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California news through behavior, health, and systems.
California News on Fitness and Health is a broad, talk-driven current-affairs show anchored by Dr. Carlos. Episodes move from California fees and political allegations to keto research, trauma, dog training, MMA coaching, magic, addiction, and homelessness.
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California News on Fitness and Health is a broad California-focused talk show with a strong interest in psychology, public systems, wellness, and behavior. Dr. Carlos presents it as news from across California, but the episodes often move well beyond a standard local-news rundown. The show can be very practical. It counts fees, asks where public money goes, and names the everyday costs attached to vehicles, utilities, recycling, health insurance, and local services. Then it changes lanes. A health segment may examine ketogenic-diet claims around schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, focusing less on hype and more on study design, control groups, weight loss, metabolic health, and confounding variables. Interviews give the show much of its shape. Felix Jones talks magic, mentalism, performance, and human perception. Isaiah Baker discusses Cali Canine, dog training, exercise, and the role people play in shaping animal behavior. Professor George A. Bonanno brings trauma and resilience into a research frame, especially around PTSD and the difficulty of predicting who will show resilience after a traumatic event. Coach Mark Henry adds a combat-sports thread through UFC coaching, boxing, and an unusual path from pizza ownership into MMA. Tom Wolf’s conversation brings lived experience, addiction, homelessness, nonprofit burnout, veterans, PTSD, case management, and skepticism toward easy policy language. The show is direct and sometimes rough-edged. It favors questions, personal reactions, and practical skepticism over highly produced storytelling. It is not limited to fitness in the gym sense; movement, health, stress, trauma, discipline, and public life all count as part of the picture. The politics can be sharp. The health coverage can be corrective. The guest episodes work best when Dr. Carlos uses psychology as a bridge between a person’s craft and the listener’s everyday decisions. Listeners should expect abrupt transitions, topical variety, and a host who follows curiosity into messy territory. The result is a California talk feed where civic frustration, health literacy, and human behavior repeatedly collide.
Made for: For listeners who like California current affairs with a psychological and practical-health angle. It suits people who are comfortable moving between policy, wellness claims, public costs, trauma, dogs, magic, and combat sports in the same feed.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by treating news, health, and fitness as behavior problems as much as information problems. Its mix of fee breakdowns, study criticism, and eclectic interviews gives it a raw, cross-topic texture.
We discuss the latest challenges and news in California. As an example, we discuss the latest on the homeless crisis, fires, new legislation and more
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A careful trauma discussion that treats resilience as a question, not a slogan.
California News frames this conversation with Professor George A. Bonanno as a steady look at trauma, resilience, and the thinking behind The End of Trauma, How the New Science of Resilience is Changing How We Think About PTSD. Dr.
German coaching talk for stronger race days.
Trainer education with gym-floor consequences.
Home-workout coaching for real-life CrossFitters.
Practical strength coaching without the gloss.
Old-school strength advice for real-life training.
Discipline, training, and conscious living.
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This episode reports on a spike in violent home break-ins in Westchester, Los Angeles, with burglars caught on surveillance cameras wearing masks and smashing windows.
This episode features an interview with dog trainer David Terpak, discussing his background and insights into dog behavior and training.
This episode features an interview with Jeremy Pricer, a human movement specialist from A-Frame Athletics, discussing his background in training, certifications, and influences like French osteopath Guy Boyer.
This episode features an interview with UFC coach Mark Henry, discussing his background, notable fighters like Frankie Edgar and Eddie Alvarez, and his transition from pizza business owner to coaching.
This episode features an interview with Dr.
This episode features an interview with dog trainer Isaiah Baker from Cali Canine, discussing dog training, the importance of exercise for dogs, and the human role in canine behavior.
This episode discusses the allegations against politician Eric Swalwell, where a former model and entrepreneur, Lana Drews, claims he drugged and raped her in 2018, highlighting a power dynamic in the world of true crime and politics.
This episode features an interview with magician Felix Jones, exploring his journey into magic, his performances on shows like America's Got Talent and at venues like the Magic Castle, and insights into the psychology behind magic.
This episode details various lesser-known and hidden fees in California, including DMV, environmental, and property-related charges.
This episode critically examines a new study claiming the ketogenic diet improves schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, highlighting design flaws like the lack of a control group and suggesting metabolic health benefits might be the real factor, while noting unique benefits for epilepsy.
Tom Wolfe argues that housing without recovery support can leave people using fentanyl alone in isolated rooms.
California News host Dr.
California News host Dr.
Retired Seattle Fire Department captain Mike Gagliano explains how an Air Force fire assignment redirected him from computer studies into a career spanning more than 29 years.
California News on Fitness and Health presents “SPECIAL EPISODE FROM MY SPECIAL FORCES PODCAST ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING,” an interview with Matthew Murphy about his Green Beret career and Operation Light Shine.