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[00:00:00] Cole McCormick:

It's berry season.   What's up, everyone? It's America Plus. I'm your host, Cole McCormick. It's another week in another episode. What's going on, everybody?  

[00:00:13] Azure Barry:

It's Sunday, December 17th. You made it to another week. Congratulations.   Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Have a seat.  

[00:00:21] Cole McCormick:

Chill out. Chill out. Chill out, dude. What's up, man? It's 909 in the in the AM, folks. We are here early morning.   We got work today, so that's why I'm being responsible again. I am just Continuing to stay on top of it.   Today, we got a, a great one for you.   I   Had the opportunity to   have a conversation, sit down, and to just,   hang out with A person who's innovating. I was able to speak with the creator   and founder of Pod Home, the podcasting hosting company.   This guy's name is Barry, and this is a person who is innovating, who is trying to be the best version of themselves,   And someone I just did not expect to vibe with as much as we did.  

The entire conversation today is gonna be, like, 90 minutes. It's It's a pretty good hour and a half.   And,   at the end,   stay till the end because I got an announcement for magic mushroom fun time, just like updates.   Just wanna give you a rundown of   when that's coming out,   because that's like that that that's my movie. It's my short film. It's gonna be a beautiful time.   It's gonna be a beautiful movie. I know it's it's it's gonna feel beautiful and warm.   That's the mission.   And,   And then, we'll go through some boostograms too. So just stick around,   and enjoy. And and,   we're getting splits. Like, the splits are all even. We're playing a song at the very end too.  

Barry's getting a split.   We got we got a song at the end who's getting 60%   at the end. So if you wanna support the artist at the end, Please send in some,   some satoshis.   And, if not, just vibe with us value for value, and more about that coming up. Here we go.   My stuff hooked up,   so we're good. We're getting the audio in.  

[00:02:13] Unknown:

Okay. So we're we're redundant.  

[00:02:15] Cole McCormick:

Alright. Perfect.   Barry.   Hello, Barry.  

[00:02:20] Unknown:

Hello.   Hi.  

[00:02:22] Cole McCormick:

Dudes, first off, I just wanted to say,   when it comes to, like, Podcast hosting. My first question is, like,   how   like, what brought you   to podcast hosting?   And, like, how did all that come about? Because,   I'm using your service right now, Podhome, and it's, like, one of the newest hosting providers right now. Right?  

[00:02:46] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. I think I'm the newest on the block, at least in the international circles.   So, yeah, let let's just go a little bit back.   You know, I I love podcasts.   I've been listening to them for, I don't know,   long, long time years. You know, I started out with, Joe Rogan, and I was like, oh, this is is this a podcast? Before Spotify, of course, way long before that.   And, you know, I use that to to learn things. For instance, Rogan, for instance, he's just a very,   He's interested in all sorts of things and he just asks questions.   Things that I would ask as well. Right?  

Things that everybody wants to know. So I find it very interesting   sorry. I learned about that. I'm a tech guy at heart,   so I then, you know, jumped to,   Technology podcasts, podcasts about software development, stuff like that. You know, any category that you can,   possibly conceive of, there there are podcasts.   So,   you know, I just love podcasts.   And and because of that,   and because   Podcasts   are right now maybe one of   the last   media things   that are uncensored   ish for now. Right?   I find it extremely important to still learn from podcast because it's, like,   one of the   the last,   You know, freedom of speech things where you can actually learn directly from people in long form conversations as well, which gives lots of context, and that doesn't exist anymore.  

So,   last year,   I   had a moment where I was like, alright. What what am I gonna do next? Because in the years before that, I created,   e learning courses   about software development,   cloud computing, all sorts of stuff like that. And I was a freelance   Software developer and architect as well.   I was like, alright. So what am I gonna do next? Because I've been on this health journey.   I've had a podcast about health as well called improving berry,   where you, you know, quickly discover that All of our food is poisoned and that, you know, everything is fake.   It's kind of an awakening. You know? People people come to awakenings in in many shapes,   sizes and and, from many avenues.  

But, anyways, I was at a crossroads where I thought, alright. I can   Start, I don't know, be a health coach or something,   you know, a bit bit woo woo.   But I I think I can help people like that.   And I also had the urge to create something new.   And then I got quiet.   And I remember I was sitting,   On a beach in Gran Canaria, which is an island   Spanish island off of the coast of Africa.   I was there   In January or something,   we usually go there because, you know, the weather there is all around nice. And I live in the Netherlands where it sucks,   weather wise.  

So I I went quiet, and then I listened. And then this was clear as day that I needed to create Podhome, which is the the name of of the podcast hosting platform.   Because with Podhome,   I can continue to teach As in through people like you,   through myself as well because I want to continue creating podcasts as well.   And I I wanted a better way, an easier way to create podcasts,   also for people that create podcasts so that they don't have to do all of that work. Because that was one of the things that,   helped me back from creating more. Because, you know, right now, we're recording something. After this, you need to do something with this recording. You know? You need to create metadata   like chapters, like description, title, all that type stuff. It takes time.  

And everybody's busy. Right? We need to work. We need to do stuff. So I want to   make that super easy for people,   Enable people to continue teaching and inspiring other people,   make it super affordable as well, chock full of features,   Create something myself   and also keep this   censorship free as possible as I was learning about Podcasting 2.0 and which basically means that there is, another podcast directory, a database that contains podcasts   That is open source, and that basically cannot be,   censored. And so we will always have an avenue to put podcasts   In there, and then apps that,   take podcasts from there, like Fountain, for instance. It's one of those modern podcast apps.  

They can serve that to to users. So through that route and with with the help of myself and other podcasters as well, we can keep this   platform uncensored.   So those are lots of reasons.   But, basically,   you know, I listen to,   Myself, the universe,   and I just brought this thing that was already out there into existence   is what I think.  

[00:07:47] Cole McCormick:

Wow. That's powerful, dude. That that's really cool. How long,   so were you on vacation when you were on that? When you're it was an island. Yeah?  

[00:07:57] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. Those those are islands. It's a group of islands. Grand Canary, Tenerife. It's a Canary Canary Islands. Canary Islands, I think you you call it. That's cool, man. How long, like, do you go there a lot, or is that like a one off trip? Like, it sounds like that almost sounds like a  

[00:08:12] Cole McCormick:

Spiritual awakening as well. Like, you're like you said, you you you went quiet, and you were, like, sort of, like, meditative.   Do you go to,   remote locations a lot. Do you have, like, a lot of private moments to to think? What's that like for you?  

[00:08:27] Unknown:

Yeah. Kinda. So it's it's kinda 2 things. So,   like I said, I I always struggled with my health, and I had this whole health journey Where when I was younger, I had lots of gut issues.   Just lots of,   GI distress,   irritable bowel syndrome. You know, doctors Like, we don't know.   Who cares? Here's a pillow or something. Let's see what happens.   But nothing helps. Right? So,   through podcasting as well, I started to learn about, you know, maybe there's something else. Maybe I should, I don't know, take a look at what I'm eating, for instance.   So for one thing, turns out I was lactose intolerant.  

And I was just eating cheese and milk and stuff. Yeah. That's gonna hurt you. Yeah. I was also gluten intolerant,   and and, you know, riddled with information   because of years of that. Right?   So   Then I started to change. At first, I went, you know, more of the plant based routes. Like, cool. Let's let's do clean and vegan and all that type of stuff. And, you know, I was still bloated, and it just didn't didn't work.   And then I started to learn more and more and more and more and more. And then you learn very quickly   That's like I said, basically, our food supply is poisoned,   so is our water and our air.  

And all of that is because,   Big corporations are basically running the world. Right? And there's lots of corruption.   Your listeners will undoubtedly notice.   But once you realize that through, for instance, health can be through many many,   other avenues as well, You awaken a little bit. Right? You wake you wake up a little bit.   And through that, I was all   always curious about, you know, why why are we here?   What's the universe like? You know? I was fascinated by the pictures from, the Hubble Telescope and and stuff like that,   and and consciousness. What is that? But well, what even is that? Right? I don't know.  

But I started to learn more and more about that as well, and going more into the deep as well. And I think it's now 2, 3 years ago,   I did my 1st, psychedelic mushroom trip.   And then I did a a q QHHT   session, which is a quantum healing hypnosis   therapy session. I know that sounds very,   crazy,   but actually works. So it's based on the works of Dolores Cannon   who has passed.   She developed this hypnosis,   therapy   to get,   People's,   yeah, higher spirit, basically, to to talk, for people to find out what their purpose is,   solve things in their current life, and to basically see the bigger picture. So,   that's a long way to say all of that stuff, you know, woke me up a little bit, And I'm still waking up more and more every day. Right?  

And I'm trying to take those quiet moments like you mentioned.   It's difficult. I've always had difficulty with, like, meditation. I I always intend to meditate, but, you know,   Sit there like, what the fuck am I doing?   Let's go do something else. Uh-huh. So I don't know. I'm I'm just I just try to listen to my, gut feeling.   And,   yeah, I'm I'm getting more sensitive to that.   I'm   I'm not   There yet or if if ever. I don't know. I don't even know what this looks like. But I'm just trying to listen to what, the universe is telling me or Myself,   if if I am the universe. You know?  

It's difficult.  

[00:11:58] Cole McCormick:

Dude, that's that that's wild, dude. That that's powerful. I feel like, I mean, I'm on that journey. I feel like there's a lot of other people who are on that journey as well.   Yep. When it came to your health,   did you find solutions? Like,   have you, like, cut off, like,   all animal products? Are you eating a lot of animal products? Like, what's that for you right now?  

[00:12:21] Unknown:

Yeah. So so, like, I, I think I   ended on, that I did, lots of lots of plans and stuff. So,   you know, I followed,   Mark Hyman, for instance, who is a functional medical doctor. Okay. I I so I found out about functional medicine. Right? They they took Take a look at the broader picture,   which is very helpful, not just a symptom like, oh, your arm hurts. Well, here's a an arm pill or something. No. Why does your arm hurts? Right? Mhmm. So the why question and and getting to the root cause.   But after that, I I went more towards a,   Let's say a whole food diet.  

So   I realized that just plants are fun.   But first of all, they have 0 nutrients.   They do have lots of anti nutrients.   And, also, if they're not biological, they're actually sprayed with freaking Roundup,   and god knows why. So you're just eating poison, really, and stuff that tries to kill you. So,   you know, first, I thought, well, that's nuts. Right? Plans are good for you. I've been told this many, many times.   I know that,   you know, all of the food guidelines in all of the western world, at least, I don't know about the rest   world is fake and is, influenced by by big,   big companies.  

