

The Ripple Effect Podcast
Ricky Varandas
The Ripple Effect Podcast has journalists on like Ben Swann, historians like Dan Carlin, musicians like Burton C. Bell from Fear Factory, researchers like James Corbett, scientists like Rupert Sheldrake, comedians like Jim Florentine, doctors like Dr. Burzynski, filmmakers like Mikki Willis, authors like Christopher Ryan, philosophers like Daniele Bolelli, athletes like Justin Wren, professors like Richard D. Wolff and many others like Gov. Jesse Ventura, Freeway Rick Ross, Del Bigtree, Matt Farah, Dr. Dominic D'Agostino, G. Edward Griffin & Whitney Webb, in hopes to bring our listeners the most interesting people, & the most interesting conversations, with the goal of "Provoking Thought & Starting A Ripple."Find all these interviews and much more at https://RickyVarandas.com/
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Mar 4, 2019 • 2h 11min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #178 (Valerie Baber & Andrea Lowell | Playboy, Society & Spirituality)
Valerie Baber & Andrea Lowell are past guests who return for a round-table discussion about everything from working for Playboy & finding fulfillment, to social issues & conspiracies.Valerie Baber is a sex expert, model, actress, Playboy TV host, and has a brand new podcast called Sex & Society.Andrea Lowell is a model, actress, personal fitness trainer, certified raw nutritionist, co-hosts the Mr. Skin podcast, hosted the Playboy morning show and a variety of other Playboy TV programs and also appeared on VH1's The Surreal Life.

Feb 18, 2019 • 1h 25min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #177 (Corbett Report, Tin Foil Hat, & The Conspiracy Farm | SwapCast 2)
Another Tin Foil Ripple Farm Report round-table discussion with James Corbett from the Corbett Report, Sam Tripoli from the Tin Foil Hat podcast, and Pat Miletich from The Conspiracy Farm podcast.

Feb 10, 2019 • 3h 25min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #176 (Fights With Friends | UFC 234)
Fights With Friends is The Ripple Effect Podcast version of a Fight Companion podcast, made popular by Joe Rogan. Which is when we stream LIVE during MMA events, hang out, drink, laugh and talk about everything and anything. On this episode we stream LIVE for UFC 234 on Pay-Per-View. Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel or follow us on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter to find out when we will be streaming live for our next Fights With Friends.

Feb 8, 2019 • 1h 48min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #175 (Dr. Amir Afkhami | Drugs, Imperialism & Foreign Policy)
Dr Amir Afkhami is a psychiatry, global health, & history professor at George Washington University. He is also a lecturer at the Department of Defense's Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy (JCITA).He has published extensively in both professional journals and mainstream media including award-winning articles in the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, and Foreign Affairs. He also has a new book called, A Modern Contagion: Imperialism and Public Health in Iran's Age of Cholera.

Jan 22, 2019 • 1h 47min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #174 (Michael Soussan | Backstabbing For Beginners: The Oil-For-Food Scandal)
Michael Soussan is a whistleblower, LA-based screenwriter, producer, public speaker, journalist, author of Backstabbing for Beginners: My Crash Course In international Diplomacy, and founder of The Brown Journal of World Affairs at Brown University. Michael became famous for writing a book about his experiences working for the Oil-for-Food Program under the United Nations in Iraq, where he uncovered the largest and most corrupt humanitarian operation in UN history. The book has since been made into a feature film by the same name Backstabbing for Beginners starring Ben Kingsley and Theo James, and directed by Per Fly Plejdrup. The movie is currently available on Amazon Prime.

Jan 14, 2019 • 1h 60min
The Ripple Effect Pocdast #173 (Charlie Robinson | The Octopus of Global Control)
Charlie Robinson is an researcher and author of The Octopus of Global Control. The Octopus of Global Control is a controversial non-fiction book that uncovers some of the biggest conspiracies in modern world history. The book features quotes from over 500 people that had a front row seat to some of the most important events in history, and their voices paint a picture of what really happened that won’t be found in the history books.

Dec 22, 2018 • 2h 1min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #172 (Geoff Shepard | The Real Watergate Scandal)
Geoff Shepard is an attorney, lecturer & author of The Real Watergate Scandal: Collusion, Conspiracy, and the Plot That Brought Nixon Down.Geoff holds degrees from Whittier College and Harvard Law School. He was selected a White House Fellow in 1969 and assigned to the Treasury Department, where he worked under Paul Volcker, then undersecretary for monetary affairs.Following his fellowship year, Geoff joined John Ehrlichman’s Domestic Council staff at the Nixon White House, where he served for five years, first as a staff assistant and ultimately as associate director.Geoff also worked on President Nixon’s Watergate defense team, where he was principal deputy to the President’s lead lawyer, J. Fred Buzhardt. In that capacity, he helped transcribe the White House tapes, ran the document rooms holding the seized files of H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and John Dean, and staffed White House counselors Bryce Harlow and Dean Birch.

Dec 13, 2018 • 16min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #171 (John Brenkus | Sports, Science, Spiritually, Music & More)
John Brenkus is a 6x Emmy-Award Winning Creator, Host, & Producer of ESPN Sport Science, creator/host of Soul And Science with Trent Dilfer (Super Bowl winning Quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens and former ESPN analyst) on the NFL Network, Best selling author of 'The Perfection Point,' creator/host of The Brink Of Midnight Podcast, musician & is the co-founder and co-CEO of BASE Productions, a production company that specializes in creating reality television programs for channels such as Spike, National Geographic and ESPN.

Dec 10, 2018 • 1h 45min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #170 (JFK Assassination 2 with Jim DiEugenio, Russ Baker & Larry Hancock)
We are continuing our 55th anniversary of the JFK Assassination special with authors, researchers and JFK assassination experts Russ Baker (author of Family of Secrets, which has multiple chapters on the JFK assassination) , Jim DiEugenio (author of Destiny Betrayed: JFK, Cuba & the Garrison Case, and also Reclaiming Parkland: Tom Hanks, Vincent Bugliosi, and the JFK Assassination in the New Hollywood ) & Larry Hancock (author of Someone Would Have Talked,and Nexus: The CIA and Political Assassination, just to name a few). Also, please check out the archives for Russ and Jim's past appearances on The Ripple Effect Podcast.

Nov 30, 2018 • 1h 39min
The Ripple Effect Podcast #169 (Jim Florentine | Metal, Comedy & Conspiracies)
Jim Florentine is a stand-up comedian, TV host, actor, podcaster and voice artist. He is best known for hosting VH1's heavy metal talk show "That Metal Show" that ran from 2008-2015. Jim is also known for his work on Comedy Central's show Crank Yankers where he performed the voice of Special Ed and Bobby Fletcher. Recently, Jim has appeared in the hit movie Trainwreck and on the critically acclaimed TV series Inside Amy Schumer and Louie on FX. He was submitted for an Emmy for best supporting actor for his role of Kenny on Louie. Jim has appeared in many movies, hosted Ozzy's Boneyard on Sirius XM, and has been interviewed on many podcasts and radio shows. Jim also has a new book called EVERYONE IS AWFUL (Exempt You!), available everywhere.


