The long awaited and overdue Season Finale has arrived. Angel B. Jimenez struggles with the recent and devastating loss of a close friend, and wades through the waters of life's potential lessons through this event. And amidst the turmoil, Heart Still Beating will bring a nostalgic aura as it recaps the highlights of The Athenaeum's first official season.  Song Credits:  "Everyday" by Buddy Holly, The Crickets  "Father and Son" by Yusuf/Cat Stevens  "The Heart of Life" by John Mayer "Paradise" by Stick Figure  "Everlong" by Foo Fighters  "Stigmatized" by The Calling  "The End of the Innocence" by Don Henley

Dr. Neil Hammerschlag joins us today here at The Athenaeum for another immaculate episode. Dr. Neil keeps us informed on the overfishing and the bycatch of sharks and other marine species. We talk about the tragedy of Dead Zones and the lack of oxygen in some ocean areas. His favorite shark is the Tiger Shark and we discuss the possibilities of a world without sharks and the ripple effects that such a catastrophe would have.   https://sharkresearch.rsmas.miami.edu/

In the eighteenth episode, I am met with Nick Troutman here at the Athenaeum. Nick talks about his life being a Freestyle Kayak World Champion and what life on the move with his family is like. We talk about homeschooling, accidents in the river, and having aspirations as a young child.

On the podcast tonight, I am honored to be speaking with model and participant of the Heart Foundation, Asha Grigg. Asha willingly gives her testimony about living with heart failure (Cardio-myopathy and mitral valve regurgitation) from the early age of 17. She talks about inner peace and finding happiness within one's true self and standing up for the voices of women in the workforce. I also remind everyone about the "seed" analogy once again and Asha speaks about sending a message.

This new episode brings about motivational speaker and fitness trainer, Coach Pain who details what it means to fall, to fail, and rise back up. We talk about the bubble we call "fame" and about surpassing our goals instead of staying contempt with just achieving them. Coach also talks about the loss of his mother and how it started a fire in him. A hunger to keep grinding and pursuing his destiny. So go on and Rise with Coach Pain.

The Athenaeum nears a close Season finale as we talk with teen author Sarah Frank about her two fantasy novels, "One Chance" and "Two Secrets" in the fifteenth episode of the podcast. Sarah enlightens us on the life of being a teen author and juggling all the different aspects of publishing. She confesses about her unquenchable love for history making her a History buff, and her way of implicating historical events into her stories. I also criticize with tough love, the CW's "The 100" series based off of Kass Morgan's bestselling novels. Goodnight and lights out.

Justin McAleece joins me for the fantastic fourteenth episode of The Athenaeum. He's a respected filmmaker with two groundbreaking movies releasing this November and January: "Brick Madness" and "Better". We talk about his times working for his father in the Yosemite region of California making clocks. Justin also informs us on the inspiring decision that Calculus was too irritating and being a filmmaker displayed more enthusiasm for him than being an engineer and compares making a movie to the metaphor of "eating an elephant one bite at a time".

A special thirteenth episode in which I break down every chapter of my debut novel "Age of the Kings".

In the twelfth episode of the Athenaeum, I am joined by special guest and expert on factory farming reduction, Logan Sullivan. Logan and I reminisce on his 200 times scuba diving all around like Mexico as well as his talent in surfing from which he holds a Guinness World Record. He advises the world to help reduce factory farming and the consumption of animal products for the sake of our planet, and our own health. We also talk briefly about the threat of artificial intelligence and the "point of no return."

An amazing return episode from our mid-season finale. Majken Nilsson joins us today as she is the successful author of "A Good Kind of Crazy" and "Western Skies" which she talks in depth about on the podcast tonight. She exclaims her testimony on publishing and contracts and what the goal to be a successful author looks like. Big things go down in this episode and Majken and I discuss the feeling of emptiness when big companies and icons don't reply back to our emails, I proclaim my new found love for role playing and I happened to forget how many letters there are in the alphabet. There's 26.