A weekly podcast where we cover flashpoints in history that help to give context to our current chaotic state of affairs.
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Bands such as Blink 182 ,Agent 51, Sprung Monkey , Unwritten Law started at the San Diego, CA music venue called SOMA . SOMA was an all ages club with a heavy emphasis on local bands.This is where many bands grew up and became national touring bands by starting off on the smaller stage and then growing their audience to get to the main stage and open for national acts as well as headline their own shows . Jerm booked bands and ran the club from November 1989 until 1997 .Jer took over running ...
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Neuropscyhotherapist and Mental Health Correspondent, Bella J. Rockman, M.A., LPC provides contemporary and cutting edge commentary on current events and Mental Health & Wellness topics. The Jrocktherapy Podcast is designed to empower you with brain based Behavioral Health therapeutic tools. Subscribe for updates at www.jrocktherapyinstitute.com IG: @jrocktherapy Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bella-rockman/support
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Flashback : Dan ($1.09) , Jeff ($1.09) drummer
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2:02:57Send us a text Wow ! this was crazy ! We just started recording here at my place and had a busy day ! beers were flowing and the stories were just as crazy !!!By Union and Metro podcast
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Send us a text rewind episode to this song by the band cockroach ! cockroach! was : Jerm on vocals Monica on bass Jay on guitar Colin on drums .By Union and Metro podcast
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Flashback : Pat Kim , Sprung Monkey , Unwritten Law .
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1:31:53Send us a text This is a flashback to and earlier episode of Pat Kim who is a bass player for Sprung Monkey , Unwritten Law and more. here we travel through some of his stories from the early days .By Union and Metro podcast
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Navigating Dating & Relationships During the Holidays
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7:22Tis’ the Season: Navigating the Pressures of Relationships & Holiday Dating This time of the year – in addition to being the holidays – is also known as “cuffing season.” It is a time of the year when single people look to connect in shorter-term relationships to get through the holidays and colder winter months. It unofficially runs from October t…
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“Healing Narcissism, Creating A Healthy You & Healthy Relationship Connections”
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35:57“Healing Narcissism, Creating A Healthy You & Healthy Relationship Connections”Our Autumn 🍂 Podcast Series continues with Therapist, Coach &Author, Matthew Phipher.As we continue to focus on intergenerational healing in our practice and psycho, educational outreach work, in the series, we identify what narcissism looks like, how to identify it, how…
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Send us a text We sit and chat with Craig Yarnold from Buck-O-Nine .By Union and Metro podcast
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Send us a text we catch up with Brian Sheerin from San Diego band , Mower and discuss his history in music and transitioning over to vocals for the band Stretcher . great fun catching up with Brian and he was very gratious with his limited time to come and chat . https://m.facebook.com/.profile.php?id=61557700443796…
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Roy Lozano - DOWNSET - Powerflo - Cypress Hill
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2:07:32Send us a text We chat with Roy Lozano from DOWNSET , Cypress Hill and Powerflo . We talk about how he got started in music and much more ! this was a long time coming as we have tried to arrange schedules but werent able to make it happen until Roy drove down to the studio to chat with us , Huge thanx and this was a really inspiring and interestin…
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Send us a text We chat with Cliff about working at Off The Record , military and Post Office work and do a deep dive into his roots into music and Punk Rock and the legendary band Social Spit . Many people have very fond memories of being introduced to new bands thanx to Cliff and Social Spit is a legendary San Diego band with many members over the…
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Timothy E Pyles - Radio Personality
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1:57:41Send us a text We sit and chat with local Tim Pyles Known for local radio and so much more ! We do a deep dive and chat about his beginnings into music and present day adventures . Find Tim on instagram, Twitter and Threads : @thelocalpyle Facebook : @TimothyEPyles Stickers : @pylesstickerco on instagram sticker orders ; @ [email protected] fi…
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Jason Navarro : Suicide Machines , J.Navarro and the Traitors ,Break Anchor ,The Boreouts
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2:24:38Send us a text We chat with Jason Navarro , from Suicide Machines, J.Navarro and the Traitors ,Break Anchor ,The Boreouts as well as a fellow 100% skateboarder who works with Food not Class . You probably recognize our intro and outro songs from his band Break Anchor. We start off talking skateboards and having Suicide machines on the Tony Hawk Pla…
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Send us a text We sat and chatted with Knikki , Cameron and Adam . Ugly Lenny was not able to make it but we chatted with him on a previous podcast. we chat about the local scene and much more ! https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078896626025&mibextid=LQQJ4d https://instagram.com/wabash_cannons_band?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://youtube.c…
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Noel Jordan - The Classified , Solo artist
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1:51:23Send us a text We chatted with Noel in the beginning but wanted to catch up since its been a few years and the first season were only 1/2 hour episodes. Noel was in the San Diego band The Classified and continues writing music to this day.By Union and Metro podcast
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Are Etiquette and Thank You Notes Still Even a Thing and Why It Matters? NPR/KUT Radio.
