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The Public Access Podcast
Hosted by Rusty Diamond, C.H. · EN
Get ready for Rusty Diamond, the podcast host who'll blow your mind. Since the mid-'90s, Rusty has done stand-up comedy, pro wrestling, hypnosis, public access TV, filmmaking, and countless other adventures. On The Public Access Podcast, he sits down with fascinating guests from every walk of life, sharing hilarious stories, wild experiences, and conversations that challenge the way you see the world. You'll laugh, think, and occasionally ask yourself, "How the hell did we get here?" This is the show you've been waiting for.
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668 - The Conversations We Are Afraid to Have with Marianne E. Murphy
1w ago01:10:05Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 668 - The Conversations We Are Afraid to Have with Marianne E. MurphyMarianne E. Murphy joins Rusty Diamond for Episode 668 for a deeply human conversation about mental wellness, suicidal ideation, survival, storytelling and turning lived experience into purpose.Marianne is a writer, speaker and founder of Dance Walking Fool, INC. Her work in suicide prevention and social emotional learning is rooted in decades of lived experience.After surviving major mental health crises and psychiatric hospitalizations, Marianne transformed her experiences into a mission to help others feel less alone and make difficult conversations easier to have.We talk about mental wellness, peer support, grief, somatic coping skills, storytelling, learning, advocacy and the strange, messy process of continuing to move forward.Marianne also shares the philosophy and story behind Dance Walking Fool and her journey from personal survival to public advocacy.This conversation goes where meaningful conversations sometimes have to go.Into the uncomfortable.Into the human.Into the shit we usually wish came with an instruction manual.Marianne:🌐 Dance Walking Fooldancewalkingfool.org📸 Instagram@dancewalkingfool✍️ Substackmarianneemurphy.substack.com🌐 Rusty Diamondrustydiamond.net🎙️ Podcast Websitethe-public-access-podcast.pages.dev🧠 Hypnosis Is Greathypnosisisgreat.com👕 World Class Customsworldclasscustoms.com
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667 - The Jim Carrey Speech That Changed Andrew Adams' Life
2w ago01:18:39Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 667 - The Jim Carrey Speech That Changed Andrew Adams' LifeAndrew Adams joins Rusty Diamond for Episode 667 of The Public Access Podcast.Andrew discusses leaving a management career, becoming self employed, teaching championship pipe band drumming, martial arts, leadership, entrepreneurship, family, and building Whistlekick Martial Arts Radio into one of the world's largest traditional martial arts podcasts.GuestAndrew Adamshttps://www.whistlekickmartialartsradio.comConnect with Rusty Diamondhttps://rustydiamond.nethttps://hypnosisisgreat.comhttps://worldclasscustoms.comhttps://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/Thank you for listening.Please follow the show, leave a rating, and share this episode.
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666 - Lost Episode with x_Dead_Capital_x
2w ago00:48:50Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 666 - Lost Episode with x_Dead_Capital_xThis Lost Episode comes from 2018 when Rusty Diamond appeared on WhoReady? with x_Dead_Capital_x during a live overnight broadcast on Portland community radio.Originally airing on KFFP LP 90.3 FM and KFFD LP 98.3 FM, the conversation bounces between underground hip hop, Canadian rap, radio life, comedy, and whatever random rabbit holes happened after midnight.A forgotten piece of podcast history finally returns.Websiteshttps://rustydiamond.nethttps://hypnosisisgreat.comhttps://worldclasscustoms.comhttps://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/
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665 - Grounded Strength After Trauma with Johan Rylander
2w ago01:15:24Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 665 - Grounded Strength After Trauma with Johan RylanderJohan Rylander joins Rusty Diamond for a conversation about resilience, healing, and rebuilding your life after trauma.Johan shares how surviving an abusive relationship reshaped his understanding of strength and why true resilience isn't about becoming someone else, it's about reconnecting with who you really are. Along the way they discuss music, creativity, mental health, purpose, relationships, and finding peace while continuing to move forward. Guest LinksFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/johan.rylander1Instagram:@groundedstrength.johanLinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/johan-rylander-05768b19bSubstack:https://substack.com/@johanrylanderjohanrylander5@gmail.comRusty Diamondhttps://rustydiamond.nethttps://hypnosisisgreat.comhttps://worldclasscustoms.comhttps://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/
