Brian and Molly discuss the COVID-19 response, the rise in drug overdoses—as well as homicides and suicides in Kentucky—during the COVID-19 lockdowns. They also talk about the harm done to society by dividing people along party or racial lines, the importance of speaking the truth even when it is unpopular, and much more.

Jerry Teixeira is the founder of Body Weight Strength—a website and YouTube channel that teaches people to “build real strength and muscle mass with little to no equipment.” Jerry talks about his upbringing and the factors in his life that contributed to making him the person he is with the values he has today.

Eranda Wickramasinghe is a man with an amazing and inspiring weight loss journey. He is also a man of faith. Though he is a Buddhist, he is also a regular attendee of Christian services because of his deep respect for the wisdom of various faiths.

Brandy Parker-McFadden is a wife, mother, patient advocate, executive director/founder of My Epilepsy Story and a woman living with epilepsy. Her passion is to advocate for patient-centered care as well as patient-centered research.

Dr. Kevin Gendreau talks about eating clean, the mental health benefits of ditching processed junk food, the importance of satiety as a factor for success on your diet, the process of recovering from sugar and carb addiction, and why stress is a major component of weight gain.

Dr. Ben Bocchicchio is a living legend in the fitness and nutrition world. Ben tells how he discovered and got started in sports, fitness, and nutrition. He also shares some important life lessons he learned from his father and others over the course of his life.

Sometimes loving your neighbor is truly life’s best medicine. In this episode, Dr. Brian Lenzkes shares stories of some of the moments in his life when he found this to be true.

Charles Solorio discusses how people can understand their lives and the lives of others as stories. He explains how bias can distort the stories we tell ourselves about others, the components that make up a great story, and the importance of trying to see the objective story of life rather than living in one’s own narrow perspective.

Brian and Ivor talk about the rationale behind the COVID lockdowns, whether the lockdowns were effective, the inaccuracy of the predicted mortality rates for states and countries that did not lock down, and the importance of valuing intellectual integrity and truth higher than public approval

Dr. Joan Ifland, PhD, MBA, is a food addiction specialist—she literally wrote the textbook on Processed Food Addiction—and is widely considered to be the leading expert on the subject worldwide.