The Junkyard Love Podcast
by Jacob Rhines
"Mining the hearts and minds of unorthodox teachers"For the life-long learner who wants honest, human conversations about how we grow, heal, create, and understand ourselves. These are longform dialogues with artists, thinkers, authors, meditators, psychologists, musicians, creatives, leaders, philosophers, healers, and everyday people with something real to teach.Each episode offers a perspective, story, or insight that tends to lands exactly when someone needs it most. Thoughtful, curious, and quietly life-changing, this show exists to help us live a better life by understanding our own inner world more deeply, through the perspectives of one another.The Junkyard Love Podcast - for a better life.
Episodes
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Shame, Sex, and Men's Mental Health - with Fran Frye
Fran Frye is a sex educator, counselor, and advocate for men's mental health. She helps men understand themselves sexually so they can have a more fulfilling life. She works with men who watch more porn than they mean to, feel gone from their bodies during sex, keep a secret sex life, or sit in…
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Adding 'A Conscious Breathing Break' To Your Daily Vocabulary - Episode 0124 with Sigmar Berg
Sigmar Berg is an Austrian-born architect, photographer, artist, and former fashion designer whose life changed drastically after a single guided breathwork session. In the session, the teacher used 528Hz, a tone known as the "love frequency". Sigmar has since created a small flute-like device…
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Episode 0123: Endorphins, Love, Quantum Medicine, & the Four Bodies Model with Dr. Cristine Hull
Dr. Cristine Hull is an integrative mental health practitioner, author, and developer of the Zero Point Meridian technique. With a Master’s in Psychology and a Ph.D. in Natural Medicine, she brings over two decades of experience as a substance abuse counselor, school psychologist, and private...
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Laughing Like a Hairy Oaf - Simple and playful ways to free your real voice - with Barbara McAfee
Today we’re diving into something we use every day - our voice. Most of us are walking around with an unconscious default voice that’s been patched together from old stories, childhood wounds, cultural expectations, and whatever got us through the day. But what if that voice isn’t really you?…
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Surrendering The Porsche - A Conversation on Masculine Drive, Spiritual Surrender & Divine Timing - with Tim Fraley
“I found this perfect Porsche Cayenne diesel, white with red interior, low miles, great service history. I hit the lady up, we agreed on a price, everything was lining up… and then it all fell apart. She sold it to some random guy for a thousand dollars more. I was pissed. I was fighting it. But...
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"I'm Not A Teacher, I'm A Reminder" David Hulse and The Path To No Path
David, 80, has been teaching ministry for over 60 years. He has decades of experience as a minister, teacher, author, spiritual guide and sound healer - and has journeyed from a fundamentalist Christian upbringing to an inclusive spiritual vista that primarily champions love over fear. David is…
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The Story Of Trey Jones - From Prison Overdose To Witness State - 0119
In this conversation, I sit down with Trey Jones. Trey Jones is a former convict who spent 10 years in a Tennessee prison, and while in prison, he had a near-death experience that awakened him to a very new and different perspective. While tattooing, Trey was offered a bump, of which turned out…
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What If Mania Is a Message? - with Sean Blackwell
What if mania isn’t a malfunction — but a message from the psyche trying to heal? Sean Blackwell is an author, teacher, and researcher who has spent nearly two decades exploring the spiritual and somatic dimensions of bipolar disorder. His work challenges the mainstream psychiatric model by...
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0117 with Blake Hull - Good morning, Blakey Boy - Grace, written in code
In this conversation, I'm joined by mathematician, meditator, and machine learning engineer Blake Hull. We share stories of therapy, meditation, and Ram Dass, opening up after years of staying in the head, we unravel ideas of masculinity, expand on vulnerability, and dissect what it means to…
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0116 with Curtis L. Harnagel - Same Room, Different Angles: Creative Direction, Communication, and Deep Listening
Curtis L. Harnagel is a creative polymath - a director, consultant, and producer whose career moves fluidly between live entertainment, multimedia, dance, art, and nonprofit worlds. A true pop-culture savant, Curtis carries decades of music knowledge, behind-the-scenes reasoning, and pedagogical...
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0115 with Voice Actor, Puppeteer, Storyteller, and Sound Producer Nate Begle - The Puppet's Heart
“I grew up with puppetry and voices and weird little characters. I never really let that go — I just found ways to turn it into a life.” - Nate Begle In this episode, we're joined by Nate - He's a voice actor and puppeteer with over two decades of experience in storytelling across stage, screen,...
