Tara Connaghan holding a fiddle with Irish countryside and shamrocks, featured on Moped Outlaws podcast bonus episode

Lang May Yer Lum Reek

Every now and then… the mischievous wee folk show up.

Not in some grand, cinematic way—but in flickering Wi-Fi, frozen screens, disappearing audio, and the quiet chaos of trying to hold a conversation together across continents.

This episode was recorded live on St. Paddy’s Day.

It was meant to be released that same day.

And yet… here we are.

Maybe it was the fairies.
Or maybe it was me.

Because if I’m honest, there was a quiet resistance to getting this across the finish line. That subtle voice that says, “You can do it tomorrow…”—even when tomorrow misses the moment entirely.

Still… something about this conversation felt worth staying with. Read more

Yasemin Kamci discussing restaurant culture and service industry life on the Moped Outlaws podcast

The Bitter Waitress: Yasemin Kamci on Service Work, Human Nature, and Finding Joy

What happens when someone leaves a career in engineering to work in a restaurant?

For many people, it might sound like a step backward.

For Yasemin Kamci, it became a window into something deeper — human behavior, community, and the strange sociology of the service industry.

In this episode of Moped Outlaws, Yasemin joins Marc and Greg to talk about the world behind restaurant doors — the place where hospitality, stress, humor, and humanity collide every night.

Yasemin is the creator of the Bitter Waitress podcast, where she explores the often invisible realities of customer service work and the emotional labor that comes with it.

Her perspective is unique.

Before entering restaurant work, she spent more than a decade working as an engineer in the IT industry. But the demands of constant travel, endless accessibility, and family life pushed her to rethink what success actually meant.

Sometimes stepping off the expected path reveals something more honest. Read more

Allen Mostow speaking on the Moped Outlaws podcast about consciousness, music history, and spiritual philosophy.

Allen Mostow: Consciousness, Music, and the Infinite Now

Allen Mostow: Consciousness, Music, and the Infinite Now

What happens when a life in music, mysticism, and curiosity intersects with eight decades of experience?

Allen Mostow joins Moped Outlaws for a conversation that moves effortlessly from the music industry of the late 1960s to quantum physics, from psychedelic awakenings to spiritual mystery schools, and from marriage to mortality.

At 80 years old, Allen brings the perspective of someone who has spent a lifetime observing how consciousness unfolds.

And he’s still deeply curious about what comes next. Read more

Dr. Sterlin Mosley speaking on the Moped Outlaws podcast about narcissism, shadow work, and the Enneagram.

Shadow Work in Public: Dr. Sterlin Mosley on Narcissism, Power, and the Collective Ego

Shadow Work in Public: Dr. Sterlin Mosley on Narcissism, Power, and the Collective Ego

What happens when a personality psychologist has a mystical awakening?

And what happens when that same psychologist writes a book about narcissism… during a cultural moment obsessed with exposing it?

Dr. Sterlin Mosley returns to Moped Outlaws for a conversation that moves from the Enneagram to ego liberation, from spiritual awakening to the Epstein files, and from masculine shadow to collective consciousness.

This is not a surface-level psychology discussion.

It’s an inquiry into what it means to be human — and what it costs us to deny that humanity. Read more

Jeff Simmons recording environmental audio for the Audio in Trees project during Moped Outlaws Episode 235

Listening as Craft: Jeff Simmons on Audio in Trees, Attention, and the Art of Slowing Down

There are conversations about building.
There are conversations about leading.
And then there are conversations about listening.

This one is about listening.

Jeff Simmons joins us to explore what happens when you turn toward the soundscape instead of away from it — when you stop filling silence and start paying attention to what’s already there.

Jeff is the founder of Audio in Trees, a project rooted in environmental field recording and deep listening. His work is simple on the surface: go outside, record, and preserve the sound of a place.

But what unfolds is something much deeper. Read more

Lyubim Kogan holding a prosthetic leg beside a Wings for Heroes veteran during Moped Outlaws Episode 234

The Permanent Mission: Lyubim Kogan on Resilience, Risk, and Reclaiming Purpose

There are conversations that feel reflective.

And then there are conversations that feel immediate.

This one is immediate.

Lyubim Kogan joins us with a story that spans Winter Olympics, 9/11, Wall Street, war zones, and ultimately a beach in Turkey where amputee Ukrainian veterans are relearning how to stand — and fly.

Not metaphorically.

Actually fly.

Lyubim is the founder of Wings for Heroes, a humanitarian mission helping combat veterans reclaim dignity, confidence, and independence through community, rehabilitation, and tandem paragliding.

This isn’t charity in the traditional sense.
It’s presence.
It’s action.
It’s staying longer than a photo op. Read more

Astrology, Archetypes, and Agency A Conversation with Aleksandra Ceho

Moped Outlaws — Episode #233

There are conversations that feel like an interview and others that feel like sitting around a fire, turning ideas over slowly, seeing what light they catch. This ride falls firmly into the latter.

“The stars incline. They do not determine.” Aleksandra Ceho

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Patrick O’Donnell, retired police officer and author, featured guest on Moped Outlaws podcast episode 232

Dig the Well Before You’re Thirsty: Wisdom from the Thin Blue Line

Moped Outlaws — Episode #232

There are certain conversations that don’t rush you. They slow you down. They ask you to sit with complexity instead of trying to solve it.

This episode is one of those.

Patrick O’Donnell is a retired police officer, a writer, and the host of Cops and Writers. He’s also someone who has stood close enough to life-and-death moments to know that certainty is often a luxury—and that wisdom usually arrives after experience, not before it.

Early in our conversation, Patrick shared a simple phrase that became the spine of the episode:

Dig the well before you’re thirsty. ~ Patrick O’Donnell

It’s not a slogan. It’s a survival strategy.

Patrick spent 25 years in law enforcement, much of it on the street, eventually serving as a sergeant responsible for others in volatile, high-pressure situations. He’s investigated officer-involved shootings, navigated public scrutiny, and lived inside the biological reality of fear—tunnel vision, auditory exclusion, adrenaline flooding the body when milliseconds matter.

But what makes this conversation resonate isn’t the intensity alone. It’s what Patrick has done with it. Read more