Ignorance Was Bliss

The importance of dismantling conscious/unconscious boundaries, using one's voice, and parenting... all within the larger context of acting and performing.Guest: Sean Tyler Foley -- seantylerfoley.com------------------------Promo: DreadTek Inc.Disclaimer: Blaine PardoeArt: Karin HeimdahlMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Where do RPGs, podcasting, Japanese culture and music overlap? When you add friendship to the mix, it all makes sense.Guest: Jason Myers, Memester of the Week and jasonmyersmusic.bandcamp.com------------------------Promo: It Goes Down in the PMDisclaimer: John, Prose/Verse BroseArt: Landen, Autopsy podcastMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

This episode, with its references to childhood, parenting, and being a better person, cuts to the heart of my podcast: How do we become who we are?Guest: Elizabeth Jacks Scott, author of Journey to Safe Harbor------------------------Promo: Best ForeversDisclaimer: JD LauriatArt: Karin HeimdahlMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Musings on True Crime, podcasting equipment, the American criminal justice system and the ways they'll get you in prison if that's where they want you...Guest: Joe, The Shocking Details and Thinking Sideways------------------------Promo: Crime TrialsDisclaimer: VerityArt: Isaac -- instagram.com/the.inkspot/Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Pulling back the curtain on what happens when people from different parts of the mental health field compare notes...Guest: Carrie Leaf -- carrieleaf.com------------------------Promo: Sufficiently BlackDisclaimer: Stacy & RickArt: Karin HeimdahlMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

With all of the stress and danger happening in the world right now, do hobbies and self-care still matter? ...yeah. Yeah, a lot.Guest: Dan Felton, Assorted Goods and Fuckin' Eh------------------------Promo: Game for a MovieDisclaimer: Anthony, Capes on the CouchArt: Michelle BarkesMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

A true crime episode unlike any other I've done on this podcast so far: unmasking "the biggest art thief in the history of mankind."Guest: Bernie Taylor -- https://beforeorion.com/Referenced artworks: Les Demoiselles D'Avignon (Picasso), Guernica (Picasso), The Falling Man (Richard Drew)------------------------Promo: Invasion of the RemakeDisclaimer: Jessie, Oz-9Art: Erin SchwartzMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Loss, in all of its forms, can elicit pain. Grief serves a purpose -- several of them -- and it matters.Guest: Cameron Powell - ordinarymagicbook.com------------------------Promo: Addicted podcast (coming in 2022)Disclaimer: Ben, Dark HistoriesArt: Karin, y2kpod.comMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

If you've survived trauma -- especially complicated, generational trauma -- is there hope for you? Can you really feel better? (Spoiler: Yes. It's not easy, but you're worth the effort.)Guest: Michael Unbroken, thinkunbroken.com------------------------Promo: Take Up SpaceDisclaimer: Sarah Rhea WernerArt: MinnaMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Sometimes a split second can change the course of your day... your job... your life.Guest: Landen, Autopsy podcast------------------------Promo: MurderificDisclaimer: Lee, Murder Was the CaseMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

We've all experienced a class or training and thought, "I just devoted seconds and neurons to... that??" But it turns out, there are ways to make those necessities engaging...Guest: Dr. Susanne Bahn -- tapintosafety.com.au------------------------Promo: CHAIKA podcastDisclaimer: Shane, From the Shadows podcastArt: Erin SchwartzMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Any hospital stay is potentially scary, but at least everyone there has your best interests at heart... right? Maybe not.Guest: Bruce Sackman, former Special Agent in Charge of the Northeast Field Office, Criminal Investigations Division, U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsBook: Behind the Murder Curtain -- behindthemurdercurtain.com------------------------Promo: Doomsday podcastDisclaimer: Jessica MaloneMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

I've been on the receiving end of questions: Am I staying on Spotify? What do I think about the Rogan thing? What *is* the Rogan thing? Do I know how to make lasagna?So I hijacked my husband to tackle some of these deep and complicated issues...Guest: Willem------------------------Promo: Happy Horror TimeDisclaimer: Autopsy podcastArt: Erin SchwartzMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Why do we do what we do, especially if it's illegal? How can we decrease the likelihood of recidivism? Who better to offer answers than someone with an inside view...Guest: Chris Roy -- https://henryroipr.com/------------------------Promo: Curly ConspiraciesDisclaimer: JamieMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

When you were young, were you told to think about what you wanted to be when you grew up? Or were you encouraged to be what you were, right then and there?Guest: Sarah Humpherys -- https://smile.amazon.com/Stone-Cold-Sarah-Humpherys/dp/1631955845/------------------------Promo: The Wheel WeavesDisclaimer: KP11 StudiosMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Some episodes are focused and on-track. Others are chats with friends, that wander from podcasting, to parenting, to inappropriate grocery shopping...Guest: Anthony, Capes on the Couch------------------------Promo: Play ComicsDisclaimer: Josh, Lore MerchantMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Body positivity and self-love are concepts that seem important... but what do they actually mean?Guest: Khushbu Davda------------------------Promo: Just the Zoo of UsDisclaimer: Jason, Memester of the WeekArt: Minna, True Crime FinlandMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

"If you can breathe, you can do yoga," according to my guest. She makes a compelling case...Guest: Diana, Insprana Yoga------------------------Promo: Arts UndoneDisclaimer: Delvin CoxArt: Erin SchwartzMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

Whether it's gaming, podcasting or parenting, there's one common denominator: the story. What do you tell, and how do you tell it?Guest: Josh Harrison, Earthdawn Survival Guide------------------------Promo: Redgate and WolfDisclaimer: LauraArt: Autopsy podcastShoutout: Steph Fuccio, Podcast Editing PlusMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)

How many ways are there to find fear, dread and other facets of horror in the world? Or to create them?Guest: Gerald Rice -- https://smile.amazon.com/Gerald-Dean-Rice/e/B0043GCYOM/------------------------Promo: No Avatars AllowedDisclaimer: Lucinda Sage-MidgordenMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)Sponsor: InsPrana Yoga (code IWB25OFF for 25% off your first session)