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664 - The TikTok LIVE King: Mark Vybz
2w ago00:59:03Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 664 - The TikTok LIVE King: Mark VybzMark Vybz joins Rusty Diamond for Episode 664 of The Public Access Podcast.From entrepreneurship and business ownership to TikTok LIVE, romance novel cover modeling, and building authentic communities online, Mark shares the experiences that shaped his career and the mindset that continues to drive his success.If you enjoy long-form conversations with creators, entrepreneurs, artists, and people doing extraordinary things, you'll enjoy this episode.Mark Vybz: TikTok: @Mark.Vybz.OfficialRusty Diamond:🌐 https://rustydiamond.net/🌀 https://hypnosisisgreat.com/🎨 https://worldclasscustoms.com/🎙 https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/
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663 - Poetry, Entrepreneurship, & Question Everything with Dante Kissinger
2w ago01:50:50Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 663 - Poetry, Entrepreneurship, & Question Everything with Dante KissingerPoet and entrepreneur Dante Kissinger (Clayton Salzman) joins Rusty Diamond for a conversation about rebuilding life from rock bottom, writing more than 1,200 poems, entrepreneurship, homelessness, marketing, health, creativity, and learning to question the world around us.From selling candy in school to founding Reach 4 Millions Marketing, Dante shares the experiences that shaped both his business mindset and his writing.Guest Links• Book: https://buy.stripe.com/5kA6r3gwPgYH6fm5km• Reach 4 Millions Marketing:https://reach-four-millions.sintra.site• TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@dantekisspoetRusty Linksrustydiamond.netThe Public Access PodcastWebsite:https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@RustyDiamondRumble:https://rumble.com/c/ThePublicAccessPodcast
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662 - Rebuilding After Losing Everything with Messie Missy
3w ago01:23:25Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 662 - Rebuilding After Losing Everything with Messie MissyMelissa Moritz, better known as Messie Missy, joins Rusty Diamond for an honest conversation about losing everything and rebuilding from the ground up.From leading multimillion-dollar healthcare organizations to documenting her comeback through Project Homeward Bound, Melissa shares what it's really like to start over. Along the way, she and Rusty talk about entrepreneurship, raising kids, yearly tie-dye traditions, resilience, humor, and why sometimes the worst chapters become the beginning of the best ones. Guest Linkshttps://www.youtube.com/@MessieMissyhttps://www.facebook.com/messiemissyspeaks/https://www.instagram.com/messiemissypodcast/https://substack.com/@messiemissy1https://www.messiemissy.comThe Public Access Podcasthttps://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/https://www.rustydiamond.nethttps://www.hypnosisisgreat.comhttps://www.worldclasscustoms.com
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661 - The Brutal Truth About Publishing with Yvonne Mason
3w ago00:52:41Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 661 - The Brutal Truth About Publishing with Yvonne MasonAward-winning author, publisher, podcast host and former licensed bounty hunter Yvonne Mason joins Rusty Diamond for a conversation about independent publishing, book scams, editing, audiobooks, artificial intelligence and what separates a finished author from somebody who keeps talking about writing.Yvonne runs Midnight Publishing and has helped build a catalog of more than 150 titles. She explains why she does not charge authors upfront, what happens behind the scenes of book formatting and cover design, how she selects audiobook voices and why she will not accept a manuscript written entirely by AI. They also talk about libraries, true crime, children’s books, author expectations and the uncomfortable truth that publishing a book does not guarantee fame, television appearances or millions of sales.Success begins when the book stops sitting on your computer and becomes something another human being can actually read.Follow Yvonne:Midnight Publishing:https://midnight-publishing.orgAll Things Books and Publishing:https://allthingsbooksandpublishing.riverside.comEmail:midnight_publishing@yahoo.comYouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@yvonnemasonInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/yvonnemason1TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@yvonnemason266Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/55G2DX8I3Auys3vlbl7XPVFacebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/8060258607351514Follow Rusty:https://rustydiamond.nethttps://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/https://hypnosisisgreat.comhttps://worldclasscustoms.comPlease follow The Public Access Podcast, rate the show and share this episode with an author, writer or unfinished-manuscript collector.