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0114 with Ravinder Taylor - Psychotherapist, Hypnotherapist, Microbiologist, and Author - 'From Chronic Pain To Inner Power'
Ravinder Taylor is a UK-certified psychotherapist and clinical hypnotherapist, trained at the National College of Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. She holds a Bachelor of Science in microbiology and has spent over 30 years researching human behavior, subconscious programming, and self-empowerment. She...
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0113 with Transition Mentor Wendy Cole - Later Bloom
In this episode of The Junkyard Love Podcast, we meet Wendy Cole, a 67-year-old Transition Mentor who fully transitioned after 65. Wendy shares her inner perspective from her years living as a married man and father while grappling deeply with identity, societal expectations, and secrets that...
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0112 with David Crayk - 'True Teachings' - Interviewing My High-School Drama Teacher 15 Years Later
In this heartfelt episode of The Junkyard Love Podcast, I reconnect with one of the most influential mentors of my life—my high school drama teacher, David Crayk. We dive deep into creativity, teaching, personal growth, and the power of human connection. David shares his journey from being a…
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0111 with Nate Tanzman - Father
Nate is a husband, father, stunt-bike rider, motivational speaker, videographer, inspired leader, and an honest man. He joins us to engage in a deep, introspective conversation about personal growth, spirituality, and masculinity. We explore themes of overcoming adversity, finding purpose, and…
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0110 with Rebecca Wild - Turning The Lights On
Rebecca and I sit down for a raw and enlightening conversation about overcoming life’s most challenging moments. From personal trauma to profound self-discovery, we discuss the pivotal moments that shaped our paths toward healing and growth. With heartfelt anecdotes, practical advice, and a...
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0109 with retired Navy SEAL combat veteran, Author, CEO - Marty Strong - Adapt, Move, Be Different.
I sit down with Marty Strong, former Navy SEAL, and we explore his unique approach to life and work, characterized by his openness to opportunity and his ability to adapt and thrive in unexpected situations. Marty shares lots of great stories, perspectives, and some key highlights from his latest...
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0108 with Author of 'The Human Idea' Anne Riley - Always Evolution Occurs
Anne Riley, armed with an MBA, scientific wit, experience in multiple industries, and the mind of a curious philosopher - has been on a lifelong quest to understand how humans logically fit into life's panorama. Spending much of her time studying the works of Charles Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould…
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0107 with Marriage Coaches Meredith and Craig Bennett - Marriage Needs Sunlight and Water
Meredith and Craig Bennett are relationship coaches. Awhile back, at the exact same time, they both left their corporate jobs to pursue being entrepreneurs - they jumped right into real estate, and bombed quickly. And it turned out to be exactly what they needed to head them down a road right…
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0106 with Connector and Operations Manager Cameron 'Cam' Reid - Cleaning The Floors Well
Cameron is a fun, loving, optimist - who will try anything once - and thrives on gathering good people together. He has a contagious and ridiculous laugh that 'most' people seem to love. He is a proponent of medicinal psychedelic usage, meditation, breathwork, flexibility, daily intentional...
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0105 with Tutor and Educational Consultant Matt McGee - How To Stand Out In College Admissions
Matt McGee is an educational expert, tutor, and college admissions specialist. He is the founder of MRM Education - An elite tutoring and college admissions consultancy that aims to fosters academic curiosity, mental health, and confidence in students' - with the ultimate goal of admission into a...
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0104 with Author and Spiritual Coach Julie Hoyle - 'Awakening From The Lucid Dream'
In 1989, Julie had a radical awakening. Her conscious experience changed indefinitely via shaktipat (energetic exchange of spiritual knowledge) in a lucid dream experience. She was gracious enough to join me on the podcast to share her fascinating experiences, heartfelt wisdom, and warm…
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0103 with Landon 'Dirtyzen' Smith - Breaking Into The Abyss
Landon Smith is an artist mostly known for his alias “Dirtyzen”. A creative visionary & spiritual teacher, he hangs his hat in the world of music by interlacing a sub-genre of dubstep called ‘chillstep’ with philosophical spiritual talks from well-known masters. Landon takes the listener on a...
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0102 with Megan Hawkins From 'BetterU' Psychedelic Therapy - At Home Ketamine Therapy To Heal Anxiety And Depression
To skip solo intro: @11:03 In this episode, we get to meet Megan Hawkins, one of the Co-Founders of BetterU Psychedelic Therapy. She joins us from her home in Los Angeles, where she and her partner Derek Du Chesne have been recently working on opening the first brick-and-mortar location for...
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0101 with Keenan 'Hurricane' Harvey - Taking Care Of What You Can Reach
Keenan is a member of the city council in Kelso, Washington. He's a commercial insurance agent, he's held jobs in the non-profit sector, has been a pseudo-law enforcement officer, has been a parole and probation officer, he has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Law and Justice, holds an advanced...
