Uncensored Humanity

Our guests today are two of my Jiu Jitsu teammates Faith Lloyd and Maddie Miller. Faith and Maddie came to me with an idea for a podcast. With some encouragement, and some reluctance, they both agreed to be the people to come on the show and discuss this very tough topic. Today we talked about how training Brazilian Jiu Jitsu can help people deal with trauma in their lives. Obviously this is just one activity that can help someone deal with trauma most people deal with on a normal basis; but we all believe that it's a great option.   Both Faith and Maddie have been training at True Art Jiu Jitsu for around a year. They have taken to Jiu Jitsu like fish to water and really seem to enjoy their time at the gym. With both of their past experiences I would imagine that training at the gym has been very difficult at times. I appreciate them both coming on the show and talking about this incredibly tough topic. I'm so proud of them both for their bravery and I am proud to be their teammate.   If you want to cont

Our guest today is Ryan Carlson. Ryan has been the tech support for this podcast since before I even committed to do it. He has been a huge support in many different ways for the show. He helped me pick out my laptop, set up my equipment and even find where to upload and host the podcast itself.   On today's episode Ryan and I discussed the options to allow the listeners of the podcast to get more involved going forward. I don't want the discourse to be negative like it tends to get online. But we definitely needed a way to allow all of our listeners to have some sort of input for the show. We talked about the positives and negatives associated with the different types of social media's and other types of ways that listeners can engage with the podcasts they are listening to. We also talked about how to get more listeners from a social media presence. That's definitely something that I need to work on as I just don't do anything with social media at this time. Of course we couldn't have a podcast with Ryan

Today we have back with us our friend Agent Tom. We got started talking about the Covid restrictions as they are being lifted here in Ohio. We then started talking about Tom's weight loss journey and seeing where he is at along that path. Of course we couldn't have a podcast with Agent Tom without talking about firearms training. During that part of the podcast I asked the dumb question about the recent obsession with the John Wick movies. There are a bunch of things that the movies get right about firearms, such as reloads. But I personally think that too much clout is given to the movies as real life tactics. Tom breaks that down for us.   Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career in a job t

On today's episode we have the normal crew with us, Andrew Hoffman, Jake Bible and Todd Gienger. Todd has recently had a big health scare and wanted to come on the show and talk about it. Todd recently had to go to the emergency room due to chest pains. They originally didn't find anything wrong and luckily the pain went away after a couple days in the hospital. After he was released from the hospital they wanted to schedule some tests to make sure everything was okay. After those tests they found a 90% blockage of a main artery to his heart. If they had not found this blockage at this point it's safe to assume that it would have soon been 100% blocked and Todd would have had a major heart attack and probably would have died.   After this major health scare Todd has worked with his health care providers to get this problem in order. He's also working with a mental health specialist and a nutritionist. He has lost almost 40 pounds in the past 4 months. Todd wants everyone to know the importance of regular he

Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, the news, current events, etc.   On today's episode we weren't sure what to talk about honestly. We both have taken a bit of a sabbatical from the news and social media. We started off a little slow but then got into the Covid restrictions being lifted, and that's when things started to heat up. We both have very different opinions on the restrictions and things definitely got heated. We also talked about the new preschool program being suggested by the current presidential administration. Which lead us into some interesting ideas about the schooling system as a whole and relationships. We ended the podcast talking about religion and the afterlife. This is definit

We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have two of the upper belts from the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. We didn't have a specific topic we wanted to cover today. We decided to start with how frustrated I am in Jiu Jitsu right now as I've been in a slump for the last few months and just see where the conversation goes. We never got to another topic. They had plenty of good advice on how to work through a slump in Jiu Jitsu that hopefully will apply to other things as well. I really believe that most of my troubles have been mental. I'm looking forward to listening to this podcast again to help me get through this current slump I'm in. Hopefully some of their advice can help others out too. Enjoy.   Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0 in the Fight to Win series competition. You can find Ben on Instagram @4_stripes_away.   Devon has been training Jiu Jitsu for 9-10 year

Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We believe that the ability to talk about these tough topics is seriously lacking in today's society, as people seem to get offended too easily.   On today's episode we talked about the Daunte Wright shooting near Minneapolis. This took place while the trial for the George Floyd was going on nearby. Obviously tensions were already high due to the trial, but after the shooting of Daunte Wright the area erupted with protests of police brutality. We talked quite a bit about the shooting and what could have been done differently. But more importantly we talked about the police reform that we believe needs to happen so we can move forward without these types of unnecessary eve