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7:06Summer is a busy time for weddings, especially in June. And especially the Austin, Texas area – even in this heat! Weddings have a lot of customs and behavioral expectations attached to them – etiquette if you will. And that got Central Texas Neuropsychotherapist, LPC, Bella J. Rockman thinking about good manners and behavior – in a time when it ca…
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Send us a text We sit in with Andy Platfoot , bass player for the Buck o Nine .After we get to hear a new song the band has written ,we catch up and then dive right into Andy's working studio and chat about how the work songs back and forth since band members live in different cities and states . We find out how he got into the band through the rea…
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Graduation is a rite of passage for people usually around 18 years old or so. That’s chronological age. But what about our “emotional age” – how we have developed and matured emotionally? Well, that can be a very different story. KUT’s Jennifer Stayton talked recently with Central Texas neuropsychotherapist Bella J. Rockman about the phenomenon of …
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Send us a text Mike Spent sits in and chats with jerm and Jer and shares insight into his musical influences , roots and the band Spent Idols. Jerm and Mike reminisce about their history going back about 30 years as well as insight to opportunities that Mike felt weren't worth compromising style and freedom of expression for. This episode does a de…
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Clint Graham -Dying Species,Inciting Riots ,Homeless Sexuals, The Waste Aways, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp
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2:06:08Send us a text We sat with Clint Grahm from Dying Species , Inciting Riots , Homeless Sexuals ,The waste aways and Jon Cougar Concentration camp . Clint and Jerm ran in the same group of musicians in Santee ,California and Clint played in many bands with different musicians from East County. Once again skateboarding is a string that ties everything…
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Send us a text We sit and chat with Chris Armes from Agent 51 and Mike Spent is also sitting in ,We chat about his history and his Graphics company which is who did our logo ! Great stories and a real fun time hanging out ! find Chris at : Agent 51 instagram https://instagram.com/agent51official?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Chris Armes Spotify https://open.…
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The Calvins ,San Diego Punk Rock band
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2:29:15Send us a text We sat down with The Calvins and talked about origins and so much more ! With the band slowly contemplating the idea of starting a band and eventually getting together in 2000/2001 . We talk about the process of writing music and keeping things diplomatic , they have found a balance and you can tell listening , that they just rock li…
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Trevor Henthorn -Sweat Engine - Industrial music legend
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1:45:19Send us a text This episode we get to dive deep into the origins of club Soma with Sweat Engine's Trevor Henthorn . We met way back in about 1989 or so when the club was still mainly a dance club with occasional bands . Deep dive on the different scene we all grew up in. Again you find the link between skateboarding as music ! I found industrial mu…
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Sulo King -Authentic Sellout - Local promoter
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2:05:39Send us a text We chat with Sulo about his introduction into music and SOMA , He shares how he got interested in booking shows and we talk shop. We also discuss his band Authentic Sellout and how he came across the name as well as share a few songs and much more ! youtube : authentic sellout instagram : https://instagram.com/sulosellout instagram :…
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Ugly Lenny - Inciting Riots and more !
