Jason Hartman talks with Robert Amsterdam, partner at Amsterdam & Partners, about his law career and what Robert sees as some of the biggest issues with the perceptions of America around the world. Robert has worked for many nations during his career, including Turkey and Russia.

The two touch on America's need to get out of other country's business, the US legal system's status as a "4th world", and the changing culture of law throughout Robert's career.

Key Takeaways:

[2:35] Robert's education on the deterioration of ethics

[5:20] Eventually the US needs to let people in other countries decide for themselves how they want to run their country

[7:53] Robert's dealings with Russia

[12:45] Is this just a bunch of unintended consequences?

[16:42] What does it mean that we've criminalized our foreign policy?

[18:37] One immediate move that would help lighten the amount of laws we have in the system

[19:57] The US legal system has made Robert call the US a "4th World"

[23:18] What changes has Robert seen in the legal profession during his career

Website:

www.AmsterdamAndPartners.com

www.EmpireOfDeceit.com

Direct download: HS_381_Robert_Amsterdam.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 110, published in October 2012.

Throughout our life, we often experience “aha” moments of truth and clarity, but why don’t those moments of clarity last? In this 10th show, Jason Hartman’s guest, Elisha Goldstein, PhD, author of The Now Effect: How a Mindful Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life, explored the reasons and asked the question, “What if an awareness of that space, that moment, could change the rest of your life?” Elisha explains that what we practice and repeat becomes habit. Our brain is wired to routine and to the negative. By becoming aware of automatic thoughts and processes, we can stop them and make different choices. The space in which this awareness happens, Elisha refers to as “choice points.” Practicing and repeating new and positive choices, such as compassion and kindness, creates new habits of thinking. Elisha elaborates on how this process works in the brain. He also discusses intuition and provides some basic practices to help rewire our brains to make our intuition more reliable, to make better choices, and how to become grounded in the here and now and learning to recognize the good in any given moment. For more details, listen at: www.HolisticSurvival.com.

Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D. is in private practice in West Los Angeles and is author of the book The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and co-author of A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn. He synthesizes the pearls of traditional psychotherapy with a progressive integration of mindfulness to achieve mental and emotional healing. He contends that we have the power to transform our traumas and habitual patterns that keep us stuck in perpetual cycles of stress, anxiety, depression, or addiction and step into greater freedom and peace. He offers practical strategies to calm our anxious minds, transform negative emotions, and facilitate greater self-acceptance, freedom and inner peace

Dr. Goldstein, who comes from a family of psychologists, advocates that mental health comes from an approach that looks at all aspects of the self – physical, mental, emotional and even spiritual. As a licensed Psychologist, he teaches mindfulness-based programs in his own practice and through InsightLA. He has spoken at the UCLA Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Conference headlining Thich Nhat Hanh, Daniel Siegel, and Jack Kornfield, The NICABM Conference, Psychotherapy Networker, FACES Conferences, UCLA Semel Institute and Anxiety Disorder Clinic, the University of Washington with Dr. Alan Marlatt, and often hosts daylong courses atUCLA Extension. He is author of the popular Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Blog on Psychcentral.com and writes for the Huffington Post, Mindful.org and Mentalhelp.net. He has designed the 12-week Mindfulness at Work™ program that is currently being conducted in many mulinational corporations and has been published in The Journal of Clinical Psychologyand quoted in the New York Daily News, Reuters, NPR, UCLA Today, Examiner.com,Beliefnet.com, Body & Soul, The Week Magazine, among others. In addition to his books, he has created popular CDs and MP3 albums including Mindful Solutions for Stress, Anxiety and Depression, Mindful Solutions for Addiction and Relapse Prevention, Mindful Solutions for Success and Stress Reduction at Work, and Mindful Solutions for Adults with ADD/ADHD.

Website:

www.ElishaGoldstein.com

The Now Effect: How a Mindful Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life

Direct download: HS_380_FBF_Elisha_Goldstein.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:00pm EDT

Jason Hartman talks with Dr. Dino, Kent Hovind, who was arrested and sentenced to prison for what he believes was teaching creationism. Kent is a "young earther" who teaches the earth only being around 6,000 years old. While he was beign arrested he heard the police referring to one of his DVDs. Afterward his charges were for "structuring" which is normally used to catch drug dealers.

Listen in as Jason and Kent discuss Kent's case, as well as how the government continues to overstep their bounds.

Key Takeaways:

[2:30] Kent's experience with the prison industrial complex

[7:57] The justice system is just a giant corporation

[11:35] Our liberties are being eroded slowly left and right, and it could happen to you at any time

[13:52] You have to be careful when the government starts moving toward being the all powerful being

[17:10] Why Kent thinks he was targeted

[20:48] We can't hope to regulate every single way that people can kill other people

[24:02] It's important to know what your opponents end goal is

[28:43] Algorithms like Facebook and Google's should be made public so we know why we are and are not seeing things

Website:

www.DrDino.com

Direct download: HS_379_Kent_Hovind.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:17am EDT

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 123, from January 2013.

It’s a fact – many people suffer a mid-life crisis between the ages of 40 and 60. It is a transition period during which one realizes their life may be half over and they reflect on their accomplishments in life, their regrets, and what they would still like to do. Jason Hartman interviews author, Michael Cosgrove, who endured what he called a three-quarter life crisis at the age of 60 that led to his book, Imperfect Passage. Michael had a great life that he had worked hard to achieve – a beautiful family, a successful career, and a lovely home in southern California with views of the Pacific Ocean. But Michael was not taking to the idea of old age well. He wanted to establish a legacy for his family and decided to “shake things up” by embarking on a long and dangerous adventure to attempt to sail around the world.

