S7E18 - Join us as we dive into the mind of the amazingy talented Lydia Manson. She'll be in the house talking all things from acting to cosplaying and beyond. Lydia Manson is an actress/cosplayer from Central New York. She has appeared in such films as The Vord, Macabre Mountain and Reunion from Hell 2. She is excited to continue her journeynot only in front of the camera but behind it as well. Ms. Manson has recently been working as a script supervisor, assistant drector and writer on up coming projects. When shes not busy doing all that she loves showing off her amazing cosplay outfits... HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest https://www.instagram.com/lydiamanson88/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12038604/ https://www.facebook.com/lydia.manson.505/ ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network

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S7E16 -- Join us as we chat with veteran journalist Bill Conroy. He'll be in the house telling his tales from over 40years of journalism to Sky High Cartels The Drone Drug Wars. Bill Conroy, M.A. in Mass Communications/Journalism (Marquette University), is a veteran journalist with 40 years of experience working as a staff reporter, editor-in-chief, and freelance correspondent at print and online publications across the United States and in Mexico. His journalism has been cited in more than 35 books to date. Conroy also is the author of the nonfiction books The Great Pretense: A Tour Through the Boneyard of the CIA's War for Drugs; Dispatches from the House of Death: A Juarez Cartel informant, a DEA whistleblower, mass murder and a coverup on the edge of the Empire; and Borderline Security: A Chronicle of Reprisal, Cronyism and Corruption in the U.S. Customs Service. HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest https://billconroy.pressfolios.com/ https://trineday.myshopify.com/products/the-great-pretense-a-tour-through-the-boneyards-of-the-cia-s-war-for-drugs#section-info ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network

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S7E15 Join us as e dive into the mind of filmmaker Joseph Herrera. He'll be in the house telling tales from his newest endeavor the classic mafia crime drama "This Thing of Ours" to Dark Distortion and more Joseph Herrera is a Texas-born filmmaker, producer, and director whose passion for storytelling began at an early age. Born in Haltom City, Texas in 1996, one of the first films he remembers watching was Scream—a formative experience that sparked his love for horror. As a child, he would recreate films in his backyard as a one-man performance, unknowingly laying the groundwork for his future behind the camera. HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7315665/ https://www.youtube.com/@JosephHerrera ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network

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S7E14 Join us as we chat with legendary singer Cheryl Bentyne. She'll be in the house talking all things from Survivng Cancer to The Manhattan Transfer and much much more. Cheryl Bentyne was born swinging on 2 and 4, Growing up in Mount Vernon, Washington – Cheryl’s father was a local band leader. To this day, she attributes her deep seeded roots in classic jazz and swing to Saturday nights spent to singing with him. Cheryl’s mother was a bit of a stage mom, driving her to piano lessons and encouraging her to sing with her dad’s band. Singing, something that seemed as natural as breathing out and breathing in, was paving the way for her life… all in this small, rural northwest town! HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Bentyne https://manhattantransfer.net/cheryl-bentyne/ ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network MORE ABOUT THE GUEST: Cheryl feels there is a great need for music in healing, experiencing this first-hand, on another level while lying in a bed, hooked up to chemo. A two-time cancer survivor, Cheryl is now in remission after having a stem cell transplant! Her Spa Music album, Blissongs is a “soundtrack for the soul” and is used in several Los Angeles area yoga studios. She hopes to continue and expand the Blissongs line into breathing workshops and collaborations with meditation guides. Her new-found champion is the creator of The Louis and Lucille Armstrong Music Therapy Center in NYC, where she will open the doors to her desire to work in the music therapy world – sharing her firm belief that music can bring comfort to anyone in distress with an illness. Cheryl’s finest work of art is her daughter, Zoe. Now 21, Zoe is a vastly talented artist/photographer garnering 3 album covers to date: Tierney Sutton’s American Road and her mother’s Let’s Misbehave and Lost Love Songs.

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S7E13 Join us as we dive into the mind of author Matt Vaughn. He'll be in the house telling tales from his newest book My Cosmic Trigger nd beyond Matt Vaughn’s My Cosmic Trigger Volume 1 explores the theory and practice behind “high strangeness,” offering a history of the subject as well as analysis of where, why and how these events occur. The book offers a way through and around the path of insanity so common in this field of study. HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest https://linktr.ee/mattvaughn ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network