We have back with us today Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We talked about some new firearm classes that they have going on at Instruments of Freedom as well as some current events. But we mostly talked training and shooting. For the guys saying they didn't have much to talk about we certainly talked for a long time. But that seems to be how we roll here on the podcast. Please enjoy.   Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career in a job that was different from what he was supposed to be doing. But that allowed him to get some more experience than he would have otherwise. After his time in the military he ended up in Dallas Texas on the Police departm

We have back with us today the True Art Jiu Jitsu boyos. We have my coach Shannon White and two of the upper belts at the gym Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Today I wanted to talk to them about competition. I have been missing competition and didn't realize how much until the past few months. I have been looking forward to this conversation for some time now, and it did not disappoint.   Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0 in the Fight to Win series competition. You can find Ben on Instagram @4_stripes_away.   Devon has been training Jiu Jitsu for 9-10 years now and is currently a purple belt. He has competed in the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and a Fight to Win series competition... But we won't discuss his record in those events at this time, lol. Perhaps we can get him to elaborate in a future podcast. You can find Devon on Instagram @Devon_Kelleher.   Shannon is the head instructor of BJJ at

My guest today is Dane Lee of Elite Recovery Sports Massage and he is what I would call a recovery specialist. Dane is a certified Exercise Physiologist through ACSM and a licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Ohio through Stark State College. Dane has a Bachelors of Science degree from Kent State University in Exercise Science with emphasis on exercise specialist. Dane has experience in massage and experience as a strength coach and as a gymnastic coach.   Today Dane and I got into all kinds of topics. Dane recently started a podcast with a business associate of his Justin Oliver. They talk about lifting and training mostly. His podcast is called Prepare to Win and you can find it wherever you download podcasts. We talked about Dane getting his podcast up and running. We of course had to talk some recovery as well. But later in the episode we somehow got into talking about religion and spirituality. We definitely had a great conversation. Hopefully you all enjoy it as much as I know we did.   Dane s

Today we have back with us Jake Bible and Bryan Carpenter. Bryan wanted to come back on the show and give an update as to what's been going on in his life. The 2020 corona virus shutdowns greatly affected his life in many ways. Most of what he was doing with his book was completely shut down. Bryan had to come up with new things to invest his time in to keep him from going stir crazy locked inside his house.   Bryan is a former active duty Marine who got blown up by an I.E.D in 2006. All that he wanted in his life was to join the US Military. Bryan had plenty of trouble before he was finally able to join the Military and unfortunately has had even more trouble after due to his accident while serving our country.   Bryan has also written a book, The Never-Ending Battle After Iraq – A Marine's Road To Recovery, telling his story. You can find that on Amazon as an E-book. You can also get in touch with him on his author's page on Facebook. Or you can look him up on Instagram @BCarpenter6606.   Jake is one

Today we have a special treat for you. My brother Andrew Hoffman wanted to come on the show and talk about the current state of our culture. We are going to call this segment Culture Clash: Searching for Truth in a Fractured Society. The whole premise will be to talk about things going on currently in our society. Whether it being on social media, the news, current events, etc.   Andrew is a regular guest on the show and I can't tell you how excited I am to talk about these controversial topics with him. These are the types of conversations I look forward to having, both on and off the podcast. Society tells us today that we aren't allowed to talk about these types of topics. But these are the kinds of conversations that need to happen in a safe environment where people can be honest with how they feel about things without fear of ridicule from others. That is what we will do our best to do on this segment of the podcast.   Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother.

On today's episode we have my friend Gerard Prepetit. Gerard and I always have great conversations and I was very excited to have him on the podcast. Gerard wanted to talk about something very near and dear to his heart today. He personally believes that kids today need to have more struggle in their lives to help them become better members of society. I couldn't agree more! In our personal opinions parents today try to keep their kids from struggling at all. Obviously we all want our kids to have things better than what we did growing up. But kids still need to struggle through things in life if we expect them to have realistic ideas of what life will be like when they grow up. Gerard was a natural and I think we can definitely expect him to be on more episodes in the future.   Gerard is a first generation American. His parents are originally from Haiti. With parents who grew up in a different country Gerard has a very different perspective than most people who were born in the USA. Gerard is a project man

On today's episode we have two of our favorite guests with us, Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. Jake had an apology to make to us all after being wrong about who was going to win the 2020 presidential election. We talked a little bit about politics, but not too much. We also talked about some new years resolutions. It was a good time to just hang out with the boys over some whiskey.   Andrew is one of my closet friends. I consider him a brother from another mother. Andrew is always excited to record podcasts and he is one of the funniest people I know. He always has some great issues to bring up on the show that makes for great conversation. He has helped to make the show what it is today, both on a off air. He will definitely be on the show for a long time to come.   Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments o

