The Ripple Effect Podcast # 29 (Chris Emery)

Alex Tsakiris is best known as the founder and host of Skeptiko, a popular podcast that explores the intersection of science and spirituality. With a background combining a strong technical background information systems and artificial intelligence along with a scientific curiosity and a deep interest in spirituality, Alex Tsakiris has become a significant voice in debates surrounding the nature of consciousness and its relation to the physical world. Alex is also a best selling author who’s work includes WHY SCIENCE IS WRONG…: About Almost Everything, and Why Evil Matters: How Science & Religion Fumbled a Big One, and his newest book Why AI? Is Smartest… Is Dangerous… Is Divine.

Zowe Smith worked in the medical coding industry in management, education, and training for over a decade. While working on an EMR implementation program, she caught the attention of recruiters at Oxford and Stanford. Zowe’s bachelors degree in science and her university laboratory expertise proved invaluable for investigating Covid-19 testing fraud. Zowe began to have a crisis of conscience as she witnessed the hospital was incentivize to kill patients and then bury Covid-19 vaccine injuries. She finally walked out over the vaccine mandate. Compelled to warn others, she began to document the Covid-19 fraud she witnessed from a unique insider perspective. She is now an whistleblower and author of The Covid Code: My Life in the Thrill Kill Medical Cult.

T.J. Miller is the vocalist and one of the founding members of iconic & revolutionary metalcore bands, STILL REMAINS. Still Remains is an American Metalcore band from Grand Rapids, Michigan. They formed out of previous local bands Shades of Amber and Unition. They have released three studio albums, Of Love and Lunacy, The Serpent and Ceasing to Breathe. T.J. shares some personal stories about his upbringing, trauma, touring, influences, inspirations, parenting and how these experiences have impacted the way he looks at the world.