James holds degrees in physics and mathematics, including a doctorate in the latter, and works primarily as a voice calling for honest reflection upon, and thus change in, our religious and cultural landscape. We discuss the almost religious behavior...

Kelly Hogan lost over 100 pounds and gained her fertility after going on a low-carb diet and then cutting out carbs entirely by eating only meat. Believe it or not, she's been going strong on that for 8 years, and is healthy as ever. Hear for...

Mark Rippetoe is an American strength training coach and author. He has published a number of books and peer-reviewed articles. He has a BS in Geology with a minor in Anthropology. Mark laughs and says it's embarrassing that I am 6'3" 175 lbs and...

Steven Salzberg is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University. He also worked on the Human Genome Project, sequenced the genomes of many bacteria, and his research...

Jamie Kilstein is a well-known stand up comedian, radio show host, writer, and host of the new Fuck Up Pod. We discuss the ins and outs of beginning to do open mic comedy, and Jamie shares some of his experience with the misery of being a twitter...

Emery and As Cities Burn are on the road this week, so we passed out the mics and captured a conversation about what it's like playing tiny shows and big shows, funny mistakes local bands make, and funny demos that people give and send to labels....

Mohit Mamoria is the CEO of Authorito and lives in Gurgaon, Haryana, India.  He is a web developer who now studies finance and economics and has much to say about the possibilities of decentralized technology and the future.   Links...

Steve Stine has been teaching guitar for over 20 years and has taught millions online. His style and approach is fascinating and certainly applies well outside the realm of guitar and music. We explore lessons, music theory, and modes, as well as...

Are Selfies a sign of the narcissistic millennial generation that will ruin the country? Or is there more going on than just duck-lip pouty-face photos in front of the bathroom mirror? Steve Holiday is an instructor and doctoral candidate at Texas...

    Jacob Weindling is a staff writer for Paste Magazine and has been researching and writing about cryptocurrency. We get into the future uses of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, including the Ethereum System.   Links &...

By popular demand, I invited the other half of my band, Toby Morrell, on to discuss "I Quit Church" along with Zach Bolen, who produced the album. We do a listen through of the whole album and talk about how it was created and things that stick...

Ashok is a Pulmonary Physician who's working on using gaming to improve the medical field. I was interested to talk with Ashok because the use of technology and entertainment to solve antiquated institutional problems like healthcare fascinates me....

Aaron and I discuss the themes and events behind Copeland's album "Beneath Medicine Tree" for the Labeled podcast, which turned out to be a great thing to share with you all here as well.   Links & Sponsors: breakitdownpod.com Facebook...

Professional Mind Coach Vinny Shoreman hypnotizes Matt, but first they get into to the concept of taking charge of your mind and the way you think.    Links & Sponsors: vinnyshoreman.com breakitdownpod.com Facebook Rockabilia: rockabilia.com

Dave Feldman is a senior software engineer who began a LCHF diet in 2015, and has studied it extensively since. Through his engineering mind, he's noticed patterns in his study of the diet similar to the distribution of objects in a network. This has...

It seems like everyone these days is talking about artificial intelligence, but James Barrat literally wrote the book on it. His book "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era" describes the potential dangers of...

Mainstream media seems to be the worst place to find real information about politics and policy, including gun control and terrorism. Today I'm talking to Steven V Miller, Political Scientist at Clemson University. Let's change the source of how we...

If you have a band, podcast, product, or platform, you probably know that digital marketing is important, but it certainly isn't simple. It's something this podcast, The BadChristian Podcast, and Emery have struggled to do well, and largely haven't...

Host of Matt's new favorite podcast "After On" Rob Reid, joins to discuss his new Sci-Fi book of the same name and themes including: augmented reality, consciousness, government privacy, artificial intelligence, Fermi paradox, synthetic biology, and...

Senior Interaction Designer at Google, Joel Beukelman shares some insider secrets of the state of the tech industry and where he sees it going in the next few years, or at least what he's allowed to share. He also confirms Matt's bias that formal...

Opinion often makes its way into doctrines like The Nashville Statement, and it's our job to do the work of figuring out which is which. Dan Koch comes on to dissect this new doctrine to explain what The Nashville Statement is, and break down how it...

In 2006, Underoath self-destructed and left Warped Tour amid rumor of drug use among other things. This is the full uncut interview with drummer Aaron Gillespie about that summer and the events surrounding it. Some of this audio was used in the...

Kings Kaleidoscope is one of the few bands that has experienced that breakout success every new artist asks about. Lead man Chad Gardner joins to discuss their new mixtape, "The Beauty Between," which is a collage of hip hop, rappers, chamber...

Dan Koch joins today to discuss the weekend's events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Matt wonders how we know who is in what group, and what's worse, a hate-filled person or a violent actor? While white-supremacist are repugnant, do they deserve any...

Matt has explored the Ketogenic diet for the past couple years, in part due to his friend and producer Aaron Sprinkle, who has made some major life changes, including a LCHF (low-carb, high-fat) diet after discovering he was at risk for Type 2...