We have back with us today after a bit of a layoff Ethan Frontz of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We wanted to do a 2020 recap show. There were obviously a ton of things to talk about from the previous year of 2020. We had a great conversation and we defiantly got a little long winded about certain topics. It's been a while since Ethan could join us as he's been super busy with work and his home life. It was great to have him back on the show and to hear his point of view. I'm referring to 2020 as a dumpster fire to quote Andy Stumpf of the Cleared Hot Podcast. I'm definitely ready to get into 2021 and put this crazy year behind us.   Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over

We have back with us today my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor Shannon White. Coach also brought along two of my teammates Ben Sina and Devon Kelleher. Ben and Devon (but mostly Ben) have been bugging me for months asking when they could come on the podcast. Today was that day. We got to know a little about Ben and Devon as to how they got into Jiu Jitsu. We also got into some funny stories, as it seems Devon doesn't like to turn down any challenge. Unfortunately for him the challenges don't seem to go his way very often. Ben and Devon both have taken me under their wings and they are the main people that I roll with in class and they are both usually the first person I ask questions to. They have helped me personally grow a ton in the last year of my training. They are both great representations of what coach expects from his upper belts at True Art Jiu Jitsu. Ben has been training Jiu Jitsu for 12 years and is currently a brown belt. He placed second (2nd) at the 2018 Chicago IBJJF Open and is currently 1-0

On today's episode we wanted to talk about the results of the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. There has definitely been a ton of very strong opinions on both sides of the aisle for both candidates. The country seemed more divided than ever about this election. We shall see if people can put aside their issues and come together in the coming months ahead as now the election is over. There were record numbers so obviously the country turned out in strength to vote in what seems to be the most important election of my lifetime. I personally have faith that we will come together as a nation again and start to move forward, but only time will tell.   Ben West was our first guest on the American Honesty segment. He was a great guest and had a very different perspective than the three of us. We were excited to have him back on the show.   Both Andrew and Jake have been on the show multiple times separately. If you want to hear more about them, please check out their individual epis

We have back with us today Jeff Wilson of Instruments of Freedom – Tactical Weapons Training Group as well as our good friend Agent Tom. We didn't have a specific topic coming into the podcast today like we normally do. But we got into some really good topics. Of course we talked a little bit about training as that's a huge part of what Jeff and Tom do. We also talked about the current environment with all the riots, protests, restrictions due to Covid 19. Like always we were not short on things to talk about and our opinions about those topics. We always have a blast recording. Hopefully you enjoy listening as much as we did recording the podcast.   Agent Tom is a federal agent. Although he is unable to talk about most of his work for the man, he is able to talk in generalities of some of the things he has done as an agent. Tom joined the Army right after high school. He was deployed over seas shortly after boot camp and spent most of his military career over seas. He spent a bunch of his military career i

Welcome to a special segment of the Uncensored Humanity Podcast we like to call American Honesty. During these shows I will have two co-hosts; Andrew Hoffman and Jake Bible. On the American Honesty segment we like to discuss topics that society has deemed inappropriate. Our goal is to just get our opinions out in the open for a discussion. We believe that the ability to talk about these tough topics is seriously lacking in today's society, as people seem to get offended too easily.   Today Todd Gienger is joining us and unfortunately Andrew was unable to make it. Today we wanted to discuss the 2020 Presidential Election. I know that this is a very polarizing topic and hopefully we won't lose too many of you along the way. I really feel like these are the topics we should all be discussing and not running away from. These are the topics that mean the most to us as Americans. I personally think that the election will be a very close one. I'm not sure who will win. It will all come down to the swing vote like

On today's episode we have Officer Brett. Officer Brett is a friend of Jake Bible and we both wanted him to come on the show and talk about the things he's currently seeing as an active duty police officer. He has some very interesting things to say and I feel like there is plenty more to talk about in future episodes.   Officer Brett was in the Army as a Artillery specialist. He served in Iraq in his time in the Army. He has been a police officer for 6 years now with the last year being a SWAT Officer.   Jake is one of our regular guests on the podcast as he loves to have these interesting discussions with anyone. Jake is very much involved in local leadership with Medina Leadership. He is one of my co-hosts for the American Honesty segments on the show. He's always wanting to bring people on the podcast so they can share their opinion about the controversial topics we all like to cover.   Jake has been on all the American Honesty segments and a few other individual episodes. If you want to hear more f