The Long Path

Travis Rankin is an artist, business owner, Dad, and helped found the Canadians Citizens Agaisnt Crime and Public Drug Abuse Facebook group.He currently lives and works on Vancouver Island.Artwork https://www.wroughtenart.comFacebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/327039906824525

Paul Ratchford is a longtime resident of Vancouver-Point Grey, where he lives with his wife and three young children. He is currently running as the MLA for the Conservative Party of BC in the Vancouver Point Grey riding.

George Douklias has been many things over the years. He's been a News Photographer, a Writer, a Tour Bus Driver, a Construction Worker and a Fishing Guide. In August of 2021 George was a manager in a small cleaning business when he was presented with a problem: Take the Jab or face discriminatory restrictions. Not only was he going to have to work under those restrictions, he would've also had to enforce those restrictions on the workers of his crew. He was not Ok with that. So rather than give in a take the shot, he took on the challenge of finding employment elsewhere, employment that didn't require him to disclose his private medical information. But when he started looking, he was faced with another problem: He couldn't find a job board that listed non discriminatory employers. So he created one. Now George is the Owner and Managing director of Jabless Jobs: A non discriminatory employment service, who's mission is to connect job seekers with employers who don't ask. Jabless Jobs has staffed over 200 people across Canada and the U.S. and provides hope for many more. Hope in finding financial security, regardless of your personal medical choices. https://jablessjobs.work/

A Terrible Love of War is a book that really helped me understand why violence and war are always brewing somewhere. Plus other stuff.

We dig into the history of psychology and how it relates to daily life. What is the ego, the self, the spirit, how do they work together or not. We also mention the mighty truckers, Japanese mythology, and much more.

A short story from the book, Weaponless Warriors by Richard Kim. It's written mainly for Karate students but the moral lessons and insights are genuinely full of wisdom. One story in particular speaks volumes to the current situation with the Truckers and the people who are standing up for freedom and the dignity of human life.

Continuing the discussion about all things crypto. We talked about Bitcoin, fiat currency, NFT's and more.

It's been an incredible week. Trucks and much more.

Welcome to 2022.I have been distracted with many things the last few weeks. So partly as a response to that I will be offering weekly updates.More guests and interviews are coming too.Thank you for your time and patience.-Luke

Jocelyn Kinnear, BScN, RN has been working as a nurse since graduating in 2009, gaining experience in long term care as well as acute care. Jocelyn worked at her local hospital throughout the pandemic, but was fired from her position for not disclosing her vaccine status. She is also a single parent to three young children, which motivated her to stand up against what seems to be unfolding as medical tyranny.Jocelyn also launched her own podcast, the Steps to Health Podcast and a related website aimed at investigating alternative or complementary health and healing modalities, offering the science behind them. www.stepspodcast.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcJ6zdG4sAbLffTHYQ3WRA

Fallon Wotherspoon is a (former) surgical nurse of 9 years experience in the Okanagan region. Most recently she worked the last 2 years in the COVID unit, until being fired for not complying with the vaccine mandates. This despite having already gotten COVID and being fully recovered.Her experience includes international nursing and disaster relief nursing. She has worked in Africa and in Haiti post Earthquake in 2010. She was the first student nurse in North America accepted on a first aid mission by any of the popular NGOs, and got to have that eye opening experience at 19 years old.She's also a mom to two crazy kids under 6 who have been her biggest reason for standing her ground with this mandate and making some noise.She continues to speak out and support her community and family.

Johnny Ketlo is a filmmaker, producer, musical performer of guitar piano and singing. He is also a comedy stage hypnotist and martial arts enthusiast. He is Frogclan Dakelh. His projects include: Kedah Clan https://www.kedahclan.com/ Omega Crom http://www.omegacrom.com/ Prospero Peak Hypnotic https://www.prosperopeakhypnotic.com/ Scookoh productions. Memory Keepers & Storytellers YouTube channel https://youtu.be/xuMeyCaAzdk

This was the most challenging podcast that I've done by myself. Finding the right words for the topics I explored is a challenge. These topics are so fundamental and so impenetrable simultaneously. It's like trying to control the mist.How value creates and affects life. What is the most important thing there is? Did culture and value evolve in relationship with martial arts? What exactly are arts of self defense? How can knowledge of combat strengthen peace? And other stuff too.Qi Gong class link:https://vancouverdojo.com/exerciseclasses/

Justin introduces the basic elements of cryptocurrency. His excellent newsletter follows up on the ideas presented in this podcast."Blockchains and Distributed Ledger Technologies allow for fundamental shifts in how society operates. Approaching this shift from the lens of game development, Justin seeks to understand how the blockchain revolution will create the "Internet of Value"To sign up for Justin's newsletter please go here: https://jerkytreats.dev/about

John Foster has taught at university in Japan for over 25 years. During that time, he conducted research on religion and culture, specializing in local kami belief. He has produced a well received film series in Japanese on the Rice Kami, known in as Tanokansa. His English language film and upcoming monograph series on the Mountain Kami and Tanokansa reveal aspects of Japanese religion rarely seen outside of rural Japan. His documentary film on Japanese Kami and Folk Belief can be seen here. https://www.folkmythmedia.com/

Mark Hecht is a Canadian writer, teacher and politician. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria and a Master’s Degree in City Planning from the University of Manitoba.He worked with the Nature Trust of BC in habitat conservation prior to teaching geography at Mount Royal University for more than a decade. As a writer, he has been published in Areo Magazine, Merion West and The Canadian Journal. He ran as a federal candidate during the 44th Canadian General Election in the riding of Cowichan-Malahat-Langford.Mark lives in Victoria, British Columbia where he operates his education company,Tuddors.com

Seeing Faces. The importance of seeing human faces cannot be overstated. Human life comes with a face that is suppose to be seen. It matters, its actually part of the matter of your life.Take off your masks my friends. The physical ones and other ones.Mask study archive from the Panda Data Analytics https://www.pandata.org/infobank-masks/

This discussion mainly covers the role and importance of the individual and what that means in terms of walking a "path" in the world. The balance between art and technical knowledge is also discussed, and much more.To check out Lucas' work please visit his site here. https://www.lucasgaudette.com/?fbclid...

No structure can long stand without a strong foundation. Without compassion the path will get dark indeed.A discussion of how and why compassion is important.

Renate Seikmann is the People's Party Candidate for the Vancouver Quadra riding. We discuss her background, the policies of the PPC, the dangerous times we are in, and why there is still hope for the future.https://renatesiekmann.ca/Instagram: @renate_siekmann_for_van_quadra Twitter: @renate_siekmann https://www.peoplespartyofcanada.ca/