FILTER FREE AMERIKA

One of our favorite guests is back! Kurt Hanna, who is the  Executive Director of the MN chapter of NORML! That right, we're talking about the fight for the legalization of WEED! We also talk about Bradley Manning, recap some information about the Gun Control debate, the HAARP Conspiracy and Shrooms and Religion.

MN NORML Website: http://www.mnnorml.org/mnnorml/

Kurt's Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/KurtisWayneHanna?fref=ts

Chronic Zen Podcast: http://chroniczen.podbean.com

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Stevie Hottman is the guest this episode and she sits down with Joey and Steve to describe what living with Biopolar Disorder is like. Stevie starts from her first diagnosis and describes what her life has been like up until the recording of this episode. Before Stevie arrives, Joey and Steve talk about the Donner Party, Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Supreme Court hearing the the case of President Obama's citizenship status and the killing and burning or Christopher Dorner.

Stevie's Blog "Chasing Rabbits" http://nonsensicaloccurrences.blogspot.com/

NIMH http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml

NAMI http://www.nami.org/

MHA http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/

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There is a lot of talk about Gun Control and the Second Amendment in the news lately, so we want to contribute our two cents as well. We invited Gun Enthusiast and Second Amendment  Scholar John Lewis, to give us a fact based perspective on why the Second Amendment needs to be protected. We open this episode by talking about the murder of Navy Sniper Chris Kyle, the Chris Dorner Man Hunt , Police Corruption, the State Of The Union Address and the Potential For War with North Korea's third nuclear bomb test.

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Sometimes we  invite people on the FFA podcast just because they have an interesting life and we want to know more about it. Austin Kennedy is one of those people. Austin is a Film Maker, he plays Roller Derby, he is a Musician,  he is a Stand Up Comedian, he is Film Critic, he lives with Asperger's Syndrome and a Severe Panic Disorder and he even won a bunch of money on the TV game show. "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" Before we get into all that, we start the episode discuss the Belgian Minister of Parliament calling a 9/11, a false flag operation and  the US Military training operations in FL and TX.

Check out Austin's Movie Review Site "Film Geek Central": http://filmgeekcentral.com

Video Of Austin On "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjoSKLsk8ao

Link To Belgian Minister of Parliament's Speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCTZDH3WDjo

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Should we end the war on drugs and make them all legal? We talked about that on this episode and while we didn't real come up with an answer, we  had fun talking about it. Our guests are comedians who are also three of the seven members of the sketch group The Turkeys, Isaac Witty, Gabe Noah and Chris Knutson. When we get into the topic it devolves into the telling of everyones drug use stories. After break two the show is interrupted with news of another shooting and the conversation jump from that to gun control and from there to the 9/11 conspiracy. We start the episode talking about  Twins Baseball and  Steve shares more Monster Truck show stories.

Follow The Turkeys on Twitter: www.twitter.com/The_Turkeys

Like The Turkeys on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Turkeys/114856718694272

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This episode is all about domestic violence and Comedian Gus Lynch is our guest. He is a husband and a father, so he must know something about domestic violence, right? We discuss our personal connections to it, and review some interesting domestic violence cases in the new. You will also get to hear some of Gus's comedy during the breaks. The comedy is from "NERD ALERT", on the Stand Up Records label. Before the topic we open the conversation with talk about the passing of Comedian Kate Urquhart, Lance Armstrong and Steroids and Manti Te'o's made-up girlfriend.

Poke Gus On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gus.lynch.71?fref=tsp

Get The CD, "NERD ALERT": www.standuprecords.com

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Have you ever heard of New Horizons Youth Ministries in Escuela Caribe, Dominican Republic? It's a Christian based, youth bootcamp that really religious be people send their kids when they don't think they are making Jesus happy enough. This is not the fun church camp you might be thinking of. Its a Christian reconditioning camp that uses excessive forms of metal & physical punishments to convert kids back to a "good Christian kid." Our guest, Ted Evans was a forced guest of this place and he share his story with Joey and Steve. We also cover drunk, mosque burning FoxNews fans, the Supreme Court hears a Birther case and  Ted talks about his dealings with cops.

Follow Ted on Twitter: www.twitter.com/TedEvans0107

Trailer to the movie "Kidnapped For Christ": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR77tWVxKc&feature=youtu.be

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METH is one of the most dangerous and destructive drugs that you can take, and Joey and Steve wanted to learn more about it. To do they they invited Bryan Matson on the show to tell his story of addiction and recovery. Bryan was very open and honest about his meth use in attempts to help us educate people and prevent them from making the same mistakes as he made. Before the conversation starts, the topics of gun safety, Homeland Security drone aircraft  flying around the dome in downtown Minneapolis and the end of the MN Vikings' season.

Bryan's Facebook page "There's A Madness To My Method": https://www.facebook.com/madnessmethod?fref=ts

MN Meth Help Site: http://www.dhs.state.mn.us/main/idcplg?IdcService=GET_DYNAMIC_CONVERSION&dDocName=id_058351&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased

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Its the last Filter Free Episode of 2012 and we are going out like some silly drunk monkeys. The episode topic is the life of a bartender, so Joey and Steve invited Comedian and Bartender, Josh Florhaug on to talk and make them drinks. At the end of the episode Josh makes Joey the most disgusting drink he could think of and Joey drinks every last drop. This episode does start with discussing the Sandy Hook Shooting,  if people should talk to kids about the shooting and gun control. Also, Joey describes his interaction with the Risk Assessment and Mitigation Unit, a special counter-terrorism unit at Mall of America. After that, Joey shares the results of his most resent Shroom trip. Lastly, this is an OVER two hour podcast and Joey, Steve and Josh get progressively more drunk. Feel free to stop listening when you cant take anymore.

Josh's Website: http://jflorhaugcomedy-com.webs.com

Follow Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jflorhaugcomedy

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