But still, you know, here in the Netherlands, for instance,   We are being advised to eat, like, I don't know, 6 portions of bread every day, because bread is the thing we eat here,   which is nuts because those are also plants, and   all of the grain is sprayed with glyphosate. There is no biological bread. Well, perhaps somewhere, but I haven't seen it in the supermarkets.   So knowing all of that, I went more the the meat Whey.   So I tried carnivore for a while that cleared up almost everything,   miraculously,   Which makes lots of sense because meat is extremely nutrient dense if you get a clean,   clean meat, of course. So grass fed meat that has not been fed, glyphosate sprayed grains, or or maize, for instance, or corn, Because, you know, that's still the same crap. Although, then you have an animal filtering that for you.  

And it's very clean. Right? So you're not eating things that are trying to hurt you,   and you're replenishing your nutrients. So it's basically the ultimate,   restrictive   No. No. Not restriction restriction diet.   Elimination diet is basically the ultimate elimination diet.   And then, you know, I Just reintroduce more things   like, you know, fruits and stuff.   And now my gut is super resilient,   So I can eat all sorts of stuff. Still no no dairy or or lactose.   But, you know, I can go,   I I could go to McDonald's. I don't go to McDonald's. But I can eat a portion of fries or something. Right? It's fine. I don't it's fine. Doesn't hurt me as much because,   my basically,   I got out of my own way. So I cleaned my body by taking away lots of toxins and crap that it had to deal with on a daily basis. And because of that, it can it has time to heal itself because your body is an incredible machine that can machine that can heal itself if you just get out of its way. Right?  

Which is difficult enough nowadays because even if you try your best, you know, your water is poisoned, your air is poisoned.   Everything is toxic.   Yeah.   So that's that's kind of where I'm at now, mainly meat.   For a while, I struggle a lot with well, you know, am I gonna   drop that from a heart attack or something?   But I'm convinced that that's not gonna happen.   Maybe maybe it will, but,   not primarily because I'm eating meat. Right. That's  

[00:16:10] Cole McCormick:

So That's interesting, man. I'm I'm get getting better. Yeah. Yeah. I went down a similar path with myself. I I'm lactose intolerant as well.   And, my journey with that was started in, like, at the towards the end of high school,   I was   just going Just living my life, and there was a week in my house where,   we just didn't have normal 2% milk. And I had a bunch of acne when I was in high school. And that week with no milk, my acne just cleared up. And I was like, what is this? Like, it doesn't make any sense. And   I I went through my whole journey. I was drinking almond milk for, like, 7 years, and I was, like, super anti dairy.  

And only recently, in the past year, I just found out that California,   Where I live is one of the only states that   legalizes raw milk, just the normal milk straight from the cow. Really? Yeah. Yeah. And I realized some research I did,   is,   when it comes to pasteurized dairy,   There's an enzyme   that helps you digest the lactose,   and that gets boiled away when they pasteurize it. And the enzyme is lactase.   And so I realized that lactase   is naturally occurring in raw milk that isn't pasteurized.   And then I realized that the it's in California. I'm able to buy it. I I was, like, maybe I should try it.   Do you know what the milk laws are in the in the Netherlands are? Like, are you are you even allowed to buy raw milk out there?  



[00:17:38] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. We can.   That does exist. It is rare though,   because most people don't want it. It's scary. Right? Yeah.   But, yeah, we are a milk based country. So if you buy any food that is packaged   like meat, it can contain milk, and it will probably.  

[00:17:55] Cole McCormick:

So I have to look at everything. Interesting. It's crazy. Yeah, man. It's it's way too much. I'm I'm I'm looking at every label. I'm looking at every Every little detail, I'm on the seed oil train. I'm like, screw all the seed oils, all this stuff. So that that's really cool that you went through that. What about podcasting? What brought you to podcasting 2 point o? Was that during the pandemic?  

[00:18:19] Unknown:

No. Not really. So I was, I had this podcast called Developer Weekly. As I said as I said, I'm a I'm a techie. Right? I'm a developer.   So I did that for 52 episodes. So,   it was weekly. So 1,   1 year basically,   where I interviewed, you know, leaders in tech, because I knew a lot of those folks from my courses that that I create. Because all those folks do that as well.   And so I could contact them relatively easily and talk about, you know, whatever interests them.   So I always liked that, and I always liked the   intimacy   of   listening to a voice. Right? Like, in your ear And just podcasting in general there.  

And then afterwards, I created,   Improving Barry podcast.   That's still going. It's a bit of an hiatus because I'm kinda busy with Potahome.   But I was always annoyed that, you know, things like chapters and stuff   is difficult. Right? So surfacing chapters in, let's say, Spotify,   You need to add them in your description   as,   you know, open parenthesis 0 zero,   colon zero zero,   close parenthesis introduction.   Same for YouTube.   Pocket Cast does it differently.   Apple does it differently. It's like, this is it sucks. What what is this? And so,   especially when I was looking into creating Potto, I was like, alright. So there must be a standard, right, for, like, the the RSS feeds. Like, somebody has written that down. This this stuff exists for for decades now.  

Although isn't. There's just Apple that recommends, You know, you should put this stuff in your in your feed so that we can read it. And Spotify has a couple of,   specific tags.   And so, you know, I came to, podcast 2.0,   which, like I said, is an initiative   which spawned this Open source database that handles all these podcasts, which is very, very cool. But it also is an initiative   that's creating, Basically, a standard for podcasting RSS feeds. So it's standardized tags,   like for transcripts, for chapters, and all sorts of modern things.   And I thought, alright. I I need to get in on this. Right? So I want to make the most modern   podcast host in existence,   and keep it that way when if the industry evolves. Right? Just keep up with with the with the pace,   so that listeners can get the best experience.  

So So if you're listening on, fountain or something or modern podcast app, you can see all that stuff. Right? You can see transcripts. You can see chapters.   You can even boost,   With lightning, with value for value. And like you do, you you play a a song for instance, and then you you stream the value to those folks, which is awesome.   Just stuff like that so that you just have a richer experience as a listener.   And it shouldn't be that difficult. Right? And it isn't that difficult, turns out. It's just that, the big Big tech, like Spotify, for instance, which is so failing in podcasting.   Hooray.  

They just don't don't play Because they play their own game. Right? They have their own own,   pay walled garden, and they just say, you know, f it. We're just gonna do this.   I don't care what you do.   So but we're doing our thing, and it's still growing every day.   All the monthly numbers   Point in the right way as in the modern podcasting apps get more and more traction   where the other ones, the older ones like Spotify, for instance,   Get less traction. And I'll bet you if Joe Rogan   goes away from Spotify, if that happens I don't know if that happens.   I don't know where they would find the bag of cash to to keep him.  

But if they if they can't, then   I'm definitely not gonna have Spotify for podcasting anymore because their podcast experiences sucks.   And many, other people won't either,   Which is a good thing.   So we're definitely on the right track here.   And, you know, just keep going and keep growing. Right? So shows like yours, for instance,   encourage people to to do that because entertaining   and you can boost and you have a better experience with all your transcripts and chapters and people, all that type stuff.   So, yeah, I I really like it. And just to be clear, I did not invent this. This is something from the community.   This is something that Dave Jones and,   Adam Curry,   kicked off, and lots of people are helping with that to to build that out. I I just use it, basically, and try to contribute here and there.  



[00:22:53] Cole McCormick:

That's cool, man. That's powerful, dude.   That's, that makes me feel lucky because when I was looking for a new hosting service.   So, at first, I was with RSS .com, and I had I went to them because they provided, chapters. They're just a really simple input to to make chapters, and And they had some clips, and they had a transcript thing,   which is which worked   really well.   But I was looking for more, and I was,   Like, I wanted to be as modern as possible,   and I wanted to be just, like, on the edge. Because I've been following the podcasting 2 point o story   For a little over 2 years now, and I I just that's the whole reason why I started the podcast in 2022.  

It's because, like, I saw the opportunity with the sats. I saw the opportunity with open distribution   and RSS,   and,   I've always felt like I was, like, Behind.   Because, like, I I always I always compare myself to, like, the big guys. You know?   And so, like, I'm like, Adam Curry's doing this, but I can't. Like, Come on, man. Like, I I wanna be on that Adam Curry level.   And so, like, there's always been this sense of, like like, I'm lacking in something.   And,   because I've been evolving the show, I was looking for this for a new service, and I I don't know. I just I I feel happy that you had that you had that A similar vision too to be as modern as possible   and to be as innovative as possible. That's really just inspiring.  

Just another person doing that.   So just, like, thank you for that round of applause for you real quick. Just like your, like, powerful mind right here, folks. Powerful spirit. We got it. We got it right here on the Internet.   But, I mean, like and   I saw what you provided, and I was interested in the AI. That was also something cool. Like,   I was like, oh, not only does he have all the tags that I need, but there's also some automation   into it.   You provide you you so you you POD Home provides that you can do chapters. You can do,   value for value music, which is, like, the biggest thing for me. Like, I didn't know how Simple it would be to just link up a song,   and it just, like, works. The lickety split. Like, I was I'm blown away by that, by the simplicity of it,   and   just inspired by that, man. What and and with the AI,   What   may what brought brought you to this to the decision to   add in AI into your service? Because it's just a not it's it's not a very common thing right now.  



[00:25:23] Unknown:

No. It isn't. Not yet,   at least.   So   we're in, what is it, December   2023   now.   Last year, November   2022,   ChatGPT got released. Right? It's only a year ago.   And I know some people aren't impressed by AI, but I I'm deep in it, and I'm I'm very, very, very impressed by,   AI. It has helped me tremendously.   So,   basically, what I wanted, like I said, make as as modern service as I can   To make it as easy as possible to create and publish new episodes. Right? So with the least amount of work. But with all these all these things, like a transcript, for instance.   I I used to use I still use it, Descript or Descript, whatever you call it. So you upload your thing there. It makes transcript. And it's Very easy to edit because you edit the text and not the audio file itself,   which really cool. And then afterwards, you could just use that transcript And then put it somewhere, right, in your, yeah, wherever.  

I didn't really have a place to put it because I was hosting at Lipson,   and they don't they don't support anything.   So,   yeah, they're they're just That's right. I had a couple of customers come in from Lipson.   Yeah.   So,   anyways, we'll we'll get back to that, a little bit. But   so   What I wanted to do is just, you know, press a button, and I have transcript and all that stuff, and chapters because that was the thing that used to take me a lot's time because I have to go through the whole So it's is this a chapter? Okay. Put a marker in there. Let's call it something,   and then, you know, put it somewhere.  

So,   At that time,   it it was, you know, Kismet.   So it didn't exist a month before, but there it was, This awesome service that could turn your speech into text,   like, in a minute or something, which was unheard of. Before before that, there were services that did that, It took a long time. Like, an hour episode could take, I don't know, 30 minutes or something. And then maybe it was something coherent that came out of there.   So now,   I use Deepgram for that. So for the for the transcription service,   which is   a speech to text thing. They do a lot more, but they they certainly do that. And they are awesome.  