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0100 with Jacob From The Internet - Mystical Experience And Spiritual Practice To Radically Change The Mind
"This is how a human being can change: There's a worm addicted to eating grape leaves. Suddenly. He wakes up, call it Grace, whatever, something wakes him, and he's no longer a worm. He's the entire vineyard, and orchard too, the fruit, the trunks, a growing wisdom and joy that doesn't need to...
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099 with Brent Spirit - A Kundalini Awakening Story
Brent Spirit went through an unintentional spiritual process that is often called “Kundalini Awakening”. Since, he has begun playing the role of spiritual teacher and helps many going through the same or similar process, primarily through his youtube channel and podcast “The Spiritual Awakening...
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098 with Swami Nityananda - Be Still, As The Universe Plays Through You
Hit Follow/like if you enjoyed the episode! - Swami Nityananda is the spiritual teacher of the Awake Yoga Meditation community. Consecrated by Swami Shankarananda, her teachings helps listeners and readers connect with the reality of love, wisdom, liberation, joy, harmony, and kindness. People…
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097 with Kevin Foreman - Fighting For Sobriety
Five and a half years ago Kevin's life drastically changed when a physical altercation at a sporting event led him to a path of sobriety. In this episode, we talk about the habits and version of himself that led him to that day, the life changes inside and out that he experienced around that…
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096 with Jordenelle Tsugawa - The Forever Umbilical Cord, And Grand-Mother Ayahuasca
Jordenelle is a friend and teacher. A Registered Nurse turned Usui Reiki Master speaking from a place of true freedom, we had an awesome chat. More bio on her below. In this episode, we talked about being of service, trauma, synchronicity, coincidence, frequency, growth, awakening, kundalini, and...
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095 with Rapper & CEO Bobby Barrz - The Only Real Game In Town Is Betting On Yourself
Hailing from the Pacific Northwest - Bobby Barrz is a Rapper, Studio Engineer, A Leader, and the CEO & Creator of BigBet Studios. This talk from Bobby is free game. If you have dreams or goals or aspirations... you'll EAT listening to this conversation. Bobby comes from a place of truth and...
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094 with 1/3 Billionaire John Lefebvre - Acid, Intellect, Money, and Morality
Facts about John: - He’s given over $50 million to charity - Spent time in prison - rose from dirt poor to be a 1/3 of a billionaire - Singer/Songwriter who recorded with Grammy Winning Producers - Written two books - Lawyer, Environmentalist, Philanthropist, Taxi-Driver John Lefebvre is a...
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093 - I Know Great Men Stuck In Costumes Of Sadness
A solocast, for those guys who feel overwhelmingly anxious and depressed. Just set your armor down for a second and let me talk to you. I can only offer you my perspective, which is fueled by years of personal experience and learning about myself through books, lectures, videos, podcasts,...
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092 with Roman Merrell of 'RFTA Podcast' - A Complicated Historical Paradigm
A charismatic-chameleon, A wisdom-filled wizard, A starry-eyed Scorpio, it’s the great Roman Merrell! In this episode, I’m joined by an old friend to explore a bit of our past… recent and far far away. Roman has lived an interesting and adventurous life up to this point, and his perception of the...
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091 with Speaker, Author, and Family Business Consultant Nike Anani - Next Gen, Legacy Perspective, New Beginnings
Nike brings her valuable wisdom, firsthand experience, and elegant articulation to the podcast in this episode - she’s a Consultant specializing in family business where the torch is being passed down to a new generation. Our conversation moved very naturally through various topics including…
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090 with B.S. in Psychology Will Andes - Being Boys, Becoming Men, And Bringing Peace
(first couple mins is self-promo, guest intro starts at 1:55) Will Andes is wise, well-spoken, and full of welcoming perspective. A salesman with a constantly evolving good nature, this good-natured troublemaker joins the podcast from Philadelphia where he lives with his family and close friends....
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089 with Social Impact Investor and Organizational Strategist Daniel T. Matalon - The World Game
"Daniel Matalon is the founder of #IsThereEnough, a provocative new conversation about the intersection of survival economics and social justice. He is also the co-founder of Impact Launchpad, a UK-based venture studio for social impact incubation and development. Working from a book, a...
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088 with Bachelor In Arts Of Strategic Communication Spencer Hicks - Break The Hammer
"Spencer Hicks, Bachelor in arts of strategic communication; studies semiotics, enjoyed Hegelian dialectics and eats from the trash can of ideology." Various things that Spencer and I discussed throughout this convo: Philosophy, March Fischer, the state of modern society, hyper-realism, art,...
