Latest Greed Podcast Episodes
242. Waylon w/ his favorite Elephant Writer, Lynn Shattuck.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - May 17, 2024 15:08 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon meets his all-time favorite Elephant Journal writer, Lynn Shattuck, for the first time. They talk about writing, finding your voice as a writer, how to write about your life in a cathartic, genuine, way and Lynn's thread through much of her writing: the loss of a beloved sibling. "I was...
241. How to Find your Voice—as a Writer, & as a Human.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - May 13, 2024 15:29 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon talks about how, as human being and as a writer, we can uncover our voices. Hint: it’s not as impossible as it feels. “Ironically, simply getting present with yourself and out of your own thoughts will enable you to find the words that are genuine and helpful to others.” ~ Waylon Lewis ...
240. What we can do for Mom, this Mother’s Day.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - May 10, 2024 17:36 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon shares a little (big) way we can thank mothers and all good parents everywhere: “I want to do a video in honor of Mother’s Day and of wonderful parents everywhere, including fathers. But particularly single parents, and particularly single mothers, and particularly my mom, who is a sing...
American Greed Factory - Episode 475: Sports and Nuclear Annihilation
American Greed Factory Podcast - May 06, 2024 23:06 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 15 ratingsA rake across the landscape of pop-culture. Each episode we discuss what media we have consumed lately, have the occasional pop culture feature, and plenty of tangents.
239. Let’s be Smart about our Political Passions.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - May 06, 2024 06:05 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsIn this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon talks politics. "Stop covering politics," some of our dear readers cry every time we post something relephant. Look: politics are life. Equal rights, empathy, fair economy, healthcare. We can't ignore what's happening, and you shouldn't eit...
Episode 263
Sword and Scale - May 06, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratingsOn August 21st, 2017, the lifeless body of Nada Huranieh, a beloved fitness instructor, was discovered on the pavement just outside her expansive residence in Farmington Hills. Rather than hastily attributing her demise to a mere accidental fall from a window, law enforcement authorities refraine...
#488 - Write It In Blood - Price, Utah
Small Town Murder - May 03, 2024 23:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Price, Utah, a mysterious man, in a multi colored hat terrorizes the town, when he tries to abduct a young girl, gets chased off, and ends up horribly murdering a woman, while her young daughter looked through a key hole. Police are forced to let the suspect go, but later ...
238. Vulnerability is not Weakdd.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - May 02, 2024 18:33 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon shares with readers one simple, quick reminder about the act of being vulnerable. “Vulnerability is not weakness. It’s true strength—if it’s genuine, not mere emotionalism. ~ Waylon Lewis >> Read more about emotionalism: Emotionalism Isn’t Cool. >> Curious about Elephant Academy an...
#487 - Handsome, Charming & Deadly - Radford, Virginia
Small Town Murder - May 02, 2024 00:45 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Radford, Virginia, when a young lady goes out to dance, she meets a good looking guy, with a very dark past, that she knows nothing about. By morning, she's missing, and the whole area searches for her with no luck. Once blood is found, the investigation heats up with more...
237. Celebrating yet another Unhappy Earth Day, every day.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 29, 2024 07:18 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon encourages us to honor Earth Day every day, not just one day a year. Giving a care for our one and only planet is not about being perfect, or being a goody-two-shoes, but about living a mindful life and ensuring future generations can as well. "Ultimately, like any kind of love, any kin...
#486 - Date Night Death - Long Branch, New Jersey
Small Town Murder - April 26, 2024 23:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in, Long Branch, New Jersey, a respected woman is murdered, in the street, as people from a nearby restaurant hear her screams, all while her cop husband rushes to the scene. Was it just a robbery? Or was it an intricate plot, with many dismissed alternate murder plans, that ...
236. Sue Van Raes teaches Waylon how to Eat (Nachos).
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 26, 2024 17:17 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon talks with long-time friend Sue Van Raes about mindful eating, staying in the present moment, traveling, our personal food stories, and just eating the nachos. Her new book, “Food and Freedom,” is out now! "We can look back at our lives, look back at our stories...and we all have our f...
#485 - Adopting Murder - Cape St Claire, Maryland
Small Town Murder - April 25, 2024 00:45 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Cape St Claire, Maryland, a couple tries to build a family, by adopting children, who come from rough beginnings, but when they are brutally killed, in their own home, the suspicion falls on the adopted teenage sons. Was it the one who they kicked out of the house, for bei...
235. How to go into a difficult situation.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 22, 2024 08:07 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon discusses how to approach a difficult situation and gives examples from his own life, hoping that they'll connect with you and your life and that this here little podcast can be of some small benefit to your dear heart. Subscribe to get our full conversations weekly.
Episode 262
Sword and Scale - April 22, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratingsNaomi Jones was an exceptional 12-year-old girl. She was caring, smart, ambitious, responsible, and mature for her age. On May 31st, 2017, Naomi went missing from her Pensacola apartment. In response, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office launched a massive search effort, but for nearly a week, no...
#484 - The Oatmeal Killer - Carmel, Indiana
Small Town Murder - April 19, 2024 23:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Carmel, Indiana, a custody battle between exes turns dangerous, when one starts asking around, about any hitmen that can help out. When none seem to be available, the whole thing turns into a ridiculous comedy of of errors, involving the killer's children, and other exes, ...