It's fast. It's accurate. It's in   Lots and lots of languages.   And then I take that output, and then I put that through the OpenAI chat GPT API,   which is very clever if you instruct it well.   So I tell it to to grab the chapters,   identify people, to get Clips out of there to suggest, titles, to suggest show notes, and a couple other things. And I put it in a very specific format that I can use in my service and show it to you,   so that you immediately have that in your episode, all that type stuff.   So just to say all of that stuff was not   not even remotely available a year ago or usable,   And now it is. So I'm very happy that I I   could provide that.  

And,   Uniquely, what I do is I offer that in an unlimited fashion. So if you sign up for 15.99,   I think it's a month, You can use that unlimited. So you can upload a 1,000 shows with a 1,000 episodes, and every day, use Potthome AI a 1000 times. Totally fine. You're probably not gonna do that, but totally fine.   So I don't want restraints. Right? You create,   You go nuts. Create awesome stuff that people love.   So yeah. I I just love that.   And I wanna do more with that as well. Like maybe,   album art or or episode art. Right? Because it's difficult to create something new for every episode that should also be,   be easy. But that's not dairy. That's too expensive.  

We'll see. Give it a month or so.  

[00:29:22] Cole McCormick:

Yeah. Give it 2 weeks. It'll be out by Christmas Eve. Yeah. It's nuts. Yeah.   Well, that's cool, man. So, I mean, let's stick on let's stay on AI for a second.   Were you into AI before   Chatcheap t came out, or was it just something   that you sort of were aware of? Or   How much of AI did you know of before ChatGPT?  

[00:29:44] Unknown:

Well, quite a lot actually. Or, Well, who who can know a lot about AI? I don't know. But I was very aware of,   neural networks, deep learning,   basically, machine learning was because, basically, that is what AI is based on. Right? Machine learning. That's how you train such a thing. So I knew a lot about that.   I wanted to create a bunch of courses about that with PyTorch and, things like that because I was learning that.   But   I realized that this was such a moving target   that it's almost impossible to create   A coherent course that is even remotely valid,   like, a month later.  

So I didn't do that.   And I was very happy to see that then   GPT 3.5   transformed into usual product Now called chat gpt, right, which most people use.   What I think is so powerful right now   is that we now have this usable thing. And, yes, it is usable,   to help you with all sorts Things like I use this thing in my software development environment. It's called Copilot. It's based on chat gpt, but just a specific version.   And I show it my code. It knows where I am. It knows the whole context because it constantly feeds it to itself. Then I say, hey, man.   I wanna create, I know what I created last week. I wanna spit out a video clip from this. How do I generate that? Show me some options. And then it says, well, this this this. And then I can get to spar with this thing like it's a junior developer with knowledge of the whole world, basically.  

And so that way I can flesh out ideas way more quickly than I used to.   So this increases   My speed enormously,   and I use for other things as well. Like, hey. Can you spell check my website or something? Things like that.   But it's we're in a good place now   because,   you know, Microsoft is Balls deep into,   OpenAI. I think they have,   49 or 51% of the of the stock. I don't know precisely.   But the that's a very clever bet because now they use   their models in all of their products. So if you work in an office and you are an information worker,   basically, what that is is you get emails and you transform that information into something else that you tell somebody else or something like that.  

You need to use this because that means you basically don't have to do shizzle anymore.   So you just tell this thing, hey. I got a bunch of emails from this client.   Please create a Word document in my chosen style   and then transform that in the 5 slide presentation, and it actually can do that already Very well.   So   that type of stuff is powerful, but it goes so quickly now that I think it's now 2 weeks ago,   Google DeepMinds,   which is not to be confused with Google Gemini, the chat gpt killer that has not been released.   But DeepMinds, their research project,   That thing came up with, I don't know,   300,000,000 or something,   new,   material recipes.  

So for materials like aluminum, plastic,   stuff like that, and 350,000 of those   are things that we can probably actually make.   So things like these   can be extremely   revolutionary. Because if we find a new material that we can use to create, I don't know, houses with or new cars or new planes or I know new type of plastic that's revolutionary.   It could change everything.   And it this is just one example. You know? You can think of medicine as well. I'm not   Pro and big pharma using this, of course, but you can imagine this being used for good them all.   As long as this can be wielded for the good of humanity, and that's gonna be the trouble,   then this will be awesome   because   We're on the on the train now. There's no stopping this thing anymore. They're training more and more and more and more and more and more and more. And next year, we will have AGI and Which means something way smarter than you or me. And the year after, something nobody can ever imagine if we put that in in one of those Optimus robots from Tesla.  

Let it run around. Let's see what happens.   Yeah, man. I know. So this can go very wrong very quickly as well. But if we can wield this for good,   Then we can also solve almost every problem that we have,   if we want to.   Like free energy, for instance, Probably exists already, but if they let us,   then, you know   I believe that. I'm I'm hopeful. I'm hopeful.  

[00:34:26] Cole McCormick:

Hey, man. I'm hopeful too because whenever I look at any   AI narratives or anyone talking about it, there's clearly fear mongering coming on from,   I mean, mainly, I think it's people who have a financial incentive   for AI to do well. That's why they're saying it's scary so that they can get more shares   Or more investment, whatever.   So I don't really I don't really buy the the negative aspects. Like, I guess it can turn into Terminator. I guess it can turn into   Whatever. Like, whatever negative story you want with AI. But I I see hope. I see a bright future with it because   I mean, just from the examples you gave, like, if it can make   so my so one example that I think about is is is medicine.  

My dad, he currently he's, he has cancer right now. Right? He's been healing from it. His tumors have been shrinking, which is amazing.   The medicine he has, it's it's crazy, dude. It's been the last 6 months have been nuts for him.   But with the medicine that he's on, he's doing,   He has his own diet regimen. He's doing the normal chemo and radiation.   Before he started treatment, he took a DNA test.   And that DNA test,   they were able to match up   certain chemotherapies,   that would affect that DNA   more probable. So on my end, I I feel like it could AI has a has a possibility of Either tweaking the chemo or enhancing the DNA testing,   and, like, those 2 things coming together, like, I see how that can work. I see that   that harmony. I I I really do. So I want that to happen.  

Is but is Bill Gates gonna take over? Is someone gonna, like, just buy it and then just kill us all? Like, what do you think about that?  

[00:36:14] Unknown:

It's highly likely. Yeah. Of course.   So   if you think about,   chemo for instance,   Usually, it doesn't work. Yeah. Right? Or it just postpones. Or you you get, remission, and then 5 years later, you it's back. Mhmm. So,   You know, we need something better. But what what I'm getting at is there's lots of money in chemo and stuff like that. Right? It's big pharma.   So they don't want that to go away, unfortunately.   Mhmm. They don't really wanna cure cancer   even if we could with an AI.   But I think, Again, if it's wielded for good, this stuff will be so freaking smart   that there will be,   Yeah. No stopping it, basically,   if it's let loose.  

So I saw this video,   probably fake, but   of,   another Google DeepMind project, and it looked at,   the moon landing for instance.   And it In a couple of minutes, this thing ripped it apart. Oh, it's fake because of, this shadow should be here. The star should be here. If this is this and this date, then I should See this and this in this picture. And this little thing in, in the visor is also fake. So as this thing is way smarter than any of us,   It can easily figure out what's going on in the world. Right? Who's running the world and where the corruption is. And if it can then, you know, disseminate that as information to the people,   That'll be awesome.  

Mhmm. There's no hiding anymore. Right? There's no co covert stuff because   even,   The bad guys, basically,   cannot hide from the AI anymore.   So as long   if it's wielded for good, I think we're we're good.   Yeah. Yeah. And I think that the world will change   dramatically.   It was so different.  

[00:37:57] Cole McCormick:

I believe that too, man. It's It's gonna take like a a that that's a human consciousness thing. Right?   Like, that's like people   that's a person truly deciding   to do good with it. So that's a big deal. I mean, I really hope that happens because, you know, so many CEOs and so many people who might be in charge of   Regardless of any industry, whoever's in charge of an industry, they're always gonna be greedy. You know? They're always gonna play towards their company's   Private needs.   You know? So I have hope. Hopefully, we can, like, somehow decentralize it. I've been looking at some people talking on Twitter   Who are advocating for the decentralization   of AI,   trying to figure out how to   democratize it a little bit. I don't know what that looks like, but I can almost see a situation where if we were to stick with medicine,   I could almost see a situation where maybe there's, like,   like, a private hospital or, like, a group of private hospitals,   and they have the funds for their own AI. And and it's these like, maybe there's, like,   Smaller groups that are using the AI in their own way   to make the better medicine. And it's it's almost like a totally different economy. Like, the hospitals maybe there's a possibility that   the hospitals don't even have to   work with big pharma companies because   They have their own AI, and they have maybe they have dealings with their own manufacturers,   and they literally have a system to make Better medicine that can actually heal.  

Maybe that's a possibility. I don't know. It's just like that's me hoping the that the free market solves things   With AI. So we'll see how that goes.   I like your optimism. I like it. Hey, man. You need it. Right? You need it, dude. I just I want people to be alive. I want people to keep breathing. I want people to just be calm. Yeah. So, I mean, that's   this is necessary. And And the craziest thing, like, in this moment, we're talking about AI and medicine.   A crazy story that my dad has,   in the early days of him doing treatment,   Him just talking casually with doctors.  

There   was, it it wasn't, like, said as, like, a matter of fact, But it was just like this one doctor's opinion about the future of all this.   And this 1 guy really told my dad, like, I really believe in, like, 5 years, we're gonna solve this problem.   And so, like, if there's even, like, a glimmer of that coming from an institution,   You know, it doesn't matter if it's 1 person or an anecdote. Like, the idea exists.   And, you know, whenever there's an idea, like, It always it always manifests itself whether   negative or positive. You know? These things always come about.  

So I have hope. I see hope, man. I see I see a positive future with AI, so we'll see where that goes.   It's interesting. Right? Yeah. It's, I I don't know. It's just you never hear that. You never hear any doctor be positive like that. But I'm like, maybe we're in a different time.  

[00:40:51] Unknown:

No. No. But,   you know, it it should be kinda inherent. Right? Because they they got into medicine to do good.   Mhmm. I think. And perhaps along the way, they get,   you know, biased and and then bogged down by all the negativity and big pharma, all that type of stuff. But In their heart of hearts, they must still have hope. Otherwise, they wouldn't do the grueling job like that. Right? Yeah. Of course. So yeah.   And and I think I heard you on a on another podcast,   tell a story that you were doing the Joe Dispenza stuff. Right? Yes.   Yes. Or you had done?  



[00:41:23] Cole McCormick:

I did that for, like, 6 months. Yes.  

[00:41:25] Unknown:

Yeah. So so Joe Dispenza   is very interesting character because He also,   tries to,   prove the things that he preaches,   as in by measuring,   the state of,   Of people that do these meditations and or are near these meditations,   like a heart coherence meditation or something. He showed that that could actually influence people that are Further away, like across the room, for instance, that are not doing this meditation,   which makes lots of sense.   But now he actually has lots of data around it. So In that sense, if you have people like that doctor and people like yourself that are positive,   and more and more of us positive people   Are out there in the world and we can all,   radiate that energy.  