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660 - The 9/11 Cancer Stories America Needs to Hear with Craig Sotkovsky
3w ago01:06:27Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 660 - The 9/11 Cancer Stories America Needs to Hear with Craig SotkovskyCraig Sotkovsky has lived through cancer, addiction, financial collapse, failed businesses, major surgeries, grief, divorce and enough hard pivots to break most people.But he is still here.In Episode 660 of The Public Access Podcast, Rusty Diamond sits down with author, speaker, 9/11 volunteer responder and lung cancer survivor Craig Sotkovsky for a raw conversation about survival, trauma, nervous system regulation, rebuilding your identity and learning to move when life destroys the original plan.Craig also shares his upcoming project documenting the stories of 9/11 responders, cancer patients and survivors across the United States ahead of the 25th anniversary of September 11.This is not a polished motivational speech. It is two people talking honestly about cancer, emotional attachment, psychedelic experiences, addiction, business failures, grief, travel, personal responsibility and the ability to pivot before life makes the decision for you.• Craig’s experience as a 9/11 volunteer responder• Surviving lung cancer and having part of his right lung removed• The mental and financial impact of cancer• Learning to regulate the nervous system• Trauma, memory and emotional attachment• Starting over after losing businesses and property• Studying epigenetics, NLP and human behavior• Psychedelics, meditation and altered states• Living as a digital nomad in Mexico• Craig’s 9/11 cancer-story documentary project• Why adaptability may matter more than having the perfect plan• Turning survival into serviceCraig is traveling across the United States to document the experiences of 9/11 responders, cancer patients and survivors.Donate or learn more:https://www.gofundme.com/f/documenting-september-11th-cancer-stories-around-the-usaWebsite:https://www.craigsotkovsky.comGoFundMe:https://www.gofundme.com/f/documenting-september-11th-cancer-stories-around-the-usaRusty Diamond:https://rustydiamond.netThe Public Access Podcast:https://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/Hypnosis Is Great:https://hypnosisisgreat.comWorld Class Customs:https://worldclasscustoms.comIf this conversation gave you something to think about, please like, comment, share and subscribe.Sharing this episode can help Craig’s project reach 9/11 responders, cancer survivors and families whose stories deserve to be heard.Tell us in the comments:What has life forced you to pivot away from, and what did you build afterward?This episode contains personal experiences and opinions involving cancer, trauma, psychedelics, mental health and wellness. It is provided for conversation and entertainment and is not medical or mental-health advice. Speak with a qualified professional before changing any treatment, medication or health plan.
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659 - Hollywood, Healing & Human Potential with Felicia Linsky
4w ago01:27:43Tap to summarizeThe Public Access Podcast 659 - Hollywood, Healing & Human Potential with Felicia LinskyAward-winning Hollywood makeup artist, transformational consultant, speaker, bestselling author, and six-time cancer survivor Felicia Linsky joins Rusty Diamond for a thoughtful conversation about transformation, resilience, confidence, creativity, leadership, and learning to trust yourself before life demands change.From stories behind Hollywood productions to navigating adversity and helping high achievers reconnect with themselves, this episode blends humor, wisdom, and genuine conversation.Guesthttps://felicialinsky.comMedia Kithttps://felicialinsky.com/mediaFree Workbookhttps://www.felicialinsky.com/whisper-freeHosthttps://rustydiamond.netPodcasthttps://the-public-access-podcast.pages.dev/Hypnosishttps://hypnosisisgreat.comWorld Class Customshttps://worldclasscustoms.comLeadershipPersonal DevelopmentHollywoodCancer SurvivorTransformationMindfulnessSelf ImprovementConfidencePodcastCreativity
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