Free Talk Cast

020 - Saving the World One Panic Attack at a Time

What do you do when the world is coming to an end? Well, there's only one thing to do:
Panic.
And keep panicking. Don't stop until everything is better.

019 - Radical Responsibility

Controlling your emotions. Owning the self. Managing one's reactions, and therefore one's destiny. These things aren't easy. Sometimes we want to be angry, we want to be scared, we want to be upset. How can we combat these paradoxical desires and live rationally and responsibly, choosing forgiveness and love while owning our actions and behavior? This week, Aria and Nikki sit down to discuss these complex issues.

018 - Free Ian Now

Aria & Nikki talk about the newly launched freeiannow.org, Ian's status in federal prison, and Ian's upcoming lengthy appeal process. Ian's facility is currently under lockdown, and inmates have no access to phones, email, or even visits.

017 - Fluoridated Water

A Federal Court has ordered the EPA to do something about the dangerous levels of fluoride that Americans are being exposed to. Aria and Nikki dig into the topic, the benefits of fluoridated water, and the hoped-for end to an experiment on the population.

016 - Crypto Shit Show

Sorry for the huge delay! I've been getting murdered at work, but weekly episodes return this week, and we've already got another one recorded and ready to go! I lost the audio for this episode for a while, which turned out to be because I recorded it on the studio PC at Ian's studio, hence there being no trace of it on my own studio pc. Oh well. I wasn't too upset, because the quality is... not great. They were using webcams. I tried.

015 - Smartphone Dopamine

Aria & Nikki discuss widespread addiction to smartphones, the anxiety they are causing, and the possibility of just leaving one's phone at home.

014 - Online Privacy

Aria and Nikki talk about the difficulties and futility of trying to protect your data online.

013 - Liberty in our Lifetime

Aria DiMezzo and Mark Edge talk about the state of politics in New Hampshire, running for office, the various ways that one can have liberty, and the many projects going on around the world right now to help people achieve the liberty they seek.

012 - End the Drug War & Save Lives

Aria and Nikki sit down to talk about the death of Jaime Diaz at Aria's former prison (and Ian's current prison), the importance of ending the drug war, and the importance of providing people with a safe means to do things that you may not necessarily want them to do. Teaching people "stop, drop, and roll" doesn't encourage them to catch on fire, teaching people to use condoms doesn't encourage them to have sex, and providing people with fentanyl test strips isn't going to turn them into heroin users.

011 - Gaining From Negative Experiences

Aria sits down to reflect on her time in federal prison, now that she's looking at all the letters she wrote her best friend while there, and then gets into turning negative experiences into positive ones. You aren't a victim until you choose to be; being a victim is a choice. You have the power to be the beneficiary, if you so choose.