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The Human Derek Podcast

by Derek LaCrone

Are you a human? Then you may find something particularly exciting in this podcast for you. You may not actually be a human, and that's ok too, because if you're reading this from a place and time where humans have evolved into cyborgs, or maybe beings from another planet or time appeared, well this podcast could also be for you as well. Deep thoughts, growth tools, anything goes on this podcast where reason, reality, optimism, and life intersect. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

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  1. #47 Eric Uresk

    Eric Uresk is an an ex pro MMA fighter, Championship Mindset Coach, BJJ Black Belt and Jiu Jitsu trainer at Victory MMA in San Diego, CA, and and all around a super cool guy. Find him on Instagram @ericthegentleman This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn -...

  2. #46 Brian Staton

    Brian is an LA based entrepreneur and designer. He specializes in graphic design as well as building incredible clothing from bridal gowns and men's suits to jerseys. In this episode we went deep and talked about parenting, God, fear and more. Find him on IG @staton_design This podcast uses the...

  3. #45 Shasha Arani

    Shasha Arani is a theoretical physicist out of San Diego, CA studying Dark Matter. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

  4. #44 Francesca Petrolo

    Francesca Petrolo is a motivational speaker, amputee, para-athlete, Italian citizen currently wrapping her time in Southern California to begin new adventures in Rome and beyond. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

  5. #43 Zombie Lord and Sifu

    Two young men Zombie Lord and Sifu appear on the Human Derek Podcast to talk about life as a teenager in 2023, cordyceps, opinions on the current school system they were involved in, and what they're doing with their lives right now. If this is the future of the U.S. we'll be in good hands as…

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  6. #42 Noel Cordero

    Noel Cordero is a former D1 wrestler and power lifter, strength and conditioning coach for combat athletes, a jiu-jitsu practitioner, and serving in the U.S. military based out of San Diego, CA. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

  7. #41 Dr. Jools Candelaria

    Dr. Jools Candelaria is the clinic director for Essential Medicine in La Jolla, CA. She is also a flaming foot archer, womb and chronic pain specialist, and a doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn -...

  8. #40 - Sandra Shebani

    Sandra Shebani is a San Diego and Southern California based immigrant from Sweden with Middle Eastern origins. She is a real estate broker, investor, agent, and entrepreneur. You can find her here: https://sandrashebani.com/about and on instagram @sandrasheb Sponsors: Boulevard Fitness (San…

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  9. #39 - Sarah Moore

    Sarah Moore is a nutritionist, personal trainer, coach, fitness influencer and all around amazing person based out of San Diego, CA. She helps women create a social environment that supports a healthy lifestyle and achieving their goals. She also works with men. You can find her on instagram...

  10. #38 Kevin Orton

    Kevin Orton is an outdoorsman and the Vice President of Best Version Media one of the most positively impactful media organizations in North America. He is an advocate for the second amendment as well as wildlife conservation. He has been the host of his own hunting show and featured on the cover...

  11. #37 Iridamar

    Iridimar is a Mexican born citizen of the United States with an architecture background, entrepreneur and interior designer. Her career started as a builder at Lego Land. She's based out of San Diego, California. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn -...

  12. #36 Francesca Petrolo

    Francesca Petrolo is a personal trainer, boxing and kickboxing coach and has competed in Muay Thai and kickboxing matches. She helps run the nonprofit ABC Youth the Anybody Can Foundation based out of San Diego, CA that helps support boxing, structure, discipline, and hard work for youth to help...

  13. #35 Bodhi J.M.S. Ryder

    Bodhi J.M.S. Ryder is an American born author and rock climber. He has published several graphic novels, is most known for The Curseborn Saga, and recently released The Monastery. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

  14. #34 - Hammurabi Fuentes - Primal 6 - The Human Derek Podcast

    Hammurabi Fuentes is the founder and owner of Primal 6 a fitness and movement based company that helps people optimize their lives through functional movement and specifically use what is most commonly known as the Indian Club although there's alt names for the tools as well as vairations. This...

  15. #33 Sam Turpin and Leonard Oshiro - The Human Derek Podcast

    Sam Turpin is mixed martial artist, combat sport athlete, and instructor based out of San Diego, CA. Leonard Oshiro has been training mixed martial arts for 10 years, is an MMA fighter on his way to going pro also based out of San Diego, CA. Both are members of Team Hurricane Awesome with head...

  16. #32 HDP - Jeny Dawson - Zen Soul Balance

    Jeny Dawson is the founder of Zen Soul Balance a sound healing, meditation, and yoga Yin Yoga business based out of La Jolla, CA. A year before publishing this she left her corporate work at I Heart Radio where she had been for over a decade to commit full time to her passion for bringing sound...