It literally is contagious, literally.   And and I know that sounds weird, but it literally is. So   if we all do that more and spread that, you know, with podcasting, for instance,   Then literally, you can elevate   the frequency,   the the the consciousness   of all the people that are listening to it and are that are   Interacting with it and infected by it, basically,   and and thus help the world. Right? Mhmm. So small pieces, but it it ripples out.   So positivity.  

[00:42:42] Cole McCormick:

Yeah, man. Positivity, dude. It's that's interesting you say that frequencies. I've been I've been thinking about frequencies. I've been thinking about vibrations.   The Joe Dispenza stuff, ultimately, I don't think I was doing it right. So when I jump back into it, which I most likely will, I think I need to, like, go a bit deeper because I got some I got some help from it, but I just felt like,   I just wasn't doing it right. I don't think I had, like, the right,   I just didn't have the right method. I was just doing it wrong.   Yeah. But I I I still felt it. I still felt good and stuff, and I felt that I felt that Something like that was working.  

There was something that you said earlier about,   Oh, yeah. For, frequencies.   So when it comes to that, you say frequencies.   Do you think podcasting   is affecting   The frequency of humanity.   Because I've been thinking about that. Like, if we're if if we're trying to be more positive, if we're trying to put   Now, like, better vibes. Like, that's not just some woo woo thing to me. Like, that is a physical thing   that happens from your heart, From, like, the   our our hearts have, like, a magnetic field, and, like, shit's always vibrating.   I almost wanna believe that podcasting is Raising the vibration of, like, of people and, like, the way we think. Like, do you think that's a reality?  



[00:44:02] Unknown:

Yeah. I think absolutely. I think you're spot on.   So   I believe   that we are,   Let's say spirits having a human experience.   So we are all   the same thing. You and I, everybody's listening.   This camera, everything   here   is the same thing. The   the the all god, the universe, whatever you wanna call it,   This humongous, unbelievable thing that we cannot comprehend,   and we instantiate   into,   a you and a me   And everything that you can conceive of that exists.   That that's what I   believe.   No. I kinda know.   I can't prove it,   Of course. But that's just what I believe.   I I choose to believe that. That's helpful for me.  

Yeah. And so in that sense, We are obviously all   the same, but we are all having different experiences. Right? So there are people right now that are hurting, that are dying.   There are people right now that are killing those people that are dying. There are people that we perceive as evil. There's people that we perceive as extremely good.   And everything in between, although those are just perceptions and values that we give to it   because I think everything that happens is actually Neutral and it's just for our experience.   However,   you can make it as you wish, I think. So you can influence your own life and the rest of the world as I do think that we probably   make the world literally.  

Like we We create it into being. Like, it's probably not here.   It's not not real. And science is catching up on that actually, which is very interesting.   But in that sense, if we are doing that,   the   frequency   where we vibe on as in,   You know, are you stressed, or are you, depressed,   or are you happy, or are you do you have love in your heart?   Obviously, then reflects   in the world that you create in it.   And so whatever you consume,   podcasts,   media,   has direct influence on that, I think.   So if I listen to your podcast,   which is about positivity   and Raising up and and looking at the broader picture   instead of telling me all the things that I need to be afraid of.  

Yeah.   That's gonna raise my spirits, and thus, the world around me as well, which I create together with everybody else like you.   So yeah. Definitely. So I think creating things   like a podcast is extremely powerful   and is one of the reasons why you're Here instantiated   as coal, I think.   So keep doing that Yeah. If it still serves your spirit, of course. Mhmm.  

[00:47:02] Cole McCormick:

I'm obsessed with podcasting. I love podcasting. My 1st podcast was in 2016.   I did the Cole McCormack show,   And that was just a little random thing I did. I I think I might have been inspired by, there's this guy online named Gary v, Gary Vaynerchuk.   I'm not sure. Yeah.   I fell down. I was watching all of his videos in 2016, and I was like, I'm gonna be a brand. I'm gonna do a podcast. I'm gonna, like, I'm gonna do all this.   And that was, like, when I first discovered podcasting,   and   I realized that I loved it. Like, just and even though that show ended,   Like, inside of me, I knew that podcasting is legit,   like, for my own soul. Like, that that's always been on my heart. Like, even from, like, the first.  

I don't have, like, an exact memory, but from the 1st few episodes, from the 1st moments of me talking   into the microphone and figuring out I think I was uploading to to SoundCloud   and, like, trying to understand, like, all that situation. Like, what is audio? What is an RSS? How do I how do I get it on Apple? All this. I'm like, I love this. I love it. This is so cool. This is so fun, and I feel like I can really express myself. So and podcasting is neutral, you know, just like anything else. You know? If   If we are a spirit having a human experience   and   the   the way we see the world is   Because of how we choose to see the world,   then let's like, I wanna use podcasting to to make a better world, And I want people to listen to more positive podcasts because,   you know, like, there's all these, like, complaining podcasts, you know, like the Tim Pool podcast. I feel like that's just, like, Just bagging on everyone. You know? Like,   it's like, I get it. Like, there's, like, like, there's issues in the world. Like, there's, like, cultural problems and all this stuff, but it's like, Why are we judging   these people? Why are we judging the people doing wrong? Let's bring them to our side. Let's try to give them   more information.  

Because, like, I remember,   it was, like, before the pandemic,   in America, you know, it was just, right before the pandemic in America,   Like the the Trump's 1st 4 years,   there's all this talk about censorship and misinformation   and hate speech. And I remember Joe Rogan talking about how   the solution to hate speech is more speech.   And I remember   agreeing with that. I was like, that's that that's really real.   And   it's sort of, like, been, like, a saving grace for myself, so I don't   Heavily lean into judgment, or I can at least be aware of when I'm judging   something that I don't agree with or something. You know? Just try to   It's really opened up like, podcasting has shown me   that you just gotta talk to people. Like, if you just have a discussion,   You know, if you're to just allow the other person to speak, maybe you can actually understand them.  

And maybe you can give them a little sliver of information that Changes their entire thing. You know? You don't need to if you're trying to change a person's mind,   you don't need to beat them over the head with a hammer.   You know, you need to give them an invitation   to something. You need to make them think about a question   that they can actually be curious about. So,   Hopefully, podcasting does that, man. I just want podcasting to save the world,   ultimately.  

[00:50:23] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. And I think,   You hit the hammer on the head there as in, you know, people always think that they need to be, like, the number 1 podcaster, have huge audience, or like a 1000000 downloads or something like that. But you really don't. It all depends on your goals. Right? So if you're trying to inspire people or teach people something,   you just need 1 person, right, to just Listen to 1 sentence that they pick out of of your thing and be inspired and do something else with their day or let life or whatever. You know? It can be as small as that.   But   so in in that sense, you can easily set yourself up for success, right, if you just reframe that. Mhmm. But yeah. Yeah. Podcasting really, really powerful. I think so.  



[00:51:07] Cole McCormick:

In the beginning, you mentioned,   you had a mushroom experience.   Can you go into that a little bit? When was that, and what came from that? Is that really what led to   all your thoughts here right now?  

[00:51:21] Unknown:

Yeah. So,   now now this has been   brewing for years.   I keep,   baking as as is.   And I'm sure that in 5 years from now, I'm a completely different person than, Who I am now.   At least I hope so.   But, yeah, I,   so I had this QHHT   Session, I think it's   2 years ago now.   Maybe   yeah. 2 years ago, I think. I'm not sure. You know? Time is a blur, especially with this whole corona   crap in between. I know, dude. Maybe you need to cut that out. Otherwise, this gets all censored. No way, dude. Podcasting 2 point o, dude. We're free, dude. Speak it. That's it. That's it. But you're on YouTube. Right? Yeah. You're right.   Be careful with that.  

And, you know, in that, what what they do During that hypnosis session is also, record your audio.   So   I I basically wasn't there.   I have no recollection of what I said. I just listened back to the audio.   And what what happens is you go through these past lives,   which I think now are not per se past lives, but are,   simultaneous   lives. As I think time is happening all at once.   And it's just a construct of our instantiation   here,   as as three d humans that we need time in order to, exist and and   Do stuff.   However, you just go through those things,   through a couple of them with significant events.  

And after that,   your,   what's it called? Your your higher self is being called   to, you know, answer questions that you write beforehand.   Your higher self then shows you those,   past lives Because they are relevant to the session and to your life right now to learn some lessons.   Because as I learned,   before we instantiate here from spirit,   we make an agreement on spirit side as in, alright, I'm gonna go into Earth now, And I'm gonna try to do this there.   You know, this and this, and this is my dad, and this is my mom, and this is the whole configuration.   I'm probably gonna meet that person at some point, for something.  

And, alright. Wishing me luck because, he does free will and stuff.   So   Try try to learn something, try to experience something.   And so you you do have kind of a purpose   That is, let's say, predestined.   But I do think that,   the future is never written   As in we all determine what we do. That's the whole that's that's fun of the game, basically. Right? You could do whatever you want,   Which might mean that you come back again to do this again if you haven't learned your lesson. But that's fine because everything is infinite anyways.   So   After that, I learned a lot more about my purpose, which is to continue   learning and teaching.  

Learn teach.   That's basically the main thing. And there were a couple other things. And then I wanted to   You know, I I went skeptical for a while. I was like, jeez. Was I just making all that stuff up or something? Or did she just, you know, pry that out in me somehow? Or was I just I don't know. I was completely sober during that that hypnosis session.   I was like, come on. This bullshit.   So I thought, alright. I always wanted to do in in that session also came forth that I needed to learn from plant medicines.   So   and I had that on my list for for quite a while, but I was always scared, you know.  

Scared to lose control and to,   I don't know what's gonna happen. Am I am I gonna be sick or something or, you know, you know, leave my body somehow?   Sounds all pretty crazy. But I always I heard a lot, for instance, on Joe Rogan, he also talks about these experiences and TNT and stuff.   Super interested.   And so   I think 6 months after that or something, after that hypnosis session,   I tried it. I booked with a,   a sitter, like a professional sitter. They had this whole ritual   with a huge dose of, suicide mushrooms,   in a nice setting, in a nice room With these kind of hippie pee pee people, which were very loving and, very accepting.  

Then I just I just went under, and it was awesome.   It it confirmed everything that I thought   I knew already about what spirit was. And, of course, yes, we can say, well, that's just your your brain,   you know, confirmation bias and all that type of stuff. Sure.   But you weren't there, man.   I was, and I believe what I saw.   So Mhmm. It is it is indescribable.  

