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 The John Passadino Show delivers compelling insights on self-awareness, mental health, and spirituality through in-depth interviews with international authors, performers, educators, and philosophers.

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    • When Music Calls You Back

      When Music Calls You Back
      Jan 21 2026
      There’s something about finding music that speaks to you. Not just speaks—shouts, whispers, demands to be heard. That’s how I felt when I stumbled across Linda Brady and the Linda Brady Revival Band. I’m not just saying that because she’s my guest. I genuinely love this music. It has that raw, emotional quality that reminds me of Bob Dylan at his most urgent, when he’s got something real to say about the world.Linda’s new album, Deep Brain Stimulator, is her first in thirty years. Let that sink in for a moment. Thirty years. Most people would have moved on entirely, filed those rock and roll dreams under “things I did when I was young.” But Linda’s story isn’t about giving up on music—it’s about life pulling you in different directions, and then music pulling you back when you need it most.The First Time AroundLinda was seventeen when she wrote all the songs for her first album, the one she calls “the Green album.” Living in New York, a chance connection through her mother’s art class led her to Matthew King Kaufman, the president and founder of Beserkley Records in Berkeley, California. He heard her music and said, “Come on out and make an album.”“OK, whatever,” Linda remembers thinking. So, she did.She ended up living in San Francisco for about fifteen years, slugging it out in the trenches of the music business. We’re talking 2 a.m. concerts on Wednesday nights in bars with three people in the audience. This was before the internet, before you could build a following from your bedroom. It was just you, your music, and whoever happened to wander into that dive bar at two in the morning.“I just have more needs in life than just being a rock star,” Linda told me. She wanted a family. She’d met her husband in San Francisco. “I think I just want to have a family and be a normal person for a while,” she thought.And she did. For many years, Linda was a public school teacher. She raised her children. “That’s the most creative thing you could possibly ever do,” she said about raising her kids. “It’s more creative than writing songs and doing anything like this.”Her children are musicians too. They get it. They understand what music means to their mother. “They’re my pride and joy,” Linda said. “That’s like my reason for living—my children and my family.”The ReturnSo, what brings someone back to music after three decades? For Linda, it wasn’t a simple decision. It was complex, urgent, necessary. She was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease. Suddenly, the world looked different. Her world looked different. And when she looked at the state of everything around her—the chaos, the disarray—something inside her demanded expression.Deep Brain Stimulator isn’t a comeback album in the traditional sense. It’s a battle cry. It’s a plea. It’s what happens when someone with a gift for expression faces the biggest challenges of their life and refuses to go quietly.We talked about the business side of music, and honestly, it hasn’t gotten any prettier. I shared stories from the autobiographies I’ve been reading—Al Pacino getting wiped out by someone managing his money, Neil Simon being ripped off, Billy Joel’s money being taken. Wherever there’s money and power, there’s that black cloud descending.“The music business is so full of that,” Linda agreed. “That’s part of why I wanted to be normal—I don’t want to hang around these people anymore, you know, because a lot of them are just sleazebags.”But now she’s back on her own terms. As an independent artist, she has control. If she doesn’t feel like doing something, she can stop. Even if nobody’s ever heard of her, it’s better this way. She can focus on what she loves—the writing, the creating, the playing—without the parts that make her want to vomit.The Music and the MessageLinda’s songwriting process is fascinating. She described it as being like a jigsaw puzzle. She’ll have pieces lying around—a verse here, a chorus there—and suddenly she’ll see how they fit together. Sometimes a song will be two-thirds done and she’ll realize it needs to merge with another fragment she’s been working on. It’s organic, unpredictable, creative in the truest sense.Her band is built around trust and chemistry. She found her current bass player, Jackie, through an ad. They bonded immediately over music, even though Jackie was much younger. “I feel like I can trust her,” Linda said. “And you know what? That’s the secret to any creative endeavor.”The drummer, Chip, has been with her forever. “He’s a good drummer, a kind person, a loyal person,” she told me. There’s no ego, no drama. Just people who care about the music and each other.Full CircleWe got nostalgic talking about music formats. I told Linda about my first car with its 8-track player, swapping my cassette tapes with my friend who had 8-tracks. She reminisced ...