Michael was not prepared for the rigors of such an adventure and suffered many hardships and mental and emotional stress, including a dangerous crew member with a personality disorder. Michael talks about the biggest surprise that came from this attempt, the psychological impact. On the ocean, he noted, you lose all of your control, which required him to adapt to the environmental conditions and get a grip on his attitude.  As Michael says, “You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails.” Another lesson he learned was to recognize the difference between a temporary inconvenience and a real problem. Listen at:  www.HolisticSurvival.com for more about Michael’s rough voyage that ultimately led to some of the best lessons about life. Michael Cosgrove earned his BS from Michigan State University and his Masters in psychology from Western Michigan University. He has been a teacher, a coach, a psychologist (MA), a model and an actor. For the past 32 years, he has been masquerading as an insurance agent. The writing process for his book was an emotional experience for him because he has always battled debilitating Dyslexia. First, he hears the words in his head, then feels them in his heart, and they come out of his fingertips onto the keys of his computer. His hope is that his message in Imperfect Passage will add value to the lives of his readers. He realized it’s not about him, or the book, but what he can offer the audience as a result of his experience. He hopes the readers will find meaning in the power of success, as well as the lessons of defeat.

Website:

Imperfect Passage: A Sailing Story of Vision, Terror, and Redemption

Direct download: HS_378_FBF_Michael_Cosgrove.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:23am EDT

Jason Hartman talks with Congressman Dr. Paul Broun about what's going on in Washington in regards to policy and the constitutionality of it all. This was recorded prior to the GOP Tax Reform bill passing, but Dr. Broun is a proponent of a tax system that's more in line with a flat tax.

The two discuss the irrational belief people have that the marketplace won't react to actions the government takes, as well as why the corporate tax rate needs to be reduced (and who that ultimately helps). They also discuss how to make change actually happen, and whether getting rid of the federal income tax is feasible and if it'd be harmful for the economy on the whole.

Key Takeaways:

[2:52] The major principle of most politicians is re-election

[6:10] It's unrealistic to think that people are going to stop voting for things that are in their immediate best interest

[13:05] Many people seem to not think about the fact that the marketplace reacts

[17:00] Corporations don't actually pay the corporate tax, it's the consumer who bears the weight

[22:36] Making change happen is very hard, everything has been going to the left for at least 50 years. Paul wants to get rid of a lot of federal departments

[26:05] Would getting rid of the federal income tax and moving to a sales tax harm the overall US economy?

Website:

www.PaulBroun.com

Direct download: HS_377_Paul_Broun.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:20pm EDT

Today's Flash Back Friday comes from Episode 102, from August 2012.

Jason Hartman interviews returning guest, Devin Foley on the subject of environment versus ecology and the ideology versus reality behind the environmental movement. The term “environmentalism” is a popular word today with a broad meaning. There are many components to environmentalism, such as conservation, ecology, human impact on nature, and maybe lesser known, a philosophical/spiritual component. Devin and Jason talk about the impact large corporations have on the environment, how competition from the little guys cleaning up their waste have pushed corporations to take care of their own pollutants, lack of enforcement of regulations by the government, and the top-down, often selective, bureaucratic management of the EPA. Devin points out that our air is much cleaner today than it would have been in the 1800s and earlier, when nearly every household was burning wood, and later coal, to heat and cook. Advanced technology today has changed things for the better, even though there is still a high level of concern. Jason and Devin also talk about the philosophy of deep ecology and extreme environmentalists that consider humans to be the problem and what these groups are really implying.

Devin is co-founder and president of Intellectual Takeout. In his role, he oversees content development and marketing, works with academics and experts to assure quality, and publicly promotes the site. Prior to co-founding Intellectual Takeout, Devin served as the Director of Development at the Center of the American Experiment, a state-based think tank in Minnesota, where he was responsible for meeting a $1 million annual budget. He has roughly eight years of fundraising and policy experience working for candidates and non-profit organizations. Additionally, he has been on 100.3 KTLK as well as Talk of the Nation on NPR and was named a 2011 Young Leader by the American Swiss Foundation. Devin studied history and political science at Hillsdale College in Michigan. There he met his lovely wife; together they have three kids and live in Stillwater, Minnesota. Devin enjoys fast cars, long drives, great books, old planes, and nearly everything life throws his way.

Website:

www.IntellectualTakeout.org

Direct download: HS_376_FBF_Devin_Foley.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:00am EDT

Jason Hartman talks with John Ziegler, conservative columnist, investigative reporter, commentator and documentary filmmaker. Today the two are discussing fake news, and how it's being used by politicians by Trump but also news outlets in general.

The two also discuss the liberal nature of media in general, the ESPN scandal, how Trump was elected, and what impact that's had on the Republican party.

Key Takeaways:

[2:33] Why the fake news concept has taken off

[5:00] The mainstream media might be the most targeted for "fake news", but Twitter/Facebook/Google might be the biggest threat to free speech & real news

[9:48] What went on in the ESPN scandal

[13:09] The #1 thing every person should understand about the media

[15:30] Trump could only happen because everyone was scared of losing their job at Fox News, so they jumped on the bandwagon

[18:20] Trump has fractured the Republican party, and whether Trump will turn Democrat in the 2nd half of his term

[21:12] The economy hasn't had a pullback in a long time, which is unprecedented, but many anecdotal tells are suggesting people have more disposable income than you'd think

Website:

www.FreeSpeechBroadcasting.com

www.Mediaite.com

@ZigmandFreud

"Political correctness and liberalism are basically close cousins"

"Wherever the money flows easily, you have the luxury of being a leftist"

"We sold our soul for a couple of magic beans and we didn't even get a wall out of the deal"

Direct download: HS_375_John_Ziegler.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 3:01pm EDT

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