The American Pulse E29: The Semi Bird Interview

E29: The Semi Bird Interview

 

E29 Introduction

Hello listeners and thank you for tuning into The American Pulse.  One of the defining characteristics of Americans is a courageous willingness to put our values on the line in the narrative and spiritual battlefield that we are facing. And to take heat in the process. My guest today happens to be a perfect example of this.

He is a man who selflessly stepped up to public service after a long and decorated military service to our nation. Only to be targeted by the morally compromised Uniparty donor class and their little minions in the media and within the Republican party.

He was the candidate of WE THE PEOPLE did not win that battle. However, we are Americans. We are tough-minded and hard to get rid of. We dust ourselves off, learn our lessons, and come back with greater clarity, vision, and resolve. The founding fathers (and future generations)  are counting on us to not let the Globalists and Communists have our nation.  This is neither hyperbole nor a falsehood to state it this way.

I feel honored to have this be the first interview that my guest has granted after an extended period of rest, renewal, and retrospection following his 2024 gubernatorial race.  We caught up with him to talk about all the things we care about: God, family, the American way, and serving our nation.

We also talk about the aftermath of his 2024 gubernatorial candidacy, his re-emergence in his Christian faith and the documents of the Founding Fathers. We talk about how America is a nation blessed by God and how we have, to our detriment, outsourced our authority to govern ourselves and what we can do to fix this and start to move the needle in the favor of WE THE PEOPLE.

Let’s get to our sponsor and our interview with proud American Semi Bird. Enjoy the conversation.

Basecamp for Men E331: Basecamp Classic

E331: Basecamp Classic

 

E331 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. Before we get to our epiosode, I want to give you a short update on my health as I sort of dropped the bomb on all of you a couple of episodes back with Lisa.

Just finished my 4th round of chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the treatment and my alternative remedies are working brilliantly together. I am in good health, good spirits, and am incredibly grateful and optimistic about things right now. Some of you reached out and I appreciate the warmth, love, support, and sentiment. I truly do so thank you.

Today’s episode is a Basecamp Classic but not because I don’t have a great interview in the hopper.  I do. It’s a part 2 with my new friend and former gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird. Semi and I get into the whole Marxist, communist, Globalist control dynamic as it vies for supremacy with the American values of freedom, natural law aka God’s law, Constitutional protection from all this collectivist overreach and what it all means for our future.

The Basecamp Classic I chose is a solo episode I did all the way back in Season Four titled E136: Rezac v Marx. I think it acts a a great lead-in to our talk with Semi. And sorry about some of the cussing in my solo rant. I am trying to tone that down a bit but I still have a tendency to drop in colorful expletives from time to time. I’m workin on it Basecampers!

Anyway, I hope you like this replay of Rezac v. Marx. Enjoy!

Basecamp for Men E330: This is Our 1776 Moment

E330: This is Our 1776 Moment

 

E330 Introduction

As Americans, we have an important legacy to protect. After all, our founding fathers fought and died so that we could have a chance at holding and protecting this great Constitutional Republic for future generations. To be an American is to have a responsibility to do our part, each and every one of us.

I promise to do my part, as you can hear today and I trust you to do your part. That is how we win. The Globalist establishment with their Marxist collectivist ideas and tactics, want us divided and confused. This is how they move their chess pieces down the board. Hoping we don’t notice what they have done in our schools or what they do in our elections.

They are counting on our passivity. Counting that our battle fatigue from this narrative war has left us depleted of spirit. That we have lost our American pride, our fight, our natural optimism ,and faith in God. The Marxists will fail at this.

As you will hear in today’s conversation, WE THE PEOPLE are not running on empty. Far from it. Whenever we have lost a battle, we have retreated, renewed ourselves and our faith, and come back with more wisdom and resolve. And in greater numbers.

Before we get to our excellent guest, I have a Jordan Peterson meme for you. He posted this right before our 250th Independence Day. I thought you would enjoy it.

Mr. Peterson says “To the Americans: I’ve travelled all overt the world. I’ve familiarized myself with many places, met many people. And I’m Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.

And here’s something I’ve noticed, and it’s a key element of America’s continuing greatness:  You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.

This is something that doesn’t really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies- the United Kingdom, Finland, Sweden,and Norway; Australia, New Zealand, and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands. In these places a counterproductive cynicism seems to reign.

This happens sometimes in the United States too-particularly among the misearable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.

But in your country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.

This means that more people strive and succeed in the U. S. Than anywhere else. And it’s increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.

And so I say, as all should how are fortunate enough to live the in the western world, let along America:

Thank God for the United States.

Thank Go for the wisdom of its founders.

Thank God for its faith in the free markets and in the natural rights of man

Happy Birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.

Long may your admirable country dominate the world

Long may freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.

May your two and a half centuries of unparalleled success be just the beginning.

Your country is the light of the world and the city on the hill.

Thank God for the USA.

Happy 250.”