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      1 h et 3 min
    • Finding Freedom: How Dr. Laurette Willis Combines Faith and Neuroscience to Transform Lives

      Finding Freedom: How Dr. Laurette Willis Combines Faith and Neuroscience to Transform Lives
      Jan 7 2026
      As someone who’s been a yo-yo dieter my entire life, I’ve tried every program imaginable. I count my calories daily, I’ve lost weight, gained it back, and spent decades riding that exhausting rollercoaster. So, when I sat down with Dr. Laurette Willis for my podcast, I knew I was in for something different. And I was right.Dr. Laurette isn’t just another weight loss coach. As a certified life coach, cognitive behavioral therapist, and ordained minister, she’s created something I’d never encountered before: a program that weaves together biblical truth with neuroscience. For someone like me who’s struggled with both weight and mental health issues, her approach felt like the missing link I’d been searching for.The Problem with Diet Culture“A lot of people look at weight loss just from the physical standpoint,” Dr. Laurette explained early in our conversation. “And that’s the diet mentality. That’s where diet trauma comes in. That’s where the yo-yos come in.”She hit the nail on the head. I’ve done that for decades myself. But as she pointed out, “we’re not dealing with the reason why we’re using food improperly for comfort in the first place.”This resonated deeply with me. How many times have I finished a diet feeling triumphant, only to find myself right back where I started because I never addressed the underlying reasons? Dr. Laurette’s insight cut through years of frustration: “Let’s look at the reasons why we go to the comfort food instead of to the comforter.”Understanding the Whole Person: Spirit, Soul, and BodyOne of the most powerful concepts Dr. Laurette shared was viewing ourselves as complete beings, not just bodies that need fixing. Drawing from Genesis 1:26-27, she explained we are “spirit, made in the image of God,” we “have a soul—your mind, will and emotions,” and we “live in a body, your earth suit, the temple of the Holy Spirit.”This understanding, she noted, comes directly from 1 Thessalonians 5:23, where Paul prays “your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”“If you want to make a difference on the outside,” Dr. Laurette emphasized, “we want to do it from the inside first.”The Balance Between Faith and ScienceI shared with Dr. Laurette about my mother, who was wonderfully spiritual and charismatic but relied more on the spiritual side of things. She would read books advocating prayer and faith, and less on the cognitive, psychological approach. I’ve learned through my own journey that we need both.Dr. Laurette confirmed this beautifully: “This is where a lot of believers have missed it.” She explained that many Christians love the Lord, love the Word, love prayer and church, and “we got the love walk down.” But the question remains: “Why do I keep going around this same mountain again and again and again? And that’s because the brain element is missing.”As a cognitive behavioral therapist, she looks for ways to “renew the mind on the Word of God and then retrain the brain using neuroscience principles and techniques based on scripture.”What sets her approach apart is her commitment to truth. “If I don’t see a correlation in the Word of God in scripture, I don’t use it,” she said, “because then it’s not going to be founded on truth.”Ancient Wisdom Meets Modern ScienceI love how Dr. Laurette combines wisdom that’s thousands of years old with what we’ve learned through scientific research. As I mentioned in our conversation, we’re taking the incredible wisdom that has lasted millennia and bringing it together with neuroscience discoveries.Her approach is grounded in Romans 12:2: “Don’t be conformed to this world, the world’s way of doing things, but be transformed. Your whole life can be transformed how? By the renewing of your mind... on the Word of the living God.”The goal, as she puts it: “We want you to be healthy, fit, and free. Don’t diet, live it. It has to be something you can live one day at a time.”The Power of Self-Talk and Neural PathwaysOne of the most practical insights Dr. Laurette shared involved understanding how our brains actually work. She explained that when we repeatedly tell ourselves negative things—”I can’t do this,” “I always fail,” “I’m not good enough”—we’re literally creating neural pathways in our brains.“We have to go to what is it that we’re saying to ourselves,” she explained. Our thoughts become neural pathways that get reinforced every time we think them, eventually becoming what neuroscientists call a “superhighway” in our brains.The solution? Interrupting those patterns and creating new ones based on God’s truth. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy combined with Scripture to help people literally retrain their brains while renewing their minds.Breaking Free from Self-Fulfilling PropheciesDr. Laurette shared a concept ...