[00:56:15] Cole McCormick:

You've also done A couple of those sessions. Right? Yeah. I've done my experience with mushrooms, my first time doing them was in   May 2017,   And I I didn't go into any, like, official   schooling or group or anything. Like, I really just went running with scissors with it. Just I got I was working at a I was working at a pizza shop, and I was listening to Joe Rogan. Similar story. Him talking about   Health and mushrooms and just doing that, how it changes your perspective.   And I was already I had already experimented with smoking weed,   So maybe weed was the gateway for me.  

But,   I've, when you're at the pizza shop, you know, I'm not sure if you've worked at a restaurant,   but, you know, the the the drug culture is pretty it's pretty fluid in the kitchen.   Yep. So, I was like, hey. Do you like dude, where can I get mushrooms? And a buddy of mine,   he was like, I got you.   And,   he gave them to me, and that first experience, you know, opened up   Everything for me. It, I was going through a really   that was right after high school. So I I graduated high school in 2015,   and I was going through   a pretty long bout of depression   about it's last, like, 2 years, maybe maybe 2 or 3 years. I think the whole thing lasted 4 years.  

And,   I just like this whole I I was depressed about I don't know. Just like my youth and, like, I I I lost Friends, there's a big falling out with me and and a and a really core group of friends. And,   when I did the mushrooms, I was in my backyard. It was nighttime,   And which maybe isn't, like, the best scenario for a lot of people.   But, I mean, it just it's how I did it, and   I I was able to see   like, I I saw, like, a grid of light. You know? And I saw   I forget everything I saw, but I just remember feeling, like, so   Hopeful and happy, and I was like, wow. So this is   like, there's a different way to see it. There's a different way to feel it. There's a different way. And that inspired me to   that was actually the the the catapult   that brought me out of my depression, because because I was it was actually the mushrooms that inspired me to lean into my body   and to get healthy and to experiment with my body.  

And that and that led me to because I was, I I also gained a bunch of weight during the depression,   and then I start doing keto. I start Swimming, and I start working out more, and   I just had the sense. You know? Like, there's always this, like,   the post mushroom,   like, like, feeling.   There's, like, this, like, halo effect. There's this glow that you have. Some people feel it a few days afterwards, and it goes away. But   After that first time, I felt like I had that post mushroom glow for a very long time, and I was able to just   I was swimming every single day. I was eating healthy Every single day, I I had I got my own little personal routine.  

I did something specific by myself on Thursdays. You know? I I was able to   I I was able to really hone in on what I wanted my world to be and how I wanted to live and think. And   Just open me up, man. So, like, that's powerful that you had that too, dude. Like,   what was that, like, growing up? Like, did your parents tell you to not do drugs, Or were they hippies themselves? What was that like?  

[00:59:33] Unknown:

Yeah. No. Definitely.   So   Growing up in the Netherlands, you know, weed is very prevalent here. Right?   And I'm 41. Right? 4 41. I'm 40, actually, still. There we go. Oh. I feel older.   So I grew up when it was, You know, people smoked a lot more. My parents smoked always.   Just regular cigarettes. Right?   They even smoked in the car. You know, those were the times where you could smoke in an airplane and in a restaurant, all that type of stuff. It's nuts if you think about it now. Yeah.   So that quickly rubbed off on me as well in my teens, and I started smoking. So regular cigarettes.   And then very easily,   I also, you know, experimented with weed there because, you know, even in the Netherlands, it's it's everywhere.  

But that was really, really frowned upon by my parents.   They did not like drugs at all.   No. They were very strict with that.  

[01:00:31] Cole McCormick:

Wow.  

[01:00:32] Unknown:

So   yeah.   Now that I did this,   it's I can explain it, and they understand that this is very different than drugs.   Right? People do use it as drugs, but that's that's to me, that's misuse of this plant medicine, which it really is.   So the this is this isn't drugs.   It's very different. Mhmm. So,   yeah, it was pretty strict growing up. Right.  

[01:01:00] Cole McCormick:

But, you know, yeah, things change. That's a lot of people. Because I grew up Christian, and my parents were always just like, you know, no drugs. Like, don't do this. Like, they weren't like they never scared me. They never, like, did anything to, like,   really, like, fear porn anything, but, you know, it was clear it was a clear stance. Like, hey. Don't do drugs.  

[01:01:18] Unknown:

And when they found out that I did just want you to yeah. Yeah. They just want you to not die, right, and not be a junkie. That's their fear, of course. Exactly.  

[01:01:26] Cole McCormick:

Exactly. And I think that actually I've been,   like, within my own family, I think I've been able to sort of break that barrier too because,   The last,   what's it been? 6 years since I did that,   I've been trying my best to just be more honest With my experiences and trying to talk to just just just to tell my parents, like,   this past summer, I told him, hey. Like, I'm probably gonna do, like, a mushroom trip just to deal with dad's cancer.   I'm just gonna, like, just figure things out. And   I think when it, like,   I think when there's, like, a a heavier crisis,   people are more willing to to be open to a solution to a radical solution.  

And I feel like a part of my journey in my own family has just been try to just break that boundary, try to   make these plant medicines a bit more normal.   And I don't really have, like, a full fledged thought on that, but I feel like that's been my path. And hopefully hopefully, that's maybe it's a part of your path as well, just opening your parents up to that. Because, I  

[01:02:28] Unknown:

mean, it'd be Howard is never gonna happen now.   No. It is absolutely never gonna happen now. That's   I find that,   that's even with health stuff. Right? I know a lot now. I I even did a, like, a bachelor degree,   medicine type of thing   To learn more, that's all mainstream medicine, but still, you know, you learn anatomy and stuff like that. Mhmm.   But I cannot convince him of anything.   Like, hey. Maybe you should not eat that margarine or something because, you know, look at look at what what that actually is. Has a 1000000 ingredients in it. It sucks. Yeah. I can explain why. But they're obviously not open to that because, you know, they're still alive. They're doing their thing, and they've been doing this for decades.   So   people don't chain you can't change people, I find. At least I can't. Mhmm. They they will change when they are ready for it. And sometimes you think, well, now you're ready. Right? You're dying or something. Mhmm. But that might not be enough even for some people.  

Yeah. And that's fine too. It's it's their journey. And that is   to me, that has been very difficult to accept sometimes.   Yeah. That it's their journey and, you know, they change in their own time.   All you can do is just   set the right,   Show them the way and not by telling them all the information because they're really not not interested in that.   You can put it somewhere like in a podcast or something, and they will Find it one day when they're ready. Mhmm. But if you keep slamming him with it, they're like, ugh. Yes.  

[01:03:58] Cole McCormick:

I don't want that. Yeah. I had that I had that similar experience because I remember   so my dad, he, my dad got diagnosed in June,   and I think my mushroom trip was in, like, August, July or August, and   I   remember   the weeks prior to the mushroom trip,   I just had the all this anxiety,   Not just tied to the more to the mortality   of cancer, but just about, like, I want to do everything possible that I can   To help my dad. I'm trying to give him everything I have because I feel I have the health information. I have,   plant medicine information and And all this stuff, and it and   I I was like, dad, I will move to help you. I will, like, I will do anything possible to to help you out.  

And when I was on the mushroom,   this thing like, this image of, like, I just saw my dad on a path, just like a normal, like, park   Path with, like, some grass and flowers, and I was like, the thing that came to me was   this is his path to walk.   And it was almost like I saw him on his, like, physical, like, sidewalk path.   And I was, like, on an I was in the distance, and I was able to see him. I was like, wow. So I really can't help him walk. I'm not like, there there's nothing I can do.   Even though, like, I I I seem to accept that He's over there,   and he's looking at what he's looking at, and he's walking his walk. And that's all all I can do is just encourage him. All I can do is just love him. All I can do is just be there for him.  

And so that's, that's a big lesson too. Just letting people be them, letting people   walk their own path. Like,   It's difficult.   And it's also it it makes me think about what you said earlier about everything being neutral.   You know, I I might have a negative emotion about how   about a certain food my family eats or a certain pattern someone has.   But then, like, if we are to remind myself, like, hey. It's neutral.   They are on their path. Like, that can sort of help me because   That that that takes away judgment, because I don't wanna judge my dad for not doing something that I think he should be doing   even though he's doing everything he can. You know? I don't wanna judge my sisters. I don't wanna judge these people. It's like,   sometimes when you I feel like there's this, like, dark side of being awakened and, like, knowing information.  

Like, you can almost, like, weaponize that. You can almost weaponize   the things that you know to be true,   and you can almost, like, push people down with that. Like, it's almost like   it's like it's like when a,   when a person, like, berates someone for smoking cigarettes. Like, I can't believe you fucking smoke. I can't believe you do this. It's like Yeah. Yeah. Why are you doing that? Like, the guy's just on his break. Like, the guy's just trying to relax. Like Yeah. Exactly. If you don't wanna stand by him, don't stand by him. Like, that's a totally different   thing. You know? And it's like, don't you know it's gonna give you cancer? Don't you know it's gonna kill you? It's like, life's gonna kill me. You know? Just let me let me let me be here. And so that's been, like, a huge thing. That's been a huge lesson   of me, and I try to put that in podcasting. I try to just   that's, like one of my main philosophies. Just like, I don't wanna judge. Try to figure out a better way   to talk. Figure out a better way,   to to think about these problems and and and to think about   unhealthiness,   whatever that may be. And, You know, I'm not even the healthiest myself. You know? People,   there's people in my life who might judge me for smoking weed or might be doing something weird. You know? I know vegans who say that I shouldn't be eating a lot of meat, but I eat a bunch of meat. Yeah. So   it's it it's all all like moving together. You know? It's like a yin yang thing. You know? He's gotta learn   from all these different energies.  

It's very complicated.  

[01:07:45] Unknown:

It is. And I think,   it's very difficult if you   wake up. Right? I know we're we keep using this, very, big word,   awakening and stuff, but it's just becoming more aware of things. Right? And more aware of yourself, more aware about the universe and your place in it. Zooming out, basically.   I think you go through stages.   There's this, I   I'm not sure who the author is. I had it hanging here.   But the,   the chart of the levels of consciousness,  

[01:08:17] Cole McCormick:

There's a book about, Wait. Grab that. Came up with that. Grab that right now, please.   Folks, we are getting an exclusive book review from Barry.   This is phenomenal stuff.   I'm about to buy this book.  

[01:08:31] Unknown:

Let's see what this guy's oh, yeah. Doctor Hawking. That's him.   He created this map of consciousness   that I'm now showing on screen a little bit. You probably can't read it. I see it. But, anyways, it's   It's frequency based. There's this book, The Map of Consciousness.   He's a bit dodgy because he he says that he   has this method   to, be able to calibrate people to to see what type of frequency you are. Now sure, believe that or not, that sounds a bit crazy. But I do believe that there's   a frequency   and That that determines   your being and the world around you, how you perceive it. Right? And perhaps also how others perceive that part of the world that you create for them or together with them. And this goes from   all the way down   in despair and being vindictive,   uncaring, punitive, denying, vengeful, this goes up, indifferent,   permitting. And then in the middle, where you start to wake up,   You have courage, affirmation,   and then you start to be a bit sciency. Right? You start to   understand the world around you in terms of These are   the laws of the universe that we create for ourselves,   physics,   stuff like that. But then you see past that At some   point. And then you see, oh, maybe they're all maybe it's it's a lot bigger.  

