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MARS MESSINA PRESENTS

Author and health care worker, Mars Messina, hosts a weekly fireside chat/talk show. Mars" books, RED MOON OVER GAETA and BABELSPEAK - A TRIO OF BEDTIME STORIES, are available on Amazon.com To contribute to this podcast, please donate via Venmo, @mdm773 Thank you.

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00:46:32

Episode 72 - The Basics of AYURVEDIC Diet & Lifestyle...

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2022/09/10

For Episode 72 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, we will talk about the dying of the summer and the coming of the fall, and how our lifestyles and diets should reflect that change, so that we can be functionally healthier. Ayurveda is an ancient system of wellness that points us towards longevity. Just as we have unique, internal natures, the seasons also have unique natures. Autumn is a Vata season - Vata, meaning cool, airy, dry, and ungrounded. The foods we should eat during vata season should be warm,

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00:34:40

Episode 71 - Concierge Medicine for The Elite

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2022/09/03

Episode 71 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS addresses one feature of the fragmented US health care system. Concierge Medicine is a health care model enjoyed by the wealthiest Americans. If one can afford the big price tag, one can secure the services of a doctor who acts more like a financial asset manager, who expedites the health care process for the client and provides them top of the line medical care and in a timely manner. However, compared to the rest of the first-world nations, the United States

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00:50:16

Episode 70 - SURVIVAL CAMPS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

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2022/08/27

Episode 70 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS talks about a type of camping in which Mars was once hardly interested. "Glamping" was a barely passable concept. According to professional survivalists who run survivalist - or minimalist, or wilderness - camps, they've seen a 60% increase in enrollment this year over several previous years. Why? There are two major reasons: 1) the fear of climate change and 2) the fear of the end of the world. We will talk about the basics of both wilderness and urban survival

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00:43:42

Episode 69 - BASICS of ACUPUNCTURE

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2022/08/20

Episode 69 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS addresses the subject of Acupuncture, the traditional Chinese medical practice of penetrating the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles in order to bring dynamic balance to a person's energy flow, thereby restoring good health. Acupuncture is an effective technique and a tool in the arsenal of one's systemic health care. Instead of addressing one ailment, one organ, one body part, acupuncture addressed the entire system to ease the ailment and to restore

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00:46:01

Episode 68 - YOGA NIDRA

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2022/08/13

For Episode 68 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, Mars takes the audience through a YOGA NIDRA session. Yoga Nidra is a Sanskrit term meaning "yogic sleep". It is a deep relaxation technique and a form of meditation. It is an ancient technique where the practitioner enters the deep states of conscious relaxation. It is a systematic practice of moving awareness from our external world to the inner world. It brings us to a state of conscious sleep where our senses, intellect, and mind relax. We become free

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00:56:02

Epsiode 67: 4chan & QAnon, Pt. II - THE AWAKENING

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2022/08/06

Episode 67 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS picks up from where we left off from Episode 66, in which we talked about the origins of the political movement, QAnon, and its birthplace, the imageboard website, 4chan. In this episode, we further explore how anonymously posted stories, pranks, trolls, and bamboozles have been taken literally by internet users who stumble across these posts, who believe them to be real news leaks, and react to them in the real world. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF

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00:54:48

Episode 66 - THE ORIGINS OF 4CHAN & QANON, PT I

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2022/07/30

Episode 66 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS answers the question - in a nutshell - "What is QAnon?" You've heard and read about this group in the news but may not know much about them, other than their activities during the January 6, 2021 breach of the US Capitol. I am going to talk about how QAnon started and how it has become what it is, today. One cannot discuss QAnon without talking about where it originated. There is a website called, 4chan. This is where QAnon came into existence and where it "lived"

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00:52:01

Episode 65 - REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE & THE SEVENTH FIRE

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2022/07/23

Episode 65 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS spotlights the farming practice known as Regenerative Agriculture, aka Regen Ag. Its main objective is to keep carbon sequestered in the soil through the most organic, natural and hands-off means necessary. In short, the practices that regen ag farmers employ are ancient, derived from the tens-of-thousands years long practices of indigenous peoples. The Anishinaabe people teach that we are currently living in a time known as The Seventh Fire, which is a hinge

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00:35:51

Episode 64 - VATICAN CITY MYSTERIES: The...

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2022/07/09

Episode 64 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS focuses on the disappearance of a 15 year old citizen of Vatican City, whose father was a Vatican official. Did the girl run away, or was she kidnapped? Circumstantial evidence points to a variety of potential kidnappers: a Turkish nationalist group, the Mafia, and even the Vatican, itself. The only thing that seems to be certain is that the Vatican has played its cards close to the chest since 1983, concerning the case. While there is no concrete evidence to

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00:51:00

Episode 63 - To Fly or Not To Fly? Travel in the Age...

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2022/06/25

Episode 63 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS begins with sage TRAVEL TIPS from a worker in the airline industry concerning flying during a time of lower pandemic restrictions, with the resultant full flights...but with half the flight staff and ground crews. If you are planning to fly anytime soon, please listen to this episode. We will also give further travel pointers to make your trip more successful. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF concludes Episode 63 with a reading of TRAVEL, by Edna St

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00:47:07

Episode 62 - BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF FAILURE

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2022/06/18

For Episode 62 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS we will explore perception, and how it pertains to a sense of failure and a sense of success. Some of us find ourselves repeating continuous loops of failure in our relationships, at work, or in other personal pursuits. We will learn more about the brain's dorsilateral prefrontal cortex and how it develops patterns that are based on past experiences and memory and how it is hardwired to expect certain outcomes. If we learn how to write a different script for

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00:26:35

Episode 61 - ROCK & ROLL : The Music of The Plantations

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2022/06/11

For Episode 61 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS, we discover the origins of Rock & Roll music. They are not to be found in the 1950's rollicking, fun songs of Elvis, Pat Boone, Jerry Lee Lewis. The roots of the genre go deeper...further...darker...and were obscured by racism and marketing. You'll find rock's influences in the slippery notes of Jazz, the humidity of the backwoods, and the seeds of it all on the Southern Plantations, sung by enslaved Africans. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF

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00:56:37

Episode 60 - IKIGAI & ICHIJU-SANSAI Why The Japanese...

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2022/06/04

Episode 60 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS asks the question: how and why do the Japanese maintain their youthful appearance, trim figures, and healthy longevity? We did a bit of research at the Mars Messina Laboratories and came up with 20 pointers to help you, too, keep fit -n- fine now and into your old age. In lieu of BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF, we will close today's episode with a few quick and easy, healthy and tasty recipes. To send questions, comments, or requests for recipes,

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00:38:05

Episode 59 - True Crime: THE BODY SWAP MURDERER, ARI...

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2022/05/28

Episode 59 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS talks about a curious murder case. Ari Squire set out to commit the "perfect crime" - a murder to cover up insurance fraud. The plan: find a look-alike, kill the man, and make the crime scene look like Ari, himself, died in an accident...then, run away and assume his victim's identity. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF concludes today's episode with a reading from IN COLD BLOOD, by Truman Capote. To send questions or comments, email

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00:35:07

Episode 58 - OMG, More UFOs! The Congressional...

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2022/05/21

Episode 58 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS revisits the subject of Episode 4: Unidentified Flying Objects, aka UFOs or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, aka UAP. The first congressional hearing into UFO sightings in the US in over 50 years was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The reason for this publicized meeting was for the military to inform the nation and the world that 400 UAP sightings were reported in this last year, alone. The sightings include 11 near misses with US aircraft, and UAP maneuverability

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00:22:51

Episode 57 - Dante's Inferno: LUST

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2022/05/14

The narrative poem, THE DIVINE COMEDY, consists of three parts - Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio, and Paradiso. Dante Alighieri took 12 years, while under duress, to write this - one of the world's greatest masterpieces and arguably the greatest writ in Italian literature. Episode 57 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS features a reading from Inferno, where Dante and Virgil visit the 2nd Circle of Hell (of which there are nine, total). Here is where they encounter the spirits of those who succumbed to the sin of

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00:39:34

Episode 56 - The John Hancock Center: The Skyscraper...

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2022/05/07

Episode 56 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS speaks to the curious architectural stylings, the fascinating history, and the darkly mysterious aura of the Chicago skyscraper known as The John Hancock Center. Not only will we talk about its unique-but- sensible structure and use, we will also explore its haunted status and why residents, workers, and investigators of the supernatural believe that the building holds powerful energy within its columns, tubes, and beams made of steel...and spirit. BEDTIME STORIES

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00:51:44

Episode 55 - Post Mortem Near Death Experience Research

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2022/04/30

Episode 55 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS takes up where Episode 49 left off. In that previous episode, we talked about the dreams people had in the months, weeks and days preceding their deaths. In today's episode, we discuss the lucid and vivid experiences many people have had in the minutes AFTER being declared dead, which they were able to share, because they came back into their bodies, having regained full consciousness. While their many stories can be labelled anecdotal, there is peer review

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00:39:20

Episode 54 - Z-Slang: The Lingo of the 21st Century

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2022/04/23

Episode 54 of MARS MESSINA PRESENTS attempts to translate some slang terms and words used by Generation Z and Generation Alpha for the older ear. We provide our listeners with a glossary of various phraseology within certain contexts so that you, too, will be able to say less, before you go off and yeet...without looking sus. BEDTIME STORIES FROM THE ACOUSTIC BOOKSHELF closes this episode with the poem, YOUTH, by Henry John Newbolt. To submit questions/comments, email thisismarsmessina@gmail.com To

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00:46:47

Episode 53 - Passover, Easter & The Coming of The...

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2022/04/16

Episode 53 is a holiday special for MARS MESSINA PRESENTS listeners. Wishing everyone a happy Ramadan, a happy Passover, and a happy Easter...and happy spring! We will first talk about the history of Passover and describe the Passover seder. Upon examining Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday, we discover its similarities to Passover and, for the believer in Jesus Christ, how the Passover becomes flesh. Finally, we will see how each of these holidays foreshadow a greater event - the Coming

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