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      59 min
    • Wrestling with God: Christianity, Wealth, Greed and the Fear That Divides Us

      Wrestling with God: Christianity, Wealth, Greed and the Fear That Divides Us
      Nov 5 2025
      I conducted an in-depth discussion with Father Brian Barry, exploring the challenging intersection of faith, economics, and Christian values in today’s America.In a wide-ranging conversation at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Farmingdale, New York, Father Brian Barry didn’t mince words about his opinion of wealth: if you have accumulated a billion dollars, you cannot have gotten there honestly or morally—only legally.This provocative statement launched an exploration of what it truly means to follow Jesus Christ in a society marked by extreme wealth disparity, political division, and competing claims about Christian values.The Sin of AccumulationFather Barry argued that anyone making a billion dollars has engaged in “almost every cutthroat practice possible,” including treating labor as expendable and prioritizing investor returns over human dignity. He bases his position on scripture, not political ideology.Jesus talks more about what people do with their wealth than about anything else, and the message, Father Barry notes bluntly, is to give it away.Some examples are:“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” (Luke 12:15)When a rich young man asked what he needed to do to inherit eternal life, Jesus said, “Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” (Mark 10:21)“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:24)The greed that drives unlimited accumulation, Father Brian explained, stems from a deeper spiritual crisis: fear of scarcity and fear of death. This fear becomes the opposite of faith, leading people to make decisions that prioritize security and appearance over genuine human connection and moral responsibility.I’ve wrestled with my financial status. Do I have too much? Am I a hypocrite for not giving more of it away? I rationalize my giving as I state to myself, “Hey, I give of my time instead. I volunteer for multiple organizations, and time is more valuable than money, isn’t it?”I also thought of trillion-dollar companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Apple. On the one hand, they employ many people, but on the other, the bottom 50% of people own only 2.3% of US dollars. Is that the fault of those companies? Not directly. In a free market economy, investors do not have to keep or distribute their millions. I wondered how billionaires saw themselves. Why did they keep accumulating and how much do they give away?When Faith Meets PoliticsWhen asked what drives the wedge dividing Christians in America, Father Barry’s circled back to money. Despite political differences, many Americans—whether they vote democrat or republican—agree that the rich don’t pay their fair share, that the little guy gets crushed, and that healthcare and grocery costs are crushing families.I found polls that supported that conclusion. One conducted as recently as March 2025 and another in August 2025.The view of money as a key influencer is not unique to one political party. Per Father, neither political party represents the interests of the people, instead serving their donor class. In our conversation, we mentioned that presidential campaigns have spent up to one billion dollars. Where does that money come from? Much comes from political action committees. How much? PACs raised and spent about $15.7 billion during the 24-month period covering the 2023-2024 election cycle.The result is a troubling hypocrisy: misrepresented Christians walk past the poor, while policies that harm the vulnerable get pushed to the forefront, and instead of transforming lives with money, entities push for policies that enable them to hoard their wealth.What Jesus Actually SaidAt the heart of Father Barry’s message is a return to Jesus’s actual teachings. I asked Father to explain the story of the coin and Caesar during which Jesus is challenged to state whether it is lawful for Jews to pay taxes to Caesar. I wondered if there was a tie-in to his assessment of unfairness.Father Brian explained Jesus responded to the Jews by saying it is okay to pay to Caesar what is Caesar’s. Then, he reminds his questioners that they should give themselves to God because God made humans in His image.Jesus’ statement was a radical statement about where our ultimate loyalty belongs and how we should value human life over money. This point ties back to Father’s statements on income inequality. To me, he meant, humans should treat fellow humans as representatives of God.Jesus taught we are literally his hands and feet in the world—when we allow the Holy Spirit to lead us, we enact Jesus’s plan by healing the sick, feeding the poor, caring for the needy, and restoring outcasts to community.If those with huge amounts of money saw the poor as images of God, would they not want to see them fed? However, ...
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      1 h et 37 min
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