  17. #31 Will Safford and Maurizio Tangari - HDP

    Will Safford of BJJ Fanatics and Strong and Fit joins us with Maurizio Tangari the inventor of Hydrocore and Hydra and together they are teaming up on Human Fit. We discuss longevity, recovery, laughs, and we say the word naked quite often. We also discuss their upcoming health and fitness…

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  18. #30 Nathan Nussbaum - The Human Derek Podcast

    Nathan Nussbaum is the founder of MovMed system, a way to build resilience mentally, emotionally, physically and beyond in as little as 5 minutes per day through mewing, breathwork, insight into the gut and neck, and other specific and currently uncommon practices. We discuss trauma, emotions…

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  19. #29 - Jeny Dawson - Zen Soul Balance

    Jeny Dawson is a Yin Yoga instructor and teacher trainer and the owner of Zen Soul Balance based out of La Jolla, CA. Zen Soul Balance offers Yin Yoga instruction, specialized teacher training programs, and Sound Bath and sound healing offerings to the public as well as private groups and for...

  20. #28 - Jared Thomas

    Jared Thomas is a steel mace flow practitioner and deep movement explorer and artist, as well as a coach. He's based out of Nashville, TN. You can find him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/jaredmichaelthomas/ And on YouTube Here…

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  21. #27 Maurizio Tangari

    Maurizio flips the script and digs in on this episode, interviewing the host Derek LaCrone about what it was like growing up without a father and in less than ideal circumstances, about mindset, and being calm and peaceful while finding humor and opportunity in life's events. Both Maurizio and...

  22. #26 - Dawna Gonzales

    Dawna Gonzales is a 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu Black Belt practitioner and instructor, an actor, founder of the 10th Planet Women's Self Defense program, and a female empowerment coach. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

  23. #25 - Gadner Destine & Samuel Afocha

    Gadner Destine (@beast_dony) is a Haitian born entrepreneur, professional bodybuilder, fitness influencer, computer science major , and a sponsored athlete based out of San Diego, CA. Samuel Afocha (@chiefebuka_) is a Nigerian Born entrepreneur, founder of @gymbuzz.us, a proponent of veganism…

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  24. #24 - Francesca Petrolo

    Francesca is an Italian born immigrant to the U.S. and currently resides in San Diego, CA. She is the owner of Jungle Gym (@junglegym1332) in Mission Bay, CA., has fought competitively in Muay Thai and boxing, and trains clients both online through custom technology and in person at her gym in...

  25. #23 - Gareth Hamm

    Gareth Hamm is a Canadian-Mexican hockey player raised in San Diego, CA. He currently resides in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is an advocate of unconventional fitness. He trains with a combination of Flow, Yogic, Martial, and Spiritual Arts, which stretch across a wide variety movements and includes...

  26. #22 - Mark Wildman and Gareth Hamm

    Mark Wildman is a Cast Trainer working on set with actors in Hollywood and all over the world. He has worked on films such as Star Trek Beyond, Wonder Woman, Outlaw King, and Hell or High Water as well as many others. Gareth Hamm is a Mexican-Canadian hockey player who grew up in San Diego and is…

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  27. #21 - Steven Ghabbour

    Steven Ghabbour is a stand up comedian based out of San Diego, CA. He has appeared on stage at world renown venues such as The Comedy Store La Jolla and opened up for some of the biggest comedians touring today. Steven's IG: https://www.instagram.com/stevenghabbour/ Don't forget in fact go ahead...

  28. #20 - Manolo "Hurricane" Hernandez

    Manolo "Hurricane" Hernandez has been an MMA coach for over 25 years and is a legend in the MMA and combat sports world. From teaching at "The Lion's Den" which is highly regarded as the first real MMA team, to training current and former champions, as well as founding San Diego, CA 's first MMA...

  29. #19 - Junior Leoso

    Junior Leoso is a Maui based performance coach, investor, fitness wizard, and many other great things to many people. He's one of the founders of Maui Fit an annual event held in Maui inviting coaches, fitness inventors, and others from all over the globe to the beautiful island. We get into role...

  30. #18 - Peter Cummings and Tara O'Neil -The Human Derek Podcast HDP

    Peter Cummings is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has developed AARM over the span of 25 plus years, AARM stands for Adult Attachment Repair Model which helps in the healing of trauma rooted in childhood and can be considered a form of "reparenting." Tara O'Neil is a life coach and...

  31. #17 - Nicole Selchow - The Human Derek Podcast

    Nicole Selchow is an executive assistant at a large pharmaceutical company, a mom, and Southern California based entrepreneur. She hares her insights on raising kids in the modern world and how to make each day great. Don't forget in fact go ahead and do it now and subscribe to The Human Derek...

  32. #15 - Ally Kennedy - The Human Derek Podcast

    Ally Kennedy is a San Diego based business coach for Women Coaches, CEOs, and business owners. Her background in business analysis, digital marketing, and tech set her up for the perfect storm during the 2020 pandemic to be able to take her knowledge and skills to help women entrepreneurs grow...