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1:20:09Send us a text We chat with Ugly Lenny from Inciting Riots, C T D , Social spit and 13 Wolves . Lenny has been in the scene for years and has played in a few bands and here we touch base after a few years of seeing each other ! local Punk Rock legend Ugly Lenny ! https://incitingriots.bandcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/incitingriots Upcoming 6so…
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Sam V Castellano [ Sound engineer legend ]
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1:51:18Send us a text We chat with Sammy who is a local legend when it comes to sound engineering, we go deep into his first years doing sound as well as some shows and partners as well as apprentices. Sammy was doing sound for SOMA even before i started booking shows and continued working with us on and off for many years . He is known all over town and …
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Fear Factory `s Dino Cazares , brother Rocky Cazares and sister Gina Cazares
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1:55:06Send us a text Jerm & Jer did our first remote session for this one. Gina , sister of the Cazares family , welcomed us to her home to hang out and record. Rocky , brother , was in town and Dino as well as Gina's son Zane , drove down as well as Jer. This was a bit of coordinating and even though I had to run home early , the family had a BBQ and I …
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Send us a text This one was a fun one , you basically get dropped into 3 friends brainstorming and just having a great chat ! Jer , Jerm & John chat about the new name for G-Spot , Now Beta 7 . We jump right into it debating cancel culture and the rumor mill and its effects on bands . We chat about his facebook page / documentary San Diego SKA in t…
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bonus song for season 2.Episode 17 cockroach! live .
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2:03Send us a text this is as raw as it gets . this is jerm, Monica, Colin and Jay performing 'Oh My Gawd" .By Union and Metro podcast
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Dan Albert (buck o nine ) & Jeffrey lee Hawthorne ( ex- drummer / buck o nine & g-Spot )
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2:02:57Send us a text We had a few beers flowing and had some laughs as we catch up and the jokes fly and the drinks go down ! This was our longest episode to date. jerm and jer chat with Dan Albert and Jeff Hawthorne . Dan plays trombone in Buck o Nine and Jeff Hawthorne played drums for Buck o Nine as well as G Spot. We go back to the roots and once aga…
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Union and Metro Podcast - Monica & Colin : Dodgeball , Cockroach!, Pentagrams and Daises
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1:31:34Send us a text Jer and Jerm chat with Monica Sierras & Colin Smith about the origins of Dodgeball , Cockroach! and their current project Pentagrams and Daises . Colin talks about recording with Frank Melendez from Sprung Monkey that turned into a couple 7inch records as well as the idea of a secret song on a local CD called Lump Of Coal . Bands on …
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Union and Metro Podcast - Pat Kim : Sprung Monkey / Unwritten law / Labeled Victims
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1:31:53Send us a text Jerm and Jer talk with Tattoo artist Pat Kim from Sprung Monkey ,Unwritten Law and originally Labeled Victims . We start from Pat Kim and Jon Pebsworth from Buck-o-nine move down to San Diego . We chat about the bands he has played with as well as touring .By Pat Kim "PK"
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Is There a Labor Shortage or Does No One Want to Work Your Terrible Jobs?
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56:01If you check social media lately you'll see that businesses have been posting signs saying that no one has been showing up for their shifts at different restaurants and no one wants to work anymore. Republican governors have been cutting extra unemployment benefits because they want to incentivize people to get back to work who have been getting a …
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History of Conspiracy Theory as Political Tool or They're Coming for Your Hamburgers!
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50:53If you haven't heard, the radical left is coming for you and your way of life. They want to cancel your children's books, they want to take away your guns, and worst of all, limit your red meat intake to 4 pounds a year. Where is this threat coming from exactly? Great question! Can I see the data on that, is there an article or even something comin…
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Voter Suppression Bills or Block the Vote the Sequel
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53:12You would think as we are still fighting the pandemic and dealing with the fallout from quarantine, that state governments would be focusing on education, employment, or healthcare. There is so much need and healing in this country you would hardly know where to start but republican legislatures knew exactly where to start, voter suppression bills.…
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A Brief History of Mass Shootings and Gun Violence
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52:51If you were wondering why there are more mass shootings in the US than any other country, we'll let you in on a little secret, with only 4.4% of the world's population, we account for 46% of civilian held firearms. That's a lot of guns. And it's hard to talk about an issue with a lot of angry people that have a ton of guns, so you can see how this …
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How to process grief in a year filled with loss (and what not to say to those grieving, too)--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bella-rockman/support
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One year into the pandemic, Junice Rockman says there are ways to maintain balance in the midst of so much turmoil.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bella-rockman/support
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The Origin Story of Cancel Culture or Cancel Culture Club
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42:47A year into the pandemic, with over a half a million lives lost, economic stress, kids missing out on school, we all know that despite all this loss the most important issue facing us all is the threat of being cancelled, or at least you would believe that based on the amount of coverage it receives. Now if you feel cancel culture may not be as dan…
