Broaum

Ben digs into mental illness facts and resources, talks about his own experiences, the news, and tells a story you've most certainly never heard before. https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/NAMI-HelpLine/Top-HelpLine-Resources https://www.samhsa.gov/ https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, the bros dive into the idea of putting yourself in another person’s shoes by digging into the science and neurology behind empathy. Article on Neuroscience of Empathy: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/i-feel-your-pain-the-neuroscience-of-empathy Article on Celebrity Worship: https://www.livescience.com/18649-oscar-psychology-celebrity-worship.html Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louie joins the bros again to discuss fiscal and monetary policy, federal interest rates, a bit of the repo market, and, most importantly, what you should do if you land a large lump sum of money. Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Ben dive into the philosophy of happiness. What makes us happy? How can we adjust our minds to embrace happiness and positive thinking? What habits reinforce these ideas? Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Joe discuss ways to deal with being in a rut. Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Joe explore healthy ways to have a disagreement and give their honest opinions on the current impeachment proceedings. Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A throwback to last year's My West Coast Buds episode where Ben, Joe, and Ben's girlfriend Tori get a little silly and do a commentary to the 1947 Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Joe tackle stress during the holidays while also giving tips on how to get it on - whether you're in a relationship or not. Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Porter owns a tap house that fosters dogs. Dogs that patrons can pay to hang out with, pet, and, if they so desire, eventually adopt. We talk to Scott about how he came up with this idea, his long journey through the business world, and the thoughtful process to making his idea become a reality. If you’re curious about the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur, as well as the way a seasoned entrepreneur goes about starting a new business, give this one a listen. ilovefidos.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know bro science, but how much of it is based on actual science? Ben flies solo on this episode and debunks some of the most persistent myths about working out and dieting, especially when it comes to gaining muscle and losing weight. There’s also a follow up on the “How to Get Laid” episode and an update that leads to heartfelt advice many listeners may want to hear. Use the code "Broaum20” at www.frozenwellnesspdx.com/ to get 20% off cryotherapy treatment. Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We've touched on how to get laid before, but never really devoted an entire episode to the subject. This week, Ben and Joe dive a little deeper into how to get laid without being an asshole including skills to develop and activities to do on your own time to make you more f***able and comfortable in social or sexual situations. Use the code "Broaum20” at www.frozenwellnesspdx.com/ to get 20% off cryotherapy treatment. Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Ben and Joe try to help prepare you for the upcoming holiday but giving some history on the holiday, as well as some advice on how to deal with family and food. Tune in to learn about the controversial background of Thanksgiving, the surprising amount of indentured servants involved, different approaches to handling potential issues with family, how to drink (or not drink) during the holiday, what it's like being a vegan on "turkey day," and some of Ben's ideas for new holidays. Use the code "Broaum20” at www.frozenwellnesspdx.com/ to get 20% off cryotherapy treatment. “Hard Boiled” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in this week to listen to a rant from Ben and Joe brought on by cocktails and a guest cancellation. Use the code "Broaum20” at https://www.frozenwellnesspdx.com/ to get 20% off cryotherapy treatment. "Continue Life," “Carpe Diem",” “Fretless,” and “Hard Boiled” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dentist and podcaster Brady Smith joins the show to talk about the lesser known details of dental practice as well as his philanthropic ventures doing dental work for free. A controversial figure in the industry, Dr. Smith does not believe in the way dental businesses traditionally run as he believes many of them have too high of internal costs which leads to higher charges for their services. Whether or not you agree with his approach to dentistry, you’ll find his insight fascinating on this surprisingly business and philanthropy focused episode of BroAUM. Through Brady’s e-mail, anybody can nominate another person (but not themselves) to get free dental work. E-mail drilledpodcast@gmail.com to nominate somebody. Dr. Brady Smith asks that you be as detailed as possible in your description and story about your nominee, even so far as to provide pictures if possible as he gets many nominations. The giveaway currently underway is open every six months. It is open for nominations through the month of November an

Having communication issues? Wondering why sometimes you feel so close to your S.O., and others you feel like you can’t say the simplest thing without causing an issue? Check out this week’s episode where Ben and Joe break down some of the common problems they have when communicating with their significant others and their thoughts on why they happen and how to change the way we think to lead to better conversations and better relationships. "Ready Aim Fire" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, acupuncturist and life coach Joanna Present Wolfe joins the bros to talk about life, pain, dealing with intense emotions and the mind-body connection. Touching on both naturopathic and allopathic medicine and even a bit of the spiritual, Joanna introduces unique ideas around the way we think of pain and disease, including chronic pain and more acute physically ailing events. Joanna's Website: http://www.presentwolfe.com/ Kwan Yin Healing Arts Center: https://www.kwanyinhealingarts.com/ Music from filmmusic.io “Breaktime" by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Joe gathers some advice from a seminar and the book The War of Art about how to focus your energy when you feel like you have none left. This is a short episode but one packed with practical advice and ideas to think on for the upcoming week. Reminder for the #pushupsforpixie challenge! Check out our Instagram page @broaumpodcast for our videos and use the hashtag #pushupsforpixie if you would like to participate! Music from filmmusic.io “Apero Hour,” “Continue Life,” and “Fretless” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Joe takes the mics to the mats as he interviews his fight instructor James on discipline, depression, and the life lessons one learns when getting kicked in the face, even by a friend. Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this rude and crude yet thought-provoking episode, comedian Chris Ettrick gives us tools for how they personally deal with adversity -- from intolerance to unpleasant work situations -- and how they manage to remain authentic to themselves. With each subject they touch on, Chris offers a (mostly) sober and yet sometimes unexpected perspective. If you've ever wondered how a conversation between a gender pronoun user and skeptic would go, give this episode a listen. Chris Ettrick on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter @chrisettrick Subcribe to Chris's VR Stream "Rated VR" on https://altvr.com/ Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s it like getting older? What is there to look forward to? What do we miss about being younger? Ben and Joe discuss how they feel about being 30 and some of the realities of getting older. There are trade offs to aging, just like everything else, and it may help some people to reflect on these trade offs and notice the things to be happy about. Tune in to listen to talks about anit-aging “techniques,” diet, exercise, feeling grumpy, the “happiness U-curve,” and general ranting banter. Music from https://filmmusic.io “Pyro Flow,” “Apero Hour,” “Carpe Diem,” “Glitter Blast,” “Fretless,” “Lobby Time,” “Magic Scout,” and “Miami Nights - Extended Theme” by Kevin McLeod (incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Design and logo by Black Bulb Creative: www.blackbulbcreative.com Sponsored by www.loansforpets.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices