The Edlow Podcast

Darryl Vidal - Kenpo, MMA and the Karate Kid

Grandmaster Darryl Vidal is a 10th degree black belt in Kenpo Karate. He also created one of the most famous (and deadly) fictional moves in all of martial arts…the crane kick.
Darryl Vidal is also famous for his appearance in the original Karate Kid movie. Playing himself, he entered the All Valley Under 18 Karate Tournament, making it to the semi finals against Cobra Kai’s Johnny Lawrence. What’s perhaps even cooler…he acted as Mr. Miagi’s body double, performing the crane kick on the beach, the first time it’s ever portrayed on film.
Mr. Vidal comes on the podcast to discuss his life in martial arts, his practice, stories from the Karate Kid set, and more!
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Tony Overbay, LMFT, CMHC - Narcissism and Emotional Immaturity from a Therapeutic Perspective

Tony Overbay is a Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Mindful Habit Coach and popular motivational speaker. He routinely speaks to schools, churches, business conferences and other events on a miriad of topics. He specializes in dealing with faith crisis. He also specializes in working with couples/family members of people with personality disorders, specifically Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Tony comes on the podcast to address questions specifically related to narcissism and emotional immaturity. He discusses pointing out the narcissist, projection, confabulation, his pillars for a connected conversation and self care. 
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Stephen Chiodo - Elf, Critters and Killer Klowns - the World of Stop Motion Animation

Stephen Chiodo is an award winning Hollywood directo and animator with an expertise in special effects…particularly stop-motion animation. He has directed films, as well as fabricated characters, built sets and performed animation elements on several famous films including Elf, Ernest Scared Stupid, Team America World Police, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and Critters. His crowning achievement was creating and directing “Killer Klowns from Outer Space.” Killer Klowns is a cult classic in the horror genre that continues to be the topic of comic-cons to this day.
Mr. Chiodo comes on the podcast to discuss his background, his love of monster movies, stories from his projects, working with the biggest names in Hollywood, stop motion animation, the Killer Klowns video game currently in production, his successes, failures and more!
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Bonus: Lincoln Edlow - The 25th Interview Special

The Edlow Podcast has just hit it's 25th interview! Yes...I know it says 26, but that's because "Polyamorous Ruth" was split into two. I wanted to do something special and I couldn't think of anyone more special than one of my kids. Hence...welcome...LINCOLN EDLOW
Lincoln comes on the podcast to talk video games, Pokemon, wrestling, basketball, school, his hopes for the future, his goals to serve a mission and go to college, and fields my questions on why in the world these kids watch other people play video games on YouTube. 
I couldn't be prouder of this kid. Take a listen and of course subscribe
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Matthew Harris, Ph. D. - Mormonism and race, the restriction/reinstatement of priesthood blessings

Matthew L. Harris is Professor of History and Director of Legal Studies at Colorado State University-Pueblo. He received a B.A. and M.A. in history from Brigham Young University and an M.Phil. and Ph.D., also in history, from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
Much of Harris’s teaching and scholarship explores the intersectionality of religion and law, race and religion, civil rights, and right-wing extremism, particularly among religious groups. 
He is considered by many to be the leading scholar on race relations within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including the withholding of priesthood and temple privileges from black members. 
He is also the leading historian on politics within the church, including a shift within the rank and file membership toward ultra-conservatism during the Cold War era.
Dr. Harris comes on the podcast to discuss race relations within the church, Joseph Smith’s shifting views on slavery, Brigham Young’s institution of the Priesthood ban for black members, making the ban doctrine in 1949, a never before heard (An Edlow Exclusive) promise that Spencer W. Kimball made to Hugh B. Brown in 1975, lifting the ban on 1978, renouncing earlier race doctrines in 2013 and race relations within the current church.
If you’ve ever wanted to know the history in a fair and balanced way, this is quite comprehensive!
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Anthony “Riv” Rivera - War, Wrestling, Rock Bottom and the Comeback

nthony “Riv” Rivera is a military veteran who served in the Iraq war during the War on Terror. After returning from the war, he began training as a professional wrestler.
As the years progressed, mental health issues stemming from his time in war began to manifest. He turned to drugs and a party lifestyle to try and cope with PTSD as well as significant self loathing. He continued in a downward spiral until he found himself in jail. His rock bottom.
But that’s not the end of the story…hear about the come up…the success story…the ups and downs…from sleeping on a friends floor in Las Vegas to rising up to a Masters in Business and owning his own home. 
War, mental health, failure, success, masculinity, embracing your feminine side, the importance of the gym, wrestling, burlesque, and best of all…taking ownership of it all and accepting/loving one’s self. 
This story has it all…hear it now from the “Devil Daddy” himself!
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Robert Ginsberg - Near Death Experience, Mediums and Afterlife Science

Robert Ginsberg is the Vice President of the Forever Family Foundation, a non-profit organization created to support afterlife science research. This organization specializes in investigating Near Death Experiences and certifying mediums who communicate with those in the afterlife. The organization is all volunteer and runs strictly on donor support.
Mr. Ginsberg comes on the podcast to discuss his background, grief and loss, commonalities and differences within near death experiences, how the family structure correlates to life after death, the certification process for mediums and much more.
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Sonny Smith - Mormonism, Transgenderism and choosing between spiritual identity and gender identity

Sonny Smith is a 28 year old man who is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He has also dealt with Gender Dysphoria his entire life. For as long as he could remember, he felt as though he should have been born a woman.
As a young child in primary he gained a testimony that Jesus Christ was his savior and that the Book of Mormon was the word of God. However as he grew older he felt that his gender identity would soon clash with his faith.
Hear the story of coming out to his bishop (who had been instrumental in the passing of California Proposition 8), serving a mission while dealing with Gender Dysphoria, serving in the 82nd airborne, marriage, divorce, transitioning into a woman, de-transitioning back to being a man and the role of faith in his life as he continues to struggle with the cognitive dissonance of identifying as an LDS follower of Jesus Christ and identifying as a woman.
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