Today's episode is an honor I won't forget - Candidate for US Senate Dakarai Larriett tells his story of police brutality turned into a run for America's future. Dakarai is a businessperson, an advocate, a police brutality survivor, and 2026 US Senate Candidate for the state of Alabama. Our conversation floats over topics are diverse as qualified immunity, Queer representation, and how most states are purple...as they should be!

REFERENCES:
Dakarai Larriett’s Website: https://dakarailarriett.com/

Read Dakarai’s book “Don’t Flush:” https://a.co/d/9evLdYt

Follow Dakarai on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dakarailarriettforsenate

Follow Dakarai on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/12H6Wmgbj8E/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Follow Dakarai on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dakarai.larriett

Follow Dakarai on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dakarail

• (00:00) - Opening credits
• (00:37) - Show opening
• (01:31) - Introducing Dakarai Larriett
• (02:18) - Congress should represent America
• (05:42) - Racial profiling leads to police brutality
• (14:03) - Qualified immunity must go!
• (19:29) - Service over self and country over party
• (26:25) - Queer eye for the government
• (33:46) - What is true representation?
• (37:06) - Equal access to the American Dream
• (42:17) - American Dream or carrot and stick
• (47:37) - Red vs Blue
• (50:34) - Inspiring generations to come
• (54:27) - Collaboration, not competition
• (56:50) - How to find Dakarai Larriett on the internet
• (59:38) - Show closing
• (01:02:13) - Closing credits

Today's episode features Lynn Colepaugh and her conversation with Large Language Models (LLMs). Lynn is a brand strategist, music label founder, and Founder of Cyber PR Army, a woman-led digital strategy agency. Together, Lynn and I consider imagination as the Infinite Almost, how to keep your most important memories alive, and whether Pedro Pascal can conjugate.

REFERENCES:
Lynn Colepaugh’s Website: https://cyberprarmy.com/

See Lynn's story and book a consultation: https://cyberprarmy.com/thecastle

Follow Lynn on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lynn.daigle

Follow Lynn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lynncolepaugh/

Follow Lynn on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynncolepaugh/

• (00:00) - Opening credits
• (00:37) - Show opening
• (01:30) - Instroducing Lynn Colepaugh
• (05:30) - The importance of being seen
• (10:39) - Collapsing realities into The Almost
• (15:52) - Imagination is the Real World
• (18:38) - Humanizing ourselves through AI
• (22:06) - Who is the intelligent one in AI?
• (26:33) - Building a mirror of your Soul
• (32:48) - Random access to identity
• (38:50) - Trust through authenticity
• (45:16) - We are what we consume
• (50:11) - Discovering and developing who we are
• (56:13) - Past Participles for Pedro
• (57:47) - How to find Lynn Colepaugh on the internet
• (01:00:14) - Show closing
• (01:01:21) - Closing credits

Today's episode features Russell Van Brocklen's struggles with dyslexia, and how he came out the other side. Russell is "The Dyslexia Professor" and founded the website https://dyslexiaclasses.com. In our discussion, Russell and I consider topics as diverse as language processing, how learning requires custom application per student, and why "Wonder Woman " was such a great movie.

REFERENCES:
Russell Van Brocklen’s Website: https://dyslexiaclasses.com/

Follow Russell on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dyslexiaclasses

Follow Russell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/teaching-students-with-dyslexia/

Follow Russell on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dyslexiaclasses7755