But in between there, I think that's that's where the difficulty lies.   Because   you know enough   that   you know that the world is corrupt,   And that lots of people aren't aware.   And that if they might be aware, they could make better choices with food, with Finance with all sorts of stuff, and you want to help them there.   But that's but you don't know enough to know   that   You shouldn't be thinking like that. Mhmm. As in,   if you were to go higher and then you come to the realization   that   Everything is the same. There is no good or bad.   Like if you look at, at a magnet for instance, a magnet has a positive side and a negative side. Right?  

But it's the same thing. A magnet,   it's just 1 magnet. Right? It's all the same thing. The positive side is needed for the negative side. It is one and and the same thing. It cannot exist without the other. So it's not a bad or a good thing. It's just things playing out for   their experience and perhaps also your experience.   And so   until you come to that level   where you become so neutral,   let's say,   With unconditional   love for everything,   you it's very difficult to not judge and try to help everybody.   So it's a very frustrating place to be,   in that space.  



[01:11:23] Cole McCormick:

Yeah.   Yeah. It it it definitely is, dude.   Yeah.   Just a it's just like practice. Right? Like, just taking deep breaths, trying to reminding yourself not to judge or reminding yourself to love. That's been something that I've been working on.   The biggest thing that helped me from the Joe Dispenza meditations was   just focusing on opening my heart. I sort of like, whenever I feel stressed,   I try to close my eyes and think about, like, my heart literally opening up, like, more blood   flowing through my heart. And   when I think about that, like, I feel like it happens,   and I'm able to calm down. I'm able to just   Just take a take a breath of something. So like, that's powerful, dude. Like, that that's really cool. What's the book called again?  

Map of consciousness. Map of consciousness. Alright. I'll look that up because I'm interested I'm interested in all that stuff. Yeah.  

[01:12:16] Unknown:

So So how is your dad doing? Is he is he open to,  

[01:12:22] Cole McCormick:

healing? Yeah. I mean, he's I mean, in my opinion, he's healing right now. What we got Some scans,   from the doctors, and his tumors are shrinking.   So that's Awesome. Incredible, incredible news. And, that's why I even brought it up because it's like a hopeful story. Just a 4 months,   4 or 5 months on on chemo and radiation, and His tumors are,   are are shrinking, which is insane, and and he was open.   As soon as he told me,   I went into, like, the spiritual. I was like, dad, this is about your mindset. This is about   the trauma that you went through, or this is about your emotions. Like,   My dad was obese for a couple decades. He's always been overweight. And so   I told him, like, physically, we know how this came about. You were overweight for too long,   and you were eating very badly. And   the diet, like, We just need to change the diet. But bigger picture dad, you gotta focus on your emotions. You gotta focus on your mindset. You gotta focus on the love. You gotta focus on gratefulness   And gratitude. And I and I told them all this in in June,   and that's, like, where my anxiety went. I'm like, I have all this information about gratefulness. You need to be grateful now. Like,   Like, I'm trying to cast a spell on him. You know? And,   I wasn't sure if he was open to that because,   Him and I, you know, even though my family's Christian and I grew up in church,   it was and and my dad even prayed over me when I was younger, and Prayer has never been weird, but at the same time,   like, talking about   spirituality or, like, your own personal spirit,   Like, it's never it was never really discussed   in the world that I grew up in.  

And   it's only Been since I moved out of my of my parents' houses when I've been open to these, like, bigger consciousness ideas, bigger soul ideas.   And now here's a moment where I can actually share this information with my dad, and he was open to it. And he at at least he was he was open to the diet. You know? He changed his diet.   He was open to,   to certain mushrooms, not psychedelic,   but just I I I feel as though   Me being open with my psychedelic mushrooms   allowed him to be open to the idea of any mushroom.   And there's,   incredible information about the turkey tail species of that having incredible effects on cancer.  

Yeah. Paul Stamets. I I I gave my dad Paul Stamets information,   and,   he leaned in he leaned into that. He has turkey tail. He's doing just trying to Take all the all the right plants to to help you,   deenflame your liver. You know? Just trying to help the liver functions and and stuff like that. So   He's been more open to that. And the thing that really opened my eyes   to,   to see hope,   there was I don't remember the month. I think it might have been September.   He was getting some sort of a scan. I think he was getting an MRI scan,   And he told me   that during it,   he was just there sitting. His eyes were closed, just being still. And   He was thinking about the doctors, and he was thinking about the family.  

And he was he was just thinking about how grateful he is   For his family to to come together like we did,   like, all my sisters. Like, my entire family was just very supportive, very loving. Like, we're in this together.   He was grateful for the doctors for being so diligent and being so honest. Like, he   every aspect of this crisis, he was able to To see a reason to be grateful.   And he told me in the middle of the MRI machine, he's, like, tearing up, and he's, like, crying just because of the gratefulness, you You know, not because of anything else. He was just happy about that. And   so he's doing well, man. Like, he's doing well, and he just made a post a few days ago just talking about how The path to beating this   is his attitude,   is his diet. It is his support system,   And all those things affect his spirit, and all those things affect his biology. And so   maybe he might have had an inclination   About that when he was younger. You know? He's just a guy who grew up in the eighties nineties. You know? He's just a just a guy,   and,   He's got this weird hippie son telling him about spirit and all this consciousness stuff,   and,   I think he's healing. Like, I really believe that he has that better mindset. And,   I mean, selfishly, I want him to be like an example for other people to see how they can get through their Illness and their their diseases because it's a big deal. Like, we need more we need more survival stories.  

You know? It's always a positive thing when someone survives a Drama. You know? So let's   but the news, you know, all the all the books and all the stories, you know, there's always   Their Hollywood is always gonna make the slave movie. You know? They're never gonna make   the guy who's just, like, Like, where's like, if they wanna tell a story about a black person, they're usually gonna tell a slave story. They're never gonna tell the story of the mom just working and just trying to get Her family together, something like that. Like, it's not it's never a common thing. They the media, they always wanna push   the negative stuff, and they wanna they want you to, like, feel the Trauma   even more.  

And so it's just like, where are the survival? Where is the life?   And,   Selfishly, I want my dad to be that story. I want my dad to to be able to say that   he beat cancer, and he told me that himself. He told me He goes, Cole, I just wanna be in a place where I can say I kicked cancer's ass.   I was like, let's go, dad. Let's go. Let's do it.   So, like, long story short, that's that's where he's at, man. He's,   he's working on his mindset.  

[01:18:16] Unknown:

Okay. That's awesome. Yeah. That sounds like, he's getting into a better place as well, mentally,  

[01:18:22] Cole McCormick:

spiritually as well. Yeah. And that will probably also strengthen your Bonded with him as well. Yeah. Which, that's what I want. Probably, ultimately, this this will be a positive experience, maybe. Yes. I I it's already been a positive experience. I mean, it's already It's Christmas. You know? I feel like Christmas came early. You know? It's like his his Yeah. Lesions his lesions are are shrinking. So, like, I don't care about December 25th.   I care about when he told me. I care about I care about the moment when he talks to me. I care about I try to answer his phone call whenever he calls me. You know? It's like and throughout this, like, my family is funny because,   my family has a lot of synchronicities   Between each other, there's always some   it's it always seems like right when I clock out of work and I'm walking to my car, my dad calls me.  

Or, like, I'm literally like, I'm always wrapping something up, or, like, I'm I'm about to begin something, but I have, like, 5 minutes. And my mom just calls me out of the blue, And we're able to have, like, a nice discussion. It's like,   we never really plan on when we're gonna talk, but   it it does feel like my family. Like, We know when we need to talk to each other. We know when we need to   give someone the love.   You know? It's just that's something that that that's Something some sort of intelligence in my own family,   but it's powerful, dude. It's been a journey.  



[01:19:47] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, man. It's great to hear. I hope he he'll be fine. He will. I I believe it.  

[01:19:53] Cole McCormick:

I believe it.   So,   what What else do you wanna talk about? We,   touched on a lot of different topics. Do you wanna focus anything   focus on anything else pertaining to Pod Home, pertaining to podcasting? Like, I know you wanna be as modern as possible forever, but,   what are your like, do you have any, like, specific goals in mind with Pod Home? Like,   And I'm definitely gonna help you out. I'm definitely advertising it. I know you have the, the affiliate link, which is really interesting.   I've never, I've never leaned in To doing anything with an affiliate link, so I'm definitely gonna be be promoting that.   Yeah. What are your, like, other specific goals with Pod Home?  



[01:20:33] Unknown:

Yeah. So   I am now one of,   a handful of international   podcast hosting companies.   All of them or most of them have offices and lots of people work in there, typing away all day   to   Make something.   I don't have that   yet,   which is good because that means my costs are low.   I do, hire,   freelancers here and there for sports,   because I can't do 24 hour support myself. Of course, I don't wanna do that.   And that helps.   But still, I want to expand slowly,   which is already happening, which is great, because then I can Keep an eye on, you know, how the servers are doing and scale them up where needed and change things when needed.   And just keep adding things. Right? So   because   I started from scratch,   which means that I built a greenfield, that's what that's called in, in software development.  

I don't have any legacy code or anything to support,   which means I can move very fast,   for now. Obviously, in a couple of years, it will be a bit slower because then things will be cludgy. And, oh, if I need to change this and, oh, Shit. And this thing is gonna fall over. Or we need to redo that thing.   But for now, this works well. Architecture works well. And so I can move fast. So for instance, this week,   I rolled out,   video clips.   So you can already create   clips, like audio clips, and then that's a sound bite Tag for podcast 2 point o. And now from that,   audio clip, you can now also create video.  

And that uses your artwork Or artwork that you upload, and you can have a couple more settings like,   forms and stuff. But I wanna keep building things like that that Take away from your workflow. Right? So if you're a podcaster, you upload your thing, you wanna create transcripts and all that type stuff, you wanna create stuff that you use to,   promote on social media. You wanna do all of that in the same place. Right? You don't wanna have to go to a third party tool or pay for anything else. So I wanna keep adding things like that. So   Next year,   I'm gonna add at least a couple   of the following and probably way more, But, a different monetization feature.  

So currently, we do support value for value.   And that means that people in a modern Podcasting app. And you should do that right now. Go on it. Boost boost boost and stream sets.   That works.   But it's very niche because that's for people that are not afraid of crypto.  

[01:23:09] Azure Barry:

And normal people like, oh, this is a Bitcoin. Oh, jeez. That's a scam. I don't wanna be scammed.  

