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I just published a supporters-only show titled “Reflections on Season 1 of The Brendon Marotta Show.”

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This show shares the reflections and lessons I’ve gathered from the first ten episodes of the show.

Topics Discussed In This Episode

• [0:00] The show format and next seasons
• [1:31] Start before you’re ready
• [4:21] Be willing to iterate
• [6:16] Have the conversation
• [8:16] Everyone has a reason for what they do
• [8:24] Listen to the person you disagree with
• [9:04] Tenth episode explained
• [9:28] Could leaders be doing better?
• [10:28] Action we could take to do better
• [12:22] How much do you want what you say you want?
• [14:14] Proposal for an online magazine and revealed preferences
• [17:00] Persistence is key
• [18:10] Why I’m never worried about competition
• [20:10] The picture of the circumcision business that emerged in Season 1
• [24:22] Natural parenting in Season 2
• [24:46] Persistence pays off
• [25:36] Thank you to all supporters
• [26:09] Why I chose podcasting
• [26:51] Where your financial support is going
• [27:23] Your support allows us to continue

Resources:

• The Brendon Marotta Show

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Darcia Narvaez shares her research on neurobiology and the development of human morality, along with practical tips to create what she calls an Evolved Nest or way of raising human beings that is natural and loving.

Topics Discussed In This Episode

• [0:57] Daricia Narvaez’s Book on human development “Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality”
• [02:07] Early childhood experiences and inter-generational effects
• [03:45] How early life experiences set us up for our “blueprint” life path and how adult healing can potentially change it
• [07:01] The “Evolved Nest” and how to create it.
• [09:00] Brain development and the link to breast-feeding
• [13:50] How to create the individual elements of the evolved nest
• [16:03] Socializing children
• [17:24] The stages of childhood and their needs at each stage of the nest
• [21:30] Finding and building extended family and other communities to socialize your children
• [24:14] Human evolution and where we are now
• [28:38] Indigenous societies and what we can learn from them
• [31:40] Healing practices, rituals and stories in indigenous communities
• [37:18]  Right and left brain development and how intellectual pressures early on can be harmful
• [39:41] Trying to be more connected in an academic world
• [41:30] Reconditioning your past
• [42:15] Conditional behaviors and how to change them

Resources:

• Darcia Narvaez Website
• Neurobiology and the Development of Human Morality, Evolution, Culture and Wisdom by Darcia Narvaez 
• The Evolved Nest Website

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This special audio presentation features top voices against circumcision: Peter Adler, Brother K, Ronald Goldman, Georganne Chapin, John Adkison, and Anthony Losquadro.

These guests explore the same five questions around the importance of the issue of circumcision, challenges facing their movement, and actions you can take to make a difference.

Episode Chapters:

• [0:28] Guest intros
• [2:08] Feature presentation begins
  —–
• Five Questions:

1. [2:29] Why is the issue of circumcision important?
2. [6:33] What is the biggest challenge facing people on this issue?
3. [11:49] How do we need to grow or change to meet that challenge?
4. [17:01] What is the biggest opportunity we have to gain by facing this issue?
   [23:10] Do we have anything to gain personally by facing this issue? (Follow-up)
5. [27:20] What action should people take?
   [31:10] Shameless plugs
   —-

• [33:05] Outro

Featuring:

• Peter Adler
• Brother K
• John Adkison
• Ronald Goldman
• Georganne Chapin
• Anthony Losquadro

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The most talented healer I know joins the show: my wife, Kristeena Marotta. During this episode, we talk about the process and methods of healing as well as our own personal journey through healing work.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• [1:26] What is healing?
• [3:44] The unconscious mind
• [6:05] What is the process of healing?
• [8:06] Handling objections and resistance to healing work
• [9:18] Creating your own internal reality based off of previous experiences
• [11:27] ACE (Adverse Childhood Experience)
• [16:23] Blockages to healing and how to work around them
• [23:22] Misconceptions about healing work
• [28:09] Kristeena’s journey to healing
• [35:03] Completion Process and method by Teal Swan
• [39:50] The first steps to feeling free, when someones ready to change and the method to use
• [44:53] The next steps to start your healing journey and making a commitment
• [50:08] What you can change on your healing process
• [50:46] Parts Integration
• [52:32] Brendon’s healing and Teal Swan event experience
• [59:02] How to talk about healing with someone you know that needs it
• [1:02:04] How does the opposite of healing happen? Why is healing needed in the first place for so many people?
• [1:04:52] Resources from Kristeena and how to get started on healing modalities

Resources:

• Kristeena Marotta Website
• Completion Process by Teal Swan
• Intactivist Guidebook
• ACE (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Test
• Parts Integration

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Anthony Losquadro, the founder of Intaction, shares his lobbying efforts to disrupt the economic incentives for circumcision and original research he has done into the selling of infant foreskins.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• [1:00] Anthony’s projects and Intaction
• [7:45] How Anthony re-strategized through the COVID-19 pandemic
• [9:40] Anthony’s strategy for legislative change at the state level
• [16:14] Persuading sympathetic lawmakers to take the next step
• [21:20] Proposal to prevent Medicaid from paying for circumcision
• [28:32] Removing economic incentives for circumcision
• [32:00] Countering the spending power of the medical lobby
• [34:30] The best time to fight legislation
• [38:17] The battle to ban Mogen clamps
• [40:30] Buying and selling of foreskins
• [45:33] Information disclosed to parents about foreskin sales
• [49:10] Who is buying foreskins (and why)
• [52:50] The lack of whistleblowers speaking out against foreskin trade
• [54:40] Doctors are commission-based salesman of circumcision who target low income parents
• [56:05] How to conduct your own research on the foreskin industry
• [57:30] Overview of Anthony’s other projects

Resources:

• Intaction Website
• Intaction on Facebook /  Twitter /  Instagram
• Health Equality Campaign
• Circumcision in America: Are baby boys’ foreskins for sale?
• FOIA in California Guidelines
• North Carolina Concerned Citizens Petition
• North Carolina Medicaid Action Lobbying Effort
• American Circumcision Documentary

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The Brendon Marotta Show is looking for sponsors.

