Latest Episodes

Closure Optional Ep. 28 – The War on Drugs with Me, the Addict

This episode is just me on my lonesome talking about the origins of the War on Drugs and a little bit o new research into the root causes of addiction. This whole podcast is informed and mostly based on the book, Chasing the Scream, by Johann Hari, who will be a guest on Closure Optional […]

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Closure Optional, Ep. 27 – Abraham Garfield, Sports Psychologist

Abraham Garfield is a Sports Psychologist, a Rapper, and a World-Class Ultimate Frisbee Player – he runs Summit Sports Psychology which aims to improve your wellbeing, leadership and performance abilities through holistic Psychology. He also runs the Athlete Recovery Academy which helps athletes get back to their peak mental state after an injury or traumatic event […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 26 – Kurt Chatfield (V2), Musician

Kurt has been a guest before, he’s a musician and philosopher, and a very good friend of mine; this is a great conversation about love and relationships, experiencing bullshit artists and trying to be less of an asshole when dealing with them, and even a little exploration of how Crypto Currencies are the new Wild-West. […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 25 – Victoria Smith, Somatic Sex Coach

Victoria is a Sexologist, which basically means she specialises in helping people have sex and masturbate better in order to become more connected to their own human potential! If that seems like giant leap then you’ve never eaten a weed cookie and masturbated in the bath for an hour then written the best chapter of […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 23 – Kaitlin, Fractal Artist

Kaitlin makes art out of Math – now wait, I know that seems boring, but when you realise that everything in our known universe can be drilled down into a simple mathematical pattern, you realise that she’s actually more like God, creating things out of nothing and that’s not boring at all. This is a […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 22 – Stuart Walter, Clinical Hypnotherapist

If you are a Martial Artist, or an Artist, or a Creative Person, or in Business, or a Human Being – this conversation is for you. Stuart is a Clinical Hypnotherapist at Elite Minsdet Institute, specialising in Sports and Business Performance and this is a great conversation about how the brain develops mechanisms over time […]

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Closure Optional Ep. 20 – Kayvan Khalatbari, Denver Mayorial Candidate

Kayvan is not what you’d expect – as is the case with most good things – he’s putting his 13 fun (and thriving) businesses on hold this year to run for Mayor of Denver because he thinks we need to seriously re-think the way we do politics. He owns Sexy Pizza, a well-loved Denver Pizzaria, […]

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Closure Optional, Ep. 19 – My Parents! (Artists)

Because, why not! My parents are Conceptual Artists, living and working out of Denver, Colorado. They’ve been in love with each other and making art (and periodically arguing about both of those things) for over 40 years, and this is a great conversation about Art and how to find meaning inside your craft, inside a […]

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