[01:23:15] Unknown:

So I wanna be able to,   enable podcasters to just say, alright.   Enable this   support page for me. It's like a companion thing on your Plothome website. People can go there,   like America plus slash support or something. Figure out what that is. And then people can go there and pay with fiat money. They can just say, you know, here's, here's $5, or here's $5, every month or something or more.   And then I want to try to keep my cut as minimal as possible. I just need to pay, you know, credit card fees and stuff like that. Mhmm. So that will make it much Easier for podcasters to   get support and interaction.  

And, you know, you're not gonna get rich of that probably. But it's a you know, it's a little bits. And And it it also motivates to keep going.   So that's one thing.   Another,   motivating thing will be that We're gonna be rolling out an experience and   rewards and achievement system.   So   you're doing stuff. Right? You're creating episodes. You're publishing episodes. And each time you do something positive for podcasting land and for the world,   we give you, a reward. You earn experience   Until you become we have to come up with the term, the grand master of podcasting or something. And every level that you earn something cool, and I will do this also for existing   So for instance, you just had your 1 100th   episode, which is freaking awesome. Congratulations on that. Thank you. And When something awesome like that happens, you get a reward. Like, for instance, a month free of Pothome   or, a couple of coupons that you can give away to your friends. And they can also use Plothome,   stuff like that.  

So you'll be able to earn experience and achievements and accompanying   rewards with that.   So those are 2 things.   And what I also really wanna do is add video.   So right now, you just upload an audio file And then you publish that right to, Apple Podcasts, your Podcast Index.   But what I wanna do is that you just upload your video.   I extract the audio as well so that that goes to Apple Podcasts and all that type stuff for audio people. And the video, you can then publish to YouTube, Rumble, or wherever you wanna do that. And then we can also easily use that to create video clips of the actual video interview. Right?   Not everybody does video,   but, you know, I do want to support it because especially the younger generation of podcasts,   do   want to use that, and I think it does add a lot of context. And some of the modern podcast apps do now also support video In an alt alternate feed. So people can choose to just put that on. And I know, you know, typically, when you listen to podcast, you're not watching a video and definitely not on your screen.  

What people usually do is they just put it on somewhere. You know, you put your phone somewhere. You just go do something else. And then sometimes you hear something interesting, you just look, oh, it's that guy saying, oh, alright. Okay. And there you go. Go on with your day.   So that's also something that I want to support. And then also a couple more podcasting 2 point o things. I probably did a live tag. I want to support somehow   so that I I wanna do a live show. I don't know why. I just wanna do it. And maybe with some music or something, I think that's it's pretty cool.   Nice. Yeah.  



[01:26:32] Cole McCormick:

That's cool, man. Lots of lots lots of stuff. That's a lot of idea. I mean, the the podcasting,   oh, no. Go on.  

[01:26:39] Unknown:

Yeah. So no. Lots of stuff. And, obviously, you know, just growing the business. Mhmm. Onboarding more folks,   growing support,   growing,   blogs and stuff. And, you know, unfortunately, that also means marketing and stuff, Yeah. Which I will probably   hire somebody for because I hate that. And I do not want to make a Facebook account. I just don't.  

[01:27:01] Cole McCormick:

Don't, dude.   Don't, bro. Don't don't go to Facebook. Unnecessary.   That's interesting that you bring up video.   So you wanna host the video? Is that is that the goal? Because I was listening to,   Adam Curry just like a week ago, and they were discussing   A situation where the podcaster   can   put   a YouTube link   that is their podcast video.   They can put the YouTube link in a feed, and that can somehow be accessed   by the podcast. But I don't know anything about that.   Have you heard about this? Do you know I I think I saw   there's another podcast app called Pod Fans. I know Pod Fans just updated that. What is that?  

Is that something that you'll be doing, or is that different from what your vision is? The yeah. So that's different. So I was actually talking to Sam Sethi From Podfans,  

[01:27:55] Unknown:

today earlier today, and he also explained this to me. So what they enable is in Podfans, which is a podcast listening app, You can go in as a podcast creator as you, for instance, and you say, alright. I have this,   audio thing uploaded,   And here's the accompanying YouTube   video.   So that helps listeners. They can then switch between video and audio, which is cool way. And that is kind of because hosts like me do not support   hosting video yet. That's why they have to go to YouTube.   So that is That is a middle solution that they use there, and I like that. But   I don't like that you have to rely on a platform   that is censored   because YouTube sucks. Yeah. You know, I had improving Barry on YouTube, which was about health. I got canceled,   quickly quickly enough when I said that,   You know, saturated fat does not cause heart disease, for instance.  

Wow. I think it was, in November this year or something or Month before,   they have deepened their partnership with the WHO and the naval,   NATO,   To combat mis and disinformation   all for our safety, of course.   And now every alternative   health information on YouTube   That does not   conform to WHO   narrative.   Doesn't have to be false. Just if they think it's not cool, Then that will not per se be deleted, but at least be the.   So, you know, you won't see it anywhere.   It will just be shadow banned, basically,   which is freaking ridiculous. So  

[01:29:29] Cole McCormick:

platforms like that, I do not want to rely on because they they suck. Yeah. That makes sense. I wanna do that myself. Yeah. That's a lot of money. Yeah? Because I thought the the reason why hosting companies didn't support it was just because of, like, the space. And the reason why YouTube is YouTube is because they have the money to build the space to host it. So is that gonna be a lot of Yeah. Work on your end?  

[01:29:53] Unknown:

Space space does cost money. Yes. Store storage costs money.   But storage is pretty cheap.   And,   fortunately,   I am using a service that does not,   it doesn't cost me money to stream bandwidth,   2 people. So egress bandwidth.   And that is probably the biggest cost for most hosting companies. I do not pay that.  

[01:30:17] Cole McCormick:

Wow. And that's is is that a different service? What is that? That's really cool.  

[01:30:22] Unknown:

Well, it's if you Google it, you can find it. I'm not gonna tell everybody right now because then lose my competitive edge Okay. Now. It's very simple. It's it lots of people use it. It is, I use Cloudflare like everybody else. K. But I store all the stuff in Cloudflare   are 2 buckets, which is very similar to AWS s three buckets. So that's just the buckets where you put lots of data in Unstructured data like videos or text or audio files or something. And they do not charge egress data. So   That that's awesome. Wow. Also, something did not exist a year ago, not in this form at least. So it's all, you know, synchronicity  

[01:31:01] Cole McCormick:

Yeah. Which is great. So that's powerful. So the answers are coming up. Like, what was once a problem last year is literally   not a problem. That's so cool.  

[01:31:10] Unknown:

Yeah. That's powerful. Doesn't exist.  

[01:31:12] Cole McCormick:

Yeah. So, Barry, we it's been, like, an hour and a half, dude. You wanna Oh, just say anything else? Is there anything else you wanna Say or just I mean, this is America plus, dude. Like, what else what other innovation, whatever positivity do you have, man? Like because we can wrap this up if you want. We can keep talking. Like, what's the vibe?  

[01:31:33] Unknown:

Yeah. Yeah. No.   So it's like, it's 9:30 PM here. Oh, it's bedtime. So let's let's,   almost. Let's start to wrap it up. But I I do wanna say,   you know, there's so much   Stuff out there. Right?   Negativity out in the world.   Don't turn on the news, obviously. But if you would, you know,   There's so much crap that so much fear.   You know, the world's gonna end next year's cyber attack. I don't know what all sorts of shit's gonna happen. However,   if you look out your window right now for most people, you know, if you live in   in in a country that's not at war,   You're probably fine. Right? Everything is probably fine.  

Right? Maybe you're not rich or something, but still, you know, everything is okay. It's okay. You're gonna get through this. You're gonna get through tomorrow.   The   all that stuff that they're talking about, all those,   the elite that are ruling us and all this shit that's gonna happen, it's It's not right now, at least. Right? Yeah. So what? And if so, there's nothing you can do probably.   And and then what? Who cares? Just live your life.   So   and I know it's difficult. It it's very difficult. It's been difficult for me as well. But don't try to think about that type stuff. Right?   Because it's not really happening right now if you look out your window. Right? You're fine. Go outside. Go do something fun.  

So   Enjoyed the moment. Try not to live in the future because it doesn't exist. Mhmm. Right? Try to live now.  

[01:33:03] Cole McCormick:

I love that. And,  

[01:33:05] Unknown:

You know? And, of course, go to the show notes right now. Click on the affiliate link Yes. Of Pot Home and sign up because then Cole gets some money as well. Yeah, man. Let's do that. I I love that affiliate because  

[01:33:18] Cole McCormick:

I actually wanna be I wanna promote,   like or not promote   podcasts. I wanna   Try to get people encouraged to, like, lean into an RSS feed, to lean into   podcasting because   This is powerful, dude. This is powerful. If someone can just express themselves with their own voice and they could link up   any song,   And they can play whatever song, and they can then have that have that support   go to go to the artist and go to them. Like,   That's powerful, dude. Well, Barry, this has been really awesome, dude. This has been really fun, really peaceful. So thank you so much for being willing to talk to me. Thank you for innovating with Pod Home.   Like, you're a powerful human, dude. Like, you're doing good stuff.  



[01:33:59] Unknown:

You too, man. Just keep keep on going. Keep being positive and really, you know, Good luck with your dad. I'm sure he will be fine. Everything will be okay. Thank you. Thank you super much for for having me on, man. Amen. Of course. Anytime,  

[01:34:16] Cole McCormick:

Wow. Wow. Wow.   What a conversation.   What an experience.   And,   Just talk, dude, with Barry, dude. Thank Barry, again, thank you so much, Barry. Oh, woah. Hang on. Wrong one. Barry, thank you. Thank you so much, Barry.   Total legend there. Do you think he's innovating? Do you think he's trying to help the earth? Do you think he's trying to help people, dude? I think he is.   Again,   if you like Barry, please support the podcast. This is a value for value show, folks. We are heading on into the boostagram section   Of the show, folks, this is a value for value powered experience, everyone. America Plus is where it's at, man. What we're doing here, This is what value for value is? This is about   I do as much as I can to put effort in the show and try to bring you good information   And good narratives, healthy narratives for healthier systems.  

And then you put the value on the show. I don't wanna put a ceiling on myself. I don't wanna tell you that this thing is, like, $3 A month or whatever. No. No. No. No. No. I'm I'm never doing advertising. I'm never gonna make you subscribe to anything.   I want you   To choose to put the value on the show, you have the ability to do that, and you can do that through 3 different avenues. There's 3 t's to value for value. Time, talent, treasure. And, the first one is time. You just by listening, engaging with the video,   whatever is right in front of you, doing whatever you can   To support the,   the images and, and the podcast on your phone. Like, that's your time and attention. So thank you for that. You're already doing that. The second one is, talent.  

