Fishing Without Bait 356: Vilification of the Jews
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Fishing Without Bait 356: Vilification of the Jews

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are talking about the hate and vitriol being leveled on those of the Jewish faith in 2022. Where did the Jews come from in history and religion? Where did the hate for the Jews come from in the early Gospels of Christianity. 

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 Fishing Without Bait 355: Tell Your Story with Podcasting
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Fishing Without Bait 355: Tell Your Story with Podcasting

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike about becoming a Podcast.  What does it take to start a Podcast.  The topic.  The audience.  What should you set your expectations to be and what do you need to consider to weather the storm?  And why do we still do this?

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Fishing Without Bait 354: What Matters In Life
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Fishing Without Bait 354: What Matters In Life

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike talk about Cereal?  But more so we talk about getting older and dealing with the concept of death.  How do we deal with our those that pass around us and our own mortality? What can we value in our lives? How can we lead a life with no regrets? 

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Fishing Without Bait 353: About Sobriety Day
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Fishing Without Bait 353: About Sobriety Day

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike talk about the concept of “Sobriety Day” in the 12 step recovery world and why Jim doesn’t celebrate that day in his own recovery.  How does that declaration become an ego boost when it should be bringing others up. 

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Fishing Without Bait 352: Validation in Action
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Fishing Without Bait 352: Validation in Action

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike talk about validation and how it can help or hurt.  Are we transitioning into focusing ourselves or helping others process? What are some validating phrases you can use?  What is your job to help someone when they are in pain? 

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Fishing Without Bait 351: Exploring Empathy
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Fishing Without Bait 351: Exploring Empathy

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike talk about ego and empathy.  What are the different kind of empathy?  What is Cognitive Empathy, Emotional Empathy and Compassionate Empath? How does this apply to the media and “team picking” in media, politics, wokeness and the pandemic.

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Fishing Without Bait 350: Jesus the Socialist
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Fishing Without Bait 350: Jesus the Socialist

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike talk about understanding the words we use and hear from day to day.  What do the terms “fascism” “socialism” and “communism” actually mean?  How are people misusing these words to impose their morality in our society.  What are Puritans vs Pilgrims?  How Jesus was the proprietor of Socialism.  What is being “woke” and how are all of these words weaponized?

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Fishing Without Bait 349: Moments of Unmindfulness
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Fishing Without Bait 349: Moments of Unmindfulness

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike talk about moments of Unmindfulness in their lives.  Jim explains his latest trip to Florida where he made a few travel mistakes including booking flights and losing your car like in Seinfeld. Mike discusses some of his unmindful moments in video production and live streaming from being distracted by his environment.  When is it ok to say “I don’t know”? 

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Fishing Without Bait 348: Navigating the Pandemic with Tim Vitullo
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Fishing Without Bait 348: Navigating the Pandemic with Tim Vitullo

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with singer/songwriter Tim Vitullo as they talk about developing consistency in his musical growth and his experience during the Covid pandemic as a musician and going back to the joy of songwriting after the grind of the road. Tim also discusses finding session work for other artists. 

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Fishing Without Bait 347: Taking the Stage with Tim Vitullo
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Fishing Without Bait 347: Taking the Stage with Tim Vitullo

Jim Ellermeyer continues his conversation with singer/songwriter Tim Vitullo as they talk about the communication in their band, deciphering guitar and your own voice, and musical influences, opening for BB King at the Benedum Center for the Performing Arts and the experience in performing on stage. 

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Fishing Without Bait 345: Leveling Up Your Life
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Fishing Without Bait 345: Leveling Up Your Life

Jim Ellermeyer and Producer Mike are discussing “leveling up” your life just like Mike’s video games.  How are you building on yourself in your life? How are you gaining experience points? How are you making decisions on facts and not your version of experiences. 

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Fishing Without Bait 338: Positive Pillars with Vinnie Borelli
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Fishing Without Bait 338: Positive Pillars with Vinnie Borelli

Jim Ellermeyer continues his chat with author and former combat sports fighter Vinnie Borelli !  We continue our talk about fear and motivation.  Vinnie talks about building the pillars and the pitfalls of Social Media and negative people around you.  How do you start the day with positively and set the tone in life and in the ring. Preparation, choice, and discipline.

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Fishing Without Bait 337: The Path with Vinnie Borelli
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Fishing Without Bait 337: The Path with Vinnie Borelli

Jim Ellermeyer welcomes author and former combat sports fighter Vinnie Borelli to the show! We talk about his rough upbringing as a child of Italian immigrants in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood.  We discuss losing his sister at a young age, heading down a path of pain and anger, asking why we’re waiting to be happy and the fear of failure. 

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Fishing Without Bait 336: Energies with Thalia Gray
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Fishing Without Bait 336: Energies with Thalia Gray

Jim Ellermeyer wraps his chat Thalia Gray from Pittsburgh Healing Arts who practices in Chinese medicine.  We talk about beginner’s mind, exploring the unknown, including how she got to Eastern Medicine and the future, chakra “energy reservoirs”, and their work environment. 

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