Dr. Jordan Peterson

What a great blessing for our nation and its people. Thank you Dr. Peterson.

Today’s interview is with an American that I truly admire and respect and he was gracious enough to grant me his first interview since a retreat from public life for the past two and a half years after his gubernatorial run.  I feel honored and humbled.

Let’s get a word from our sponsor and get to this excellent interview. Enjoy the episode.       

Semi Bird Bio

My guest today is former gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird. Semi was raised by a single mother in the Bay Area of CA. He is a veteran who served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1978 to 1985, receiving multiple medals and honors for his service . He then re-enlisted in 2001, where he then served as an Army Special Forces Green Beret. Semi is a husband and father, a man of faith.

He is a proud American who leads by example and truly honors God, country, and family. Here is my interview with Semi Bird.

E330 Final Thoughts

I hope you enjoyed that conversation as much as I did. I absolutely LOVE Semi’s new organization Empowering Washington Freedom Alliance. I am already lending my support and I encourage you to do the same. It is organizations and Americans like Semi that will help us move the needle in our favor. Kids need to understand our real history and heroes of their nation and have pride in this great country as Dr. Peterson so eloquently stated at the start. You can support the Empowering Washington Freedom Alliance at www.ewafa.org

Thank you Basecampers and we’ll see you around the fire next week.

The American Pulse E28: The Work of Life Wise Academy

E28: The Work of Life Wise Academy

 

E28 Introduction

Listeners of either one of my podcasts will know that the mis-education of our children in our public schools is, to me, one of the great harms done to WE THE PEOPLE.

The current education curriculum in public schools is not only leaving children behind in terms of intellectual development, it is leaving out some of the very teachings that could elevate and save their lives, in terms of how they align themselves. 

There is a deep sense of hopelessness and nihilism that is in much of the Marxist-inspired public education system. It was designed that way. No mention of God or Christ. Nothing inspiring to have the children stand proud of themselves or their heritage.

Never has it been more obvious that this narrative war we have all been living through is a battle for the Soul and the Globalist bulls-eye has been fixated firmly on our children.

Is this what God wants for his children and his chosen nation? I don’t think so and either does my guest today.

Today I have the pleasure of interviewing a deeply principled American. One who is in mission to help our communities and our children.

It is inspiring to hear from Americans of faith that are in action in the very areas we need them. In this case, the education and moral development of our little ones.

Today’s interview is a perfect example of how good Americans and people of faith fight back….one child at a time. Enjoy the episode.

Cindy Lien-Kessner Bio

My guest today is Cindy Lien Kessner. Cindy is a devoted mother and grandmother and woman of faith who is passionate about helping children learn the gospel of Christ through the Life Wise Academy. Here is my interview w Cindy Lien-Kessner.

AP28 Final Thoughts

Well, I hope you enjoyed that conversation as much as I did. To get plugged into the KCGOP and all of our excellent candidates that are running for election in Aug and beyond, go visit www.kcgop.org to learn more, find your favorite candidates, and do your part to support the grassroots movement that is blossoming here in WA state.

Basecamp for Men E329: My Recent Health Crisis

E329: My Recent Health Crisis with Special Guest Lisa Rezac

 

E329 Introduction

Hello Basecampers, I hope you are all doing well. I have been sitting on an episode for the better part of a year now and today’s the day. Without a lot of buildup, I am going to give it to you straight, no chaser.

Back in Aug of 2025, I discovered a sizeable lump on the left side of my neck. My wife was on retreat in CA. So I preceeded with tests and in Oct, I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Now, as fate would have it I was immersed in alternative health for my entire adult life. I was a practicing Structural Bodyworker in NYC for a decade. So I was exposed to lots of effective natural ways of treating the body-mind-and spirit. It has became part of my value system that is evident in the fact that I really take no pharmaceutical drugs.

I have also gathered all sort of ways to treat cancer in an alternative way (i.e. no chemotherapy. So even before I got diagnosed, I was already doing “anti-cancer” treatments and diets. I took a sort of “starve the cancer” of glucose and sugar. I also took things like Fenbendazole, Ivermectin, and Chorine Dioxide, things that are considered good anti-parasite treatments.

When I went to a traditional oncologists, he (of course) was advising a chemoimmunotherpy approach. Rough stuff but effective on cancer. I resisted in Oct. I told him to hold a spot for me but I wanted to try my natural approach for 6 months to see if it would work. He warned me that my cancer was a Stage 3 or 3+ and if I let it go to Stage 4 (where it metastasizes into other systems) our treatment would need to go away from the gentle/effective one to a more aggressive form of treatment. I understood the stakes.

Today’s Intro is a bit shorter as I thought you would like to also here how my wife of nearly 30 years handled it as she has been great with me.

My Final Thoughts segment is a bit longer as I wanted to write that after talking to Lisa to see what insights and wisdom emerged.

Thank you for your support Basecampers (and the prayers), let’s get a word from our sponsor and then go talk to Lisa.