234. Dain Heer on "What Masculinity *Is.*"
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 18, 2024 18:53 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsIn the latest episode of Elephant's long-running, award-winning podcast and video series Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, Waylon meets Dain Heer. They speak about (toxic, unhealthy, unkind and genuine, grounded, grownup) masculinity, unrealistic expectations, parenting—about what it means t...
#483 - The Serial Killer Tapes - Phillips, Wisconsin
Small Town Murder - April 18, 2024 00:45 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Phillips, Wisconsin, it's someone who can best be compared to a mixture of BTK, Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and David Parker Ray (Toy Box Killer). His fantasies got out of control, so he attacked, tortured, murdered, and ate parts of his victims. He also argues with himself in diff...
233. Waylon reads Chapter 10 of “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.”
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 15, 2024 07:01 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsIn this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon asks our Elephant Journal community to pick a page in his book “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.” A reader picked Chapter 10, and Waylon does an impromptu reading. “If you fill every moment of your day, your brain will bu...
232. "95% of my own dear friends still waste single-use & fast fashion plastic every single day." ~ Waylon Lewis
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 13, 2024 14:52 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratings“This is the first generation where we actually know we’re destroying the future for all future generations.” ~ Waylon Lewis Waylon talks about what, environmentally, he wishes he had understood more clearly 10 – 20 years ago. Plastic sucks: “Yet 95% of my own dear friends still waste singl...
#482 - Blaming My Imaginary Friend - Woodward, Oklahoma
Small Town Murder - April 12, 2024 23:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Woodward, Oklahoma, a terrible slaughter takes place, in a nice, quiet neighborhood, sending the area into panic. They think they have their culprit, with a 24 hour gas station worker, but he tells them they have it all wrong. He blames it on a mysterious hitchhiker, that ...
#481 - Layers Of Evil - Grass Valley, California
Small Town Murder - April 11, 2024 00:45 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Grass Valley, California, two teenage girls leave a sleepover, for a bit of partying with a local guy, but never return home, sparking a massive search, that ends tragically. These brutal murders are connected to a family friend, who was a little too old to hang out them. ...
231. Waylon reads Chapter 18 of “It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life.”
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 08, 2024 07:19 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon asks our Elephant Journal community to pick a page in his book "It’s Never too Late to Fall in Love with your Life." A reader picked Chapter 18, and Waylon does an impromptu reading. "Tonglen, the Buddhist meditation practice of 'sending and taking,' gives us a way to work with our (or...
Episode 261
Sword and Scale - April 08, 2024 05:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 59.2K ratings65-year-old Marilyn Gandert worked for the U.S. Postal Service for over 30 years. She was a solitary woman who lived alone and was getting ready to sell her house and retire. Tragically, Marilyn was never able to enjoy her retirement. In January of 2018, her mangled and charred remains were found...
#480 - Wood Chipping The Wife - Newtown, Connecticut
Small Town Murder - April 05, 2024 23:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Newtown, Connecticut, a airline pilot marries the prettiest flight attendant he can find, and things are great, until she disappears. He insists she took off on him, but he was seen doing some wood chipping, on a river bank, in the middle of the night, during a snowstorm. ...
230. Three points on “Elephant’s coverage” of Israel-Palestine War Crimes.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 04, 2024 17:31 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsWaylon addresses comments Readers have made about Elephant’s coverage of the Israel-Palestine war crimes with three points. “I am not the voice of Elephant. I am the steward of Elephant and you can write on Elephant anytime. Why is that important? Because there are so many people who know so m...
#479 - Born To Be Bad - Wheeling, West Virginia
Small Town Murder - April 04, 2024 00:45 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Wheeling, West Virginia, a man, who seems to be made for crime, works his way up from petty offenses, to one of the most horrible, bloody murders that a person could commit, by luring a couple to their ultimate demise, for a very small infraction against him. He chops, bur...
229. Questions for You! ~ from Waylon Lewis, Founder of Elephant.
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - April 01, 2024 07:02 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsIn this week’s Mindful Monday video & podcast, Waylon asks questions of our Elephant Journal community. "Hey friends, this is Waylon. I am the founder of Elephant. Normally I'll talk about something mindful, something in the world, something helpful that's of good value to you and your heart ...
#478 - Evil Deeds & Ouija Writings - Baileyton, Tennessee
Small Town Murder - March 29, 2024 23:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 69.9K ratingsThis week, in Baileyton, Tennessee, a nice family, on their way home from a religious event, come across a group of what appear to be troubled teens, at a rural rest stop. What the family doesn't know, is that they were entering a situation of unspeakable horrors, and cruelty. The attem...
228. Trophy Hunting & Trapping Mountain Lions & Bobcats with “Cats Aren’t Trophies Colorado.”
Elephant Journal: Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis - March 29, 2024 16:25 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 206 ratingsIn the latest episode of Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, Waylon features Julie and Samantha from Cats Aren’t Trophies Colorado. Learn more about CATs and their ballot initiative on their website, here. Editor’s Note: Lotttts of good comments and discussion. A few mean weak ones, but mos...