True Azimuth Coaching

19/05/2026

- I once again joined Stupid People With Pets for a wide-ranging, blunt, funny, and sometimes chaotic conversation from the farm, with animals interrupting in the background and setting the tone for the whole loose, unscripted episode.

We started with ma*****na legalization and regulation. I talked about how cannabis can be useful for some people, but how it is also being marketed and medicalized in a sloppy “Wild West” kind of way. My concern is not that ma*****na should be illegal. My concern is that we still lack clear standards for dose, potency, impairment, and safety. If we can measure alcohol, sugar, fat, serving size, and liquor proof, we should be able to measure ma*****na more clearly too.

The host pushed back in defense of functional cannabis users, and we talked about the difference between alcohol culture and ma*****na culture, public safety, gummies, Delta products, and whether anyone really wants a pilot, bus driver, or truck driver operating while stoned.

I also talked about use versus abuse, and how the line gets crossed when a substance or behavior starts damaging your relationships, work, recreation, responsibilities, or health.

The second half of the episode shifted into sexuality, gay identity, generational attitudes, and language. I talked about being gay in the 1980s, the AIDS crisis, and how difficult it was even to get basic safe-sex education supported on a college campus.

We also got into whether society is actually more accepting now, or just louder, more divided, and more reactive. That led into identity politics, trans identity, gay culture, and the difference between genuine identity and performative self-labeling.

Near the end, we talked about offensive language, especially slurs. I explained why context, relationship, power, history, and intent matter. A word used inside a group can feel very different from the same word used by someone outside that group with contempt or hostility.

The episode closes with Groot making an appearance, some talk about SUP With Your Pup and The Tao of Dogs, and the host saying this was one of his favorite conversations in a long time.

06/05/2026

- Check out these two interviews from the Stupid People with Pets Podcast!

16/04/2026

- check out my recent appearance on the Beyond I Do Podcast! Here’s my question you as you listen : if commitment is what actually sustains a relationship, not love, what changes if you stop treating the exit as an option?

13/04/2026

- check out this interview!

Consistency doesn’t mean every day. It means regularly, in a way that you can sustain.

05/04/2026

Happy Easter !

25/02/2026

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the passing of my brother David and I dedicate this episode to him for the lasting impact he had on my life and so many l...

25/02/2026

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In a rare, candid, and emotional conversation with MS NOW’s Nicolle Wallace, legendary actor Robert De Niro steps out of character and speaks plainly—as a c...

01/02/2026

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I’ve been unsettled by what’s happening in the country lately.
It’s been hard to shake and hard to sleep through.

This is me trying to respond to the unease by doing something with it: https://authoritariandrift.com

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01/02/2026

The Truth to Power Show describes itself as "soapbox therapy where we unearth our creative process with the intention of revealing the truths that underlie our own empowerment with poetry cohosts and conversations with community members. We go where mainstream media is unable or unwilling to go. We explore our own psyches as much as the collective psyche. We're here to dig deeper into the collective soul."

In this episode, from January 2026, G. Scott Graham talks about “true azimuth” as a way to name your real direction in life, distinct from all the magnetic pulls that quietly steer you, like family, culture, religion, and expectations. He shares how grief after the death of his husband in late 2019 reshaped his work and pushed him to challenge common myths about grief and meditation, including why meditation is not a quick fix, but a long-game practice that builds equanimity the way exercise builds heart health. The conversation also covers psychedelic preparation and integration (and why “shortcuts” backfire), responsible concerns about ma*****na being marketed as “medicine,” and his critique of ideological conformity inside LGBTQ spaces, including the pressure to fit a single approved identity. He closes with how a bucket list can be used to uncover what matters, then reverse-engineer a life aligned with it.

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05/01/2026

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