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S7E11 - Join us as we dive into the mind of the one and only Bob Bergen. He'll be in the house telling tales from voicing Porkey Pig to Being a 5 time Emmy Nominee and so much more. His voice is heard in thousands of commercials, promos, games, animated series and specials. He's voiced dozens of animated features, including Minions: The Rise of Gru, Sing, Wreck it Ralph, The Secret Life of Pets, Trolls, Tangled, Spirited Away, Cars, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Iron Giant, The Emperor's New Groove, WALL-E, Toy Story 2 & 3, Up, Zootopia 2, and Wicked For Good. Series work includes Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Ridley Jones, Marvel's Avengers Assemble, Robot Chicken, Oddballs, I am Groot, Bugs Bunny Builders, Animaniancs, It’s Pony, Dew Drop Diaries, Teen Titans Go!, Spidey and his Amazing Friends, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Pretzel and the Puppies. He is the network promo voice for MeTV Toons, which has the largest catalogue of classic animation on TV. 2026 marks his 36th year as the predominant voice of Porky Pig. Bob is also one of the most sought after coaches for animation voiceover. HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest https://www.bobbergen.com/ https://x.com/BobBergen https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074036/ ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network MORE ABOUT THE GUEST: Five-time Emmy nominated actor Bob Bergen announced to his parents when he was five he wanted to be Porky Pig. His mother replied, “Honey, you can't be Porky Pig. You're Jewish." Despite this, he was determined. At fourteen he phoned Mel Blanc after researching a dozen or so phone books, crashed a recording session pretending to be Blanc's assistant, and watched him in action. Realizing he needed training, and for his voice to change, he began studying voiceover with every vo coach LA had to offer. Combined with two years at a Meisner acting conservatory and three years of improv study with The Groundlings, he was able to secure an agent at eighteen and pursue his dream, while tour guiding at Universal Studios allowed him to eat. He's performed in all aspects of on-camera television: from sitcoms to soaps to game shows - hosting Jep!, the kids' version of Jeopardy! for Game Show Network

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S7E9 -- Join us as we dive into the mind of the legendery one her self Mrs. Lucie Arnaz. She'll be in the house telling her tales from Here's Lucy to her newest book "Lucy & Desi the love letters" and beynd. Lucie Désirée Arnaz (born July 17, 1951) is an American actress and singer.She is the daughter of actors Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and the older sister of actor and musician Desi Arnaz, Jr. Having had walk-on roles on her mother's previous television series The Lucy Show, Arnaz made her acting debut in a major role in the series Here's Lucy from 1968 to 1974. She played Kim Carter, the daughter of the eponymous Lucy Carter, played by her mother. HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest http://www.luciearnaz.com/ https://www.facebook.com/luciearnazofficial/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0036109/ ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network MORE ABOUT THE GUEST: Arnaz branched out into television roles independent of her family from the mid-1970s. Sometime in the 1970s she appeared on Captain Kangaroo. In 1975, she played murder victim Elizabeth Short in an NBC telefilm of Who Is the Black Dahlia?, and she starred with Lyle Waggoner and Tommy Tune in Welcome to the "World", The Wonderful World of Disney special commemorating the grand opening of Space Mountain at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In 1978, she appeared in an episode of Fantasy Island as Toni Elgin, a woman desperately trying to save her marriage. She has continued to make appearances in a number of popular television series over the years, including Murder, She Wrote, Marcus Welby, M.D., Sons and Daughters (CBS, 1991), and Law & Order.

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S7E7 -- Join us as we chat with Author & Spiritualist Jeff Brown. He'll be in the house telling tales from his newest book "Danger in Trudeau’s Kitchen: Inside Canada’s Most Famous Front Door" to Soulshaping Institute and beyond. Jeff Brown is a breakthrough voice in the self-help/spirituality field, and the author of nine popular books including Soulshaping: A Journey of Self-Creation, Ascending with Both Feet on the Ground, Love It Forward, and Where is God in all of This? A Conversation. He is a criminal lawyer, psychotherapist and founder of Soulshaping Institute. In 2017, Self-help Author Jeff Brown innocently accepted an invitation from Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, the former Canadian Prime Minister’s wife, to help her write an article that advanced a campaign for gender equality in Canada. What happened instead was a four-year whirlwind of digital surveillance, political pressure, and personal transformation which reshaped his understanding of trust, truth and freedom. HELPFUL LINKS: VETERANS: https://www.va.gov/.../mental-health/suicide-prevention/ ADDICTION: https://lp.recoverycentersofamerica.com/.../continuum-of.../ Due you know someone that has lost their lives due to addiction? Or even someone that has made a full recovery? Reach out to Johnny Whitaker so they can help to celebrate the lives lost/ lives recovered at overdoseawareness0831@gmail.com ___________________________________________ Follow our guest http://jeffbrown.co/ http://soulshapinginstitute.com/ http://encodings.com/ ______________________________ Toking with the Dead: https://www.stilltoking.com/ ————————————— Follow Still Toking With and their friends! https://smartpa.ge/5zv1 ————————————— Produced by Leo Pond and The Dorkening Podcast Network MORE ABOUT THE GUEST: Told in his latest book, In Trudeau’s Kitchen, the well-known thought leader and Social Media Influencer propels the reader behind Canada’s most photographed front door into an astonishing true account that reads as political expose and psychological thriller. "Tyranny always masquerades as benevolence," warns Mr. Brown as he shows how an ordinary citizen can become the target of not only the political world— but of a hidden empire of covert systems, governmental agencies, and the corporations that consumers depend on every day. The book is both a warning and a call to action—a deeply researched, first-hand revelation of the new frontiers of political influence in the digital age.

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