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History of The Religious Right or They're Neither Moral Nor the Majority, Discuss
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57:01The religious right, has several names and is comprised of several groups but didn't really coalesce and show their real influence until the mid to late 70s. Surprisingly, it was not the election of the first Southern Evangelical, Jimmy Carter, that offered a cause for Southern Evangelicals and other Christian religious groups to rally around, it w…
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The Minimum Wage or The Very Least You Could Do
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43:53There has been talk recently of finally raising the minimum wage to 15.00 dollars an hour. The last time it was raised was in 2007 to 7..25 and it has remained there despite a raise in prices, rents, and other costs of living. It wasn't until 1938 that any legislation was passed mandating a minimum of wage and even then it only covered a small perc…
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A Brief History of American Coups or Qwhite Riots
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40:40January 6th 2021 was not the first time in American History that a group of people, unhappy with the outcome of an election resorted to violence. In fact, on November 10, 1898, in what became known as the Wilmington massacre, a group of white supremacists murdered up to an estimated 300 people and threw black officials out of their elected offices.…
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Socialism in America or Oh no I know a Dirty Word
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48:22In recent polling, Socialism is very unpopular in America and yet programs like social security and Medicare are extremely popular. How did it happen that socialist programs remain popular for decades and the mention of socialism or democratic socialist candidates consistently polls anywhere between 25 to 50%? If you can believe it, it's the result…
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Vax of Pod or A Brief History of Vaccines
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52:47For as long as we've had infectious disease, we've had attempts at inoculations. And from the very first instances of inoculations, there have been people who have been resistant. Considering that these usually consisted of smearing the contents of pustules over newly torn skin, it's understandable how people might hesitate. Now on the brink of our…
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The Origin Story of Fox News or When You Just Don't Give A Fox About Facts
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53:34When two dreamers met, a megalomaniacal media mogul, and a behind the scenes conservative wizard behind Nixon, Reagan and George W. Bush's campaign, who could have imagined what would have blossomed? Now in every airport, hospital lobby, military base, and probably your meemaw's house, you can see the fruits of their labor. We cover the origin stor…
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How Burnout Can Be Experienced Individually or Collectively
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6:32Junice speaks on KUT Austin: "The problem becomes when we have overly packed ourselves for an extended period of time.... We've overridden that internal GPS that we all have and overridden those boundaries that perhaps we have or don't have." --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bella-rockman/support…
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Grief & Loss with Guest Therapist Charlie Cale
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27:45Junice has guest Therapist, Charlie Cale, from the Austin Center for Grief & Loss, join the podcast to address redefining grief and loss-- understanding that it's ageless-- as well as identifying tools to get through it and support those going through it.For more information on the Austin Center for Grief & Loss go to www.austingrief.org/ or contac…
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The Electoral College: It's Time to Dropout
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48:05What makes our democracy unique? Is it because we're the best? It's because we employ electors to vote on our behalf, rather than have a one vote one voice policy or a direct democracy which most of the world with democracies have embraced. Again, we are the only country in the world who uses this method. In this episode we explore the dark origins…
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Healing Your Mind and Body through Plant-Based Living with Guest, Brenda Lee
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38:19Certified Health Coach and Owner of Genesis Healing Center, Brenda Lee talks with Neuropsychologist, Junice Rockman, about the effects of food on the mind and body--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bella-rockman/support
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Women during the Pandemic or This Woman's Work
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48:18How are women holding up during the pandemic? With women dominated professions being deemed essential work, and the demands of domestic labor increasing, women are facing burn out. Increasingly, women are taking on both childcare and schooling responsibilities while also feeling increased economic pressure. In this episode we talk about how the pan…
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Cults of Personality or They Call You Mr. Personality Because You're So Ugly
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59:50Welcome to easily one of the least fun cults available, you may never even know you've joined and the perks are lackluster at best. After the age of God Kings, how can you impress your friends and really let the world know that you're in it for the long haul, and you're something special? You build your brand. You take over media, you smack your fa…
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A Brief History of Presidential Tax Returns or I'll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours
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44:56You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and then you have the tax of life. On this very special episode of Tax of Pod, we tackle the revelations of President Trump's Tax returns and link it back to the first time Presidential Tax returns made news (hint: Nixon). But beyond why it's important to know the financial entanglements of a …
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