If you’re interested in sponsoring the show, reaching a very devoted niche audience, and showing your support for important conversations, please contact me directly.

Right now, I’m doing 10 episodes around a topic or theme with the final episode being a big event episode. The first series explores the same theme as my film, circumcision, but future series will explore parenting, childhood, birth, masculinity, media, etc.

If you’ve got a business, product, or message you’d like to reach someone interested in parenting or masculinity, you’re welcome to sponsor just that series. We have some phenomenal guests lined up for those future shows, which are sure to reach growing audiences.

Also, if you contact me directly with a serious offer, I’m happy to share podcast stats around views and downloads.

Contact me here.

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In this episode, I talk to two members of Foregen, an organization dedicated to regenerating the human foreskin.

Tyler Drzod, Chief Operation Officer, and Eric Cunningham, Chief Science Officer, give an in-depth explanation of the science of regeneration, the structure of Foregen, and the possibilities for the future.

Topics discussed in this episode: 

• [1:03] Explaining Foregen to new people
• [2:15] How does Foregen plan to regenerate the human foreskin?
• [5:50] How Foregen acquires foreskin scaffolding and foreskin they can de cellularize
• [7:45] Attaching the foreskin scaffolding to a human being
• [9:45] What kind of experimentation is needed?
• [11:10] Previous reconstruction of the entire penile shaft
• [12:25] Previous breakthroughs in regeneration technology
• [14:20] Who are the experts at Foregen?
• [19:50] What is the financial/business structure of Foregen?
• [24:25] How much money will it take to achieve the goals of Foregen?
• [26:00] Who funds Foregen? What are the motivations of backers?
• [27:45] Why large biotech and medical companies avoid moving into the foreskin regeneration space despite clear market interest.
• [28:35] The advantage Foregen has over other companies
• [30:20] How Foregen brings in scientific experts
• [32:00] Does Foregen have a political stance on the issue of circumcision?
• [33:50] Why more research is needed on the nerve endings of the foreskin
• [35:00] Foregen’s plans to conduct research
• [37:30] How new technology can facilitate better  studies on the foreskin
• [39:15] The phantom limb phenomenon in circumcised men
• [40:45] The technology exists to bring full function and feeling to somebody with damaged genitals
• [41:10] How to support Foregen’s work

Resources:

• Foregen’s Website
• Foregen on Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Linkden
• Foregen Subreddit

Research Mentioned (there is a lot):

• Rengeration of Vagina
• Regeneration of the entire human epidermis using transgenic stem cells
• Phantom Limb Article
• Second Phantom Limb Article
• 20,000 Nerve Ending Myth
• Penile Skin Reconstruction 1
• Penile Skin Reconstruction 2
• Penile Skin Reconstruction 3
• Tooth regeneration
• Bondioli’s Patent
• Foregen’s 2018 paper
• Pelvic Reconstruction
• Breast Reconstruction
• Hernia Repair
• Abdominal Wall Defects
• Rotator Cuff Repair 1
• Rotator Cuff Repair 2
• Full-Thickness Skin Wounds 1
• Full-Thickness Skin Wounds 2
• Development of Method

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In this episode, I talk to Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., director of the Early Trauma Prevention Center.

During this episode, we talk about what causes early life trauma, the lasting impacts of childhood trauma and preventing adult social problems by confronting its origins in childhood.

Topics Discussed In This Episode:

• [00:56] Defining trauma
• [02:03] The two types of trauma and their examples
• [03:23] What causes overwhelming feelings
• [05:58] Distinguishing between significant life events and trauma
• [09:39] Lasting impacts of childhood trauma
• [12:04] Noticing the change and effects of early life trauma in adult life
• [14:03] What to tell someone if you notice the impact of trauma
• [16:13] Determining whether early life events had effects on adult life. What to look for.
• [21:31] Connection between childhood trauma and social problems in America.
• [23:20] Understanding a child’s needs and meeting them.
• [25:18] Comparing USA’s maternal leave policy to other European countries. What it means to a child.
• [27:58] Origin of emotional behavior problems
• [31:00] Breaking the cycle of trauma
• [37:26] Changes during early life trauma.
• [40:03] Creating connection and supporting a child during infancy.
• [42:48] The existing social problems
• [46:47] Is there really a relationship between early life trauma and adult social life problems?
• [46:58] The research evidence of an existing relationship
• [51:52] Ways to raise awareness
• [52:44] Why are people less aware of the past research
• [55:02] Why trauma has gone viral
• [58:53] Natural conformity
• [01:03:58] Technology and Social media vs. actual connection
• [01:05:48] Creating the actual connection in a child
• [01:06:32] Everything that’s wrong with corporal punishment
• [01:11:52] The necessary changes needed and recommendations
• [01:14:04] Important quotes
• [01:14:28] The push to remove circumcision from Massachusetts’ Masshealth

Resources

• Ronald Goldman Website
• Circumcision, The Hidden Trauma: How an American Cultural Practice Affects Infants and Ultimately Us All
• Questioning Circumcision: A Jewish Perspective
• The Continuum Concept by Jean Liedloff

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