Rachel Clasby (Northbridge, MA) currently resides in Washington D.C. and is pursuing a career in nursing. In this episode of the podcast, Rachel and I discuss various life experiences, how to deal with sudden and unexpected changes that occur throughout life such as relationships, travel, careers, and just life in general. Enjoy! Featuring "Dirt Road Anthem" by Jason Aldean

Coach Ken Lachapelle is the current Head Football Coach for the Northbridge High School Rams. He is the winningest head coach in Massachusetts and has been coaching at Northbridge for 48 years. Topics Discussed: -How Coach Lach became a football coach -Passion For Sports -Culture of Winning at Northbridge High -Relationhships, Family, in relation to Coaching -Finding Your strength, and the strengths in others - Hobbies, Interests aside from Football

Daiton Lachapelle is from Northbridge MA. Daiton has many interests including olympic lifting, all kinds of sports, and a variety of academic interests including science, technology, and history. Topics Discussed Exploring Human Consciousness Freedom Psychedelics Natural remedies Alternative Medicine Florida Shooting Gun Violence Common Sense Societal issues Mental Health Epidemic Issues with Problem Solving Masking the problem instead of solving the problem. Pharmaceutical Industry Taxation Pros and Cons Economics of War Capitalism vs Socialism Federal Reserve BONUS TRACK : "The Way it Is" - Bruce Hornsby

Daiton Lachapelle is from Northbridge MA. Daiton has many interests including olympic lifting, all kinds of sports, and a variety of academic interests including science, technology, history, consciousness, meditation, anthropology, space, and more. Topics Discussed: -Temptation -Wisdom (Ideal) - Figures (Oracle, Monk, Wizard, Jedi) -Suffering/Hardship - Is it necessary for mental growth and evolution? -Time - Relativity, Is it artificial, Time as a cycle and a loop -True Detective -Mind vs. Body - Struggle against mortality -Denial of Death - Ernest Becker -Questioning things - Be Skeptical - Carl Jung's Shadow: Strong men are powerful but make good decisions - Jordan Peterson

Daiton Lachapelle is from Northbridge MA. Daiton has many interests including olympic lifting, all kinds of sports, and a variety of academic interests including science, technology, and history. Topics Discussed: -Books, Research, Personal Interest - Meditation, Chakras, Consciousness, -Human Capabilities -Cultural Values -Truth Seeking -Questioning things -Social Relationships -Being Different

Morgan Mackintosh (Malden, MA) is an interior designer and photo stylist from Northbridge, MA who is currently the co-founder and co-owner at Beige and Bleu Design Studio. Topics Discussed: - Business update - Planning - Future goals - Arguments in Relationships - Design and Travel - Advice Bonus: "Into the Mystic" - Van Morrison

Tom Coyle (Northbridge/Boston, MA) joins the podcast to talk about of bunch of mutual interests and topics. Topics Discussed Include: -Cryptocurrencies: What are they, why invest in them? -TV Shows - Black Mirror - Dark Side of technology - Reality TV - Eastbound and Down - HBO shows -Travel - WWOOFing - Spain Stories -What would you do if you had 100 million dollars -Random Stories mixed in Bonus Track: "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye Intro Track: "Going Down" - Freddie King For more information on the podcast episodes and blog, check out the website: http://www.theinspirewire.org

Andrew Haas, the podcast's first guest joins me to end the drought of podcasts! We talk sports, travel, what's new, and what has happened since we first talked. Additionally, we discuss the future of the podcast and some upcoming news! Tune in!

Nicole Noonan is a recent college grad and current graduate student in Interior Architecture. She co-founded and co-owns Beige & Bleu Design Studio, an interior design company based North of Boston. Topics Discussed: -What made you interested in interior design? -What has it been like starting your own business? -How did you do phase in a business? -What has your graduate school experience brought you? -What parts of running a business do you enjoy/dislike? -Future of the business? -Advice and tips for Starting a business or new phase in your career Nicole's Links: Beige and Bleu website: http://www.beigeandbleu.com/

This solo episode I discuss multiple interesting clips from "True Detective", "Fight Club", and "Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell". Most of the topics revolve around the possibility that humans do not in fact have a purpose, identity, destiny, etc. That we may in fact be just a heap of organic matter on a random planet in a gigantic universe. Topics Discussed: -True Detective -Human consciousness was a tragic misstep in evolution -Humans should not exist by natural law -We have the illusion of a self, a purpose, that we are somebody - Implications if we are nobody - This is depressing, what do we make of it? - Optimistic Nihilism - A video by Kurzgesagt in a nutshell -The possibilities could be endless -Fight Club quote: "Self Improvement is masturbation" - What is wrong with self improvement? -Final thoughts -Final clip: Fight Club scene when Tyler Durden discusses materialism, evolution, meaning of life -Bonus song: Main theme of Season 1 of True Detective Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8x73UW8Hjk&t=213s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14&t=190s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikY0fs94U-M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJJfe1k9CeE