some of the growth so we can stay focused and grow properly.  This episode goes over the types of pruning that many of us do in our lives to stay the course.