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The JYLP Trailer (from 084 w/ Jeremy Sherman)
Clips from ep 084
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087 with Yogi, Author, Poet, Love Coach & Masters in East/West Psychology Zach Beach - A Path Of Love
Joining us from the Golden State - Zach Beach, MA, is an internationally renowned yoga teacher, best-selling author, poet, love coach, founder of The Heart Center love school, and host of The Learn to Love Podcast. He has taught and coached thousands of couples and individuals on how to deepen...
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086 with Mika Woodruff - The Individuals Innate Desire For Belonging And Understanding
Welcome back to the podcast - Mika Woodruff! I respect her perspective and value her conversational insight greatly. Her input, skill, and experience around the psychology and mental health space offer up fantastic insight and value to many of the areas of talk we find ourselves in. For more info...
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085 with Bachelor Of Science/Masters In Human Rights Cetvies Cetvies - Censoring and Trafficking Humans
Cetvies is a BSc/MA graduate in human rights single honor (from social sciences and political sciences departments) She campaigns and writes on human trafficking and has a strong interest in human rights, LGBT, environmental rights, animal rights, veganism, politics, the news, IR, current…
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084 with Science Researcher, Writer, and Biosemiotician Jeremy Sherman - The Trying Self
Jeremy has a PhD in Decision Theory, a Masters in Public Policy, and is an author of over 1,000 articles for Psychology Today. He's friends with famous intellectual thinkers, has been a close research collaborator with Harvard/Berkeley neuroscientist Terrence Deacon for over 25 years and is a...
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083 - a solocast - Making Sense Of My Depression & Anxiety pt. 1
This is a very free-form, completely unedited solo podcast about depression and anxiety. Nothing prepared, I hit record with the intention to discuss anxiety and depression in some sort of helpful manner. (I have no clue if I succeeded, but that is my aim). For people with depression or people…
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082 with Yogi & Meditation Teacher Sandy Vo - Towards A Path Of Peace
'Sandy encountered the path of meditation after living with crippling depression and anxiety for most of her teen years. Through practicing self-transformation methods, she learned how to self-heal mental, emotional, physical trauma, and break generational patterns. Today, Sandy speaks on stages,...
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081 with philosophical contemplator John Lee - Pondering The Beautiful Mysteries Of Being
John is a father, a Software Project Manager, and a small business owner. Luckily for me, he really enjoys philosophical intellectual conversations. In this episode, we discuss morality, free-will, consciousness, religion, theism, atheism, choice, experience, Determinism, quantum-physics, thought...
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080 with Relationship Practitioner, Mediator, and Author Juli Geske-Peer - Personal Success
Juli Geske-Peer joins us in this episode! She is the author of “5 Senses For Success - ‘How To Thrive In Any Arena’” - Through her expertise and experience as a seasoned mediator, Juli and I discuss personal, work, as well as community relationships - we talk about leadership, personal success,...
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EP079 W/ Guest Lynn Cherry of Pickleball Fire - "Here, Use My Paddle!"
Lynn Cherry is a Pickleball Fanatic. She discovered the sport in 2018 and has since become an avid player, researcher, enthusiast and even interviews the worlds leading players on her podcast. Lynn has a PHD in Sports Psychology and a Masters in Physical Education. In this episode Lynn gives us…
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Episode 078 with Conflict Resolution Coach Jerry Fu - Be Free From The Fear Of Conflict
Jerry Fu is a Conflict Resolution Coach, he facilitates leadership workshops and has worked as a Pharmacist. He focuses on resolving clients' conflicts at work, in culture, and within themselves. Jerry completed a Biology degree at Rice University and attended pharmacy school at the University of...
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Episode 077 with Cannabis Industry Consultant Devin Mullins - A Friendly Conversation About Weed
Devin's Instagram bio simply reads "I love everybody". His presence and energy have always seemed to bring comfort and ease to people he's around, and he and I have always had great conversations, I was really excited to get him on the podcast. He's been working the last few years as a Cannabis...
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"Mining the hearts and minds of unorthodox teachers"For the life-long learner who wants honest, human conversations about how we grow, heal, create, and understand ourselves. These are longform dialogues with artists, thinkers, authors, meditators, psychologists, musicians, creatives, leaders, philosophers, healers, and everyday people with something real to teach.Each episode offers a perspective, story, or insight that tends to lands exactly when someone needs it most. Thoughtful, curious, and quietly life-changing, this show exists to help us live a better life by understanding our own inner world more deeply, through the perspectives of one another.The Junkyard Love Podcast - for a better life.
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