  33. #14 - Stephanie Maura Sanchez - The Human Derek Podcast

    Stephanie Maura Sanchez is an actor, screenwriter, Navy Veteran, former television journalist and has 40 appearances and growing including Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Grey's Anatomy. She is an all around badass and a master of her craft. You can also find her on instagram @StephanieMauraSanchez…

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  34. #13 - Vik Patel - The Human Derek Podcast

    Vik Patel is an Indian-Canadian entrepreneur and intrapreneur specializing in branding, sales, and local marketing. Vik is the Publisher of Neighbours of Willowgrove in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada and partnered with Best Version Media an international community focused positive media...

  35. #12 - Tara O'Neil - The Human Derek Podcast

    Tara O'Neil is a former teacher turned hypno-therapist who specializes in trauma healing utilizing NLP, hypno-therapy, and her life coaching methodologies which continue to evolve. Her own journey into this practice of helping others to become the best versions of themselves is inspiring and taps...

  36. #11 - Anna Shilina - The Human Derek Podcast

    Anna Shilina is an author, coach, speaker, and world class entrepreneur based out of Cape Town, South Africa who has faced depression in her own life and is working to help others better understand what it is that depression is and what depression isn't. In this episode we cover a wide variety of...

  37. #10 - Daniel Prok - The Human Derek Podcast

    Dan Prok is an Author, Model, Actor, Speaker and deliverer of the Message of CHRIST! Yes you heard me right, he is bringing the message of Jesus to 2021 and beyond. His recent works include The Book of Love, The Book of Light, and The Book of Heaven. I can tell you in my own personal experience...

  38. #9 - Brad Fassbender - The Human Derek Podcast

    GUESS WHAT?!? Have you ever heard of a company called Guadalupe Roastery? I BET YOU HAVE if you've ever listened to this podcast hehe! This episode's guest is Brad Fassbender and he is the founder of Guadalupe Roastery and an all around GREAT GUY! I am happy to have known him for a few years and...

  39. #8 - Jaimie Egan - The Human Derek Podcast

    Jaimie Egan is one awesome lady who is the Co Founder of two businesses, Upstate Design and Redpill45 where she is a designer, builder, and all around do-er of great things. She's based out of Southern California and came by the studio for a great conversation about her viewpoints on where…

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  40. #7 - John David Reynolds - The Human Derek Podcast

    John David Reynolds the Third is someone you might think is made of different DNA than some of us and maybe there's some truth to that, but he has also fortified his mind and heart to overcome some of the craziest things that can happen to a person in modern society. This episode was wild and on...

  41. #6 - Ian Almasi - The Human Derek Podcast

    Ian Almasi started his business just within the last couple of years and found even through the pandemic he found himself growing it to the point where he now serves immigration lawyers all over the United States. He is also a free diver and we cover all things life, business, and passions as we...

  42. #5 - Maxx Holdrieth - The Human Derek Podcast

    Maxx is a real down to earth guy with Ohio roots living out in beautiful San Diego where his fitness empire continues to grow, using technology and truth! Our health is something that can bring us infinite joy when we appreciate it now and make tiny sacrifices so that we can bring our best selves...

  43. #4 - Brennan T. Nichols - The Human Derek Podcast

    This is the first episode of HDP we did via Zoom and it was fun! Brennan is a Site Ops Engineer with Footlocker, is certified on product management in the sneaker world, an ambassador for Yellow Brick Sneakers as well as an alum, mentor, and panelist with UIC Business based out of Chicago…

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  44. #3 - Malte Niebelschuetz - The Human Derek Podcast

    What an INCREDIBLE time with the fantastic mister Malte Niebelschuetz and if you are struggling to pronounce his name that's ok because by the end of the episode you may just be copy and pasting it to find more of him online. He's the founder of an incredible company called Shore Buddies based…

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  45. #2 - Maurizio Tangari Inventor of The Onnit Hydrocore - The Human Derek Podcast

    Sitting down with Maurizio was hilarious! Guy was doing an instagram live bit while we are in the middle of a conversation and eventually we got settled into some really great pieces about life and what it's like to build something. He took his life experience and work, determination, and a…

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  46. #1 - Dr. Rachel Hamel Pacific Beach - The Human Derek Podcast - HDP

    Hey there so first off I had to even debate whether or not to post this episode because as you'll notice after the intro, Dr. Rachel's audio iS AMAZING and gets better throughout, but my voice sounds FAR OFF as we had some audio engineering challenges. Ultimately because her words of wisdom are…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Are you a human? Then you may find something particularly exciting in this podcast for you. You may not actually be a human, and that's ok too, because if you're reading this from a place and time where humans have evolved into cyborgs, or maybe beings from another planet or time appeared, well this podcast could also be for you as well. Deep thoughts, growth tools, anything goes on this podcast where reason, reality, optimism, and life intersect.

This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:

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Derek LaCrone

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Are you a human? Then you may find something particularly exciting in this podcast for you. You may not actually be a human, and that's ok too, because if you're reading this from a place and time where humans have evolved into cyborgs, or maybe beings from another planet or time appeared, well...

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