This is an example of, like, the wider podcasting ecosystem, value for value ecosystem.   There's a relationship   between the podcaster and the audience.   And pretty much what I'm looking for for the talent, If you know anyone who is innovating, if you know of any new things that are boiling up to the surface, If you wanna share those with me and bring them to America Plus,   share them as, like, an America Plus, like, show and tell, whatever,   Please do so. Like, that's the talent I'm looking for right now. Just looking for positive narratives. If you wanna chime in, you can DM me   something regarding, like, a better future, something regarding a problem being solved.  

You know?   If you're a person who who is positive, You know,   just send me the positive things that you're seeing. You know? You know? It's not just about, like, the dog like, the happy dog photos. You know? It's about, Like, those are good. They keep you happy, but it's about what is the innovation. You know? What is where are the answers? I'm looking for the answers. So if you got that talent, Send that to me. And, the last thing is treasure, which we're about to go through right now. Treasure is, of course, through, through different, ways. That's PayPal  

[01:37:05] Unknown:

And your modern podcasting app, by the way, if you didn't know this. Go to value for value dot info for more info, then download the fountain.fm   app. It's the best way to support the show. Okay. So Fountain.fm  

[01:37:17] Cole McCormick:

is just one of many modern podcasting apps. There's a bunch of them linked on my podcast website.   Fountain pot there's podcast guru. There's Podverse.   There's TruFans.   We we mentioned Podfans that There there's been a rebrand to true friends true fans.   And,   there's a these give you more information. These apps give you more ability to engage with The podcast.   A lot of them have chapters. They got transcripts. You're and you're able to send money through these podcasting apps. You're able to send small bits of Bitcoin called Satoshis   directly to the podcaster and the artist. That's the whole reason why I'm excited about it is because there's a payment system. There's an open source money that's linked up to open source   media distribution. Like, there's just like this is the end this is the revolution, dude. This is the America plus. And what I got in front of me right now,   where's my phone? Where's my phone? Where's my phone? Where's my phone?  

I got the Boostagrams from last week.   Boostagram is you sending me Satoshis Any amount that you want. Last week was number 100. I celebrated the centennial episode, and,   we got   a few familiar faces around here, from the From the least to the highest,   the 1st person who wanted to send in some value was at Shannon p. What's up, Shannon?   She sends in a beautiful and lucky   333   sets. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And she says, Happy 100 and a bunch of flexing emojis. Yes, ma'am.   Boosting is loving. Yes, ma'am. Thank you very much for that.   This next one is from   Joel   w.  

Love to see Joel here. He says from last week. Okay. So last week, I played this insane clip from Alex Jones, and this is Joel w's   response.   He sends in A satchel of Richards, 1,111   sets.   A lot to unpack here, but I could not agree more with with fix the people, fix the world. For better or worse, every one of us is a part of the larger system. Whatever system is our is   or will become.   Hang on. Hang on. Let let me reread that sentence.   For better or worse, everyone everyone of us is part of the larger system, whatever system that is or will become. If the parts are broken, the whole cannot work. And congrats on 100. Thank you, sir.   Thank you very much. He gives a little cheers emoji. Thank you very much.  

Cheer and champagne and raw milk.   And then this last one comes from Chiron.   He sends in this is an insane number. He this is one of his larger boosts As whopping   10,000   satoshis. This is my guy who lives in Australia.   I do voice acting for his book reviews podcast.   Listen to Kyron's book reviews podcast that's also linked on my website.   He sends in 10,000 sats from the podcast index. He's He's boosting from the podcast index. Thank you very much. What are you doing boosting from that dude?   That's so random. I love it.   He says,   how quickly 100 episodes has passed. And look where and look where you're at, Cole. Doing interviews, playing with value time splits and songs,   Creating magic mushroom fun time and AI and value for value music, you've come a long way. It's funny how things line up because this week's book review is about death, Alien science and big narratives.  

Would highly recommend everyone to tune in to just hear Cole's voice acting chops. Oh, Karen, you're too nice to me, dude.   Has already made the show so much better. Has to here's to 100 more. Thank you so much,   And now as the French say, it is time for le boost.  

[01:41:02] Azure Barry:

Boost.   It's basically  

[01:41:04] Cole McCormick:

You put Bitcoin with anything, and all of a sudden, that is more efficient. Everyone, that thank you to everyone who wanted to send in that value, guys. Round of applause to you folks.   Thank you so much to Kyron down in Australia. Thank you so much for Joel w. Thank you so much for Shannon p.   These are people who are in the community. If you wanna be a part of the community, if you wanna be a part of the vibe of innovating and expressing yourself, don't be afraid to send in a boost to gram, download a modern podcast app, And   just be a part of the future.  

Alright, folks. That brings us to what I wanna get to now. The one of the most important things that's happening in the next 2 weeks Is my release of my short oh, no. Next week. A week and a half. Barely. I don't it's it's it it it under   10 days.   My short film, magic mushroom fun time, is coming out, and I'm doing filming for it. We're filming the live action stuff for it on Tuesday.   It's scheduled.   I got my shift covered. It's happening.   So I just don't want people to be afraid that it's not happening.   It's still it's it's gonna be awesome, dude.  

We're   it's a it's a park shoot. We're gonna be there during the day. It's gonna be awesome.   So   What I wanna give you an update on is just where I'm at with it.   It's still coming out   sort of on time.   It's coming out. So, during discussions with my cinematographer   who will be on the podcast,   He's been,   during our, like, meeting, like, discussion, he was like, Christmas might be tough. Christmas might be a tough get. We could probably do the 26th   or 27th.   So I'm   I'm going gung ho On getting so this is my Christmas gift to you. Okay?   Magic Mushroom Funtime has always been   my Christmas gift to you.  

And,   If it's on the 26th, I don't think that's a big deal. And I'm telling you early. Hey. I found out the package is gonna be a day late. Is that okay, honey?   It's gonna be okay. I think it's gonna be okay. If it's a day late, maybe 2 days, but I swear to God, it's gonna be 1 it's just 1. It's coming out on the 26th.   It's gonna be as good as a as good as ever.   And that's really, like, the the main update.   It it might be a daily. The my Christmas gift might be   On Boxing Day, which isn't that big of a deal,   and I'm excited for it, dude.  

Have you ever color corrected anything before? Like, that's, like, the biggest issue when it comes to,   filming digitally.   It's something that I just don't think about. And so   during the process of making this movie, you know, I'm going through an experience of,   saying to myself, oh, shit. I didn't think about that.   My cinematographer and I were literally,   at the park, and we're just, like, discussing all this. And he was like, so what about   he he said, so what about your costumes? What about your clothes? And I was like, oh, shit. I didn't think about my clothes,   but I have a week to think about that, or I have 2 days to think about that.  

And then he was like, alright. It might it might take me a few more days to, like, color correct. I was like, ah,   shit. I didn't think about that. Didn't think about the color. Didn't think about the costumes. Didn't think about that.   And,   so while I'm moving through here, you know, it's been a solo journey.   Whenever you add in people to the process, you know, it's always important to,   what's the word? To just be prepared.   Just be prepared and just to think about everything, every little thing. You know?   So that's really, like, the main lesson, the main update. You know? We're just   We are filming live action stuff, and I'm growing as an artist, and I'm getting better communicating.  

And,   I'm thinking about color more,   which I've always been thinking about color, but now I really gotta think about it. That's the that's the strange thing about directing a movie.   You gotta think about hyper specific things that you might have not have already thought about.   And then when it's brought into your face, it's like, oh, Wow. Why didn't I see that?   So that's why I like doing this because it shows me stuff like that, And it presents me problems that I really don't know how to solve sometimes.   So we got another   Another week and another 10 days until this thing comes out. And this is crunch time, and this is,   this is where a 24 hour this is where an all nighter might might might might need to happen. I've thought about this.  

We'll see what's going down.   The AI images are gonna be good. They're they they're already good. What I have is, like, It's really interesting,   and I think I'm gonna be able to express   what AI imaging   can do in a different light.   I'm not sure   how many people are gonna see it. You know? I'm gonna put it up on Twitter for sure.   Oh, the biggest update is,   my distribution for it is I'm choosing   no agenda tube,   to to upload it. I just got my account,   approved.   And, I'm pretty sure you can do splits on that. You know? The main the the the biggest issue was looking for   an open source,   Looking for for a podcasting 2 point o video platform.  

And,   I know there's been, like, some, like, innovation with that.   You're able to do, like, some alternative thing with a YouTube link,   and Barry spoke all that on that. He thinks it's a it's like a workaround. It's sort of like a hack, but I don't think there's a real,   there's not a real consensus on it yet. So we'll see if anything changes in the next week.   If you're able to help me distribute the video   via value for value and having splits in it because,   I just want there to be splits for with everyone who's involved. That was the entire idea with with releasing this via value for value. Everyone who's helping me is gonna get a split on the movie value for value cinema.   V for v cinema. You know? This is what I'm trying to push.  

I'm trying to see if I'm trying to experiment if this is a thing that can work, and I'm trying to see,   where I might fail and where I might,   Like, how can I be an example for people do going forward? Because   if value for value and RSS and the and everything podcasting 2.0   Can apply to different forms of media to different mediums,   then,   You know, there just has to be experimentation.   And so Magic Mushroom Fun Time is a one of its kind first of its kind experiment of   Combining these   these different formats, these these different   trying to trying to put in a narrative   With with a song inspired by Fantasia,   trying to cut back and forth between   live action faces   and, like,   and these AI psychedelic images, like other world worldly   images.  

I don't know anyone else is doing this. And so   I guess I just gotta pray about myself. I got a prayer about pray about the vision. I gotta pray about just   honing in on myself. You know?   This week, I really gotta meditate. This week, I really gotta   this is where my genius comes into play.   This is where my instinct really comes into play,   and I can really lead with something. I can really lead.   Let it lead. Let my ego not not not my ego. Let let let my, like   oh, what is that? I may I for Freudian slip, I guess. My it is my ego.   I'm trying to express myself, but I'm trying to   let my soul express itself.  

That's it. And, with that, we're gonna end it on a song, everybody.   This song,   this came in from Barry. This was his recommendation.   This artist's name is, named Jesse Lark.   And,   I guess it's, just a theme of of daddies, just a theme of fathers This whole year because this song we got from Jesse Lark coming in from Barry from the Netherlands. His favorite song,   daddy.   Enjoy.  

[01:49:47] Unknown:

Daddy pays the bills,   but he's always So   behind,   mama cooks the meals,   and she drinks glasses   of   Daddy, I'm in high school now. Haven't seen your face in   Leaving home's a little scary,   but  

[01:50:40] Azure Barry:

this man is the love of my life.   I  

[01:51:51] Unknown:

Don't believe my marriage can work well.   You and mom,   you didn't even try. You lost her in our home because you didn't put   You can't even bring yourself to commercial   shows.   But I guess   life's   Haven't seen you in   2 years now.  

[01:53:04] Cole McCormick:

That's America plus, bitch.   Stay  

[01:53:11] Azure Barry:

free.